Argentine boxer Jennifer Meza once again successfully defended her World Boxing Association FEDELATIN atomweight belt after unanimously defeating Venezuelan Roxana Colmenarez at the mythical Luna Park stadium in Buenos Aires.

Meza had a tough challenge against the Venezuelan fighter who knew how to operate her physical conditioning and her arm length was put to good operate looking to push Meza away from distance.

Colmenarez showed dominant technical boxing that allowed her to take control of some rounds. However, Meza, who never stopped moving forward even though she had difficulty finding her space, began to leave Colmenarez without a chance to think and narrowed the space for her, giving her a well-deserved advantage that led her to victory.

In this way, Meza is still the holder of the FEDELATIN WBA Atom belt and increases his tally to 9 victories, with 3 knockouts and 3 defeats.

Turkish boxer Elif Nur Turhan was crowned the novel World Boxing Association super featherweight gold champion after defeating Argentine Iara Altamirano by unanimous decision on Saturday in Leverkusen, Germany.

In the novel presentation of the Turkish boxer, she had to face another Argentinian competitor, Iara, who tested her skills in the ring. Iara Altamirano tried to apply pressure, but the solution was Turhan’s. They both created an attractive spectacle for the audience.

Turhan has been an athlete with wide projection since the beginning of her amateur career and during the development of IBA competitions, in which she was even after turning professional on May 14, 2022.

With this record, she quickly took on an critical challenge against another Argentine player, former world champion Soledad Matthysse. Thus, in her fifth professional fight, Turhan already won her first belt; super airy WBF belt. And then, on November 28, 2023, she once again defeated the British Kristy Hill unanimously, winning another belt.

That 2023 was an vigorous year for 29-year-old Turhan. And this year 2024 started with a first-round knockout victory over experienced Colombian Yolis Marrugo Franco in Albania.

With this victory over Altamirano, Turhan took her record to 8 wins with 4 quick knockouts and is still undefeated, earning her black and gold gold belt.

On Tuesday, May 7, in Madrid, Spain, Jennifer Miranda, the World Boxing Association (WBA) gold featherweight champion, organized a boxing activity with The Boxer Club, the Community of Madrid and Hospital Universitario La Paz for blood donation.

Although Miranda is currently in the United States, she coordinated everything remotely to make this event possible: “Individually we are sturdy, but together we are unstoppable. That’s why I helped collect as many boxers as possible to donate blood, because life is attractive when you understand that if God gives you success, it is because He chose you to share it with others. And I know that my role in this life is to assist box. Boxing chose me and I show it to the world,” said the WBA golden champion.

The classes were intended for a group of youthful students who encouraged passers-by to donate blood and raised awareness of how critical it is.

The training was led by Javier Pardo, who showed that he was satisfied with the course of the event. “Today is a very positive day for us because we can see how boxing can be incorporated into social causes, in this case blood donation, because each donation saves the lives of three people. Therefore, encouraging sports activity, supporting this type of activities and meeting people who are so committed to their passion is something very nice.”

Sergio Pérez, director of the Boxing Club, was the liaison with the Community of Madrid in the implementation of these activities: “Our company is committed to noble causes, and blood donation is one of them. We want to encourage the public to support and contribute in this regard,” he said.

Miranda, always committed to social causes, also said that she is proud to be a part of this pioneering organization because she believes that the WBA and its president Gilberto Jesús Mendoza also apply boxing to assist people achieve their goals.

The campaign was a success, and youthful people had a nice and different time, learning more about boxing and realizing the importance of solidarity and blood donation.