In a noteworthy turn of events, the World Boxing Association (WBA) has lost its recognition as a world boxing sanctioning body by BoxRec.com, the largest and most respected independent record keeper in the sport. The decision comes in the wake of the WBA’s attempt to form their own online record keeping organization, reviving the dormant Fight Fax name and url– a move that has been tied to Saudi Arabian efforts to achieve greater prominence in the sport, headed by Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority. The sanctioning body’s announcement came during their ongoing WBA Asia Convention in Vietnam.
