Today WBA executive Vice President Gilberto Jesus Mendonza announced that WBA cruiserweight world champion Guillermo Jones will be defending his crown against Valery Brudov from Russia, with the fight landing at the Roberto Duran Arena in Panama City on October 2. The fight will be a part of the WBA’s KO Drugs fight night. After two years and one month since winning the belt, Jones would be making his first defense read more ...

Looks like WBA cruiserweight world champion Guillermo Jones has an opponent, date and location for the first defense of his title. Sources say Jones may be returning on February 27 in France against Valerie Brudov, the mandatory challenger. Apparently an agreement has been worked out between the parties involved and the WBA has called off a scheduled purse bid. It will be Jones first fight since winning the title in September 2008 by defeating Firat Arslan in Germany. Brudov has previously held the WBA interim cruiserweight belt read more ...

42-year-old Virgil Hill won his first world title nineteen years ago in Atlantic City, NJ. Friday night he repeated the acheivement in the same city by outpointing previously unbeaten Valery Brudov over twelve round to win the WBA "regular" cruiserweight title. Hill easily outboxed Brudov over the first four rounds. Brudov got a lot more aggressive in round five and had some success pressuring Hill, but was never able to cut off the ring read more ...

Looks like the WBA "regular" cruiserweight title fight between former champ Virgil Hill and Valery Brudov will land at the Tropicana in Atlantic City on January 27 and the card will be a pay-per-view event. read more ...

The Hotel Riviera in Seoul, South Korea was the site of the purse bid for the WBA "regular" cruiserweight title fight between former champ Virgil Hill and Valery Brudov. Fans may remember that this fight was already to have taken place in St. Louis, but was scrapped by promoter Don King. This time, the purse bid almost didn't take place at all as tempers flared, accusations flew, and tensions rose. In the end, a resolution was found read more ...

Don King Productions won a purse bid today held in Miami, Fla. to promote the WBA "regular" cruiserweight championship between former two-time WBA light heavyweight and WBA cruiserweight champion Virgil "Quicksilver" Hill 49-5 (23 KOs) of Williston, N.D. and undefeated contender Valery Brudov 30-0 (23 KOs) of St. Petersburg, Russia. The winning bid for DKP was $ read more ...

After WBA cruiserweight champ Jean-Marc Mormeck added the WBC belt to his waist, defeating Wayne Braithwaite in an exciting unification contest, the WBA promoted him to 'superchamp' status. That means the WBA will have a fight for its 'regular' title, with the superchamp Mormeck not immediately forced to take on a mandatory challenger. The WBA appointed former world champion Virgil Hill (49-5; 23 KOs) and unbeaten Russian contender Valery Brudov (30-0; 23 KOs) to square off for the vacant belt... read more ...