Nick Ball looks like the world's leading 126 pounds boxer after he battered Ronny Rios in 10 rounds of a first defense of his WBA world featherweight title Saturday.

British pressure fighter Nick Ball makes the maiden defense of his WBA featherweight title against American Ronny Rios at home in Liverpool. The Sporting News will provide undercard results and a full report on the main event.

WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball will face veteran Ronny Rios in a title fight in Ball’s hometown of Liverpool at the M&S Bank Arena.

This is the start time for the Nick Ball vs Ronny Rios boxing star bout on October 5, 2024.

Nick Ball stopped the brave Ronny Rios in 10 rounds in the first defense of his WBA featherweight championship in Liverpool.

Nick Ball defends his WBA featherweight world title in his home city with a punishing 10th round stoppage win over Ronny Rios at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena.

By: WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball retained his title Saturday night by repeatedly dropping, then stopping, a very game Ronny Rios.

Nick Ball completed his first successful defence of his WBA featherweight title with an impressive 10th round stoppage victory over Ronny Rios in Liverpool.

Nick Ball successfully defended his WBA featherweight title today in Liverpool, dropping Ronny Rios three times en route to a 10th round TKO victory. Ball (21-0-1, 12 KO) continued his breakout year in 2024 by putting Rios down in the third and seventh rounds,

Nick Ball is guaranteed a tumultuous reception when he steps into the ring at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool to make the first defence of his WBA featherweight belt on Saturday. The fighter from Kirkby in Merseyside is back in action in his own backyard for the first time since stopping Ivan Godor after just one round in February 2020 at Liverpool's Grand Central Hall.