THE WEEK IN BOXING – JUNE 14
THE WEEK IN BOXING — Check out Eric Armit’s comprehensive report below!
UGANDA AMATEUR BOXING TEAM READY FOR AFRICA CHAMPIONSHIP
Kampala — The Bombers, the Uganda amateur boxing team, travels Friday to Brazzaville, Congo for the Africa Confederation Boxing Championship. All, except Reagan Ssimbwa who boxed at the 2015 All-Africa Games, are eyeing a continental debut and have no teammate or coach around to paint them a clear first-hand picture of Africa’s most prestigious…
ISLINGTON BOXING CLUB WINS TWO GOLD MEDALS
The Islington Boxing Club came away with two gold medals and a silver from the Hull Box Cup at the weekend. The club entered four of their young boxers, including Kerm Sertten (under-38kg), Jenson Curtin (under-54kg), Jay Jay Curtin (under-60kg) and Connor Daly (under-50kg). And Daly had the easiest time of it as he claimed…
RUSSIAN AMATEUR BOXERS BARRED FROM UKRAINE
Russian boxer Georgy Kushitashvili and some other members of the Russian amateur boxing delegation have been barred from entering Ukraine on the grounds that they had previously visited Crimea, Russian Boxing Federation press secretary Vlada Romanova said. “We are in a cordon now. We are being deported because we have been to Crimea,” Romanova…
MAYWEATHER-MCGREGOR A DONE DEAL FOR AUG. 26
Mayweather-McGregor is a done deal! Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Conor McGregor have agreed to square off on Aug. 26 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout will be held at the MGM Grand, Mayweather’s second home, or the T-Mobile Arena and televised on Showtime Pay-Per-View. The all-boxing card is expected to feature some of the Mayweather…
OBODAI SAI: GHANA BOXING HAS NO COMPETITOR IN AFRICA!
National pride and title belts will all be on the line this Friday, June 16 at Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra. Ghana will be rocking as Namibia’s Walter “The Executioner” Kautondokwa (14-0, 13 KO’s) defends his WBO Africa middleweight title against hometown son and WBO Interim Africa middleweight titlist, Obodai “The Miracle” Sai (32-2, 24…