THE WEEK IN BOXING – SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
Check out Eric Armit’s comprehensive report in The Week In Boxing – September 4, 2017!
CUBA WINS FIVE GOLD MEDALS AT AIBA CHAMPIONSHIP
Crossing continental Europe one couldn’t find a better place for world championship boxing than Hamburg, Germany, arguably the birthplace (or, at least, the citadel) of the German boxing. It’s where the nineteenth installment of AIBA WC tournaments had taken its place from Aug. 25 to Sep. 2. The main trend, confirmed by the tournament,…
KENYA’S FATUMA ZARIKA TO DEFEND TITLE NOV. 25
Kenya’s pugilist Fatuma Zarika will now defend her World Boxing Council (WBC) super bantamweight title against former world champion Catherine Phiri from Zambia on November 25 in Nairobi. Zarika, who was training in the US in readiness for her mandatory title defence in a rematch against Jamaican Alicia Ashley on August 4 in Texas,…