Zolani Tete will make the first defence of his WBO Bantamweight World Championship against fellow South African Siboniso Gonya at the SSE Arena Belfast on Saturday 18th November, live on BT Sport and BoxNation. His Final Eliminator for the WBO World Bantamweight title at the Leicester Arena in April against Arthur Villanueva was upgraded…
Children in Lagos have taken part in a course as part of the International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) Year of Africa project. AIBA said a total of 156 children from the Isale-Eko Grammar and Falomo High Schools took part in the initiative in Nigeria’s largest city. The course was led by AIBA coach instructor…
Opponents of amateur boxing chief Wu Ching-Kuo have appealed to IOC president Thomas Bach to intervene to protect the “financial stability of world boxing.” Wu’s position has been challenged by the AIBA’s executive committee, who claim the Taiwanese had led the sport to the brink of bankruptcy. In a letter to Bach dated…
Legendary Ghanaian boxer, Azumah Nelson has been presented with the World Boxing Council (WBC) Champion Award at the 55th WBC Convention currently ongoing in Baku, Azerbaijan. Nelson, widely considered the greatest African boxer of all time, was for the second time since his retirement honored by the WBC sanctioning body. He held the WBC…
Daniel Jacobs will face Luis Arias on his Matchroom Boxing debut at NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York on Saturday, November 11. The middleweight clash will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Former WBA Middleweight king Jacobs (32-2, 29 KOs),…