Constantin Bejenaru of Moldova beat South Africa’s Thabiso Mchunu on a unanimous 10-round points decision to retain the WBC Continental and WBC International cruiserweight titles at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, USA on Saturday night. In a battle of southpaws, Bejaneru (13-0, 3) was in control from the opening bell and scored a…
GUWAHATI, India (November 26, 2017) — Coachella, California-native Citlalli Ortiz closed out her impressive 2017 Women’s Youth World Championships campaign with a split decision victory over Russia’s Nataliya Sychugova to take her first major international title in Guwahati, India. “Today feels like one of the best days of my life,” stated Ortiz following her win. “After…
Ghana’s former Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, has expressed disappointment with the government’s 2018 budgetary allocation for sports. “This government does not intend to spend on sports development in this country,” he said. The former minister, who is a Member of Parliament for Odododiodio constituency, made this known…
Light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera could have been in the main event against Sergey Kovalev fighting for a vacant world title Saturday night, but he didn’t like the money offered and the title belt had not yet made available, so he turned it down. Instead, Barrera, also in a mandatory position to challenge titleholder…
Sergey Kovalev, looking to shake off back-to-back losses to Andre Ward, made a triumphant return to the ring, blowing away an overmatched Vyacheslav “Slava” Shabranskyy to win a vacant light heavyweight world title Saturday night at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. “I did it. I worked really hard. Mentally, physically,…