Sakaria Lukas retained his WBO Africa featherweight title with a unanimous points decision against Tello Dithebe of South Africa on Saturday night. Lukas dominated throughout and was a comfortable winner as the three judges scored the fight 119-108, 119-109, 119-108 in his favour. It was however not a very attractive fight, with a…
Nigeria’s rising boxer Olaide Fijabi has vowed to defeat Kenya’s Michael Odhiambo when the two meet to fight for the African Boxing Union (ABU) light welterweight title on December 26. “I am moving up. I will beat Odhiambo. Very easily. I am gunning for the Commonwealth and world titles. Nothing will stop me,” Fijabi…
AFTER spending three years trying to get on to the GB boxing programme, Aqeel Ahmed is hopeful that a Commonwealth Games gold medal will tip the balance and see him, finally, get the call. “I’ve been making a case for three years to get on GB so I think I’ve got a good case…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Fatuma ‘Iron Fist’ Zarika rose to the occasion to beat Zambian Catherine Phiri to retain her World Boxing Council (WBC) Super bantamweight title at the Carnivore Grounds in Nairobi on Saturday night. Zarika won the brutal bout on unanimous points decision after she scored 97-92, 98-91 and 99-92 from the three…
NEW YORK — Miguel Cotto, who began boxing as an 11-year-old to lose weight, said farewell on Saturday night, closing out a glorious 17-year career, but not how most expected. Instead of an easy win over big underdog Sadam Ali, Cotto was nowhere near his best in what he said would be his final…