Xolisa Magusha upset Siphamandla Baleni the defending champion to win the South African mini-flyweight title on a 12-round unanimous points decision at the Orient Theatre in East London on Friday night. Judge Allen Matakane scored it 116-112 and judges Siya Vabaza-Booi and Simphiwe Mbini handed in cards of 118-111 and 117-111. The bigger and…
THE MTC Sunshine Academy is set to lose its biggest star yet with news that former unified world junior welterweight champion Julius Indongo is terminating his association with the country’s most recognizable stable. The ex-WBA, IBF, and IBO world titles holder is no longer training at Sunshine and has reportedly signed with an American…
29-year-old Bilal Fawaz, an elite level boxer who has fought for England six times is facing being deported to Nigeria. Fawaz was detained at the Tinsley House Immigration Centre at Gatwick Airport in West Sussex on November 29. The boxer, who has competed for England six times and was the 2012 ABA light-middleweight champion,…
Nearly everyone on the Azumah Nelson Fight Night 5 card carried a pristine record, but it was Mother Nature who reminded us all that she carries the longest running undefeated streak.
NEW YORK — History belongs to Vasyl Lomachenko, who painted a masterpiece against Guillermo Rigondeaux in the first-ever professional fight between two-time Olympic gold-medal winners. Lomachenko did as he pleased until Rigondeaux quit on his stool with an injured left hand after the sixth round of what had been an utterly one-sided fight before…