The recent recognition of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) appears to have changed fortunes of the sport in India for the better, one of the effects of which is a more confident-looking contingent for the Commonwealth Games 2018.
Sena Agbeka had simply too much skill for Lawrence Blakey. Agbeko used his jab and combinations to keep Blakey off-balance and win a six-round unanimous decision at the State Fairgrounds Sports Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
Jose Ramirez, the pride of Central California, went into the trenches, took the best shots Amir Imam had to offer, and can now call himself a world champion. Ramirez, a 2012 U.S. Olympian from the farming community of Avenal, defeated Imam by unanimous decision (120-108, 117-111,115-113) to win the vacant WBC Super Lightweight world title,…