ERIC ARMIT’S SNIPS & SNIPES – JULY 5, 2018
Catch up on all the latest boxing whispers with Eric Armit’s Snips & Snipes – July 5, 2018!
BERTO VS. ALEXANDER SET FOR AUG. 4
Former 147-pound world champions Andre Berto (31-5, 24 KOs) and Devon Alexander (27-4-1, 14 KOs) will battle in a 12-round showdown that headlines a stacked night of Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes live in prime time on Saturday, August 4 from NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
CARL LOKKO TO LEAVE DUKE MICAH CAMP, RETURN TO GHANA
Lawrence Carl Lokko, who guided some of Ghana’s finest championship-caliber boxers this past decade, has decided to discontinue training undefeated bantamweight contender Duke Micah for personal reasons.
NONITO DONAIRE JOINS WBSS, SEASON 2
Filipino-American Nonito Donaire is ready for next season’s quest for the Muhammad Ali Trophy in the 118lb edition.
MORUTI MTHALANE PROMISES TO RETURN HOME A CHAMPION
Moruti Mthalane spoke a little and sweated a lot at his send-off in Johannesburg on Wednesday ahead of his bid to recapture the IBF flyweight crown in Malaysia next weekend.
IT’S NIGERIA VS. SENEGAL ON JULY 8
Chinedu Okeke, a Nigerian professional boxer, will be up against a Senegalese, Abdulkareem Ba (Sniper) in an Intercontinental Championship duel billed for Sunday, July 8, 2018 at the famous Iba Mar Diop Stadium in Dakar, Senegal.