WBA, IBF, & WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua was not ringside earlier this month, when WBC champion Deontay Wilder and lineal holder Tyson Fury collided at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Newcomer Nhlanhla “Showtime” Tyirha rewrote South African boxing history when he won the SA junior flyweight title in his fourth professional bout.
South Africa’s Azinga Fuzile produced another outstanding performance as he threw punches with gusto to win the vacant IBF Intercontinental junior-lightweight title when Tanzanian Ibrahim Class quit on his stool at the end of round six in a scheduled twelve at the Orient Theatre in East London on Sunday afternoon.
Paul Dogboe, father and trainer of Isaac Dogboe, says his son lacked fitness in losing his WBO world super bantamweight title to Mexico’s Emanuel Navarrete last Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
In a battle of southpaws, Thabiso Mchunu gained revenge and added the African Boxing Union cruiserweight title to his South African cruiserweight crown when he completely outclassed Tommy Oosthuizen to score a unanimous 12-round points decision, in their return match, at Emperors Palace near Kempton Park on Saturday night.