NIGERIA’S ONORIODE EHWARIEME FLATTENS ARIEL BRACAMONTE IN ONE
Nigeria’s Onoriode ‘Godzilla’ Ewharieme captured the vacant WBF Intercontinental heavyweight title with a first-round TKO win against Argentina’s Ariel Bracamonte.
VIDEO: GERVONTA DAVIS KO’S GAMBOA, JEAN PASCAL DEFEATS BADOU JACK
Undefeated two-time super featherweight world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis (23-0, 22 KOs) successfully moved up to 135 pounds and won the WBA Lightweight Title with a 12th round knockout of former unified champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (30-3, 18 KOs) Saturday night live on SHOWTIME in front of 14,129 fans from the award-winning State Farm Arena in…
MIXED BAG OF RESULTS FOR KENYA BOXING
Indefatigable female and male pros Fatuma ‘Iron Fist’ Zarika and Rayton Okwiri alongside Police amateur Shaffi Bakari were no doubt the most decorated Kenyan boxers in 2019. Bakari won a silver medal at the Rabat All African Games following his loss to Botswana’s Mohamed Rajab in the 52kg flyweight final. It was a…
MAYWEATHER TOPS LIST OF DECADE’S HIGHEST PAID ATHLETES
Blockbuster TV contracts and soaring endorsement deals from battling shoe giants Nike and Adidas were a boon to the earnings of the world’s elite athletes over the past decade. Before the decade began, Tiger Woods was the only athlete on the planet to earn more than $80 million during the course of a year. Since…
AFEEZ OSOBA WINS LAGOS GOVERNOR’S BELT
Africa Games silver medalist Afeez Osoba has won the 2019 Lagos Governor’s Belt. Osoba was adjudged the best boxer on Thursday in the 11th edition of the annual tournament as he defeated Oladimeji Solanke from Ogun State in the pulsating 69kg fight at a packed Molade Okoya-Thomas Sports hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium. The…