BOXING EVENTS TO GO ON IN SPITE OF CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Televised boxing cards Saturday night in New York City and Oxon Hill, Maryland, still will be contested before fans.
NAMIBIA’S SAKARIA LUKAS FACES BIG TEST SATURDAY NIGHT
Undefeated featherweight Sakaria Lukas of Namibia will make his U.S. debut versus former world champion Jessie Magdaleno this Saturday, March 14, at Madison Square Garden in New York.
JOSIE HARRIS, MOTHER OF 3 OF FLOYD MAYWEATHER’S CHILDREN, FOUND DEAD
Josie Harris, the mother of three of Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s children, was found dead Monday night at her home in Valencia, California, according to a TMZ.com report posted Wednesday morning.
GOtv BOXING NIGHT 21 TO BE HELD IN LAGOS
Flykite Productions, the organisers of Gotv Boxing Night on Tuesday said it has concluded plans to hold the 21st edition of the show in Lagos.
JOSEPH AGBEKO TO LAUNCH BOXING MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
Two-time former world bantamweight champion Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko is set to launch The New Generation Mentorship Program to tap and develop young fighters through the Joseph Agbeko Foundation in collaboration with Aborigines Promotions.
CLARESSA SHIELDS FACES MARIE-EVE DICAIRE MAY 9
Undefeated three-division world champion Claressa Shields will attempt to become the first boxer in the four-belt era to become an undisputed world champion in two weight divisions when she faces unbeaten IBF Super Welterweight Champion Marie-Eve Dicaire in a 154-pound unification bout on Saturday, May 9, live on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) from…
DAVID BENAVIDEZ TO DEFEND WORLD TITLE IN APRIL 18 HOMECOMING
Undefeated WBC Super Middleweight World Champion Davíd “El Bandera Roja” Benavidez will defend his title on Saturday, April 18 in his hometown of Phoenix, Ariz. against former world title challenger Roamer Alexis Angulo, live on SHOWTIME from Arizona Federal Theatre headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event.
USYK-CHISORA SET FOR MAY 23 IN LONDON
Ukrainian pound-for-pound star Oleksandr Usyk will face British favourite Derek Chisora in a colossal Heavyweight clash at The O2 in London on Saturday May 23, live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and DAZN in the US.
SOUTH AFRICA BOXERS SCRAMBLE TO QUALIFY FOR THE OLYMPICS
South Africa will send six amateur boxers to France in May in what will be the world qualifiers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics – the sports ministry has confirmed.
DAVID NYIKA REACHES FINALS AT OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS
New Zealand amateur boxer David Nyika has won through to the final of the Asia-Oceania Olympic qualifying tournament in Jordan.