NIGERIA BOXING BOARD PREZ: WE CANNOT FIGHT CORONAVIRUS WITH KID GLOVES
The Nigerian Boxing Board of control (NBBofC) has extended their suspension of all public boxing events indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.
NICK OKOTH EYES OLYMPIC GOLD, DESPITE POSTPONEMENT
Kenya boxing team captain Nick Okoth believes it is about time to let the late Robert Wangila Napunyi rest in peace.
BOXING HALL OF FAME 2020 INDUCTION MOVED TO 2021
Bernard Hopkins and Shane Mosley benefitted from revised eligibility rules to both get voted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) two years earlier than expected.
TURKISH BOXING TEAM FALL VICTIM TO COVID-19
An International Olympic Committee taskforce has been called “irresponsible” after the Turkish Boxing Federation said two fighters and a coach who took part in a Tokyo 2020 qualifying event in London in March had since tested positive for coronavirus. The Boxing Road to Tokyo competition at the Copper Box was called off after three…
OLEKSANDR KHYZHNIAK ELECTED TO AIBA ATHLETE’S COMMISSION
It’s been announced that world amateur champion Oleksandr Khyzhniak from Ukraine was elected AIBA Athlete’s commission chair, and a European amateur champion from Italy, Irma Testa, became the vice-chair.