Ghana’s Emmanuel “Gameboy” Tagoe believes his time has come. The WBO has ordered Tagoe, their third-ranked lightweight, to take on undefeated phenom Ryan Garcia, who is ranked number-two by the sanctioning body. On the line would be the WBO interim 135-pound world title. “Negotiations are ongoing and what I know is that…
Jose Zepeda produced as expected Tuesday night. The sharp southpaw out-boxed late replacement Kendo Castaneda and won a unanimous decision in their 10-round welterweight fight in Las Vegas. Castaneda came to fight, but Zepeda comfortably beat him on the scorecards of judges Tim Cheatham (98-92), Dave Moretti (98-92) and Patricia Morse Jarman (97-93) in…
As is often the case in Ghana sports, boxing has been handed the short end of the stick. At least when compared to a sport like football, which often receives the bulk of Ghana government funding despite having brought the country far less international glory than the sweet science. The latest example of…