Over 14 months had passed between Isaac Dogboe’s previous fight, a second straight loss to Emanuel Navarrete, and his ring return last Tuesday against Chris Avalos in Las Vegas. But he may not have to wait very long to get back into the ring again.
Nick ‘Commander’ Okoth, the Hit Squad captain, was over the moon after qualifying for next year’s Tokyo Olympic Games.
Willie Savannah, a stalwart of the Houston boxing scene as a gym owner, trainer and manager, who discovered Juan Diaz and led him to the unified lightweight world title, died on Sunday. He was 85.
Former junior lightweight boxer Grashino Yancy passed away early Sunday morning from a gunshot wound, according to the New York Daily News.
As boxing’s top brass pull strings to get the sport up and running again, small-to-mid-tier promoters, like New York’s Joe DeGuardia, are still sidelined twiddling their thumbs.