BOXING SOUTH AFRICA HEAD STEPS DOWN EARLY
Boxing South Africa (BSA) is without a chief executive officer after Tsholofelo Lejaka’s resignation on Monday.
VASILIY LOMACHENKO-TEOFIMO LOPEZ UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN NEXT
The proposed bout between unified lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) and IBF belt holder Teofimo Lopez (15-0, 12 KOs) tentatively set for Oct. 3 is officially in jeopardy.
ERROL SPENCE JR. VS. DANNY GARCIA SET FOR NOV. 21
Undefeated unified world welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. and former junior welterweight and welterweight titlist Danny Garcia agreed this week to meet in a fall pay-per-view event, and both fighters posted on social media on Friday that the deal was done. The fighters tweeted that the fight will be Nov. 21. The fight…
BARBADOS AMATEUR BOXING TO RECEIVE PUSH
Amateur boxing is not as popular as it used to be but with an influx of officials, Charles Gill, chairman of the Referees and Judges Commission, believes this can help the Barbados Boxing Association (BBA) in the quest to develop the sport. Gill, an International Boxing Association (AIBA) star one referee of four years…
ANGELO LEO DOMINATES TRAMAINE WILLIAMS, WINS WBO 122-POUND BELT
Angelo Leo is the new WBO Jr. Featherweight World Champion. The 26-year-old Mayweather Promotions fighter dominated Tramaine Williams en route to a unanimous decision live on SHOWTIME Saturday night from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. in the network’s first live boxing event since March 13. Leo won by scores of 117-111 and 118-110 twice.…