TANZANIA TO HOST TWO ABU TITLE FIGHTS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13
Tanzania’s capital city Dar es Salaam will host a seven-bout card, featuring two Africa Boxing Union (ABU) regional title fights on Wednesday, October 13, at Ubungo Plaza.
FIGUEROA-FULTON 122LB. WORLD TITLE UNIFICATION RESCHEDULED FOR NOV. 27
Undefeated 122-pound world champions are set for a unification clash as WBC champion Brandon “Heartbreaker” Figueroa and WBO champion Stephen “Cool Boy Steph” Fulton Jr. will battle in the SHOWTIME main event Saturday, November 27 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Park Theater at Park MGM in Las Vegas.
BOTSWANA BOXING ASSOCIATION APPOINTS TAOLO TLOUETSILE SECRETARY-GENERAL
The Botswana Boxing Association (BoBA) has elevated its publicity secretary (spokesperson), Taolo Tlouetsile, to Secretary General (SG) in elections held on September 11.
DILLIAN WHYTE TO FACE OTTO WALLIN SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30 IN THE UK
Dillian Whyte will face a younger, fresher heavyweight than expected. BoxingScene.com has learned that Whyte will oppose Otto Wallin on October 30 at O2 Arena in London. The hard-hitting Whyte will defend his WBC interim heavyweight title versus the Swedish southpaw in a main event DAZN will stream. Promoter Eddie Hearn stated earlier…
OMAR JUAREZ TRAINING CAMP NOTES
Exciting super lightweight Omar “El Relámpago” Juárez will return to action against Mexico’s Jairo Lopez in FS1 PBC Fight Night action and on FOX Deportes this Sunday, September 19 from Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield, California.
MIKEY GARCIA TO FACE SANDOR MARTIN OCTOBER 16
Four-division world champion Mikey Garcia will face unheralded Sandor Martin in a DAZN’s headliner Saturday, October 16 in Fresno, California.