AFTER capturing the WBC Africa welterweight title in Namibia, rising boxing star Brendon Denes will with continue his ascendancy when he battles for the Africa Boxing Union (ABU) super welterweight title in Tanzania later this month.
Vergil Ortiz Jr (16-0, 16 KOs) has WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford, in his sights as his primary target for his next fight should he get past Maurice Hooker (27-3-1, 18 KOs) this Saturday night on DAZN.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Thomas Hearns in a fight that lasted less than eight minutes yet was so epic that it still lives in boxing lore. Two years later, Hagler was so disgusted after losing a decision to Sugar Ray Leonard — stolen, he claimed, by the judges — that he never fought again.…
Even Juan Francisco Estrada seemed surprised to hear Michael Buffer announce that he had won yet another rematch Saturday night.
One of South Africa’s most decorated boxers and former world light flyweight champion Hekkie Budler will be back in the ring on March 20.
Former two-time world champion David Benavidez kept his perfect ring record intact with an 11th-round technical knockout victory against veteran Ronald Ellis in their WBC Super Middleweight Title Eliminator main event on Saturday night’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast, live on SHOWTIME from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., in a Premier Boxing Champions event. …
Namibia’s renowned boxing stable, the MTC Nestor Sunshine Boxing & Fitness Academy, will next month host its first boxing bonanza for the year in the capital. Being held under the theme ‘Together as One’ Boxing Bonanza, the event will be staged at the Windhoek Country Club Resort and Casino on 10 April and will…
Undefeated super featherweight Joshua Wahab Oluwaseun overcame a slow start to stop Emmanuel Allotey in six rounds Sunday night at Jamestown’s City Engineers Yard in Accra.
Gary Russell Jr. is set for his annual title defense. The longest active-reigning male titlist in the sport today is set to next face Rey Vargas (34-0, 22 KOs), with the two sides avoiding a purse bid hearing for their ordered WBC featherweight title fight. News of the matchup being finalized was revealed by…
Billy Joe Saunders’ start to training camp for the most important fight of his career has been delayed due to a bout with the flu. The unbeaten WBO super middleweight champ revealed that information Friday during an appearance on “The Ak & Barak Show,” which streams weekdays on DAZN and SiriusXM. Saunders stated that…