NICK OKOTH EYES OLYMPIC GOLD, DESPITE POSTPONEMENT
Kenya boxing team captain Nick Okoth believes it is about time to let the late Robert Wangila Napunyi rest in peace.
Kenya boxing team captain Nick Okoth believes it is about time to let the late Robert Wangila Napunyi rest in peace.
Bernard Hopkins and Shane Mosley benefitted from revised eligibility rules to both get voted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) two years earlier than expected.
An International Olympic Committee taskforce has been called “irresponsible” after the Turkish Boxing Federation said two fighters and a coach who took part in a Tokyo 2020 qualifying event in London in March had since tested positive for coronavirus. The Boxing Road to Tokyo competition at the Copper Box was called off after three…
It’s been announced that world amateur champion Oleksandr Khyzhniak from Ukraine was elected AIBA Athlete’s commission chair, and a European amateur champion from Italy, Irma Testa, became the vice-chair.
Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder have a new date for their third fight, but organizers are insisting the move isn’t because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Once an integral part of HBO’s Boxing After Dark series, Derrick Jefferson is now in a fight of a different kind.
Former world champion Amir Khan has joined the fight as many struggle in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Khan has pledged to give his £5 million wedding venue in Bolton to the NHS to help those affected by COVID-19.
AIBA, the controversial governing body of amateur boxing, is hoping to complete all of their reform requirements in order to have their organization suspension lifted before the start of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
With the Tokyo 2020 Olympics postponed until next year due to the ongoing threat of the coronavirus, athletes with professional aspirations have difficult decisions to make.
Retired two-weight boxing champion and now promoter Isaac Hlatshwayo has put his misfortune aside and is instead planning to honour his former amateur boxing trainer Eric Baloyi before he concentrates on building his empire.