ISAAC DOGBOE AND FREDDIE ROACH PART WAYS
Former world super bantamweight champion Isaac Dogboe and Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach have decided to discontinue working together after only one month.
Former world super bantamweight champion Isaac Dogboe and Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach have decided to discontinue working together after only one month.
According to an ESPN report, IBF World Lightweight Champion Richard Commey of Ghana will face Teofimo Lopez on Saturday, December 14, at Madison Square Garden.
On a corner in the heart of Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood sits a tiny French bakery. A decade ago, it would have looked out of the place in an area that birthed Big Daddy Kane, The Notorious B.I.G. and Jay-Z. Today, it’s simply another sign of the borough’s gradual metamorphosis.
Two-time Irish Olympian Michael Conlan (12-0, 7 KOs) will be coming down in weight from 126 to fight at 122 for a fight against Isaac Dogboe (20-2, 14 KOs) on December 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Namibia’s Mikka Shonena used precise leads and counters to beat Youli Dong from China via 12-round unanimous decision at the Ongwediva Trade Fair in the north on Friday night.
The city of Tunis in Tunisia will host the African Olympic Qualifying Tournament for the Tokyo 2020.
The Director-General, Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), Oluwatoyin Bolowotan, has urged Nigerians to emulate the commitment of Adewunmi Ogunsanya (SAN), Chairman, GOtv Boxing, to the revival and growth of boxing in the country. Bolowotan made the call while speaking at the closing ceremony of the maiden Lagos State Inter-club Boxing Challenge.
Sergey Kovalev fittingly finished off Anthony Yarde with a jab Saturday night.
Ilunga Makabu beat a hard-hitting Russian in Russia for the second time in barely two months, this time by decision.
South Africa’s Rowan Campbell showed his true potential when he retained the International Boxing Organization (IBO) All-Africa super middleweight title with a seventh-round TKO victory over the DRC’s Patrick Mukala at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, on Friday night.