World Boxing Organization (WBO) Africa super bantamweight champion, Wasiru Gyatabi Mohammed, has become the new WBO Global champion after knocking out Tanzanian Loren Japhet at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Accra Stadium last Saturday night.
In possibly one of the poorest decisions in recent years, Innocent Mantengu from KwaZulu Natal won the vacant South African junior-featherweight title on a split decision over Thato Bonokoane of Gauteng at the Kagiso Memorial Hall and Recreation Centre in Kagiso on the West Rand on Friday night.
Fresh off his eighth-round TKO win over Ray Beltran, IBF World Lightweight Champion Richard Commey will be an interested observer in the Teofimo Lopez-Masayoshi Nakatini matchup on July 19.
In front of a sold-out crowd of his hometown fans, WBC Middleweight World Champion Jermall Charlo defended his new title for the first time and kept his unbeaten record in dominating fashion against Brandon Adams Saturday night at NRG Arena live on SHOWTIME.
Middleweight world titlist Demetrius Andrade wanted to send a message to the two major stars of the middleweight division, unified champion Canelo Alvarez and former unified champion Gennady Golovkin, that he was ready for a mega fight. “Boo Boo” did just that in a triumphant homecoming on Saturday night at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center.…
GENEVA (AP) — One day after being stripped of Olympic recognition, boxing body AIBA called for fresh elections in November to help rebuild its image and relations with the IOC.
Anthony Ombok Otieno aka Jamal is the new Boxing Association of Kenya (BAK) president.
International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee and Africa boxing legend Azumah Nelson will be cheering for fellow Ghanaian Richard Commey as he defends his IBF world lightweight title versus Ray Beltran tonight at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California.
It’s a stacked card going down tonight in Harare, Zimbabwe as Kalokoda Promotions presents Shosholoza, a Pan-African boxing show for true aficionados.
Ray Beltran will not have a chance to become a two-time lightweight world titleholder, at least not on Friday night. Due to challenge Richard Commey for his 135-pound world title, Beltran badly missed weight at Thursday’s weigh-in, coming in at 136.8 pounds. He had two hours to lose the extra 1.8 pounds but never…