THE WEEK IN BOXING – APRIL 24, 2019
Check out Eric Armit’s comprehensive fight reports in The Week in Boxing – April 24, 2019.
GOtv BOXING NIGHT 18: NIGERIA DEFEATS GHANA
Nigeria’s Oto Joseph, known as Joe Boy, successfully defended his African Boxing Union (ABU) lightweight title with a first-round KO of Ghana’s Success Tetteh.
OBODAI SAI TO DEFEND WBO AFRICA TITLE IN JUNE
The CEO of Don’s Promotions, Michael Annan, says his charge, World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa middleweight champion Obodai Sai would defend his title in June at the University of Ghana, Legon Campus, in Accra.
COMMEY EYES JUNE RETURN, UNIMPRESSED BY TEOFIMO LOPEZ
Richard Commey and his team spent enough time talking with promoters—including his own—last week to know what his immediate future will and won’t include.
JEREMIAH NAKATHILA WINS BIG, TARGETS WORLD TITLE
The much-anticipated fight between WBO top 15 rated boxers in the junior lightweight division exceeded expectations when Jeremiah Nakathila took on Zoltan Kovacs for the vacant WBO Global title.
PAUL DOGBOE: ISAAC WILL REQUIRE MORE THAN STRENGTH & SKILLS TO WIN
Paul Dogboe, father & trainer of former WBO World Super Bantamweight Champion, Isaac Dogboe, says it will take more than strength and skills to exact revenge against Mexican Emmanuel Navarrete on May 11.
ROLLS: THIS ISN’T A TUNEUP FOR GOLOVKIN!
Steve Rolls readily admits Gennady Golovkin thrives on the elite level at which Rolls has yet to compete.
WATCH: ISAAC DOGBOE PROMISES TO KO NAVARRETE INSIDE FOUR ROUNDS!
BoxingAfrica.com caught up with Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe at Saturday’s press conference in Accra ahead of his May 11 rematch versus Emmanuel Navarrete.
TETE VOWS VICTORY OVER DONAIRE THIS SATURDAY
South Africa’s WBO World champion Zolani Tete (28-3, 21 KOs) is in a ‘good place’ and thanks Floyd Mayweather Sr. ahead of facing the WBC Diamond and WBA World champion, American-Philippine Nonito Donaire (39-5, 25 KOs), in the 118lb WBSS semi-final on April 27 at the Cajundome in Lafayette, LA, USA.
JAILED BOXER IKE IBEABUCHI BEGS NIGERIAN GOV’T FOR HELP
Former heavyweight contender, Ikemefuna “Ike” Ibeabuchi, said some forces are bent on keeping him locked up forever in US prison.