After 27 months of debate, Jack “El Gato” Catterall finally got his revenge. Catterall defeated Josh Taylor by unanimous decision in the 12-round junior welterweight main event Saturday at First Direct Arena in Leeds, England. It was a far more fan-friendly affair than their first encounter, which Taylor edged by split decision to retain…
Nigeria’s Joshua Oluwaseun Wahab has vowed to bounce back following a devastating first-round KO loss to Mark Chamberlain on Saturday night.
Mandla Ntlanganiso is looking forward to working with the newly appointed Board of Boxing SA appointed by sports minister Zizi Kodwa on Tuesday last week.
Oleksandr Usyk fought back tears after being declared the undisputed world heavyweight champion. Not since Lennox Lewis’ victory over Evander Holyfield in 1999 has a fighter earned such a status. Having produced the finest performance of his career to earn a split-decision victory over Tyson Fury and to record his finest ever win, Usyk…
Lightweight contender Sheriff Quaye of Ghana is inching closer to a world title shot.
Ukraine’s fighting spirit carried Saturday in boxing, as lightweight Denys Berinchyk joined his heavyweight countryman Oleksandr Usyk with a heartfelt split decision title victory. Berinchyk’s win came over Mexico’s three-division titleholder Emanuel Navarrete, who showed up bloated and lacking, delivering an uninspiring performance against the more aggressive foe. Berinchyk won the vacant WBO…
Joshua Oluwaseun Wahab won’t have it easy when he faces unbeaten Brit Mark Chamberlain tonight in Saudi Arabia.
After refusing to look at Oleksandr Usyk at Thursday’s face-off, Tyson Fury got in his opponent’s face on Friday after the weigh-ins. Fury and Usyk will be contesting the undisputed world heavyweight championship on Saturday in Riyadh, and after engaging in some mind games on Thursday they took the more traditional route and got…
Former three-division world champion Emanuel Navarrete (38-1-1, 31 KOs) weighed in at 135lbs. and his opponent Denys Berinchyk (18-0, 9 KOs) scaled in at 134.8lbs at Friday’s weigh-in for their 12-round main event fight for the vacant WBO lightweight title this Saturday, May 18th on ESPN at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California.
The Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) wishes Accra-based, Nigerian Lightweight sensation Joshua Oluwaseun Wahab, aka The Wealth Machine, the very best of luck in his fight against British undefeated lightweight boxer, Mark ‘The Thunder” Chamberlain on Saturday, May 17, 2024, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The two boxers are gearing up to be featured on the…