BUKOM FIST OF FURY MOVED TO OSU ON FRIDAY
The Bukom Fist of Fury Boxing League returns on Friday, February 15, 2019, with some interesting bouts at the forecourt of the Osu Manste Palace.
IT’S OFFICIAL: JOSHUA-MILLER SET FOR JUNE 1 AT MSG
THE Brit is coming. DAZN officially announced Wednesday morning that Anthony Joshua will make his debut on American soil against Jarrell Miller on June 1 at Madison Square Garden. The unbeaten British superstar will defend his IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles against Brooklyn’s Miller in a main event DAZN will stream live from “The…
TWO WBA PAN-AFRICAN TITLE FIGHTS IN SOUTH AFRICA FRIDAY NIGHT
Two WBA Pan-African title fights take place at the Carousel Casino in Hammanskraal on Friday night with Sibusiso Zingange going in against Nataneal Sebastian for the vacant WBA pan-African junior-lightweight title, and, in a clash for the vacant WBA pan-African featherweight title, Jeff Magagane meets Tello Dithebe.
MAURICIO SULAIMAN MARKS FIVE YEARS AS WBC PREZ
Five years have passed since Mauricio Sulaiman Saldivar, in an extraordinary meeting held in Mexico City, was elected President of the World Boxing Council, following the passing of his beloved Father Don José Sulaimán, who led the WBC for 38 years.
SHIELDS-HAMMER SET FOR APRIL 13 FOR WOMEN’S UNDISPUTED MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Undefeated middleweight world champions Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer will meet on Saturday, April 13 live on SHOWTIME to crown the women’s undisputed 160-pound world champion. The blockbuster unification from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. will be the main event of SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION live at 9 p.m. ET/PT and is arguably the…
THE WEEK IN BOXING – FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Check out Eric Armit’s comprehensive fight reports in The Week in Boxing – February 13, 2019:
NAVARETTE MORE CONFIDENT OF STOPPING DOGBOE IN REMATCH
If Isaac Dogboe wants a direct rematch, Mexico’s Emanuel ‘Vaquero’ Navarrete has no problem with giving it to him.
ELVIS MOYO UPSETS RUANN VISSER
In what appeared to be a mismatch, the 35-year-old Johannesburg-based Elvis Moyo from Zimbabwe outpointed South African heavyweight champion Ruann Visser over 10 rounds to score a unanimous points decision at the Time Square Sun Arena in Pretoria on Sunday afternoon.
SPENCE-GARCIA TO HOLD UNPRECEDENTED LIVE PRESSER ON FOX
Unbeaten welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. and undefeated four-division champion Mikey Garcia will go face-to-face at a special FOX PBC PRESS CONFERENCE that will air live on FOX and FOX Deportes this Saturday, February 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT from Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in Los Angeles.
TAGOE RECOVERING FOR NEW FEB. 23 DATE
Emmanuel “Gameboy” Tagoe has recovered from a hand injury and now scheduled to fight Russia’s Vyacheslav Gusev for the vacant International Boxing Federation (International) (IBF) and World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa Lightweight titles, slated for February 23, at Bukom Boxing Arena, Accra.