ARTUR MANN-KEVIN LERENA SET FOR MAR. 16 IN SOUTH AFRICA
Artur Mann (15-0, 8 KOs) challenges Kevin Lerena (21-1, 9 KOs) for the IBO World Cruiserweight title on March 16 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
COACH MORRIS DECRIES DECLINE OF KENYA BOXING
Veteran boxing coach Peter Morris Mukhaya has decried the rot in Kenyan boxing even as the date for Boxing Association of Kenya (BAK) elections remains unknown.
TAGOE: I WILL KO GUSEV IN SEVEN!
WBO Africa lightweight champion, Emmanuel “Gameboy” Tagoe, has promised a seventh-round TKO over Russia’s Vyacheslav Gusev when they clash January 26 at Accra’s Bukom Boxing Arena.
BUKOM FIST OF FURY MOVES TO SUKURA
Accra, Jan. 17, GNA – The seventh week of the exciting Bukom Fist of Fury Boxing League will move to Sukura, near Lartebiokorshie on Friday, January 18.
MANNY PACQUIAO-ADRIEN BRONER FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
Boxing’s only eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao and former four-division world champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner went face-to-face Wednesday in Las Vegas at the final press conference before they battle for Pacquiao’s World Boxing Association Welterweight World Title Saturday, January 19 in the main event of a SHOWTIME PPV® event from the MGM Grand Garden…
KEITH THURMAN TRAINING CAMP NOTES
Welterweight world champion Keith “One Time” Thurman discussed his anticipated return to the ring as he nears his showdown against Josesito Lopez that headlines Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes Saturday, January 26 from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™. PBC on FOX and FOX Deportes action begins at 8 p.m.…
IBF CHIEF TO ATTEND TAGOE-GUSEV ON JAN. 26
The President of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) Daryl J. Peoples is expected to grace the title fight between World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa lightweight champion, Emmanuel ‘Gameboy’ Tagoe and Russian boxer, Vyacheslav Gusev at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra on January 26.
KENYA TO SEND TEAMS TO AIBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Kenya hopes to send teams for the men and women’s International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) World Championships planned for later this year.
DIRRELL-YILDIREM SET FOR FEB. 23
Former super middleweight world champion Anthony Dirrell gets an opportunity to rejoin the championship ranks when he battles top contender Avni Yildirim for the vacant WBC Super Middleweight Championship in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes Saturday, February 23 from The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
PACQUIAO & BRONER ARRIVE IN LAS VEGAS FOR FIGHT WEEK
Two of boxing biggest stars kicked off fight week in style on Tuesday as eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao and four-division world champion Adrien Broner arrived at MGM Grand in Las Vegas to a throng of excited fans for this Saturday’s WBA Welterweight World Championship.