ASAMOAH GYAN SAYS BOXING IS AHEAD OF FOOTBALL IN GHANA
Football has been regarded as the passion of Ghana since its independence, but according to the skipper of the Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan, boxing is currently ahead of football.
Football has been regarded as the passion of Ghana since its independence, but according to the skipper of the Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan, boxing is currently ahead of football.
The father and trainer of former World Boxing Organisation (WBO) super bantamweight champion, Isaac Dogboe, admits that they underestimated and underprepared for last month’s fight with heavy underdog Emanuel Navarrete of Mexico.
Lagos State Alliance for Democracy (AD) governorship candidate Chief Owolabi Salis says his administration will support the development of boxing if he’s elected as governor.
Wynn Palace Cotai, Macao – IBF flyweight world champion Moruti Mthalane (37-2, 25 KOs) stopped tough challenger Masahiro Sakamoto (13-2, 9 KOs) in ten rounds of action.
Wynn Palace Cotai, Macao – Undefeated Hiroto Kyoguchi (12-0, 9 KOs) became the first man to stop Hekkie Budler (32-4, 10 KOs), as he secured a TKO victory in the eleventh round to capture the WBA (super) junior flyweight world title.
It was a quick payday for Floyd Mayweather to close the 2018 calendar. The 41-year-old boxer earned $9 million to knock out kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa in an exhibition fight on New Year’s Eve in Tokyo meant to be “all about entertainment.”
Ghana’s Robert “Stopper” Quaye, the new Interim World Boxing Organization (WBO) Africa Junior Welterweight champion, has said, the world title, remains his top most priority, as he prepares for a new challenge in 2019.
WBA light-flyweight super champion Hekkie Budler (32-3, 10 KOs) is sick of training. “I just want to fight,” he said ahead of his New Year’s Eve title defense against Japan’s Hiroto Kyoguchi (11-0, 8 KOs) in Macau. The pair meet on the undercard of the vacant WBO world super-flyweight championship between Kazuto Ioka (23-1, 13…
Daniel Christoffel Van Heerden, father of former IBO welterweight champion Chris Van Heerden, was shot dead in South Africa.
Rilwan ‘Real One’ Oladosu picked up a whooping cash prize of N3 million alongside the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial trophy after emerging the best boxer at the 17th edition of the GOtv Boxing Night on Friday, December 28.