DEONTAY WILDER CLAIMS NIGERIAN HERITAGE
WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder is America’s biggest boxing star—and has Nigerian heritage, according to him.
LADIPO: NIGERIA BOXING NEEDS MORE PROMOTERS
Rafiu Ladipo, the President of Nigeria Boxing Board of Control (NBB of C), on Thursday in Lagos said more promoters were needed to contribute to the boxing sport’s development in Nigeria.
ABDUL WAHID OMAR NAMED BEST BOXER AT BLACK BOMBERS JUSTIFIER
Abdul Wahid Omar, a key member of national amateur boxing team, the Black Bombers and the nation’s sole representative at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, in Brazil has been adjudged the best boxer at the three-day justifier to select new members of the national boxing team.
GOOD TURNOUT FOR FIRST USA BOXING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
A large group of past and present amateur boxers, as well as others involved in the sport, recently turned out in force for the first USA Boxing Alumni Association gathering on the West Coast.
TETE-ALOYAN & TABITI-FAYFER SET FOR SATURDAY
Comosa AG is delighted to bring a spectacular doubleheader to Russia: the Ali Trophy Bantamweight Quarter-Final and WBO World Championship between Zolani Tete and Mikhail Aloyan and the Cruiserweight Quarter-Final between Andrew Tabiti and Ruslan Fayfer.
NAMIBIA’S KAUTONDOKWA TO FIGHT ANDRADE FOR WORLD TITLE!
WBO president Paco Valcarcel told ESPN.com on Tuesday that his organization will sanction a Demetrius Andrade-Walter Kautondokwa fight for its interim middleweight title.
SAUNDERS DENIED LICENSE, ANDRADE FIGHT OFF
The Massachusetts State Athletic Commission voted Tuesday to deny Billy Joe Saunders’ application for a license to defend his WBO middleweight title against Demetrius Andrade on October 20 in Boston.
CRAWFORD AIMS TO DOMINATE OVERMATCHED BENAVIDEZ
Jose Benavidez Jr. is a good fighter. A 27-0 record that includes 18 knockouts doesn’t usually lie, even if it can fib a little at times. But there is no indication that he will enter the ring at the CHI Health Center in Omaha on Saturday night and take Terence Crawford’s WBO welterweight title.
THE WEEK IN BOXING – OCTOBER 10, 2018
Check out Eric Armit’s comprehensive report in The Week in Boxing – October 10, 2018!
BOMBERS COACH: COMMEY CAN SHOCK GARCIA
AIBA instructor and Black Bombers coach Kwasi Ofori Asare has called on Ghana lightweight Richard Commey to go out and make a difference against four-division world champion Mickey Garcia in their upcoming WBC and IBF world title bout in January 2019.