Welterweight contender Jamal James (24-1, 11 KOs) gave his hometown crowd a treat as he sent Mahonry Montes (35-8-1, 24 KOs) to the canvas for a second round knockout in the main event of a jam-packed three-hour night of Premier Boxing Champions action Friday fromthe Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
London-based Nigerian boxer, Tony ‘Muri Sugar’ Salam, has vowed to take his South Africa-based Zimbabwean opponent, Chomunorwa ‘Sting’ Gonorenda, to the cleaners when both boxers clash in a World Boxing Federation Africa Cruiserweight title fight in Harare, Zimbabwe on August 31.
Ivana Habazin will make the first defence of her IBO Female World Middleweight Championship against Gifty Amanua Ankrah on September 8 at the Arena Zagreb as chief support for Filip Hrgovi’s WBC International title challenge.
WBO world junior featherweight champion Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe and challenger Hidenori Otake faced off at the final press conference before their showdown Saturday night at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
Professional boxers in the country are calling for transparency ahead of the upcoming Kenya professional boxing commission elections.
AFTER occupying the chair as the new president of the Bahamas Amateur Boxing Federation, Vincent Strachan will have to vacate office as new elections have been set for Friday, August 31.
Former 2-time IBF bantamweight world champion, Joseph Agbeko, (34-5, 25 KOs) is focused on another world title as he makes the first defense of his WBO Africa bantamweight title against compatriot Ekow Wilson, (18-2, 16 KOs), on September 8, in Ghana’s Volta Region capital of Ho.
There is no looking ahead to future fights for top 147-pound contenders Yordenis Ugas of Cuba and Cesar Barrionuevo of Argentina as the two sluggers prepare for their WBC title eliminator matchup in SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING action on Saturday, September 8 live on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) from Barclays Center and presented by…
American boxing icon and former world champion in four weight divisions, Roy Jones Jnr, can’t wait to touch down in SA for the grand opening on September 1 of a boxing gym that he will co-own with accomplished manager Jodi Solomon.
Jamal James is motivated by what those around him think. Not of him, but of themselves.