RICHARD LARTEY: GHANA’S HEAVYWEIGHT
The National heavyweight champion Richard Nii Lartey Harrison has promised to put Ghana on the world boxing map in his division.
INTERVIEW WITH WBU AFRICA PREZ MICHAEL BAHSOON
Alpha Male Entertainment boss and World Boxing Union Africa head Michael Bahsoon harps on his plans for the sport, his election and the state of Gambian boxing.
BREAZEALE TO WILDER: MY REVENGE IS COMING!
Heavyweight contender Dominic Breazeale (19-1, 17 KOs) has fired back at WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) for his recent statements.
CANELO TO “GGG” & SANCHEZ: YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT MEXICAN STYLE IS!
Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and his trainers have lashed out at Gennady Golovkin and his trainer Abel Sanchez. Canelo and the Reynoso clan are tired of Golovkin claiming to fight in a “Mexican style” and daring Canelo to do the same in their upcoming rematch. Canelo will challenge Golovkin for his IBO,…
IT’S GHANA VS. UGANDA TONIGHT AT BUKOM BOXING ARENA!
Uganda’s Badru Lusambya arrived in Accra on Thursday ahead of Saturday’s bout versus Ghana’s Patrick Allotey for the WBO Africa Super Welterweight title at Bukom Boxing Arena.
JAPAN AMATEUR BOXING FEDERATION HEAD RESIGNS
The “chairman for life” of the Japan Amateur Boxing Federation (JABF) resigned Aug. 8 after admitting associating with a gangster, as well as misusing a government grant to a boxer.
AMANDA SERRANO TO FIGHT FOR WORLD TITLE IN SIXTH DIVISION
Amanda Serrano will fight for a world title in a sixth weight division on Saturday, September 8 at Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™. Brooklyn’s Serrano will face Yamila Esther Reynoso for the vacant WBO Junior Welterweight World Championship. If successful, Serrano will set a women’s boxing record as a six-division world champion, joining…
WATCH: GARCIA, PORTER DETERMINED TO WIN ON SEP. 8
SHOWTIME Sports® provides a glimpse into the mindsets of Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter as the two former world champions met face-to-face last week in New York City to officially announce their September 8 bout for the vacant WBC Welterweight World Championship, live on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) from Barclays Center, the home…
DOGBOE TALKS KO AHEAD OF OTAKE BOUT
Ghanaian boxer Isaac Dogboe has promised to floor Japan’s Hidenori Otake in his WBO Super Bantamweight title defence in Phoenix, Arizona on August 25.
ROY JONES JR. IS COMING TO SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa’s only female boxing manager, Jodi Solomon, has confirmed that former professional boxer, boxing commentator and now trainer, American Roy Jones Jr, will jet into South Africa on August 27 for the opening of a Roy Jones Jr & Jodi Solomon Boxing Gym in Craighall, Johannesburg.