DANIEL MAPANYA REMEMBERED
Members of the Free State boxing fraternity agree that the craft of Daniel Mapanya, one of the province’s finest boxers during the 1970’s, will be missed in the sport for years to come.
TEVIN FARMER TO BATTLE BILLY DIB FOR IBF WORLD TITLE FRIDAY NIGHT
Tevin “The American Idol” Farmer (25-4-1, 5 KOs), of Philadelphia, PA, has the opportunity to realize his dream of becoming a world champion this Friday, August 3, when he faces off against Australian Billy Dib (43-3, 24 KOs), for the vacant IBF Junior Lightweight World Title, at Technology Park, in Eveleigh, a suburb of Sydney,…
IBF ORDERS MIKEY GARCIA TO FACE RICHARD COMMEY NEXT
If Mikey Garcia is serious about moving up to welterweight and fighting world champion Errol Spence Jnr, he’ll have to make that decision soon.
LADARIUS MILLER TRAINING CAMP NOTES
Rising lightweight contender Ladarius Miller will look to make a statement when he faces Dennis Galarza in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on Bounce (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) Friday, August 3 from Sam’s Town in Las Vegas.
NIGERIA’S JOSEPH DEFEATS GHANA’S NUKPE
Oto ‘Joe Boy’ Joseph, Nigerian boxer, defeated Nathaniel Nukpe, his Ghanaian contender, to retain his African Boxing Union (ABU) lightweight title.
UGAS-BARRIONUEVO SET FOR GARCIA-PORTER UNDERCARD
Top 147-pound contender Yordenis Ugas and Argentine slugger Cesar Barrionuevo will battle in a WBC welterweight title eliminator while unbeaten Polish heavyweight contender Adam Kownacki will face former heavyweight champion Charles Martin in a 10-round attraction as part of a tripleheader live on SHOWTIME Saturday, September 8 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Barclays…
JUDY WAGUTHII IS KENYA’S MAY BEST SPORTSPERSON
Reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) silver female super-lightweight champion Judy Waguthii has been named as the StarTimes/Sports Journalists Association of Kenya Sports Personality of the Month of May.
DEONTAY WILDER-TYSON FURY CLOSE TO DONE DEAL FOR DECEMBER!
Looks like there will be a huge heavyweight superfight this year after all. A deal is being finalized for WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder to face lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury in November/December, on SHOWTIME PPV in Las Vegas, Nevada.
KOVALEV ARRIVES IN ATLANTIC CITY FOR SATURDAY’S SHOWDOWN
Two-time light heavyweight world champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (32-2-1, 28 KOs) puts his WBO Light Heavyweight World Title on the line against long-time WBC Light Heavyweight number one Contender Eleider “Storm” Alvarez (23-0, 11 KOs) at the Etess Arena in the brand new Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on Saturday, August 4, 2018.
JAPAN AMATEUR BOXING FEDERATION DENIES ALLEGATIONS
The Japan Amateur Boxing Federation has responded to allegations of fraud, including the misuse of federal grant money, saying “a lot of” the accusations made by regional federation executives and former boxers are false.