NAMIBIA’S JONAS MATHEUS VICTORIOUS ON SUNDAY
Namibia’s national super bantamweight title holder, Jonas Matheus, won the IBO International bantamweight title by defeating Makazole Tete on points in Mthatha, South Africa.
THE WEEK IN BOXING – JULY 24, 2018
Check out Eric Armit’s comprehensive report in The Week in Boxing – July 24, 2018!
GARCIA-EASTER EVENTS AVAILABLE ON SHOWTIME YOUTUBE
SHOWTIME Sports will provide live streams of official fight week events in advance of this Saturday’s 135-pound unification showdown between WBC Lightweight World Champion Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) and IBF Lightweight World Champion Robert Easter Jr. (21-0, 14 KOs). The three-fight telecast airs live on SHOWTIME from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
RAFAEL MENSAH’S PERFORMANCE AN INDICTMENT ON GHANA BOXING
Let the excus…explanations begin. Following his one-sided decision loss to WBA world super featherweight champion Alberto Machado, Ghana’s Rafael Mensah says he suffered an injury early in the fight that played a major role in the defeat.
FINALLY! GARCIA VS. PORTER SET FOR SEP. 8 FOR WBC WORLD WELTERWEIGHT TITLE!
Welterweight stars and former 147-pound titleholders Danny “Swift” Garcia and “Showtime” Shawn Porter will square off for the vacant WBC Welterweight World Championship live on SHOWTIME Saturday, September 8 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.
GARCIA-EASTER UNDERCARD TO BE STREAMED
SHOWTIME Sports will provide live streaming of undercard fights and analysis on the network’s social platforms in advance of this Saturday’s Mikey Garcia vs. Robert Easter Jr. Lightweight World Championship Unification. SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING COUNTDOWN, the fifth digital presentation of live boxing in 2018, will stream on theSHOWTIME Sports YouTube channel and SHOWTIME Boxing Facebook page beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5…
QUAYE DOMINATES AND STOPS LAMPTEY IN REMATCH
ACCRA—With card promoter Azumah Nelson sitting ringside on his 60th birthday, Sheriff Quaye reminded those in attendance at Bukom Boxing Arena of how “The Professor” dealt with rematches.
CABIC PROMOTIONS SEEKS TO ESTABLISH BOXING ACADEMY
Ivan Bruce Cudjoe, CEO of Cabic Promotions & Management has appealed to corporate Ghana and international organisations interested in sports and entertainment to support them in their vision to raise boxing to a higher level.
SOUTH AFRICA’S MORUTI MTHALANE IS WORLD CHAMPION AGAIN
On the undercard of Manny Pacquiao-Lucas Matthysse, Moruti Mthalane regained his IBF flyweight title with a close but unanimous decision over Muhammad Waseem.
MAYWEATHER GOES AT 50 CENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA!
The on-again, off-again bromance between Floyd Mayweather and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is off (for now). And based on Mayweather’s latest post on Instagram, it won’t be back on any time soon.