NIGERIA BOXING TEAM TO MEET PRESIDENT BUHARI
The Nigeria boxing team will embark on a training tour of Australia ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, according head coach of the team Tony Konyegwachi.
KAUTONDOKWA-GODOY SET FOR MARCH 20
Kautondokwa-Godoy is on! ‘The Legacy Fight’ boxing bonanza, which is slated for the Windhoek Ramatex Hall on March 20, has been preceded by verbal volleys. Namibia’s WBO/IBF Africa middleweight champion Walter ‘The Executioner’ Kautondokwa and his Argentinian opponent Billi Godoy are promising to do serious bodily harm to each other when they cross paths that day.
PACQUIAO PLANS MAY/JUNE RETURN IN MALAYSIA
Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquiao announced that he will return to the ring in May or June in a bout taking place in Malaysia.This is a serious change of direction from what long-time promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank Promotions initially planned.
CANELO TESTS POSITIVE FOR CLENBUTEROL
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has tested positve for Clenbuterol, a banned substance, ahead of his May 5th rematch versus Gennady Golovkin. Read the statement from his promoter, Golden Boy Promotions, below:
KENYA BOXING HIT SQUAD AIMING FOR GOLD
The last time Kenya’s boxing team ‘Hit Squad’ won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games was in 1994 at the Victoria Games in Canada through Abdulrahman Ramadhan and Omar Ahmed Rajab.
FIGEROA OUT, BRONER-VARGAS SET FOR APRIL 21
BROOKLYN – Four-division champion Adrien Broner will battle former welterweight world champion Jessie Vargas in the 12-round main event of a SHOWTIME tripleheader on Saturday, April 21 in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.
DOGBOE MATCHMAKER BRIMMING WITH CONFIDENCE
Mike Altamura, matchmaker for WBO world interim bantamweight champion Isaac Dogboe, believes the Ghanaian will upset the odds when he faces Mexico’s Jessie Magdaleno for Magdaleno’s WBO world junior featherweight title on April 14 in Las Vegas, Nevada’s Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.
BROOK STOPS RABCHENKO IN TWO
Kell Brook marked his first bout at light-middleweight with a victory as he stopped Belarusian Sergey Rabchenko in the second round at Sheffield Arena. Brook was making his return to the ring after losing his IBF welterweight title to Errol Spence Jr in May. The 31-year-old sustained a fractured left eye socket in…
KOVALEV STOPS MIKHALKIN IN SEVEN
Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (32-2-1, 28 KOs) of Russia delivered another trademark crushing performance with a seventh round stoppage of Igor Mikhalkin (21-2, 9 KOs) of Russia at The Theater at Madison Square Garden to retain his WBO World Light Heavyweight Championship. Despite their friendship, there was no love lost between Russian countrymen as Kovalev…
SOUTH AFRICA’S LERENA DEFEATS KUCHER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION
Emperors Palace, Kempton Park, South Africa – In a battle for the IBO cruiserweight title, Kevin Lerena (20-1, 9 KO’s) retained the belt for the first time with a twelve round unanimous decision over dangerous puncher Dmytro Kucher (24-3-1, 18 KO’s). The scores were 119-109, 119-109 and 117-111. Coming into this fight, Lerena is…