In a competitive year that saw many African-born boxers rise above the fray, BoxingAfrica.com recognizes WBC World Female Super Bantamweight champion Fatuma Zarika as our 2017 Africa Fighter of the Year.
Mexico’s Cesar Juarez touched down at Kotoka International Airport in Accra late Friday night, looking refreshed and brimming with confidence. Juarez will face undefeated Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe of Ghana for the interim WBO World super bantamweight title this Saturday, January 6th, at Bukom Boxing Arena. “I will be the first man to stop…
One of the areas of controversy which arose out of the Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Conor McGregor fight was whether by beating McGregor Mayweather had earned the right to have officially overtaken Rocky Marciano’s record for most victories of a world champion retiring undefeated with a 100% record. Marciano clocked up 49 victories and the…
With 2018 upon us, we here at BoxingAfrica.com present to you our list of the world’s top 10 fighters, pound for pound. This list is continuously updated at https://www.boxingafrica.com/pound-for-pound-rankings. Agree? Disagree? Think you can do better? Let us know!
BROOKLYN – Rising stars and veteran contenders will enter the ring on Saturday, January 20 looking to start their 2018 with a statement victory when they compete in undercard action from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING®, on the undercard for the welterweight championship showdown between IBF champion Errol Spence Jr. and two-division champion…
WBO World Champion Aleksandr Usyk (13-0, 11 KOs) and WBC World Champion Mairis Briedis (23-0, 18 KOs) had their first face-off in Riga before the Ali Trophy semi-final bout in the Latvian capital on January 27th. “Briedis is a good fighter, but the only thing he has that I want is his belt,” said…
Team Nigeria athletes preparing for the Commonwealth Games billed for April 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia have intensified preparations in various camps across the nation. The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports began its first phase of camping on December 17, 2018 in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja. Boxers, Table tennis and Para…
WHEN Boxing Scotland was deemed not fit for purpose by auditors in 2008, a decision that saw the governing body lose all of its funding, it was a precarious time for the sport. Boxing had gone from being one of Scotland’s most prominent sports to teetering on the edge of oblivion. When in a…
Rilwan Oladosu, the rising lightweight boxing star, won the N2.5 million cash prize attached to the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Trophy for the best boxer at GOtv Boxing Night 13. Oladosu defeated Kehinde “Ijoba” Badmus at the event which took place at Landmark Event Centre, Victoria Island. His hand speed and ring IQ simply overwhelmed…
Cape Town – South Africa has lost a boxing legend with news of the death of former champion and trainer Willie Toweel. Leading boxing writer Ron Jackson reported on supersport.com that Toweel, 83, died on Christmas evening. Toweel, who was born in 1934, won the bronze medal in the flyweight division at the…