After defeating China’s Zulpikar Maimaitiali in August this year, Vijender Singh will be back in the boxing ring again against Ghana’s Ernest Amuzu; putting both his titles — Asia Paicific champion and oriental super middleweight title — on the line at the Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium in Jaipur on 23rd December. “This is going…
Carl Frampton has said that the “heartbreaking” poverty he witnessed during a trip to Kenya with Trócaire will stay him for the rest of his life. Frampton and his wife Christine travelled to the east African country to see work being carried out by Trócaire as part of the Irish charity’s Christmas Appeal. …
MIAMI (December 4, 2017) – Top-rated heavyweight title contender Luis “King Kong” Ortiz will take on Daniel “The Mountain” Martz in an added 10-round featured bout on a special Friday night edition of Premier Boxing Champions TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and BOXEO DE CAMPEONES on FOX Deportes at Hialeah Park in Miami, Florida on Dec.…
TORONTO, ON—On Wednesday afternoon in Toronto, we may see the best collection of boxing talent assembled in a Canadian gym in quite some time. In addition to WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders preparing for his December 16 HBO clash with Canada’s David Lemieux, Saunders’ stablemates Kell Brook and Kid Galahad will also be…
The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) has partnered the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) and the Ghana Boxing Federation (GBF) to develop juvenile boxing in the country. The boxing bodies (professional and amateur) have initiated a talent hunt program to scout for young talented boxers in the Odododiodio Constituency and its environs. The identified talents…
LAS VEGAS, NV – Eight members from the “Pound-4-Pound” gym, Las Vegas’ # 1 amateur boxing program, will compete in the 2017 USA Boxing Elite Youth National Championships & Junior Open. The five-day tournament will take place in Salt Lake City, UT, at the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center, more commonly known as…
Sakaria Lukas retained his WBO Africa featherweight title with a unanimous points decision against Tello Dithebe of South Africa on Saturday night. Lukas dominated throughout and was a comfortable winner as the three judges scored the fight 119-108, 119-109, 119-108 in his favour. It was however not a very attractive fight, with a…
Nigeria’s rising boxer Olaide Fijabi has vowed to defeat Kenya’s Michael Odhiambo when the two meet to fight for the African Boxing Union (ABU) light welterweight title on December 26. “I am moving up. I will beat Odhiambo. Very easily. I am gunning for the Commonwealth and world titles. Nothing will stop me,” Fijabi…
AFTER spending three years trying to get on to the GB boxing programme, Aqeel Ahmed is hopeful that a Commonwealth Games gold medal will tip the balance and see him, finally, get the call. “I’ve been making a case for three years to get on GB so I think I’ve got a good case…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Fatuma ‘Iron Fist’ Zarika rose to the occasion to beat Zambian Catherine Phiri to retain her World Boxing Council (WBC) Super bantamweight title at the Carnivore Grounds in Nairobi on Saturday night. Zarika won the brutal bout on unanimous points decision after she scored 97-92, 98-91 and 99-92 from the three…