NEW YORK — Miguel Cotto, who began boxing as an 11-year-old to lose weight, said farewell on Saturday night, closing out a glorious 17-year career, but not how most expected. Instead of an easy win over big underdog Sadam Ali, Cotto was nowhere near his best in what he said would be his final…
Former World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight champion Zambian Catherine Phiri has warned Kenya’s WBC super-bantamweight title holder Fatuma Zarika to prepare for a tough belt defence battle Saturday at the Carnivore. “I know Zarika is a refined, seasoned fighter and one of the best in the world,” said the 30-year-old Phiri, who boast of…
Miguel Cotto-Sadam Ali is on! Both fighters made weight ahead of their showdown tomorrow night on HBO World Championship Boxing®, beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Opening the telecast from Madison Square Garden in New York City is Rey Vargas defending his title against Oscar Negrete in a 12-round super bantamweight fight. In the main…
NAIROBI (Xinhua) — Kenyan World Boxing Council (WBC) Super bantamweight champion, Fatuma Zarika declared on Thursday it was time for her ‘Iron Fist’ to do the talking after sizing up her Zambian challenger, Catherine Phiri in Nairobi. The pair will step onto the ring on Saturday in Nairobi to vie for the global title…
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Sports Commission, Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines and eight-division boxing champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao will join hands in rediscovering interest to the sports and searching for the best new boxing talent in the country in staging the 2017 PSC-Pacquiao Amateur Boxing Cup that will kick off this December…
MIAMI (November 30, 2017) – Unbeaten light heavyweight Ahmed Elbiali will look to stamp his contender status when he faces former champion Jean Pascal in the 10-round main event of a special Friday night edition of Premier Boxing ChampionsTOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and BOXEO DE CAMPEONES on FOX Deportes,December 8 from Hialeah Park in Miami, Florida. Televised coverage begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Tickets for the…
Silence can be easily mistaken for inaction. Ghana’s Richard Commey has been quiet of late but, by all accounts, is feverishly preparing for when he resurfaces.
BROOKLYN – Unbeaten welterweight world champion Errol Spence Jr. and former champion Lamont Peterson went face-to-face for the first time Wednesday at a press conference in Brooklyn to discuss their world title showdown headlining action on Saturday, January 20 live on SHOWTIME. The event is presented by Premier Boxing Champions from Barclays Center, the home…
Music and boxing are set to mix seamlessly at GOtv Boxing Night 13, scheduled to hold on December 26 at Landmark Events Centre, Victoria Island in Lagos. The event, which promises to be the biggest edition ever, will see four of the country’s biggest musical talents perform. Billed to perform are Small Doctor, Reekado…
Zarika-Phiri is on! Kenya’s World Boxing Council (WBC) super bantamweight women’s champion Fatuma Zarika has issues a war cry to former world champion Catherine Phiri ahead of their WBC world female bantamweight fight set for Saturday, December 2, at Carnivore Grounds, Nairobi. Speaking with Citizen Digital the Kenyan pugilist who has been honing her…