Gaborone-based Melroy Boxing Club is one of those responsible for the new revolution as it has produced reputable fighters, who include South Africa-based Kgotla Baeti. The club was established in 2010 and focuses on promoting, training and the management of boxers. Melroy coach, Larona Francis said they have experience when it comes to professional…
The stoppage was premature, but the outcome wasn’t in doubt. Anthony Joshua retained his WBA & IBF World heavyweight titles with a 10th round stoppage win over the gritty Carlos Takam. Takam was robbed of the opportunity to finish the fight on his feet by the ill-timed stoppage. The Cameroon native bled from cuts…
Willie Lock, one of the great trainers in South African boxing history, passed away in Benoni on Thursday after a long illness. He was 84. Willie was born in Boksburg on 5 February 1933 and, together with his brother Peter, joined an amateur boxing club in Boksburg. Willie never boxed as a pro but his…
CARDIFF, WALES (Oct. 27, 2017) – Unified Heavyweight World Champion Anthony Joshua tipped the scales at a career-high 254 pounds and IBF mandatory challenger Carlos Takam measured 235 ½ pounds for their heavyweight showdown tomorrow on SHOWTIME. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins live at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT from sold-out Principality Stadium in…
BROOKLYN- Former champion “Showtime” Shawn Porter and hard-hitting contender Adrian Granados will look to steal the show when they meet in a 12-round welterweight world title elimination bout on Saturday, November 4 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™. The November 4 event, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, is headlined…
Undefeated Ghanaian contender and reigning WBO International junior featherweight champion Isaac Dogboe may be the biggest winner at today’s Championship & Ratings Committee meeting at the WBO 30th Annual Congress. Reigning champion Jessie Magdaleno was forced to drop out of his November fight with #1 contender Cesar Juarez, and his medical notification indicated he…
Former WBC Continental Americas Light Heavyweight champ, Napoleon Tagoe, has been pronounced dead by family members after a short illness in Accra. Confirming his death at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, the wife of the former boxer, Mrs. Tagoe, said, “Mys husband passed away in the early hours of Monday after battling…
CARDIFF, WALES (Oct. 26, 2017) – Unified Heavyweight World Champion Anthony Joshua and IBF mandatory challenger Carlos Takam faced off at the National Museum in Cardiff on Thursday during the final press conference for their heavyweight blockbuster this Saturday live on SHOWTIME from sold-out Principality Stadium. Joshua and Takam will square off in front…
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Isaac Ikhuoria, a Nigerian pugilist, has demanded for more amateur boxing competitions among youths to strengthen professional boxing in the country. Ikhuoria, a retired light-heavyweight boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Lagos. “Many of us who are fortunate…