WBA Super World Super Middleweight champion George Groves (26-3, 19 KOs) and Jamie Cox (24-0,13 KOs) went head-to-head at the last pre-fight press conference before their Ali Trophy quarter-final on Saturday at The SSE Arena Wembley in London. “I feel I’m in the form of my career,” said Groves. “This tournament has come…
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LAUSANNE — Wu Ching-kuo, the Taiwanese chief of amateur boxing’s governing body AIBA, has been temporarily suspended in an ongoing power struggle involving accusations of financial mismanagement. AIBA’s disciplinary commission made the move yesterday, but revealed the news today in a statement. “Wu was found to be in violation of a number of…
BROOKLYN – As fight night nears, six of the top 154-pound world champions and contenders shared their thoughts and analysis of the high stakes matchups taking place Saturday, October 14 in a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING®. The Premier Boxing Champions event is headlined by Erislandy “The…
Windhoek – One of Namibia’s most recognisable professional boxers, Immanuel Andeleki, has been roped in to fight on the Fox Sports Boxing Extravaganza at the Grand Palm Hotel Casino and Convention Resort in Gaborone, Botswana on Wednesday, October 11. The boxing bonanza has attracted eight bouts on the bill, headlined by two vacant World…
East London – Mzamo Njekanye opened a boxing academy in Duncan Village in 2003 to offer young people in his community the chance he never had. The Duncan Village Boxing Academy is run from one room in an old building that used to be a school. It barely has enough equipment for all the…
ZIMBABWEAN boxer Felix Venganayi is among a host of African pugilists selected to fight in Manchester, United Kingdom next month. The bill dubbed “Africa vs UK” is set for November 10 and is part of the Friday Fight Nights series organised by ESPN Kwese and South African boxing promoters Kalakoda. Venganayi (34), will…
FIJI amateur boxing coach Pauliasi Ratu says Fiji Amateur Boxing Association is aiming to win at least six gold medals in the 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Vanuatu later this year. FABA has organized an amateur bout for the fighters at Raiwai Youth Hall this afternoon. “We are anticipating a good event where…
At the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Boxing Youth and Junior Championships in Ladysmith last weekend, three female boxers from Harry Gwala District were selected to participate in the national championships to be held from October 6 to 8. The boxers are Asiphe Mabandla, Aphiwe Dinana and Ntombentle Ngcobela, who won gold. Mabandla was announced the…
Windhoek — What has now come to be known as a catfight between two of the country’s biggest boxing stables Salute Boxing Academy (SBA) and the MTC Nestor Sunshine Fitness and Boxing Academy, has taken another ugly twist. This is after Salute Boxing Academy owner Kiriata Kamanya launched a scathing attack on promoter Nestor Tobias…