Uganda’s welterweight boxer Muzamir “King Kong” Kakande beat Clair Merven of Mauritius in the final of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) African Boxing Championships in Congo Brazzaville on Sunday. Kakande’s victory ensured Uganda returned with a gold medal as well as two silver medals. Uganda will be represented by three boxers at the…
Cameroon won two gold medals in women’s competition today at the African Boxing Championships in Brazzaville. Christelle Aurore Ndiang won the featherweight title as Azangue Aubiege Yannicke clinched top honours at welterweight. Nidang comfortably came through against Algeria’s Nour El Houda in the Republic of Congo’s capital, winning the fight by unanimous decision…
For the second time is as many years, there will be no Nigerian boxer in the World Boxing Championships ring coming up later in the year. Seven Nigerian boxers from the Nigerian Army traveled to the 2017 African Boxing Championship in Congo Brazzaville which started on June 17th and all came back failing to…
Irish amateur boxing may have been down after the Rio Olympics but it wasn’t out. The team performance at the European Championships is the equivalent of a fighter getting off the canvas, shaking the cobwebs out of his head and returning to the fray with renewed vigor. There has been a tendency to regard…
Namibia’s Jonas Junias advanced to the semi-final stage of the African Boxing Championships (AFBC) in Brazzaville, Congo.
KAMPALA — Bombers captain Musa ‘Chicago’ Shadir (light welter) is yet to contend with the agonising quarterfinal defeat to Namibia’s Jonas Junius at the African Confederation Boxing Championship (AFBC) Thursday night. Shadir, 20, looked a very improved boxer in the last one year and oozed confidence throughout the build-up to Africa’s most prestigious amateur…
Three Kenyan boxers – light flyweight Shaffi Bakari, lightweight Nick Okoth and middleweight John Kyolo – have reached the medal brackets in the ongoing African Confederation Boxing Championship in Congo Brazzaville. The trio will compete in Saturday’s semi-finals. Bakari faces Matias Hamunyela (Namibia), Okoth will square it out with Mohamed Hamout (Mauritius) while Kyola…
Nigeria’s Owolabi Lawal hit a wall on Friday night at the 2017 African Confederation Boxing Championship (AFBC), taking place in Brazzaville, Congo. That wall was Morocco’s Mohamed Hamout. Hamout defeated Lawal 5-0 on points in the quarterfinals of this highly-competitive tourney. Lawal’s loss comes as a surprise. He’d soundly defeated Angola’s Manuel Gomes…
Sean Garcia will compete in his final amateur boxing bout and tournament tonight. The six-time amateur national champion will compete in the Roy Jones Jr. National Invitational held in Las Vegas. Garcia, a senior at Silverado, is the younger brother of professional and undefeated fighter Ryan Garcia, who is signed with Golden Boy…
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Fivestar MMA in Fort St. John and Boxing BC are going to be bringing the BC Golden Gloves competition to the Energetic City next year. Fivestar MMA owner and coach Justin Donally says that he’s been planning to bring the competition to the Peace Region since hosting Fivestar Fight…