Mayweather-McGregor is a done deal! Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Conor McGregor have agreed to square off on Aug. 26 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout will be held at the MGM Grand, Mayweather’s second home, or the T-Mobile Arena and televised on Showtime Pay-Per-View. The all-boxing card is expected to feature some of the Mayweather…
National pride and title belts will all be on the line this Friday, June 16 at Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra. Ghana will be rocking as Namibia’s Walter “The Executioner” Kautondokwa (14-0, 13 KO’s) defends his WBO Africa middleweight title against hometown son and WBO Interim Africa middleweight titlist, Obodai “The Miracle” Sai (32-2, 24…
After resigning as secretary of the IABA following 40 years of service, Al Morris has branded the organisation’s recent conduct “a disgrace” in an extraordinary interview on RTÉ’s Game On 2FM. The Wicklow man has been involved in the IABA at numerous levels since the ’70s, and explained to Damien O’Meara that he resigned…
ASTANA – The Astana Arlans boxing team claimed a solid 7-3 victory over the British Lionhearts in the semifinals of the World Series of Boxing (WSB). As the British team prevented the Kazakh boxers from reaching the finals last season, the Arlans were determined to take revenge against their opponents. The first leg was…
Namibia’s Paulus “The Rock” Ambunda brings BoxingAfrica.com up to speed with his career in this exclusive one-on-one. The former WBO World bantamweight champion is still going strong at 36, evidenced by his last bout, a close, points defeat to WBA World super bantamweight champ Moises Flores. Ambunda (24-2, 10 KO’s) is itching to get back in…
Dennis Ceylan (18-0-2, 8 KOs) will take on Kid Galahad (22-0, 13 KOs) for the IBF Inter-Continental Featherweight Championship on July 15 at the SSE Arena, Wembley in London, live on ITV Box Office in the UK. Although fighting for the first time on British soil as a professional, the 28-year old Ceylan is…
No fewer than 14 boxers on the Nigeria Amateur Boxing team are currently in camp under the supervision of the national team coach, Anthony Konyegwachie, preparing for the Africa Championship set for June 17 to June 25 in Congo. Konyegwachie told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos that the event…
Floyd Mayweather’s visit to Nigeria and Ghana has been postponed indefinitely. A Twitter post from Mayweather suggests the trip will occur in the fall. The former five-division champ was set to arrive in Nigeria today. Reasons for his postponement are unclear. Nigeria’s organizers were informed that Mayweather didn’t receive flight clearance for his private plane.…
LANCASTER, CA. (June 12, 2017) – Former world champion Brandon Rios (34-3-1, 24 KOs) returned to the ring with a seventh round TKO of Mexico’s Aaron Herrera (23-7-1, 14 KOs) in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes Sunday night from The Pioneer Event Center in Lancaster, California. “I…
Sparks will fly on June 16th when Africa’s two most powerful boxing nations square off. WBO Africa middleweight champion Walter Kautondokwa (14-0, 13 KO’s) of Namibia and WBO Interim Africa middleweight champion Obodai Sai (32-2, 24 KO’s) of Ghana will settle the score at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra, Ghana. The IBF Africa middleweight…