THE WEEK IN BOXING – MAY 30
THE WEEK IN BOXING — Check out Eric Armit’s comprehensive report below:
THE WEEK IN BOXING — Check out Eric Armit’s comprehensive report below:
International Boxing Association (AIBA) has launched the 2017 Year of Africa Project, which it hopes to create a lasting legacy of boxing on the continent. The continent-wide programme, which marks the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games cycle, is aimed at bringing education and empowerment to National Federations (NFs). Conceived in partnership…
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has announced a late date change for the African Championships, which were initially scheduled to begin on Saturday, May 27, in the Republic of Congo’s capital Brazzaville. The event has now been pushed back, with action set to take place between June 17 and 25. It is the sole…
Jamaica amateur boxing made a bold statement that it is on target for World Championship Box-Off success in another two weeks or so with a stunning but confident 3-1 win over Panama in an international friendly Pro-Am six-fight card at the Barbican Beach Complex on Saturday night.The four-fight amateur card between the two countries was…
Less than six months after taking the professional plunge, former world champion Laishram Sarita Devi and Commonwealth Games bronze-medalist Pinki Jangra will return to amateur boxing after apologizing to the national federation. The two boxers, who had signed up with the Indian Boxing Council (IBC), will be re-joining the national camp after submitting letters of…
Errol Spence Jr. dethrones Kell Brook and earns the title of IBF Welterweight World Champion following a late stoppage in their championship fight out of Sheffield, England.
SHEFFIELD – Undefeated Errol Spence Jr. dethroned defending IBF world welterweight champion Kell Brook and won the IBF Welterweight World Championship with an 11th round TKO (1:47) in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Saturday in front of 27,000 raucous fans at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, England. VIDEO: http://s.sho.com/2r86M9W Spence, (22-0, 19 KOs),…
BoxingAfrica.com spoke to world lightweight title challenger Richard Commey at his favorite place: The gym. Fresh off a unanimous decision win over rugged Belgian Hedi Slimani, the new WBC fourth-ranked contender is keeping himself in shape at the famed Bronx Boxing Gym in Ghana as he awaits the next step in his career. Read on…
Townsville boxing is set to kick it up a notch. Some of Townsville’s rising boxers will tonight fight in front of a man who is just one punch away from becoming a world champion. The Upper Ross Hawks are holding their ‘Rumble in the Nest” fight night at Brothers Leagues Club, and guest of…
Thousands of fans braved the hot Sheffield sun for hours to watch a tense Brook-Spence weigh-in. Kell Brook will make his fourth IBF Welterweight World Title defense against U.S. star Errol Spence Jr. The bout will occur at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, England this Saturday May 27, live on SHOWTIME (5:15 p.m. ET/2:15 p.m. PT).…