Zongo Junction is one of the busiest areas in Ghana’s capital city of Accra. Seas of pedestrians zig-zag around vehicles to cross unmarked roads. Taxis battle Trotros for road space like two kids fighting over a small blanket. And roadside sellers pace up and down the streets, peddling everything from fruits to puppies. A…
Pizza King and Wishbone director Ravindra Nath is the major sponsor for Fiji Amateur Boxing Association. This was after Fiji Car Club racing champion signed an $180,000 deal for three years with FABA president Manasa Baravilala in Suva last night. The association will receive $60,000 each year which would assist them with the…
LANCASTER, CA. (May 25, 2017) – Former world champion Brandon Rios (33-3-1, 24 KOs) returns to the ring to take on Mexico’s Aaron Herrera (32-6-1, 21 KOs) in the main event of a Special Edition of Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes on Sunday, June 11 from The Pioneer Event Center in Lancaster,…
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). Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) and mandatory challenger Spence, (21-0, 18 KOs), clash on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING…
Spend a day in Patrick Johnson’s office and you’re liable to meet every kind of character Ghana boxing has to offer. From the movers and shakers in suits to boxers down on their luck, all take turns sitting in one of his office chairs. It’s that calm, affable persona that endears him to those…
During the productive and fruitful week of the International Boxing Federation 34th Annual Convention in St. Petersburg, FL, IBF executive officers along with representatives and boxing promoters from the B & R Region (Silk Road Economic Belt & 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road) met to discuss the establishment and the launching of the IBF Silk Road…
Caballero vs. Negrete is on. Undefeated NABF Super Bantamweight Champion and Coachella native Randy “El Matador” Caballero (24-0, 14 KOs) will meet Oscar “Jaguar” Negrete (16-0, 6 KOs) at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. The bout is a 10-round main event for the June 30th edition of Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN. This marks the 50th show…
WORCESTER, Mass. (May 25th, 2017) — The fight Khiary Gray has wanted for the past year and a half comes with a stern warning. “Be careful what you ask for,” said Joe Ricciardi, longtime trainer of reigning New England Junior Middleweight Champion Greg Vendetti, “because come June 9th you’re going to get it, and…
New York, NY/Louisville, KY – May 25, 2017 – Evander Holyfield’s Real Deal Sports & Entertainment, in association with Top Knotch Boxing and Kentucky Venues, has announced that its promotional debut will be a quadruple-header televised live on CBS Sports Net, on Saturday, June 24, at 10pm ET, from Freedom Hall, in Louisville, KY. The…
Evander Holyfield arrived in Nigeria yesterday ahead of the exhibition boxing match against former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode lauded the achievements of five-time world cruiserweight and heavyweight boxing champion, describing him as the greatest living boxer of all times. Governor Ambode, who spoke at Lagos House…