Liam Walsh is so intent on taking the IBF world super-featherweight title from Gervonta Davis he left his wife in labour for a training camp. Son Ryan was born last month, hours after leaving the family home in Cromer for a sparring trip to Wales. That meant it was several days before Walsh saw…
PARIS (May 17, 2017) – Exciting unbeaten prospect Money Powell IV (1-0, 1 KO) will make his second professional start on Friday, June 2 when he takes on Hungary’s Sandor Jozsa (5-3-1, 2 KOs) in a four-round super welterweight attraction from Le Dome – Palais Des Sports de Paris. The June 2 event is…
LAS VEGAS (May 17, 2017) – Let the boxing binge watching begin this Saturday, May 20 when separate shows on SHOWTIME and FS1 deliver six matches running over six consecutive hours. This boxing extravaganza will present a unique opportunity for fans to watch boxing starting at 6 p.m. ET and continue throughout the evening. …
Las Vegas – This month the new WBA rankings came out it debuted the former two-time/ two division world champion Carl Frampton (23-1-14 KO’s) at number 2 in the Super-Featherweight division. WBA #1 contender Bryan Vasquez (35-2-19 KO’s) from Costa Rica said he is “Ready, willing and able to meet Carl Frampton this summer…
He may be adept at whipping up fancy dishes in school but in the boxing ring, Singaporean amateur Jason Chua is all about dishing out punches. A student in OSAC International College’s culinary arts programme, Chua has set his sights on representing the Republic at the Aug 19-30 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur. …
Robert Helenius’ (24-1, 15 KOs) and Dereck Chisora’s (26-7, 18 KOs) WBC Silver World Heavyweight title fight, which was due to take place on May 27 at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland, will be rescheduled for after the summer. Helenius and Chisora were set to renew their rivalry following a controversial European title…
The Speaker, Enugu State House of Assembly, Edward Ubosi, has said that the House was committed to raising boxers that would represent the country at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan. Speaking to the newsmen on Monday in Enugu, Ubosi said the Assembly was committed to seeing that Enugu State joined athletes from other…
The 2014 All Africa Youth Games bronze medalist Jean Pierre Cyiza has insisted he is aiming for nothing less than a gold medal at the forthcoming AFBC African Boxing Championships in Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo from May 27 – June 4. The 23-year-old, who says he was inspired to take up boxing by…
Otjiwarongo-Khomas region amateur boxers dominated proceedings during Saturday’s MTC Sunshine Regional Cup held at Otjiwarongo over the weekend, displaying great courage and cadence to win the annual amateur boxing tournament for the third successive time. Close to 150 amateur boxers from all 14 regions of the country converged at Otjiwarongo’s Swanewelder Hall over the…
Gideon Quartey, the deceased president of the Ghana Amateur Boxing Federation (GABF), was laid on Saturday, May 13. Quartey died on March 15, only few hours to the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) elections. Prior to his death he had complained about heart pains. Saturday’s burial service was held at the forecourt of the Ghana…