ISAAC SACKEY VICTORIOUS IN INAUGURAL GHANA PROFESSIONAL BOXING LEAGUE EVENT
Isaac Sackey returned to the win column on the opening night of the Ghana Professional Boxing League Saturday night.
SOUTH AFRICA’S SIMANGELE HADEBE IS FIGHTING FOR A GREATER CAUSE
South Africa flyweight champion Simangele “Smash” Hadebe will be fighting for a greater cause when she faces Tanzania’s Halima Vunjabei for the vacant Africa Boxing Union (ABU) title this Thursday, February 24 in the ESPN Africa Boxing tourney at the EFC Performance Institute in Johannesburg.
GHANA BOXING PROMOTERS REFUTE GBA PRESIDENT’S CLAIMS OF A PEACE MEETING
The Boxing Promoters Association of Ghana (BPA-Gh) are refuting claims from Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) President Abraham Kotei-Neequaye that the two groups met in “an extraordinary meeting” where they hashed out differences.
VIDEO: KELL BROOK BATTERS AMIR KHAN, STOPS HIM IN SIX ROUNDS
A British boxing rivalry simmering for more than ten years finally came to the boil on Saturday night at the AO Arena, Manchester as Kell ‘Special K’ Brook (40-3, 28 KOs) channeled years of antagonism to stop Amir ‘King’ Khan (34-6, 21 KOs) in the sixth round, the referee stepping in to save Khan from…
VIDEO: JAIME MUNGUIA SCORES STOPPAGE WIN IN HOMECOMING BOUT
Jaime Munguia could not have asked for a better homecoming fight. The former WBO junior middleweight titlist and current middleweight contender returned home for the first time in more than four years, treating the local fans to an explosive third-round stoppage of unbeaten D’Mitrius Ballard. Munguia scored a knockdown just seconds before an ensuing…
CHRIS COLBERT HOLDS MEDIA WORKOUT DAY AHEAD OF FEB. 26 BOUT
Unbeaten rising star Chris “Primetime” Colbert held a media workout in his hometown of Brooklyn Friday, as he prepares to take on undefeated Dominican Olympian Hector Garcia in the SHOWTIME main event Saturday, February 26 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
VIDEO: AMIR KHAN, KELL BROOK MAKE WEIGHT FOR SATURDAY’S BRITISH SHOWDOWN
The long-simmering rivalry between British superstars Amir Khan and Kell Brook will finally come to a head in a 149-pound catchweight battle Saturday, Feb. 19, at AO Arena in Manchester, England.
GHANA PROFESSIONAL BOXING LEAGUE KICKS OFF WITH A MISMATCH MAIN EVENT
The inaugural Ghana Professional Boxing League event so many fans were looking forward to isn’t quite what anyone expected. In fact, it’s worse than what even the skeptics feared.
JOE GOOSSEN ON TRAINING RYAN GARCIA: NO ONE CAN BEAT HIM AT HIS BEST!
Joe Goossen received a phone call from Ryan Garcia’s representatives on Thursday to see if he’d be open to coaching the budding star.
MUSHIN OBA ENDORSES MAIDEN BOXING SHOW
His Royal Majesty Oba Fatai Ayinla Aileru, the Olu of Mushin, has given his full support to a boxing event that will be held in his honour in the month of May.