Enterprising and stylish Samuel Yaw Addo of Ghana battled to a convincing victory over Sikiru Ojo of Nigeria in an all-West African bantamweight clash at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
Team South Africa’s boxing campaign at the Commonwealth Games took an early blow on Friday after Siyabulela Mphongoshi lost. Mphongoshi was the first of just two boxers in the team to fight when he took on Sri Lanka’s Thiwanke Ranasinghe.
Abdul Wahid Omar, one of Ghana’s biggest hopes of getting to the medal zone, lost his first fight at the 21st Commonwealth Games to Australian Harry Garside by a 5-0 unanimous decision at the 60kg weight division.
Nigeria boxing dropped back to back losses today. It began when Osita Umeh suffered defeat in boxing’s male welterweight 69kg event on Thursday as he was outclassed by India’s Manoj Kumar at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
A Namibian team of 28 athletes will be out to emulate their predecessors when the 21st Commonwealth Games start on the Gold Coast, Australia on Wednesday.
The 10 Kenyan boxers competing in this year’s Commonwealth Games in Queensland city of Gold Coast, Australia are out to end the drought of gold medals that goes back nearly 25 years.
Light heavyweight Nickson ‘King’ Abaka is seeking to claim his maiden global title as he prepares for next week’s Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
The first time Phillip Matombo sparred with his Edmonton coach, a few jabbing punches left him defeated, in tears. But Matombo has learned, champions don’t cry — and they don’t quit.
Seventy athletes and coach, representing the first batch of Nigeria’s contingents for the XXI Commonwealth Games, departed the country at the weekend.
The Kenyan boxing team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games admitted their morale has been dented upon hearing that Veronicah Mbithe decided to withdraw from camp.