ZIMBABWE-BORN BOXER GETS SHOT AT CANADIAN NATIONALS
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.
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.
Otjiwarongo — Under-20 amateur boxers in the Otjozondjupa Region are burning the midnight oil in preparation for the upcoming regional trials slated for Otjiwarongo later this month.
Head Coach of Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF), Tony Konyegwachi, named eight boxers to represent Nigeria at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
Ghana’s Black Bombers, the national boxing team, have left Ghana and are en route to the Gold Coast, Australia, for The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018).
The Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF) wants their Commonwealth Games bound boxing team to hold a joint camp with their counterparts, the Kenya boxing team.
“I want to leave a memorable legacy in my amateur career and the best place to end it is in Gold Coast, Australia,” says Kenya’s light heavyweight boxer Nick Abaka.”
The Nigeria boxing team will embark on a training tour of Australia ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, according head coach of the team Tony Konyegwachi.
The last time Kenya’s boxing team ‘Hit Squad’ won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games was in 1994 at the Victoria Games in Canada through Abdulrahman Ramadhan and Omar Ahmed Rajab.