Isaac Ikhuoria, a Nigerian pugilist, has demanded for more amateur boxing competitions among youths to strengthen professional boxing in the country. Ikhuoria, a retired light-heavyweight boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Lagos. “Many of us who are fortunate…
Enugu State House of Assembly Speaker, Edward Ubosi, on Sunday in Enugu gave one-year secondary school education scholarship awards to champions of the just-ended grassroots boxing talent hunt. The champions were also given medals as the Enugu East Local Government team went home with a trophy as the overall winners, according to the News…
The Champions Boxing Council of South Africa has once again achieved victory when they hosted the 2017 Champions Boxing Tournament at the Champions Boxing Academy in Maraisburg. The exciting event was a great platform for all clubs and individuals who share the Academy’s philosophy of empowering the youth through sports and recreation, while providing…
At the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Boxing Youth and Junior Championships in Ladysmith last weekend, three female boxers from Harry Gwala District were selected to participate in the national championships to be held from October 6 to 8. The boxers are Asiphe Mabandla, Aphiwe Dinana and Ntombentle Ngcobela, who won gold. Mabandla was announced the…
Children in Lagos have taken part in a course as part of the International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) Year of Africa project. AIBA said a total of 156 children from the Isale-Eko Grammar and Falomo High Schools took part in the initiative in Nigeria’s largest city. The course was led by AIBA coach instructor…
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) wants its Kenyan affiliate to conclude the on-and-off elections Friday “in the sole interest of the Olympic movement and athletes in Kenya.” Consequently, IOC President Thomas Bach has dispatched former South Africa Olympic Committee head Sam Ramsamy to oversee Friday’s National Olympic Committee of Kenya (Nock) elections at Nairobi’s…
LONDON (Reuters) – Olympic boxing’s governing body, AIBA, has banned African confederation head Kelani Bayor for three years for allegedly provoking the crowd at the continental championships in Brazzaville last June. Bayor is an AIBA vice-president and executive committee member as well as chairman of Togo’s national Olympic committee. “The Disciplinary Commission found that a…
Growing up in far-flung Ncojane, Mmusi Tswiigi did not envisage standing a good chance of progressing in his chosen sport path, boxing. The Prisons Boxing Club member has risen to become one of the country’s most feared boxers. Born in Ncojane village in June 17, 1991, Tswiigi fell in love with boxing at…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Boxing Board of Control (ZNBBC) has admitted that they bungled after Kenyan boxers were left stranded in Harare without their purse money following a tournament last week. Kenyan boxers George Otieno and Bernard Ardie were part of the foreign contingent that took part in the event held at the…
Inability to secure sponsors to partner with the Sunny Clay Boxing Academy has stalled the proposed 2017 edition of the annual championship. Sunday Nwamuda, Head Coach of the academy, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. Nwamuda said that corporate bodies and individuals who promised to…