FORMER undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion, Evander Holyfield is expected to arrive Nigeria on May 23 ahead of Lagos Charity Boxing Bout slated for May 25, 2017 against Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as part of the celebrations of Lagos at 50. The Nigeria Boxing Board of Control, NBB of C led by its president, Dr.…
Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF) Coach Tony Konyegwachie has said that the country’s boxers to the African Boxing Championship will leave for the event on May 25. Konyegwachie said yesterday in Abuja that the competition in Congo-Brazzaville would begin on May 27. The coach also said the boxers were currently in a closed camp in…
OTJIWARONGO–When we think of boxing we usually think of the greats, like the late Muhammad Ali, like Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard and recently Floyd Mayweather, to mention only a few, but no woman’s names immediately come to mind. However, somewhere deep in the northern regions of Namibia, there’s a very passionate and upcoming…
Nine national team pugilists, popularly known as ‘The Bombers’, sealed their slots to the Africa Boxing championships after winning their selection trial bouts on Sunday at Lugogo indoor stadium arena. Shadir Musa, Wasswa Ssali, Joshua Kizza, Geoffrey Kakeeto, Juma Miiro, Muzamir Kakande, Shafiq Kiwanuka, Yusuf Babu and Reagan Ssimbwa clinched their places. At…
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…
Back-to-back Olympian Benson Gicharu is content with amateur boxing and has no plans to join the bare-chested game anytime soon. Gicharu, who qualified for two consecutive Olympics in London and Rio said despite requests from several managers and promoters to join pro ranks, he is sticking with amateur boxing. Gicharu skipped the second leg of…
Seventeen boxers from Prisons and DTC Boxing clubs will take part in a boxing tournament hosted by the Booysen Boxing Club in Johannesburg, South Africa on May 20, 2017. The team of three women and 14 men was invited by the DSCUD boxing, a local boxing club that promotes professional and amateur boxers. …