ALL AFRICAN BOXERS ELIMINATED FROM AIBA WORLD BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Africa’s hopes of qualifying for the quarterfinals of the AIBA World Boxing Championships in Belgrade have been dashed as all four remaining boxers in the round of 16 were defeated.
Africa’s hopes of qualifying for the quarterfinals of the AIBA World Boxing Championships in Belgrade have been dashed as all four remaining boxers in the round of 16 were defeated.
Africa’s lackluster performance in the ongoing AIBA World Boxing Championships continues with dim prospects of featuring in the finals next Saturday, November 6.
Hope and self-confidence was on the faces of the Kenya Boxing Team that flew to Belgrade, Serbia for the World Boxing Championships that boxes-off on Thursday night.
Kenya will send 13 pugilists to the forthcoming 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships slated for Serbia later in the year, Hit Squad head coach Benjamin Musa has revealed.
South Africa Boxing news: Three amateur boxers from eMbalenhle will represent Mpumalanga at the national championship in Cape Town next month.
With his Olympic bronze medal dangling around his neck, a beaming Samuel Takyi was given a heroic welcome on Friday when he landed in native Accra.
All Kenyan boxers are now out of contention at the Tokyo Olympic Games after two more boxers lost their matches at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Ramla Ali made history by the time she stepped through the ropes to compete in the Tokyo Olympics.
Kenya’s battle-hardened heavyweight Elly Ajowi and Uganda’s polished welter Shadir Bwogi have made it to the second round without throwing a punch, courtesy of byes following Thursday’s draws in Tokyo.
The 2015 Africa Boxing Championships lightweight gold medalist Nick Okoth was the first Kenyan boxer to bow out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after losing his featherweight bout (57kg) to Erdenebatyn Tsendbaatar of Mongolia in Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday.