AIBA TO OFFER PRIZE MONEY AT ASIA CHAMPIONSHIPS
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) will pay prize money to medallists at the Asian Championships for the first time and has confirmed a total purse of $400,000 (£282,000/€327,000).
COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF WILDER AGAINST FURY, ORDERS THIRD FIGHT!
WBC World Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury must honor a contractual clause for a third fight with Deontay Wilder, arbitration judge Daniel Weinstein ruled on Monday.
VIDEO: BRANDON FIGUEROA UPSETS LUIS NERY IN A WAR, NOW HOLDS TWO TITLES
Undefeated rising star Brandon “Heartbreaker” Figueroa scored a career-best victory and captured the WBC Super Bantamweight World Championship with a seventh-round knockout of unbeaten two-division champion Luis Nery Saturday night in the main event of action live on SHOWTIME from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California in a Premier Boxing Champions event.
VIDEO: JOSHUA BUATSI KNOCKS OUT DANIEL DOS SANTOS IN FOUR
Manchester – In a light heavyweight contest, Olympian Joshua Buatsi (14-0, 12 KOs) scored a brutal fourth round knockout of previously undefeated Daniel Blenda Dos Santos (15-1, 8 KOs).
WBC BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMP NORDINE OUBAALI FACES NONITO DONAIRE MAY 29
WBC Bantamweight World Champion Nordine Oubaali and future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire will meet in a long-awaited championship showdown on Saturday, May 29 headlining action live on SHOWTIME® in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
RAYTON OKWIRI LANDS SPONSORSHIP, TO RETURN IN AUGUST
Africa Boxing Union (ABU) middleweight champion Rayton “Boom Boom” Okwiri will take a shot at the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) International middleweight title in August in Nairobi.
ISAAC DOGBOE VS. ADAM LOPEZ PROMISES TO BE A WAR
Isaac Dogboe has set his sights on another world title shot but his next opponent has the same aspirations.
VIDEO: LUIS NERY, BRANDON FIGUEROA WEIGH-IN FOR TONIGHT’S BIG TITLE BOUT
Two elite undefeated 122-pound champions meet as Luis Nery defends his WBC Super Bantamweight World Championship against Brandon Figueroa in a 12-round showdown live on SHOWTIME tonight, May 15 from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. in a Premier Boxing Champions event.
NICK OKOTH NOTCHES AFRICA BOXING’S FIRST WIN IN RUSSIAN TOURNEY
Nick “Commander” Okoth, the 2015 Africa Boxing Championships lightweight (60kg) gold medalist, became the first African boxer to win his bout in the ongoing Konstantin Korotkov Memorial International Boxing Championships at Lenina Regional Sports Complex – Stadium in the city of Khabarovsk, Russia.
JOSHUA BUATSI, DANIEL BLENDA DOS SANTOS MAKE WEIGHT FOR TONIGHT’S CLASH
At the AO Arena in Manchester this Saturday May 15, live on Sky Sports in the UK and on DAZN in the US and more than 200 countries and territories, Joshua Buatsi (13-0, 11 KOs) fights under Virgil Hunter for the first time against unbeaten Frenchman Daniel Blenda Dos Santos (15-0, 8 KOs).