After his historic victory over Argentina’s Ariel Baracamonte in a World Boxing Federation (WBF) Intercontinental heavyweight title fight in Lagos in 2019, Nigeria’s Onoriode ‘Godzilla’ Ehwarieme, is aiming to grab the World Boxing Association (WBA) International heavyweight title in Hamburg, Germany on February 20.
Hard-hitting Ghanaian Sena Agbeko is in a confident mood as he gets set for the biggest night of his pro career, live on Showtime, as he faces off against heralded amateur standout Vladimir Shishkin.
Fight Africa Promotions launch on March 12th with ‘A New Era in South African Boxing’, broadcast on SEI and exclusively live via PPV.
Heavyweight great and former champion Evander Holyfield has competed in the old-era of boxing, which is often billed as the golden stage. He has beaten some of the greatest elites to reach where he is at today.
Leon Spinks, who surprised the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight title in 1978, died Friday night at age 67, according to the Firm PR, a public relations firm that represents him.
Consistency, humility and integrity is what is required from both the Boxing SA board and provincial structures to restore the pride and dignity of boxing, said BSA chair Luthando Jack during a two-day conference hosted by the Gauteng Boxing Promoters Association (GBPA) in the North West last weekend.
Things may be progressing smoothly towards an undisputed heavyweight title fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, but it has still not been agreed as to who will have their name first on the poster. Contracts for the fight have been sent by Eddie Hearn, Joshua’s promoter, to Fury’s promoters, Bob Arum and Frank…
Representatives of about 40 African countries took part in the AIBA Virtual Forum, which was held on February 7 and opened a series of continental events of the year.
It is only God’s will that can prevent Luyanda “Pretty Boy” Ntwanambi from challenging South Africa and WBC flyweight boxing champion Jackson “M3” Chauke.
Namibia’s leading boxing promoter Nestor Tobias is unhappy with the way the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) has been deliberately sidestepping opportunities to put up a mega fight between local lad Jeremiah ‘Lowkey’ Nakathila and America’s Shakur Stevenson.