Barely one full day after his place was secured on the deepest Pay-Per-View card of the year, John Riel Casimero now has an opponent for the occasion. Philippines’ Casimero aims to make the first defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight title versus Ghana’s Duke Micah. The bout will take place as part…
David Benavidez kept his unbeaten record intact after 23 fights with a dominating performance against Alexis Angulo in the main event of an exciting night of boxing live on SHOWTIME Saturday night from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
One-time Gauteng Provincial Boxing Control Commission Member Shepherd “Mzimba” Kiewiet passed away earlier this week at the age of 64.
Olympian and former Nigerian boxer, Jerry Okorodudu, was discharged from a hospital in Ikorodu, Lagos on Wednesday, after the intervention of sports minister Sunday Dare and retired boxers.
Carl Frampton and Michael Conlan both registered stoppage wins on Saturday to keep them on course for world title bouts later this year, or in early 2021. Frampton, a former world champion at junior featherweight and featherweight, stopped Darren Traynor with a body shot in the seventh round of his first bout since November…
The WBC has moved to revert back to the days of strawweight after years of calling the lowest division ‘minimumweight’. It’s a case of minimumweight no longer. On the suggestion of Don Majeski, Strawweight brings back majesty to the division. Don proposed that this enhances the value of the championship. And the WBC`s Board of…
The much-anticipated Vasiliy Lomachenko-Teofimo Lopez Jr. lightweight title unification fight has been agreed to.
It’s been nearly 14 years since Issifu “Ike” Quartey last fought professionally. Yet the memories of his ring exploits are as strong as the jab that made him a star.
Undefeated WBC Super Middleweight World Champion David Benavídez joined his main event opponent, Alexis Angulo, and the rest of the fighters on this Saturday’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® tripleheader in a virtual press webinar on Wednesday in advance of their respective bouts that will take place live on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) from the…
The president of the Ghana Amateur Boxing Federation (GABF), George Lamptey, has shockingly revealed that the government has failed to pay their budget for the last three years. According to him, government’s failure to pay their budget had made it difficult for them to execute developmental programs across the country. Mr. Lamptey said,…