Heading into the winter of 1990, South African boxing was entering an age of heroes. As the nation birthed itself anew into the world, the sweet science was eclipsed only by politics as prime producer of champions to help shape our new day.
As speculated, Cindy Nkomo has been appointed by the BSA board as acting CEO.
Top welterweight Jamal “Shango” James and against former title challenger Thomas Dulorme previewed their battle for the Interim WBA Welterweight Title on an international media conference call Thursday before they headline the return of FOX PBC Fight Night on FOX, FS1 and FOX Deportes, this Saturday, August 8 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
Undefeated WBC Super Middleweight World Champion David “El Bandera Roja” Benavídez will defend his title against former world title challenger Alexis Angulo in a Premier Boxing Champions event Saturday, August 15 live on SHOWTIME from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.
The Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) says it will petition the country’s president to grant them exemptions to hold boxing fights.
One of the most explosive fighters of the last year-and-a-half will apparently go for his second world championship in another weight division in late September. That’s when Emanuel “El Vaquero” Navarrete will challenge for the WBO Featherweight Championship. ESPN Deportes boxing insider, Salvador Rodriguez, reported Top Rank Boxing and Navarrete’s promoters are looking at…
Boxing South Africa (BSA) is without a chief executive officer after Tsholofelo Lejaka’s resignation on Monday.
The proposed bout between unified lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) and IBF belt holder Teofimo Lopez (15-0, 12 KOs) tentatively set for Oct. 3 is officially in jeopardy.
Undefeated unified world welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. and former junior welterweight and welterweight titlist Danny Garcia agreed this week to meet in a fall pay-per-view event, and both fighters posted on social media on Friday that the deal was done. The fighters tweeted that the fight will be Nov. 21. The fight…
Amateur boxing is not as popular as it used to be but with an influx of officials, Charles Gill, chairman of the Referees and Judges Commission, believes this can help the Barbados Boxing Association (BBA) in the quest to develop the sport. Gill, an International Boxing Association (AIBA) star one referee of four years…