MORE DRAMA SURROUNDING FUZILE-RAKHIMOV BOUT
The protest from boxer Azinga Fuzile’s camp that his IBF world junior lightweight victor, Russian Shavkat Rakhimov, used performance-enhancing drugs took another mysterious turn this week.
VIDEO: GOLOVKIN-DEREVYANCHENKO WEIGH-IN
The weights are made for Saturday night’s showdown between former middleweight champions Gennady Golovkin and Sergey Derevyanchenko, who will battle for the vacant IBF world middleweight belt at Madison Square Garden in New York. Both fighters appear to be in excellent condition. Golovkin came in at 159.2-pounds while Derevyanchenko weighed a flat 159. Here…
ISAAC DOGBOE SUFFERS INJURY, DELAYS RETURN
Former world super bantamweight champion Isaac Dogboe of Ghana has suffered what’s being described as a minor injury during camp.
“NIGHT OF PROSPECTS” BOXING BONANZA SET FOR SATURDAY NIGHT
Local boxing fans will tomorrow be treated to some exciting boxing action when some of the country’s top boxing prospects take to the ring to strut their stuff as part of the eagerly awaited ‘Night of Prospects’ Boxing Bonanza at the NamPower Convention Centre in Windhoek.
SUBHASH APPANA: TIME FOR CHANGE IN BOXING
The newly-appointed Boxing Commission of Fiji chairman Subhash Appana wants to usher in a new era of change in what he has described as a currently “haphazard” organisation.
COMMEY MOTIVATED BY “LACK OF RESPECT” – PLANS TO TOPPLE LOPEZ
If he relied only on what he has read, Richard Commey would be left to believe that he’s the one fighting for the lightweight title he already owns.
ISAAC DOGBOE WITHDRAWS FROM PROPOSED CARL FRAMPTON BOUT
Carl Frampton is likely to return on November 30 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. His opponent, however, won’t be Isaac Dogboe.
ROWAN CAMPBELL TO DEFEND ALL AFRICA TITLE IN NOVEMBER
South African super-middleweight boxing champion, Rowan ‘Braveheart’ Campbell (26) is already training for his next fight after defending an international title. The Melville resident who trains at Smith’s Boxing in Sunninghill beat Patrick ‘The Panther’ Mukala on 23 August to defend his International Boxing Organisation All Africa title for the second time since he…
RUIZ: AFTER I BEAT JOSHUA AGAIN, HE WILL BOUNCE BACK
Andy Ruiz Jr. pulled off the upset of the year back in June, when he dropped Anthony Joshua four times to secure a seventh-round stoppage to capture the WBO, IBF, and WBA heavyweight titles at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
PARKER PULLS OUT OF CHISORA BOUT WITH ILLNESS
Make no mistake, having to withdraw from his scheduled clash versus Derek Chisora is merely prolonging the inevitable as far as Joseph Parker is concerned.