SHAFFI BAKARI INTO AFRICA GAMES FINAL
Kenya’s flyweight champion Shaffi Bakari has pounded his way into the African Games boxing final.
UGANDA BOXING PRODUCES MIXED RESULTS AT AFRICA GAMES
KAMPALA-By press time yesterday, the Bombers, the Uganda boxing amateur team, had registered contrasting results at African Games.
ISAAC DOGBOE AND FREDDIE ROACH PART WAYS
Former world super bantamweight champion Isaac Dogboe and Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach have decided to discontinue working together after only one month.
RICHARD COMMEY TO FACE TEOFIMO LOPEZ DECEMBER 14
According to an ESPN report, IBF World Lightweight Champion Richard Commey of Ghana will face Teofimo Lopez on Saturday, December 14, at Madison Square Garden.
DUKE MICAH: FROM BUKOM TO BROOKLYN
On a corner in the heart of Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood sits a tiny French bakery. A decade ago, it would have looked out of the place in an area that birthed Big Daddy Kane, The Notorious B.I.G. and Jay-Z. Today, it’s simply another sign of the borough’s gradual metamorphosis.
ISAAC DOGBOE TO RETURN VERSUS MICHAEL CONLON ON COMMEY-LOPEZ CARD
Two-time Irish Olympian Michael Conlan (12-0, 7 KOs) will be coming down in weight from 126 to fight at 122 for a fight against Isaac Dogboe (20-2, 14 KOs) on December 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
NAMIBIA’S MIKKA SHONENA DEFEATS CHINA’S YOULI DONG
Namibia’s Mikka Shonena used precise leads and counters to beat Youli Dong from China via 12-round unanimous decision at the Ongwediva Trade Fair in the north on Friday night.
TUNISIA TO HOST AFRICA OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT
The city of Tunis in Tunisia will host the African Olympic Qualifying Tournament for the Tokyo 2020.
LSSC CHAIRMAN URGES NIGERIANS TO SUPPORT BOXING
The Director-General, Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC), Oluwatoyin Bolowotan, has urged Nigerians to emulate the commitment of Adewunmi Ogunsanya (SAN), Chairman, GOtv Boxing, to the revival and growth of boxing in the country. Bolowotan made the call while speaking at the closing ceremony of the maiden Lagos State Inter-club Boxing Challenge.
KOVALEV SURVIVES SCARE TO STOP YARDE IN 11
Sergey Kovalev fittingly finished off Anthony Yarde with a jab Saturday night.