Zambian boxing fans based in Ndola have commended their Kenyan counterparts for publicly condemning the outcome of the WBC super bantamweight championship between Kenya’s Fatuma Zarika and Zambia’s Catherine Phiri.
The exciting Bukom Fist of Fury Boxing League is back this Friday, and according to the organizers the event would be held at Abeka, as the tournament moves round the suburbs of Accra.
Former WBO World Super Bantamweight champion Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe of Ghana is already in camp for his May 11 rematch versus current titleholder, Emmanuel Navarrete.
Paris (AFP) – An internal investigation by amateur boxing’s world body AIBA has raised serious questions about the judging at the 2016 Rio Olympics, with particular suspicion falling on a French official, French newspaper Le Monde reported on Monday.
As Mikey Garcia continues to mull his next move in the ring, the brass at the World Boxing Council (WBC)—and presumably Luke Campbell as well—patiently await his decision.
After Saturday night’s knockout of Bogdan Dinu, Bulgarian heavyweight boxer Kubrat Pulev spoke to Vegas Sports Daily reporter Jennifer Ravalo for a short interview. He ended the session by holding Ravalo’s face, kissing her on the lips, and walking away.
Olympian Rayton Okwiri says he desires to teach Tanzania Hassan Mwakinyo a boxing lesson should an opportunity presents itself.
South Africa’s Chris van Heerden returned to action after being out for 11 months to score a six-round technical decision win over Mexico’s Mahonri Montes at The Hanger in Costa Mesa, California, on Saturday night.
Former world champion Sergey Lipinets (15-1, 11 KOs) stopped former two-division champion Lamont Peterson (35-5-1, 17 KOs) in round 10 Sunday night in an action-packed welterweight showdown that headlined Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes from MGM National Harbor in Maryland.
Kenya’s Fatuma ‘Iron Fist’ Zarika has likened herself to wine that gets better with age and has deferred her retirement after outclassing Zambia’s Catherine Phiri to retain her World Boxing Council (WBC) world super bantamweight title.