SEGUN WAHAB EYES WORLD TITLE
New World Boxing Federation (WBF) Intercontinental super featherweight champion Segun “The Machine” Wahab, has declared readiness to win the boxing body’s world title very soon.
SANTA CRUZ-FLORES PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
Featherweight world champion Leo Santa Cruz and exciting challenger Miguel Flores went face-to-face Thursday at a press conference in Los Angeles ahead of their world title showdown that headlines Premier Boxing Champions on FOX & FOX Deportes Saturday, February 16 from Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in Los Angeles. Also in attendance at Thursday’s…
PACQUIAO: MY GOAL IS TO KNOCK BRONER OUT!
SENATOR Manny Pacquiao (60-7-2, 39 KOs), boxer laureate and the sweet science’s only eight-division world champion, has a goal. That goal is to knock out his next opponent, Cincinnati’s Adrien “The Problem” Broner (33-3-1, 24 KOs), when they collide on Saturday, January 19, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Presented by…
GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX RETURNS JAN. 13
Former world champion and pound-for-pound contender Guillermo Rigondeaux will return to action against Mexico’s Giovanni Delgado in a 10-round match on Premier Boxing Champions Prelims live on FS1 and FOX Deportes on Sunday, January 13 from the Microsoft Theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles.
ASAMOAH GYAN SAYS BOXING IS AHEAD OF FOOTBALL IN GHANA
Football has been regarded as the passion of Ghana since its independence, but according to the skipper of the Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan, boxing is currently ahead of football.
PAUL DOGBOE: WE UNDERESTIMATED NAVARRETE
The father and trainer of former World Boxing Organisation (WBO) super bantamweight champion, Isaac Dogboe, admits that they underestimated and underprepared for last month’s fight with heavy underdog Emanuel Navarrete of Mexico.
AD PROMISES SUPPORT FOR NIGERIA BOXING
Lagos State Alliance for Democracy (AD) governorship candidate Chief Owolabi Salis says his administration will support the development of boxing if he’s elected as governor.
SOUTH AFRICA’S MTHALANE VICTORIOUS AGAIN, RETAINS WORLD TITLE
Wynn Palace Cotai, Macao – IBF flyweight world champion Moruti Mthalane (37-2, 25 KOs) stopped tough challenger Masahiro Sakamoto (13-2, 9 KOs) in ten rounds of action.
KYOGUCHI STOPS BUDLER, WINS WBA TITLE
Wynn Palace Cotai, Macao – Undefeated Hiroto Kyoguchi (12-0, 9 KOs) became the first man to stop Hekkie Budler (32-4, 10 KOs), as he secured a TKO victory in the eleventh round to capture the WBA (super) junior flyweight world title.
WATCH: MAYWEATHER MAKES QUICK $9 MILLION, STOPS NASUKAWA IN ONE
It was a quick payday for Floyd Mayweather to close the 2018 calendar. The 41-year-old boxer earned $9 million to knock out kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa in an exhibition fight on New Year’s Eve in Tokyo meant to be “all about entertainment.”