TONY SALAM EXPLAINS HOW HE REVIVED HIS CAREER
WBF Africa Cruiserweight champion Tony Salam says he was out of boxing for about eight years before his career experienced a resurgence early this year.
JOSHUA ADMITS WILDER’S $50 MILLION OFFER WAS REAL
WBA, IBF & WBO world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has been making the media rounds in New York City and, this time, he finally addressed the $50 million offer from WBC world heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder.
CANELO DESTROYS OVERMATCHED FIELDING IN THREE
Rocky Fielding’s size advantage definitely didn’t matter Saturday night. Canelo Alvarez viciously went after the taller, heavier Fielding’s body and knocked him out in the third round of their super middleweight title fight before a sellout crowd of 20,112 at Madison Square Garden.
KAUTONDOKWA NAMED WBO AFRICA FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
WALTER ‘Executioner’ Kautondokwa was awarded the World Boxing Organization’s Africa fighter of the year prize at the recent WBO Convention in Panama.
MONROE FAILS PED TEST? KOROBOV COULD REPLACE HIM VS. CHARLO
The Jermall Charlo-Willie Monroe Jr. fight is in jeopardy. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman revealed through his Twitter account late Saturday afternoon that the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association has alerted the WBC of an adverse finding in one of Monroe’s pre-fight performance-enhancing drug tests. Monroe is scheduled to challenge Charlo for Charlo’s WBC interim middleweight title…
FARMER DECISIONS FONSECA, RETAINS TITLE
Tevin Farmer’s fight wasn’t nearly as easy as his first title defense. Eight weeks after tearing through James Tennyson, Farmer fought toe-to-toe with Francisco Fonseca throughout their 12-round bout. Neither fighter appeared to hurt his opponent, but Farmer was the busier, more accurate puncher and won a unanimous decision. Judges Julie Lederman, Waleska…
RAMIREZ EDGES HART TO RETAIN TITLE
Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez hoped for repeat. Jesse “Hollywood” Hart sought revenge. In a rematch of their September 2017 bout, Ramirez once again emerged victorious, notching a majority decision (114-114, 115-113 2X) to retain his WBO super middleweight world title for the fifth time.
GHANA AMATEUR BOXING PREZ SAYS DOGBOE NEEDS NEW TRAINER
President of the Ghana Amateur Boxing Federation, Mr. George Lamptey has added his voice to claims that Isaac Dogboe should get a new trainer to help him in his boxing career.
AIBA ANXIOUS OVER IOC PROBE
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) said on Wednesday it had been left in the dark by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following the launch of a probe into amateur boxing’s troubled governing body that has put qualifying for the sport’s 2020 Olympic event on hold.
SENA AGBEKO PASSES MAJOR TEST WITH WIN OVER BRIAN VERA
Super middleweight rising star Sena “African Assassin” Agbeko scored a career best victory when he topped longtime contender Brian Vera, 26-14 (16 KO’s) Saturday, December 8th.