SCORPION VOWS TO RETIRE NURUDEEN
Ridwan “Scorpion” Oyekola, best boxer at GOtv Boxing Night 15 has declared that he will send Nurudeen “Prince” Fatai, former national lightweight champion into retirement.
YANGA SIGQIBO DECISIONS KEUVIN LARA IN SOUTH AFRICA
Yanga Sigqibo won the vacant WBO Inter-Continental junior bantamweight Title by beating Keyvin Lara over twelve rounds here at the Orient Theatre in East London, South Africa.
PEREZ DEFEATS JARMANN TO REACH FINALS
In Salt Lake City, Albuquerque’s Abraham Perez defeated St. Louis’ Timothy Jarman by unanimous decision Thursday in the semifinals of the Elite men’s 114-pound weight class at the USA Boxing national championships.
DOGBOE, NAVARRETE MAKE WEIGHT FOR SATURDAY SHOWDOWN
Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe will make the second defense of his WBO junior featherweight world title against Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete. Dogboe snatched the title from Jessie Magdaleno back in April and defended it Aug. 25 with a first-round knockout over Hidenori Otake.
WBC ORDERS WILDER-FURY REMATCH
Maurcio Sulaiman, President of the World Boxing Council, has revealed that his organization held an officially vote – where it was unanimously agreed to sanction a direct rematch between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and challenger Tyson Fury.
DEMETRIUS ANDRADE ARRESTED FOR FIREARM POSSESSION
PROVIDENCE — A middleweight boxing world champion was arrested Thursday after Providence police said they caught him driving with a handgun.
LERENA PROMISES TO SHUT OOSTHUIZEN UP FOR GOOD
It has taken more than a decade for South Africa to produce its own boxing Nostradamus whose name is basically synonymous with predicting the future.
ENGLISH BOXING OFFICIALS QUESTION RAKHIMOV’S ROLE
LONDON — England’s boxing federation has urged the troubled International Boxing Association’s president to question his position to help avoid expulsion from the Tokyo Olympics. In a letter to AIBA president Gafur Rakhimov, England Boxing told the alleged heroin trafficker, “It is time for you personally to think about the actions you can take to…
THE KING OF THE CASTLE 2 IS COMING TO THE CASTLE OF GOOD HOPE
Championship Boxing returns to the Castle of Good Hope on Friday the 28th of December. The Kalakoda-promoted event is headlined by the vacant IBF Youth World Title contested between Emile Kalekuzi of DRC and Azizi Mponda of Tanzania, with the co-main event featuring a WBO Africa Title where the Namibian Champion Jeremiah Nakathila faces local…
NAIL-BITING ACTION AT AFRICA BOXING 11
This past weekend saw the return of Fox Sports to Sibaya Casino and Entertainment Kingdom for Africa Boxing 11. The exciting event featured two WBA sanctioned title fights and saw boxers from South Africa, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia and Nigeria all taking a shot at a win. The results from the event are as follows: Botswanan,…