DONAIRE BEATS INJURED BURNETT, WINS WBA WORLD TITLE
It wasn’t the type of statement Nonito Donaire planned to make, but “The Filipino Flash” is a bantamweight champion again.
JOSH TAYLOR STOPS RYAN MARTIN IN SEVEN
The seventh-round stoppage of the Josh Taylor vs. Ryan Martin fight appeared premature. Taylor’s win also seemed inevitable.
WELL-WISHERS SEEK TO AID CONJESTINA ACHIENG
It was a day of high drama as well-wishers scrambled for ailing boxer Conjestina Achieng in yet another attempt to rehabilitate her.
RAKHIMOV ELECTED AIBA PREZ DESPITE IOC CRITICISM
MOSCOW — An Uzbek businessman who has been accused of ties to organized crime was elected president of the amateur boxing federation Saturday, putting the sport on a collision course with the International Olympic Committee.
COMMEY GIVEN NOV. 30 DEADLINE TO MAKE FIGHT WITH CHANIEV
Richard Commey faces yet another potential purse bid. The IBF says Commey, their number-one ranked lightweight contender, and number-three contender Isa Chaniev must finalize negotiations for a bout by Friday, November 30.
FOX NETWORK TO STREAM BOXING IN AFRICA ON FACEBOOK LIVE
Fox Networks Group in Africa has announced an agreement under which Fox Sports’ Africa Boxing series will be streamed live globally via Facebook Watch.
EMANUEL NAVARRETE NAMED MANDATORY FOR ISAAC DOGBOE
Undefeated WBO world 122lb. champion Isaac Dogboe’s upcoming fight with #2 ranked Emanuel Navarrete on December 8 has been declared a mandatory defense.
MTC BOXING FIESTA SLATED FOR NOV. 30
THE MTC Nestor Sunshine Academy will host a boxing fiesta at the end of November, with an international tournament that will coincide with the annual MTC Cup for Namibia’s top amateur boxers.
UNDERDOG FIGHTS FOR BOXING’S OLYMPIC FUTURE
With boxing’s Olympic future on the line, Serik Konakbayev will fight to save his sport.
QUOTES FROM WBC #1 HEAVYWEIGHT CONTENDER, DOMINIC BREAZEALE
Top heavyweight and WBC mandatory challenger Dominic “Trouble” Breazeale spoke to media in Los Angeles Friday at a luncheon to discuss his Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes showdown against Puerto Rican Olympian Carlos Negron Saturday, December 22 live from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.