HEARN: IF FURY IS KO’ED BY WILDER, NO JOSHUA FIGHT
TYSON FURY has been warned he has no chance of ever facing Anthony Joshua if he gets beaten by Deontay Wilder in December.
AZINGA FUZILE CONSIDERING LIFE AFTER BOXING
Eastern Cape IBF Continental Africa junior lightweight boxing champion Azinga ‘‘Golden Boy” Fuzile has not given up hope of eventually passing his matric.
ROFHIWA MAEMU AIMS TO MAKE STATEMENT ON SATURDAY
When Rofhiwa Maemu defends his World Boxing Association (WBA) Pan African featherweight title against Tello Dithebe at Meropa Casino on September 21, he will be looking to make a statement of intent.
BRENDAN IRVINE SEEKS 2019 RETURN
Amateur boxer Brendan Irvine reveals that he has recently undergone “complex surgery” on a wrist injury which will keep him out of the sport until 2019. The Belfast fighter, a silver medallist at the Commonwealth Games in April, revealed that the injury was sustained before the competition in Australia and was made worse by…
CARL LOKKO RESPONDS TO DUKE MICAH
Lawrence Carl Lokko has witnessed his shares of highs and lows during his 22-year tenure in boxing. Lokko, founder and head trainer of Bronx Boxing Gym in Ghana’s famed Bukom district, helped guide some of Ghana boxing’s top talent to international prominence, notably Richard Commey and Duke Micah.
ZIMBABWE TOPS ZAMBIA IN TOURNEY
Bilateral sporting relations between Zambia and Zimbabwe were enhanced a notch higher when a contingent of five boxers from Lusaka’s Exodus Boxing Academy participated in an international friendly tournament upon the invitation of the Charles Manyuchi Boxing Academy last week.
DUKE MICAH BLASTS FORMER TRAINER CARL LOKKO
Undefeated bantamweight Duke Micah of Ghana has launched a verbal tirade against his former trainer, Lawrence Carl Lokko.
LEGENDARY TRAINER ENZO CALZAGHE DIES AT 69
Enzo Calzaghe — who had no previous experience in boxing, yet trained his son, Joe Calzaghe, to world titles in two divisions and an undefeated record — has died, the family announced on Monday. He was 69.
KILIC-WARE SET FOR SEP. 28 ON SHOBOX
Undefeated middleweight prospect Cem Kilic will now face fellow undefeated prospect DeAndre Ware Friday, September 28, in the opening bout on ShoBox: The New Generation live on SHOWTIME at 10 p.m. ET/PT from Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, Calif.
THE WEEK IN BOXING – SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
Check out Eric Armit’s comprehensive report in The Week in Boxing – September 19, 2018!