WILSON MASAMBA TO FIGHT FOR WBO TITLE ON AUG. 3
Malawi Defense Force (MDF) based boxer, Wilson “Shasha” Masamba will on August 3, 2018 have a fight in a World Boxing Organization (WBO) title bout against Jeremiah Nakathila of South Africa.
UGANDA’S SHARIF BOGERE RETURNS AUG. 3
Once-beaten contender Sharif Bogere will enter the ring for a 10-round super lightweight bout against Chile’s Oscar Bravo in a fight that highlights undercard action Friday, August 3 from Sam’s Town in Las Vegas. The night is headlined by rising lightweight contender Ladarius Miller facing Dennis Galarza in the Premier Boxing Champions on Bounce…
THREE UGANDAN BOXERS QUALIFY FOR 2018 AIBA CHAMPIONSHIP
Three Ugandan boxers will take part in the 2018 AIBA Youth World Championships on Aug. 20-31 in Budapest, a sports official said.
NAMIBIA’S JONAS MATHEUS VICTORIOUS ON SUNDAY
Namibia’s national super bantamweight title holder, Jonas Matheus, won the IBO International bantamweight title by defeating Makazole Tete on points in Mthatha, South Africa.
THE WEEK IN BOXING – JULY 24, 2018
Check out Eric Armit’s comprehensive report in The Week in Boxing – July 24, 2018!
GARCIA-EASTER EVENTS AVAILABLE ON SHOWTIME YOUTUBE
SHOWTIME Sports will provide live streams of official fight week events in advance of this Saturday’s 135-pound unification showdown between WBC Lightweight World Champion Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) and IBF Lightweight World Champion Robert Easter Jr. (21-0, 14 KOs). The three-fight telecast airs live on SHOWTIME from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
RAFAEL MENSAH’S PERFORMANCE AN INDICTMENT ON GHANA BOXING
Let the excus…explanations begin. Following his one-sided decision loss to WBA world super featherweight champion Alberto Machado, Ghana’s Rafael Mensah says he suffered an injury early in the fight that played a major role in the defeat.
FINALLY! GARCIA VS. PORTER SET FOR SEP. 8 FOR WBC WORLD WELTERWEIGHT TITLE!
Welterweight stars and former 147-pound titleholders Danny “Swift” Garcia and “Showtime” Shawn Porter will square off for the vacant WBC Welterweight World Championship live on SHOWTIME Saturday, September 8 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.
GARCIA-EASTER UNDERCARD TO BE STREAMED
SHOWTIME Sports will provide live streaming of undercard fights and analysis on the network’s social platforms in advance of this Saturday’s Mikey Garcia vs. Robert Easter Jr. Lightweight World Championship Unification. SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING COUNTDOWN, the fifth digital presentation of live boxing in 2018, will stream on theSHOWTIME Sports YouTube channel and SHOWTIME Boxing Facebook page beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5…
QUAYE DOMINATES AND STOPS LAMPTEY IN REMATCH
ACCRA—With card promoter Azumah Nelson sitting ringside on his 60th birthday, Sheriff Quaye reminded those in attendance at Bukom Boxing Arena of how “The Professor” dealt with rematches.