TEAM NIGERIA WINS TWO MEDALS AT AFRICAN YOUTH BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP
Team Nigeria has ended its campaign at the African Youth Boxing Championships in Casablanca, Morocco with two medals.
LOMACHENKO CLIMBS OFF CANVAS, STOPS LINARES IN 10
NEW YORK – It took Vasiliy Lomachenko longer than he might’ve expected, but he eventually overwhelmed Jorge Linares on Saturday night.
SHOCKER! MUNGUIA STOPS ALI IN FOUR, CLAIMS WBO 154LB TITLE
Turning Stone Casino, Verona, New York – In a junior middleweight title showdown, Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) became a new player in the weight class with a fourth round stoppage of Sadam Ali (26-2, 14 KOs) to capture the WBO junior middleweight title. Ali went down four times in the fight.
HANEY BATTERS MENARD, STOPS HIM IN NINE
PHILADELPHIA (May 12, 2018) – Blue chip lightweight prospect Devin Haney rose to the occasion in what was the toughest test of his career, defeating veteran Mason Menard via ninth-round TKO in the main event of ShoBox: The New Generation Friday on SHOWTIME from 2300 Arena in Philadelphia.
LOMACHENKO, LINARES MAKE WEIGHT FOR SATURDAY’S SHOWDOWN
The weights are in, as Jorge Linares and Vasyl Lomachenko are ready for battle on Saturday night at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
“AFRICA RISING” LINEUP EARNING BAD REVIEWS
South Africa has to pin its hopes on Ukrainian-born heavyweight boxing prospect Vladyslav Sirenko for a grand representation in the “Africa Rising” international tournament that will be part of the celebrations of the inaugural SA Boxing Convention on May 25.
MTC REWARDS JONAS & JOHANNES FOR GOLD MEDALS
WINDHOEK – Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) yesterday rewarded 2018 Commonwealth gold medalists Jonas Junias Jonas and Helalia Johannes with N$50,000 each.
ADONIS STEVENSON VS. BADOU JACK MEDIA PREDICTIONS
Members of the boxing media asked to weigh in on the world title showdown between light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson and two-division world champion Badou Jack all see a close fight on Saturday, May 19 but lean toward the challenger to take the crown from the champion live on SHOWTIME from Air Canada Centre in…
GARY RUSSELL JR.-JOSEPH DIAZ JR. WORKOUT QUOTES
Featherweight world champion Gary Russell Jr. and undefeated mandatory challenger Joseph “JoJo” Diaz Jr. met members of the media on opposite coasts on Thursday, just one week out of their WBC world title showdown on Saturday, May 19, from MGM National Harbor in Maryland.
ISAAC DOGBOE NAMES BOXERS ON HIS “HIT LIST”
New WBO world super bantamweight champion Isaac Dogboe is still getting used to his newfound fame, after beating Jessie Magdaleno to claim the Super Bantamweight belt, but the Ghanaian is aiming for bigger bouts as early as August.