England’s Ashley Lane will defend his Commonwealth super bantamweight title against mandatory challenger Emmanuel Quartey from Ghana at Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol on March 16. Lane won the title in a slick display outpointing South African Michael Ramabeletsa at the Play Arena, Swindon in September. Since then he has been training hard alongside…
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NEW YORK (Feb. 6, 2018) – Undefeated 140-pound contender Regis Prograis and former world champion Viktor Postol will face off for the vacant WBC Super Lightweight World Championship on Friday, March 9 in the 12-round main event of SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION live on SHOWTIME at 10 p.m. ET/PT from Deadwood Mountain Grand in Deadwood,…
Boxing promoter, Clyde Musonda has filed a $100 000 lawsuit against the Zimbabwe National Boxing Control Board (ZNBCB), following the cancellation of his licence over what he described as “frivolous and ridiculous charges”. Musonda, who is the programmes manager at Deltaforce Boxing Academy, had his licence revoked a fortnight ago, and was elbowed out…
Veronica Mbithe had to fend off rape attempts before she even turned 12. A resident of Muthurwa, an inner-city slum in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, Mbithe escaped the clutches of landlords and neighbours before taking up boxing for self-defence. “Because I was small, people thought I was weak. I’m a shy person, and usually quiet.…
NEW YORK– SHOWTIME Sports will present the heavyweight world championship unification between undefeated IBF and WBA World Champion Anthony Joshua and unbeaten WBO World Champion Joseph Parker on Saturday, March 31 live on SHOWTIME from Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. The British sensation Joshua, who has knocked out all 20 of his professional opponents,…
If you are a staunch reader of the Bible or rubbed shoulders anywhere in Sunday school, you are surely familiar with the story of the Israelites who spent thousands of years in Egypt as slaves. Their moment came and they were led out of Egypt under heavy resistance from the Pharaoh at the time.…
Boxing’s place at the 2020 Olympic Games could be in jeopardy, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has said. The International Olympic Committee executive board has expressed its disapproval with the governance of AIBA, amateur boxing’s world governing body. Bach, speaking in Pyeongchang ahead of the Winter Olympics, read a statement featuring seven…
Gilberto Ramirez dominated Ghana’s Habib Ahmed on Saturday night precisely the way their resumes suggested he should. Ramirez spent five-plus rounds mostly battering his overmatched opponent before Ahmed’s trainer mercifully made referee Laurence Cole stop what had become a brutal beating in Corpus Christi, Texas. Mexico’s Ramirez (37-0, 25 KOs) didn’t drop Ahmed, but…
Zolani “Last Born” Tete deservedly walked away with the most sought-after Boxing South Africa 2017 Boxer of the Year award at the Boardwalk Casino in Port Elizabeth on Friday night. As if Tete’s recognition for his big achievement – taking the interim WBO bantamweight title when he befuddled Filipino Arthur Villanueva of the Philippines…