THE WEEK IN BOXING – FEBRUARY 20, 2018
Check out Eric Armit’s comprehensive report in The Week In Boxing – February 20, 2018!
PAULUS MOSES RETURNS TO NAMIBIA, VOWS TO FIGHT ON
Despite losing his world title fight against Raymundo Beltran on Friday night, Paulus ‘The Hitman’ Moses was received as a champion on his return to Namibia on Monday. At a press conference at MTC, the chief administrator of the Namibia Sport Commission, Fred Mwiya, congratulated the veteran pugilist, who vowed to continue fighting, on…
FREDRICK LAWSON AMONG THOSE IN WBC WELTERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT
Ghana’s Fredrick Lawson (26-1, 21 KO’s) is one of eight world class fighters welterweights who have been chosen for the “Jose Sulaiman World Invitational,” presented by Evander Holyfield’s The Real Deal Boxing in association with the World Boxing Council. The first round of the single elimination tournament will take place on Friday, April 27…
DEONTAY WILDER TALKS LUIS ORTIZ, ANTHONY JOSHUA
American Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder worked out for the Los Angeles media on Thursday, February 8, 2018, as he prepares to defend his WBC Heavyweight World Championship against undefeated challenger Luis Ortiz, Saturday, March 3 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Footage Provided Courtesy of the Showtime Network.
FOX SPORTS AFRICA BOXING SERIES TO CONTINUE THIS FRIDAY
Johannesburg – South African pugilists Rofhiwa Maemu and Ayanda Nkosi will feature on the six-bout Africa Boxing Bill in Mbabane, Swaziland, on Friday evening. Maemu will trade leather with Tanzanian Haidari Mchanjo for the WBA Pan African featherweight diadem over 12 rounds, and Nkosi will fight for his WBA Pan African lightweight belt against…
NIGERIA SELECTS EIGHT BOXERS FOR COMMONWEALTH GAMES
The Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF), yesterday, released the final list of male and female boxers that would represent the country at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which takes place in Australia, in April. The trials held at the Brai Ayonote Gymnasium, National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, saw the judges watch 16 national boxers for two days,…
GARCIA STOPS A GAME RIOS IN NINE
LAS VEGAS – Former two-division world champion Danny Garcia returned with a vengeance, knocking out Brandon Rios in a WBC Welterweight Title Eliminator in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Saturday on SHOWTIME from Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Returning for the first time since dropping a close split-decision to Keith…
ORTIZ & ALEXANDER BATTLE TO DISPUTED DRAW VERDICT
EL PASO, TX. – Former world champions Victor Ortiz (32-6-3, 25 KOs) and Devon Alexander (27-4-1, 14 KOs) fought to majority draw in the exciting main event of Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes Saturday night from Don Haskins Center on the UTEP campus in El Paso, Texas. Both fighters believed they…
GROVES OUTPOINTS EUBANK IN WBSS SEMI-FINAL
George Groves retained his WBA World title and earned a unanimous points verdict over Chris Eubank Jr. to move into the final of the inaugural super middleweight edition of the World Boxing Super Series. The judges scored it 117-112, 116-112 and 115-113 all in favour ‘The Saint’. “The better man won on the…
NIGERIA TO FACE GHANA IN INVITATIONAL TOURNEY
Bode Ademisoro, the Secretary of Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF), on Friday said plans were underway to organize an invitational boxing championship between Nigeria and Ghana in Lagos in March. Ademisoro told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the championship would be part of preparations for the 2018 Commonwealth Games to hold in Gold…