The 2018 Texas State Golden Gloves Tournament will have a new look this year. So will the national event. This year will be the first to include the women in the Texas State Golden Gloves Tournament, which will be held at Feb. 28-March 3 at John Justin Arena on the Will Rogers Complex in…
Kenya will send a 14-member team to the India Open Boxing tournament as they aim to hone their boxers preparations for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. A training camp is currently underway at Ruaraka Grounds in Nairobi, with 28 boxers being put through their paces prior to the event in India. The…
On February 3, Ghana’s Habib Ahmed will take on WBO World super middleweight champion Gilberto Ramirez of Mexico at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, TX, televised by ESPN. According to oddsmakers, Ahmed has a better chance of becoming Ghana’s next president than he does winning the world title. Perhaps these oddsmakers…
Ghana’s Abdul Wahid Omar says his focus is on reaching the medal zone of the 2018 Commonwealth Games which would be held in April in Australia and he is very sure of clinching a medal. Speaking to Yours Truly at the Bukom Boxing Arena, before the national team, the Black Bombers moved to Cape…
BROOKLYN (Jan. 21, 2018) – Undefeated welterweight world champion Errol Spence Jr. retained his IBF title with an impressive stoppage of former two-division champion Lamont Peterson in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Saturday night from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING®. In his first defense since dethroning Kell Brook on SHOWTIME…
Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is free to box again after the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC) lifted his suspension subject to medical clearance. The BBBC had suspended the 29-year-old’s licence in 2016, citing anti-doping and medical issues, and he has not fought since defeating Wladimir Klitschko in a world title fight…
NAIROBI (Xinhua) — Kenya’s boxing team hopes to end their 14-year jinx and win their first gold medal at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in April. The 2010 Commonwealth silver medalist Benson Gicharu said the country has potential, and only needs a little bit more in training and skills to make their mark at…
The nominees for the Boxing South Africa Awards 2018 include some of the top boxers in the country and will be highly contested for the top awards in both male and female sections. The nominees were announced on January 10 and the event was attended by the Minister of Sport and Recreation, Thulas Nxesi,…
Lagos – Lagos – Nigeria and West Africa Boxing Union (WABU) Middleweight champion, Abolaji “Afonja Warrior” Rasheed will take on Moroccan boxer, Bilel Jkitou, for the vacant Africa Boxing Union (ABU) title. Nigeria and West Africa Boxing Union (WABU) Middleweight champion, Abolaji “Afonja Warrior” Rasheed will take on Moroccan boxer, Bilel Jkitou, for the vacant…
IBF Welterweight World Championship Errol Spence Jr.: 147 pounds Lamont Peterson: 146 ¾ pounds Referee: Harvey Dock; Judges: Julie Lederman (N.Y.), Don Trella (Conn.), Steve Weisfeld (N.J.) IBF Lightweight World Championship Robert Easter Jr.: 134 ½ pounds Javier Fortuna: 136 ½ pounds** Referee: Ricky Gonzalez; Judges: Glenn Feldman (Conn.), John McKaie (N.Y.), Kevin Morgan…