LAS VEGAS – After an emphatic debut in the light heavyweight division, two-division world champion Badou Jack is looking to use 2018 to prove that he is the top 175-pound fighter in the world and one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the sport. “I am 100 percent confident in my ability to take…
Ghana’s Ebenezer Tetteh is the new WBO Africa junior heavyweight champion after scoring a second-round KO over Burkinabe Boniface Kabore on Saturday night at Unity Park in Achimota, Accra. The 27-year-old Tetteh moves his record to an impressive 15-0 (12 KO’s). Kabore, 35, didn’t offer much resistance and was unable to capitalize on Tetteh’s…
Garcia-Lipinets is on! Undefeated three-division world champion Mikey Garcia and unbeaten IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion Sergey Lipinets went face-to-face for the first time Monday at a press conference in Los Angeles to discuss their main event showdown on Saturday, Feb. 10 live on SHOWTIME (10:15 p.m. ET/PT). The matchup of top-5 ranked junior welterweights…
Johannesburg – Reappointed Boxing SA (BSA) board chairperson, Dr. Malefetsane Peter Ngatane, regards his new role as an important one in the administration of professional boxing in the country. The 63-year-old medical doctor from Dube in Soweto says he is determined to steer his team towards perpetuating the ideals of the previous BSA board…
The IBO World lightweight title bout between champion Emmanuel “Game Boy” Tagoe and Argenis Mendez is officially off. Tagoe’s new opponent is Fernando David Saucedo. BoxingAfrica.com was informed that Tagoe promoter Baby Jet Promotions filed a request for a new opponent earlier this month. Given the contractual terms between Tagoe and Mendez, Saucedo was approved.…
LAVAL, Quebec – Billy Joe Saunders (26-0, 12 KOs) outpointed hometown hero David Lemieux (38-4, 33 KOs) to retain the WBO Middleweight World Championship in the 12-round main event of HBO World Championship Boxing at Place Bell in Laval, Quebec, Canada. Saunders, a native of the United Kingdom, outboxed Lemieux for 12 rounds from…
LANCASTER, CA. – Former welterweight world champion Jessie Vargas (28-2, 10 KOs) returned to drop and defeat Aaron Herrera (24-8-1, 15 KOs) by unanimous decision in the main event of a special Friday night edition of Premier Boxing Champions TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and BOXEO DE CAMPEONES on FOX Deportes from Pioneer Event Center in…
Namibia’s former two-time world champion Harry “The Terminator” Simon will finally make his long-awaited return to the boxing ring on December 29 at The Dome in Swakopmund when he faces Tanzania’s Said Mbwelwa in a six-round cruiserweight non-title fight. Simon, aged 45, who last fought in 2016 when he defeated Japhet Kaseba of Tanzania…
Undefeated two-division world champion TERENCE “Bud” CRAWFORD (32-0, 32 KOs), from Omaha, is ready to move out of the junior welterweight division and up to the welterweight class. Crawford, the 2014 Fighter of the Year, became boxing’s first undisputed world champion in 15 years when he knocked out fellow unified world champion Julius Indongo…
SHOWTIME SPORTS confirmed today that the SHOWTIME PPV presentation of Mayweather vs. McGregor on August 26, 2017 generated 4.3 million pay-per-view buys in North America. This includes traditional television distribution and online portals such as the new SHOWTIME PPV app and SHOWTIMEPPV.com as well as UFC.TV in U.S. and Canada. Mayweather vs. McGregor, a…