SAN ANTONIO – Undefeated three-division world champion Mikey Garcia will attempt to win a world title in a fourth weight class when he challenges unbeaten IBF 140-pound world champion Sergey Lipinets on Saturday, February 10 live on SHOWTIME. The matchup of top-5 ranked junior welterweights will take place at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas…
Dar es Salaam — Tanzania’s boxing standard will be subjected to yet another test this month when professional boxer Nassib Ramadhan takes on Namibia’s Paulus Ambunda in the World Boxing Council (WBC) super bantamweight International title bout. Ramadhan, one of the best super bantamweight boxers in the country at the moment, is now undergoing…
Heavyweight specialist, Ebenezer Tetteh, has promised to win the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa heavyweight title by knocking out Burkinabe, Boniface Kabore, this Saturday at the Unity Park in Accra. The 27-year-old undefeated burly boxer, who has 14 fights to his credit, will come up against the veteran 35-year-old who has fought 24 times…
President Uhuru Kenyatta will bestow the Head of State Commendation award to World Boxing Council Super Bantamweight champion Fatuma “Iron Fist” Zarika at State House. Zarika is part of the few outstanding Kenyans who will be feted by the Head of State on Jamhuri Day as Kenya celebrates 54 years since the attainment of…
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Former unified world champion Julius “Blue Machine” Indongo of Namibia is pushing to sever ties with the country’s leading boxing promotion, the MTC Nestor Sunshine Boxing and Fitness Academy, this reporter can further confirm that Indongo has now instructed his lawyers to take up the matter. In Friday’s report, inside sources at the Sunshine…
The Nigeria Boxing Federation has invited 32 boxers to camp ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. According to Ademisoro Bode, the Secretary General of the NBF, 16 male and16 female boxers across eight weight categories will resume camping on December 17 in Lagos. He said the boxers would remain at the…
Eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao believes boxing could end the country’s medal drought in the Olympics hence his partnership with the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) for the PSC-Pacquiao Amateur Boxing Cup that begins Saturday in General Santos City. “We will be fighting opponents of the same weight that is why I believe we would…
NEW YORK (Dec. 12, 2017) – Uzbekistan power-puncher Shohjahon Ergashev will face the toughest test of his career in fellow undefeated and top-10 ranked Sonny Fredrickson in the telecast opener of ShoBox: The New Generation on Friday, Jan. 12 live on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT) from Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y. In…
Gaborone — Local professional boxers led by World Boxing Association Pan African featherweight title hopeful, Steven Bagwasi, gave out free boxing lessons to their opponents on December 7 in an entertaining Fox Sports Africa Boxing bonanza staged at the Gaborone International Convention Centre. However, it was an unfortunate debut contest for newcomer, Moabi Ngaka,…