Arye Ayiiteh, contender for the West African Boxing Union (WABU) middleweight title, has vowed to dethrone reigning champion, Nigeria’s Abolaji “Afonja Warrior” Rasheed, when they meet at GOtv Boxing Night 13 on December 26. The event, which will feature musical performances by Small Doctor, Simi, Falz and Reekado Banks, will witness seven bouts. Speaking…
Xolisa Magusha upset Siphamandla Baleni the defending champion to win the South African mini-flyweight title on a 12-round unanimous points decision at the Orient Theatre in East London on Friday night. Judge Allen Matakane scored it 116-112 and judges Siya Vabaza-Booi and Simphiwe Mbini handed in cards of 118-111 and 117-111. The bigger and…
THE MTC Sunshine Academy is set to lose its biggest star yet with news that former unified world junior welterweight champion Julius Indongo is terminating his association with the country’s most recognizable stable. The ex-WBA, IBF, and IBO world titles holder is no longer training at Sunshine and has reportedly signed with an American…
29-year-old Bilal Fawaz, an elite level boxer who has fought for England six times is facing being deported to Nigeria. Fawaz was detained at the Tinsley House Immigration Centre at Gatwick Airport in West Sussex on November 29. The boxer, who has competed for England six times and was the 2012 ABA light-middleweight champion,…
Nearly everyone on the Azumah Nelson Fight Night 5 card carried a pristine record, but it was Mother Nature who reminded us all that she carries the longest running undefeated streak.
NEW YORK — History belongs to Vasyl Lomachenko, who painted a masterpiece against Guillermo Rigondeaux in the first-ever professional fight between two-time Olympic gold-medal winners. Lomachenko did as he pleased until Rigondeaux quit on his stool with an injured left hand after the sixth round of what had been an utterly one-sided fight before…
It’s on. Both Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux hit the scales today ahead of tomorrow night’s showdown on ESPN and both fighters were good to go. This fight will mark the first time in boxing’s long history where two multiple Olympic Gold medal winners face-off in the ring. Rigondeaux was up on the scale…
After defending her WBC super bantamweight title against Zambia’s Catherine Phiri, Kenya’s Fatuma Zarika has set her sights on a third bout versus American Amanda Serrano. Zarika retained her title last weekend via ten-round unanimous decision against Phiri, the rugged former world champion. But it’s the two losses she suffered to Serrano, a premier…
The Professional Boxing Association of Botswana (PBAB) in partnership with Fox Sport Africa, will host six title bouts at the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) tonight. Four bouts are internationals while the other two are for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Pan African titles. Boxers are from the hosts, Botswana, South Africa, Tanzania, Democratic…
The International Olympic Council (IOC) is on the warpath. With Russia now banned from competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics for their state-sponsored violation of anti-doping laws, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) has similarly become an association of interest for the IOC. The Olympic discipline that has proved most profitable for Irish athletes, Inside…