The much-anticipated bout between Braimah ‘Bukom Banku’ Kamoko and Samir Bastie has been postponed to October 21. The bout initially scheduled for September 31 has been moved because the major TV partner needs more time to promote the fight. An official statement from the promoter, Alex Ntiamoah of Box office promotions, reads: ‘’The…
The name of Litha born and bred Andile Mofu has emerged as a favourite to replace the banned African Boxing Federation (AFBC) president Kelani Bayor. Bayor was slapped with a three-year ban by International Amateur Boxing Association (Aiba) for his role in the chaotic African Amateur continental boxing championships in Congo Brazzaville in June.…
The stage is set for the African Boxing Union lightweight champion, Stanley “Edo Boy” Eribo to defend his belt in a fresh bout. Eribo has been scheduled to battle Tanzania’s Ramadhani Shauri on October 1, 2017 at the 12th edition of the GOtv Boxing Night in the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Surulere…
The President of the Nigerian Boxing Board of Control (NBB of C), Rafiu Ladipo believes the nation’s pugilists now have a brighter future, going by the huge amount of cash at stake for the 12th edition of the GOtv Boxing Night. Fighters in the 12th GOtv Boxing Night will earn N12 million as prize…
LONDON (Reuters) – Olympic boxing’s governing body, AIBA, has banned African confederation head Kelani Bayor for three years for allegedly provoking the crowd at the continental championships in Brazzaville last June. Bayor is an AIBA vice-president and executive committee member as well as chairman of Togo’s national Olympic committee. “The Disciplinary Commission found that a…
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Windhoek – On a night of blood, sweat and tears, Namibian professional boxers made a clean sweep in their title bouts against their foreign counterparts during the MTC Sunshine Boxing and Fitness Academy’s No Mercy, Part 7 boxing bonanza at the Windhoek Country Club on Saturday. Veteran boxer Paulus ‘The Hitman’ Moses put the…
Former four division world champion Adrien Broner went ballistic on the Las Vegas strip Friday night , violently shoving a woman and knocking an unidentified guy out cold. TMZ Sports obtained the video, which starts with Broner taking pics with fans. Moments later he snaps, but it’s unclear why. The former world champ appears…
Kevin “Two Guns” Lerena produced a world class display against Youri Kalenga to capture the vacant IBO cruiserweight title at Emperors Palace on Saturday night. The exciting southpaw survived an early onslaught to prevail via 12-round split decision. Two judges awarded the fight in his favour – 116-113, 115-113 – while the other had…
LAS VEGAS (Sept. 8, 2017) – At 20 years, 9 months old, David Benavidez became boxing’s youngest world champion – and the youngest ever in the super middleweight division – with a split decision victory over Ronald Gavril on Friday night on an exciting night of 168-pound action on SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION from The…