Lausanne – The offices of amateur boxing’s ruling body AIBA reopened today after a week-long closure with embattled president Wu Ching-Kuo on site despite a push for his ouster by rival executives. Wu’s executive committee has passed a motion of no- confidence against his leadership and have asked Swiss courts to approve a temporary…
LAS VEGAS – Former lightweight world champion Mickey Bey (22-2-1, 10 KOs) will face once-beaten contender Anthony Peterson (37-1, 24 KOs) in a 10-round lightweight matchup that headlines Premier Boxing Champions TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and BOXEO DE CAMPEONES on FOX Deportes August 22 from Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas in Las Vegas. …
MIAMI, OK. (August 2, 2017) – Powerful middleweights Sergiy Derevyanchenko (10-0, 8 KOs) and Tureano Johnson (20-1, 14 KOs) will square-off in a middleweight world title eliminator that headlines a special Friday night edition of Premier Boxing Champions TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and BOXEO DE CAMPEONES on FOX Deportes on August 25 from Buffalo Run…
BoxingAfrica.com caught up with former world champion Argenis Mendez as he prepares for his August 26 showdown versus IBO World lightweight champion Emmanuel “Game Boy” Tagoe at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Tagoe’s native Accra, Ghana. Mendez, possessing some of the finest boxing skills in the sport today, is coming off an upset victory over…
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Kenya’s stylish lightweight boxer Nick Okoth will be going for gold at the forthcoming 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships slated to throw off on August 25 in the city of Hamburg, Germany. Okoth, who has been shaping up at St Teresa’s church gymnasium over the past two weeks, said his main objective will be…
New York City (August 1, 2017) – DIBELLA ENTERTAINMENT has signed top rated lightweight contender RICHARD COMMEY (25-2, 22 KOs), of Accra, Ghana, to an exclusive promotional contract it was announced today by its President LOU DIBELLA and Commey’s manager MICHAEL AMOO-BEDIAKO.
Nigeria’s Hogan Jimoh died on Sunday evening at a private hospital. The former lightweight contender collapsed at his residence in Lagos, Nigeria, and was taken to the hospital. He was 61-years-old. Hogan “Atomic Bomb” Jimoh was a popular fighter during the 1970’s. Born in Ilorin, Nigeria, on December 29, 1955, he made his pro…
The warriors of Ghana will battle the brawlers from the U.K. when Azumah Nelson’s Fight Night, Round IV goes down Saturday, August 19th, at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra, Ghana! Champions from the United Kingdom mean business as they prepare to trade fists with Africa’s finest. But can they handle the hunger and power…
BAKERSFIELD, CA. – Former world champion Victor Ortiz (32-6-2, 25 KOs) made his ring return in style with a fourth-round stoppage of Saul Corral (23-10, 14 KOs) in their welterweight battle that headlined Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes Sunday afternoon from Rabobank Theater in Bakersfield, California. Fighting for the first time…