South Africa’s Gideon Buthelezi retained his IBO junior bantamweight belt for the third time with a wide, unanimous 12-round points decision over Filipino Ryan Rey Ponteras at the International Convention Centre in East London on Friday night. Judge Lulama Mtya (SA) scored it 118-112 and judges Eddie Pappoe (Ghana) and Patric Mukondwa (Zimbabwe) had…
Airdrie-based boxing coach Billy Nelson is convinced the next heavyweight superstar is a 6ft 6in, 18-stone vegetarian from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who is currently living the quiet life in Greengairs. Now there’s a sentence you won’t see anywhere else this, or any other, week. Even Nelson chuckles when he says…
The embattled president of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) defiantly claimed on Saturday that he was still in charge of the body despite moves by rival executives to oust him. In a phone interview with AFP from Taipei, Wu Ching-kuo accused his AIBA rivals of trying to pull off “a military coup” and insisted…
Three-division world champion Mikey Garcia kept his undefeated record intact with a dominant 12-round performance against four-division world champion Adrien Broner in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, Saturday on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING®. In what could be considered one of the best performances of his career, Garcia…
BRONER vs. GARCIA OFFICAL WEIGHTS & PHOTOS FOR SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT SPECIAL ATTRACTION TOMORROW, SATURDAY, JULY 29 LIVE ON SHOWTIME® FROM BARCLAYS CENTER IN BROOKLYN, N.Y. WBC Super Lightweight Special Attraction – 12 Rounds Adrien Broner – 138 ¾ Pounds Mikey Garcia – 139 ½ Pounds Referee: Harvey Dock; Judges: Don Ackerman (N.Y.), Eric…
KAMPALA (Xinhua) — Muzamir Kakande interrupts his boxing training session to answer a telephone call critical to his day to day life. He is a fish monger and this is what he does for a living. He is also passionate about boxing. In fact, he is Africa’s boxing champion in the welter weight category.…
South Africa’s Gideon Buthelezi is an overwhelming favourite to retain his IBO junior-bantamweight belt when he meets Ryan Rey Ponteras from the Philippines on Friday night at the International Convention Centre in East London. The 31-year-old Buthelezi (19-5; 4), who fights from the southpaw stance, is one of South Africa’s most skillful fighters in…
BROOKLYN (July 27, 2017) – Four-division world champion Adrien Broner and three-division world champion Mikey Garcia went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference two days before they headline a Premier Boxing Champions event Saturday, July 29 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING®. SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT with unbeaten former world champion Jermall Charlo meeting top…
LOS ANGELES – Accomplished Super Heavyweight amateur and 2016 Olympian Efe Ajagba and fellow Nigerian Heavyweight amateur standout Efetobor Apochi have signed-on to become the latest promising young fighters to join the Ringstar Sports roster. Both fighters will make their professional debuts on the Premier Boxing Champions event headlined by Victor Ortiz vs. Saul Corral…
The first contest of the World Boxing Super Series will be the cruiserweight quarter-final between WBO World Champion Oleksandr Usyk (12-0, 10 KOs) and Marco Huck (40-4-1, 27 KOs) at the Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin on September 9th. Number one seed in the 200lb (90.7 kg) bracket, Usyk, picked the experienced German fighter to be the…