All-British quarterfinal clash for Muhammad Ali Trophy between WBA World Champion Groves and Cox at The SSE Arena, Wembley on October 14th in London The first domestic showdown of the World Boxing Super Series is scheduled for October 14th when top seeded super middleweight George Groves (26-3, 19 KOs) puts his WBA World title…
ACCRA, GHANA – Isaac Dogboe is called the “Royal Storm.” Poor Javier Chacon got caught up in it on this night. Fighting in front of his Ghana kinsmen at Bukom Boxing Arena, Dogboe turned in his career best, battering Chacon until the Argentinean refused to come out of his corner at the start of…
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has claimed a settlement agreement has been reached with Azerbaijani company Benkons MMC to repay a $10 million (£8 million/€8.5 million) loan following reports they are on the verge of bankruptcy. Benkons director Hamid Hamidov had reportedly claimed there was no schedule to repay the loan that was given…
Amateur boxing’s governing body, AIBA, faces the risk of bankruptcy after demands it immediately pays back millions of pounds in loans and investments it does not have, a senior figure in the organization has claimed. The revelation comes amid an increasingly bitter civil war inside AIBA, which has led to the resignations of its…
New York City (July 21, 2017) – Evander Holyfield’s Real Deal Sports and Entertainment has signed Top Bantamweight Contender and 2012 Ghanaian Olympian Duke “The Baby Faced Terminator” Micah, (20-0-0, 18 KO’s) to an exclusive promotional contract, it was announced today by their COO, Eric Bentley and Micah’s co-manager’s Michael Amoo-Bediako of Streetwise Management of…
The battle for the inaugural 168lb Muhammad Ali Trophy begins on September 16th with the first of the World Boxing Super Series’ hugely anticipated super middleweight match ups. British betting favourite and number two seed Callum Smith (22-0, 17 KOs) will meet undefeated Swedish star Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 KOs) in a quarter-final bout at…
ALEXANDRIA, LA. – In a battle of exciting featherweight brawlers, Chris Avalos (27-5, 20 KOs) was awarded a TKO victory after the doctor ruled that Miguel Flores (21-2, 9 KOs) could no longer continue due to a cut sustained during their featherweight matchup that headlined Premier Boxing Champions TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and BOXEO DE…
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Nigeria Amateur Boxing is alive. Amateur Boxers excited fans with punches, jabs and knockouts in the second edition of the Ogun Saturday Boxing Show held at the Alake Sports Center, Abeokuta on Saturday. Speaking after the tournament, the chief sponsor and newly elected South-West Zone Representative on the Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF) Board, Olawale…
Emmanuel “Game Boy” Tagoe, the WBA’s twelfth-ranked lightweight, is in the gym as he opens up camp for his August 26th title defense versus Brooklyn, New York’s Argenis Mendez. The 31-year-old Mendez (24-5-1, 12 KO’s), who originally hails from the Dominican Republic, is the former IBF World super featherweight champion and is coming off…