This past weekend, The Gambia boxing clubs held their extraordinary congress and elected new executive members, who will be responsible for the affairs of the clubs in the next four years. The extraordinary congress was held at the Kairaba Beach Hotel and began on Friday, July 14. THe congress brought together seven clubs, as…
GILROY, CA (July 17, 2017) – After giving fans some of the most thrilling fights in boxing, which spanned over sixteen hard fought years, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero is announcing his retirement. “First, I want to thank God for allowing me to have a wonderful career. I’m a kid from a small town in…
LONDON (JULY 17, 2017) — WBO Middleweight World Champion Billy Joe Saunders will make the second defense of his crown against New York’s Willie Monroe Jr. on Saturday, September 16th at London’s Copper Box Arena, live on BT Sport and BoxNation. Hatfield’s Saunders (24-0, 12 KOs) defeated Irish hero Andy Lee to take the…
The Ministry of Youth and Sports’ delay in finalizing Ghana’s travel arrangements for the Commonwealth Youth Games in Bahamas has caused a reduction in the number of participants. Initially, a 23-member team consisting of 12 athletes and 11 officials were scheduled to travel to this important amateur tourney. That number has been cut down…
FORMER COMMONWEALTH SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT AND BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION, THE LATE PAUL FERRERI – A TRIBUTE I am very sorry to learn this morning of the death of our distinguished former double Commonwealth Champion, Paul Ferreri of Australia. Paul was born in Sicily in 1948 but grew up in Australia. His professional boxing career commenced…
LONG ISLAND, NY (July 16, 2017) – Once-beaten Jamal James (21-1, 9 KOs) scored a unanimous decision victory over former title challenger Jo Jo Dan (36-5, 19 KOs) in Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes action Saturday night from the newly-renovated NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Standing 6’2″,…
LONG ISLAND, NY – Unbeaten Omar Figueroa (27-0-1, 19 KOs) returned to the ring in emphatic fashion with a third-round stoppage of former champion Robert Guerrero (33-6-1, 18 KOs) in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes Saturday night from the newly-renovated NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial…
Chris Eubank Jr retained a minor title by beating former two-weight world champion Arthur Abraham via 12-round unanimous decision. Eubank Jr, 27, produced a fine display to win by margins of 118-110, 118-110 and 120-108 at Wembley Arena. It was only the sixth defeat of Abraham’s 52-fight career. Eubank Jr will now…
MIAMI, Okla. (July 15, 2017) – Ivan Baranchyk went the distance with Keenan Smith in front of Baranchyk’s adopted hometown in the main event of a quadrupleheader featuring eight returning fighters on Friday’s ShoBox: The New Generation from Buffalo Run Casino & Resort. In a battle of undefeated fighters, the hard-hitting Baranchyk (15-0, 10…
Referee Tony Weeks will conduct a course in ring officiating for Ghanaian boxing enthusiasts and insiders before he takes the middle to officiate Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe’s WBA international super Bantamweight title against Javier Chacon next week Saturday, July 22. The Ghana Boxing Authority will be hosting the one day workshop for stakeholders (Ring Officials,…