Three Kenyan boxers – light flyweight Shaffi Bakari, lightweight Nick Okoth and middleweight John Kyolo – have reached the medal brackets in the ongoing African Confederation Boxing Championship in Congo Brazzaville. The trio will compete in Saturday’s semi-finals. Bakari faces Matias Hamunyela (Namibia), Okoth will square it out with Mohamed Hamout (Mauritius) while Kyola…
Nigeria’s Owolabi Lawal hit a wall on Friday night at the 2017 African Confederation Boxing Championship (AFBC), taking place in Brazzaville, Congo. That wall was Morocco’s Mohamed Hamout. Hamout defeated Lawal 5-0 on points in the quarterfinals of this highly-competitive tourney. Lawal’s loss comes as a surprise. He’d soundly defeated Angola’s Manuel Gomes…
ORANGE, Calif. (June 23, 2017) – Thompson Boxing Promotions heads to Northern California on Friday, July 1st to promote its first show in Sacramento starring unbeaten, Olympic bronze medalist Taras Shelestyuk (15-0, 9 KOs). The highly ranked Shelestyuk (WBO No. 5) faces fellow welterweight Jesus Alvarez Rodriguez (15-2, 11 KOs) in the “Locked n’…
16 stars, one stage: World Boxing Super Series stars to hand-pick opponents during Live Draft Gala in Monaco on July 8 The World Boxing Super Series will kick off in dramatic fashion on July 8 when the famed Grimaldi Forum will host the official Draft Gala for the Muhammad Ali Trophy, The Greatest Prize…
Boxers from the Rwanda National Boxing Team are blaming officials of the local boxing governing body, RABA, for missing out on the ongoing African Continental Boxing Championships in Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo. The boxers have faulted the RABA for the missed opportunity accusing officials of failing to follow proper procedures when preparing the…
Pius Enam Hadzide, Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, says the reason why the government chose not to fund the national amateur boxing team is because they weren’t convinced it would be used for practical purposes. According to reports, the ministry allocated $32,000 to the Ghana Boxing Federation (GBF) – regulator of the…
Middleweight boxer Elizabeth Akinyi became the first Kenyan to win a medal in the ongoing African Confederation Boxing Championship (AFBC) in Brazzaville, Congo Republic. Akinyi lost to Clotide Essiene of Cameroon 4-1 on points in the semi-finals on Tuesday night to bag a bronze. The AFCB event is also a qualifier for the…
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NAIROBI, Kenya, June 21 – The Kenya amateur boxing team is strutting their stuff. Three more Kenyan boxers advanced to different stages of the ongoing African Boxing Championships that started on Monday in Congo Brazaville. Shaffi Bakari beat Joshua Kizza of Uganda on points in the Light Fly weight category while in the Lightweight, Corporal…
The Nigerian contingent can be found all over in Brazzaville, Congo, usually with smiles on their faces. On Tuesday, two more Nigerian male boxers, Richard Egowa and Owolabi Lawal, advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2017 African Boxing Championships (World Boxing Championships qualifiers). In the men’s light heavyweight division, Egowa knocked out Uganda’s…