AMATEUR BOXING SHOW SET FOR SATURDAY IN YOUNGSTOWN
Pittsburgh native Keonte Irving will meet Derrick Miller of Detroit in the main event of Saturday’s “Youngstown Strong” 15-bout amateur boxing card at the Regency House, 3704 Mahoning Ave.
OLYMPIC LEGEND ARTAYEV WANTS TO REVAMP “BORING” INT’L BOXING
New Delhi, Mar 25 (PTI) – Amateur boxing desperately needs a revamped scoring system, says former Olympic champion and Kazakh legend Bakhtiyar Artayev who also feels that allowing professional boxers in Olympics and expanding women’s events at the expense of men is a mistake.
BRITISH BAN ON BEARDED AMATEUR BOXERS LIFTED
Bearded amateur boxers in England will be allowed to compete without having to remove their facial hair after the governing body agreed to abolish a long-standing rule.
INDIA BOXERS PRIMED FOR 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
The recent recognition of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) appears to have changed fortunes of the sport in India for the better, one of the effects of which is a more confident-looking contingent for the Commonwealth Games 2018.
TEAM USA BOXING DEFEATS TEAM IRELAND 8-4
Team USA Boxing defeated Team Ireland, 8-4, on Monday night, on the first stop of the three-city 2018 USA vs. Ireland Northeast Boxing Tour, at Club Royale Entertainment Center in Boston’s historic theater district.
USA BOXING TO HOST PRESS CONFERENCE ON MARCH 5
USA Boxing will hold a special press event in the Lobby Lounge at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Albuquerque on Monday, March 5 at 11 a.m. to kick off the Western Elite Qualifier & Regional Open Championships. The press event will feature Albuquerque natives Danny Romero and Sharahya-Taina Moreu, who represented Team USA at the…
GUYANA’S COLIN LEWIS SCORES STIRRING KO OVER NATHAN FERRARI
GUYANA and Caribbean junior welterweight champion Colin `Superman’ Lewis had an early night on Sunday as he rocked St Lucia’s Nathan Ferrari with a wicked left hook to jaw, sending the junior welterweight champion to sleep at one minute 54 seconds of the first round in their contest of the Guyana Boxing Association/McDonald’s Promotions boxing…
NEW ENGLAND TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS RESULTS
LOWELL, Mass. – Eleven New England champions were crowned last night during the New England Tournament of Champions at historic Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Central New England snapped the Western New England’s four-year reign in team scoring to capture the covered Bill Hoar Memorial Award as Most Outstanding Team. The New England Tournament of Champions,…
NEW ENGLAND GOLDEN GLOVES FINALE THIS THURSDAY
LOWELL –The championship finals of the 72nd annual New England Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions, which will take place this Thursday evening ,will include blasts from the past. Prior to Thursday’s championship fight card at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium (7:30 p.m. start), many of New England’s all-time great amateur boxers, several of whom went…
BELLEVILLE BOXING CLUBS HAS TWO GOLDEN GLOVES WINNERS
The nonprofit Belleville Boxing Club entered two amateur fighters in the St. Louis Golden Gloves Tournament held at the Heart of St. Charles conference center last week. And two fighters returned to the Belleville Boxing Club with championships. Larry Wade, 28, of Alorton, is the St. Louis novice super heavyweight for the second…