Twenty-one amateur boxers have claimed national titles during a night of hotly contested bouts at Rotorua’s Energy Events Centre. There were no local winners, but plenty of action to keep spectators entertained at the New Zealand Boxing Championship finals, held last night. It was a good night for Aucklanders as the South Auckland…
Some of New Zealand’s best amateur boxers have been fighting it out in the ring at the New Zealand Boxing Championship in Rotorua this week. Today is the fourth and final day of the championships, at the Energy Events Centre, during which the elite open finals are being held. Flying the flag for…
On the day Jeff Horn beat Manny Pacquiao before 51,000 fans at Suncorp Stadium, his mate Joe Goodall walked to the boxing ring beside him fully believing that one day he could be fighting at the same venue for the heavyweight championship of the world. That day is drawing closer as Goodall, 25, a…
The newly elected executive of the Cayman Islands Boxing Association (CIBA) has been officially approved by the International Boxing Association (AIBA), according to President Leyla Jackson. Meantime, preparations are underway for the next two events in September and October. Jackson, a certified technical official, was elected to the leadership role at an election in…
Fiji amateur boxing selectors will look at the boxers from Police and Army teams in the Sukuna Bowl Challenge before selecting the final squad for the 2017 Pacific Mini Games in Vanuatu. Coach Napoleon Taumeopeau said Fijian boxers stood a good chance to win gold medals over the other Pacific Island countries. “We…
Crossing continental Europe one couldn’t find a better place for world championship boxing than Hamburg, Germany, arguably the birthplace (or, at least, the citadel) of the German boxing. It’s where the nineteenth installment of AIBA WC tournaments had taken its place from Aug. 25 to Sep. 2. The main trend, confirmed by the tournament,…
HAMBURG, September 3 /TASS/. A Swiss court will consider on who will head the international amateur boxing federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym AIBA, in mid-September, AIBA President Wu Ching-kuo told TASS on Saturday. During the AIBA Executive Committee meeting in Moscow in late July, 13 members of the committee initiated a vote…
Punches are flying in and outside the ring at the amateur boxing world championships in Germany this week as a bitter power struggle rages for control of the historic Olympic sport. In one corner in Hamburg is Wu Ching-Kuo, the embattled Taiwanese president of ruling body the AIBA and an influential member of the…
KUALA LUMPUR – Three Filipino boxers will go for gold in the finals of the men’s boxing competition of the 29th Southeast Asian Games Thursday at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Center here. First to step on the ring for a record third consecutive gold medal is Mario Fernandez, who will clash with…
Alsop students and staff celebrated record A Level results, which included a record number of pupils achieving the highest grades in A Levels. Staff are delighted that a record number of students have secured university places. Btec grades are also significantly above the national average. Mr. Joe Mangan, Headteacher comments: “These fantastic results…