RASHIDA ELLIS WINS GOLD FOR USA AT 2022 ELITE WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS
Lightweight Rashida Ellis (Lynn, Mass.) closed out the 2022 Elite Women’s World Championships the same way she began this tournament, having fun and winning.
ANTHONY JOSHUA PLEDGES TO HELP FUND BRITISH AMATEUR BOXING
World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has made a substantial donation to help fund amateur boxing in Britain – saying he hopes “we have not lost the next generation” of fighters.
USA BOXING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS RETURNS TO UTAH
USA Boxing’s Elite and Youth National Championships & Junior and Prep Open returns to the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah for the second consecutive year, Dec. 1-8.
BOXING TO LOSE OLYMPIC STATUS?
There are growing fears that boxing will be dropped from the next Olympics in Tokyo in 2020.
AMATEUR WATCH: 14YR OLD JOEL IRIARTE
Outside of the boxing ring, Joel Iriarte is a mild-mannered 14-year-old who makes good grades and likes to have fun. But once the Ridgeview freshman steps inside of the ropes, his personality changes drastically. He suddenly becomes a serious pugilist looking to rack up points and deliver knockouts with an array of fast, hard…
AQEEL AHMED TARGETS GOLD AT AIBA CHAMPIONSHIP
Aqeel Ahmed wants to be the first Scot to win a medal at amateur boxing’s World Championships, which start in Hamburg on Friday. The Motherwell light flyweight is joined in Germany by Glasgow’s Sean Lazzerini and Lee McGregor from Edinburgh. “Wherever I go, I go for gold,” the 23-year-old told BBC Scotland. …
2016 OLYMPIAN CHARLES CONWELL RETURNS MAY 18
New York, NY (5/9/17) – Charles Conwell, a 2016 United States Olympian, will fight as a professional for the second time on May 18 as part of the special One-Night-Only return of DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing to New York from the Paramount Theater on the campus of LIU-Brooklyn. Conwell (1-0, 1 KO) will take…