PREP FOR AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS

Rwanda Amateur Boxing Association (RABA) will send pugilists to the African Confederation Boxing Championships (AFBC), scheduled from May 27 to June 4 in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.   RABA president, Vicky Kalisa, revealed that they had two options, either to send the boxers for the East African Games in Uganda or the African Confederation Boxing…

Anthony Joshua

ANTHONY JOSHUA CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT

Undefeated IBF Champion Anthony Joshua hosted a media conference call to give his thoughts on Saturday’sheavyweight blockbuster between him and long-reigning kingpin Wladimir Klitschko live on SHOWTIME® (4:15 p.m. ET/1:15 p.m. PT) from sold-out Wembley Stadium in London.   The British sensation Joshua (18-0, 18 KOs) and Klitschko (64-4, 54 KOs) will unify the heavyweight…

Lou DiBella

BROADWAY BOXING RETURNS TO NY ON MAY 18

New York, NY (4/26/17) – On Thursday, May 18, DiBella Entertainment’s popular Broadway Boxing series will make its long-awaited return to New York for the first time in almost a year with a special edition, one-time-only event, held at Brooklyn’s historic Paramount Theater at Long Island University. Brooklyn’s undefeated female sensation Heather “The Heat” Hardy…

PORTER BATTERS BERTO, STOPS HIM IN NINE

BROOKLYN  – Shawn Porter scored a ninth round stoppage of Andre Berto to become the WBC’s mandatory challenger to unified welterweight champion Keith Thurman in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, Saturday night on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.   With the convincing victory, Porter potentially earns a…