Two-time world title challenger RAY “Sugar” BELTRAN and heavy-fisted JONATHAN “The Last Inca” MAICELO will go mano a mano in a high-stakes battle of world-rated lightweight contenders. Sanctioned by the International Boxing Federation (IBF) as a world lightweight title elimination bout, the winner of the 12-round rumble will also lay claim to the vacant World…
Ahead of the May 30 elections into the boards of sports federations, an aspirant into the Nigerian Boxing Federation (NBF), Navy Commodore Adesoji Babalola says the country can use sports to meaningfully engage her teeming youths. Babalola who is also the director of Innovations, Nigerian Navy told Sports Vanguard exclusively that he decided to…
Mayibuye-based Mohlwadibona Boxing Club held its annual tournament at the Rabie Ridge Community Hall on 6 May.
Windhoek–The MTC Nestor Sunshine Boxing and Fitness Academy will this weekend stage its annual MTC Sunshine Regional Cup in Otjiwarongo at the Swanewelder Hall. The amateur boxing tourney, which is expected to attract close to 200 upcoming boxers from all 14 regions, will officially start on Thursday and ends on Saturday. Growing in…
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (May 9, 2017) – Heavyweight contenders Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs and Fres Oquendo faced off for the first time today (Tuesday, May 9) before they battle for the WBA Heavyweight Championship on Saturday, June 3 in the main event of Backyard Brawl: Briggs vs. Oquendo taking place at Hard Rock Live at Seminole…
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…
A former national welterweight champion Isaac Aryee needs GH₵14,000 to undergo surgery on a broken neck, the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) has disclosed.
SLOAN, IA (May 9, 2017) – Professional boxing returns Saturday, June 10, to WinnaVegas Casino Resort, featuring undefeated junior welterweight Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker, on the “KO Night Boxing: WAR In WinnaVegas” card, to air (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT) on CBS Sports Network live from Sloan, Iowa. “KO Night Boxing: WAR…
World Boxing Super Series to feature Cruiserweight and Super Middleweight Divisions in Season 1 -Enrollment begins on May 15 Comosa AG, the organiser of boxing´s first global knock-out tournament, is delighted to announce that the inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series will feature the fiercely-competitive cruiserweight and super middleweight divisions. In each…