Tajudeen Kazeem is the Head Coach of Always Boxing Gym in Lagos. In this interview with Boxing in Focus, the coach corrected the notion that boxers end up as street urchins after they retire from the sport. He also shed light on the reason he is interested in coaching kids how to box Why do [...]
Akwa Ibom kick boxer Alexander Joseph, nick named “Ibom”, has been killed by gunmen. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Ibom was attacked by his assailants at about 9.30 am on Saturday at Uyo Township Stadium during a training session. Witnesses told NAN that the no fewer than five persons had trailed the victim to [...]
Nigeria will have another opportunity to increase her Olympic slots in the boxing events as three Nigerian female boxers compete in China at the London 2012 Olympics qualfiers. The three boxers, tutored by world champion, Ijeoma Egbunine, left the shores of the country during the week alongside their coach and some officials of the Nigeria [...]
David Haye says he will fight Vitali Klitschko this year once he has dealt with Dereck Chisora in their grudge match in July. The two controversial British heavyweights will step into the ring at West Ham’s Upton Park ground later this year to settle a feud which started following a brawl between the pair after [...]
India’s five-time world champion, MC Mary Kom, said a podium finish in the London 2012 Olympic Games would give her the freedom to leave the ring on a high. The 29-year-old Manipuri, who is a living legend in women’s boxing and nicknamed ‘Magnificent Mary’ by the International body, leaves for the World Championships in Qinhuangdao, [...]
David Haye will on 14 July at West Ham’s Upton Park fight Dereck Chisora in a fight termed grudge fight of the century, it would be promoted by The Sun of London. They clashed in a bare-fist punch-up in Munich in February and neither holds a current fight license. As official sponsors, The Sun confirmed [...]
There is always something buzzing around Floyd Mayweather Jnr and typically it has nothing to do with serenity. Outspoken, profane and provocative, Mayweather is a magnet for controversy. So it was indeed a strange sight to see a subdued, soft spoken Mayweather at the final press conference for his match against Miguel Cotto, which took [...]
