Tag: Boxing
Boxing: Agbeko, Magali Fight In Accra
The IBF has tentatively approved to sanction the International Super Bantamweight title fight between Ghanaian and former IBF Bantamweight champion…
Boxing Association Set To Honour Fashola
The Head Coach of the Lagos State Boxing Association, Wasiu Bisiriyu, said on Wednesday that the annual Lagos State Governors…
All Set For GOtv Boxing Night, Fans Assured Of Tight Security
The first step towards the revival of boxing in Nigeria will be taken on Sunday when the GOtv Boxing Night…
Bob Alagoro Tasks Young Boxers On Discipline
Taiwo Adelu Former National and West African Super Middleweight champion, Bob Alagoro has identified endurance, hardwork and fear of God…
South African Female Boxer Dies After 2 Weeks In Coma
A South African female professional boxer has died following a knockout punch two weeks ago that put her in a…
Abuja Court Grants Bash Ali Bail
Taiwo Adelu Nigerian boxer, Bashiru Lawrence Ali (OON), who was detained by the Police, was Thursday arraigned at the Chief…
Police Detain Bash Ali
Taiwo Adelu The ambition of ageless Nigerian boxer, Bashiru Lawrence Ali (OON) to have his Guinness World Record Boxing fight…
Why I Dumped Boxing
Alhaji Taiwo Nasiru Taiwo is the Baale Omoleland, Ikeja, Lagos, He is a well known figure in Nigerian sports especially…
Boxing: I’m Still Learning —Joshua
Undefeated Anthony Joshua admits he still has plenty to learn after sharing a ring with heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko. The…
Lessons From 2014 Commonwealth Games
Team Nigeria returned from the just concluded Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland with a total of 36 medals comprising 11…
Boxing: Ukraine’s Lomachenko grabs world title
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Two-time Olympic boxing gold medalist Vasyl Lomachenko won a world title in just his third pro…
How T. B. Joshua Saved My Career —Ghana Boxer
He was a DJ; wanted to become a secretary but ended up in the ring as a boxer and was…
Lagos Now Nigeria’s Sports Hub, Says Oshodi
Taiwo Adelu Lagos State Commissioner for Youth, Sports and Social Development, Mr. Wahid Enitan Oshodi says the government of Mr.…
Bash Ali’s Fight: Anti-Corruption Group Wants Jonathan’s Intervention
The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to prevail on the Managing Director of the…
IBILE Games Hots Up In Lagos
Sunday Akintoye The Lagos State Sports Festival tagged IBILE Games enters its second week with athletes from schools and local…
Boxing: Klitschko eyes Joe Louis heavyweight record
Wladimir Klitschko says he plans to box on for another decade in his bid to break Joe Louis’s record as…
Manny Pacquiao wins grudge match against Bradley
LAS VEGAS(AFP) – Manny Pacquiao avenged a polarizing loss to Timothy Bradley and regained the World Boxing Organization welterweight world…
Pacquiao says Bradley’s taunts motivate him
Filipino boxing icon, Manny Pacquiao says he is taking extra motivation from taunts by unbeaten Tim Bradley, who said Pacquiao…
Boxing: Lagos chief Drums Up Support For Ali
An appeal has gone to Nigerians to give the necessary support to Bash Ali’s quest to set a Guinness Book…
Boxing: Ali’s 50 year-old gloves fetch $836,500
The gloves Muhammad Ali wore when he beat Sonny Liston to win his first heavyweight world title fetched $836,500 at…
Boxing: Promoter Flags Off Media Campaign For Ali’s Fight
Promoter of Bash Ali’s Guinness Book of World Record Unification Championship, Oba King Promotions, has flagged what was described as…
Boxing: ‘No Going Back On Ali’s Fight’
The sole promoter of Bash Ali’s Guinness Book of World Records (GWR) fight holding in Nigeria this year, Otunba Benson…
Boxing: WBC president dies
Jose Sulaiman, who ran the World Boxing Council for 38 years, died Thursday in a California hospital after a lengthy…
Boxing: Bash Ali Close To Dream Fight
World Boxing Federation, WBF, Cruiserweight champion Bash Ali, OON, has said that his seven years of struggle to enter his…
Mayweather taunts Khan, Pacquiao with Christmas KOs
LAS VEGAS (AFP) – Floyd Mayweather still has not said who his next opponent will be, but the unbeaten US…
Boxing: Nigeria’s Ekpo loses narrowly to Germany’s Stieglitz
Germany’s Robert Stieglitz admitted he laboured to defend his world super-middleweight title with a unanimous points win against Nigeria’s Isaac…
Peters: My Regrets!
A line in the National anthem says ‘The labour of our heroes past shall never be in vain’ but whether…
WBO Welterweight: Split decision gives Bradley edge over Marquez
LAS VEGAS(AFP) – Timothy Bradley battled to a split-decision triumph over Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday to retain his World…
Boxing: Lennox Lewis wants $100m to fight Klitschko
Lennox Lewis has said he is prepared to fight one of the Klitschko brothers if they offer him $100 million…
Klitschko beats Povetkin on points to retain world titles
World heavyweight champion Vladimir Klitschko retained his WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO titles with a unanimous points win over Russia’s…