Tag: Boxing
FESTAC Youth To Stage Amateur Show
Plans are in top gear by the FESTAC Town Youth Association, FTYA to stage an amateur boxing competition later this…
Why Boxing Is Declining In Nigeria
Former Lagos State heavyweight boxing champion turned coach, Oluwafemi Sholanke told ADEBOBOLA ALAWODE reasons the game is declining in Nigeria.…
Wheelchair Basketball Can Win Medals For Nigeria
For so long before 1996 Olympics, most Nigerians believed that the best sports the country could win a gold medal…
Lagos To Recruit Coaches For Sports Associations
In its bid to consolidate on the success recorded at the last National Sports Festival, Lagos State Government is set…
Nigerian Boxers’ll Shine In 2013 —NBBofC
If the words coming from the executives of the Nigeria Boxing Board of Control, NBB of C, are anything to…
Boxing: Kayode Eyes Heavyweight Debut In 2013
Undefeated cruiserweight contender, Lateef Kayode (18-0, 14 KOs), who fights under the Gary Shaw Productions promotional banner, will now be…
Busy Schedule For Nigeria’s Boxing In 2013
The coming year, like the outgoing 2012, will have a busy schedule in the local and on international scene for…
Fijabi Wins Governor’s Boxing Belt
Eko 2012 Gold medallist, Olaide Fijabi yesterday added another feather to his cap, as he emerged the best boxer at…
Boxing: Governor’s Tourney Holds At Rowe Park
Amateur boxers in Lagos State will engage in fisticuffs as the 4th Governor’s Belt holds on Boxing Day at the…
Eko 2012 Lit Up 3rd/4th Quarters
The many exciting moments of the third and fourth quarters of the outgoing year came to a climax as boxers…
Eko 2012 Was Tough For Me
Kate Peter, a female boxer, won two gold medals in the last two editions of the National Sports Festival. In…
4th time lucky Marquez knocks out Pacquiao
A bloodied Juan Manuel Marquez knocked out with a right hand with one second left in the sixth round to…
Ekundayo Tasks FG On Boxing Fund
Nigerian born international boxer, Larry Ekundayo, has called for the establishment of a ‘boxing fund’ to develop the sport in…
Ekiti’s 150-Man Team Ready
The Ekiti State Director of Sports, Olukayode Adewunmi, said that Team Ekiti’s compact 150-man contingent for the 18th National Sports…
Make Games Grooming Ground, Not For Poaching
Two time goal medalist in the Lightweight category of boxing event of the National Sports Festival, Isaac Ekpo, who is…
Viloria stops Marquez to unify flyweight titles
Brian Viloria stopped Hernan Marquez in the 10th round Saturday in Los Angeles to add Marquez’s World Boxing Association flyweight…
Team Niger Hit Lagos 26 November
The Niger Director of Sports, Baba Sheshi, on Monday said that the state’s contingent to the 18th National Sports Festival…
Boxing Hall Of Fame Bouts Hold Amid Fanfare
BIMBO AJAYI The 35th Lagos Boxing Hall of Fame Show was held amid pomp and ceremony as 18 amateur boxers…
Lagos Dep Speaker Tips Boxers To Shine
As the National Sports Festival draws closer, the Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Kolawole Musbau, has…
Boxing Helps Me Express Myself
Sadiq Ahmed was crowned as the new National Light Welterweight champion after he beat the former champion, Sunday Ajayi, to…
WBC Title: Nigeria Abandoned Me, Says Ajose
After what he had achieved for Nigeria in boxing, both as an amateur and professional pugilist, Olusegun Ajose is feeling…
HELL IN THE RING: Fans Enjoy Bouts, But Boxers Suffer It All
Every profession has its own hazards, and sports generally are no exception. But, boxing ranks high as a dangerous sport.…
Klitschko retains WBC heavyweight title
Ukraine’s Vitali Klitschko successfully defended his WBC heavyweight title in Moscow on Saturday after the referee stopped his bout with…
Lagos opens gym to tap boxing talents
An ultra-modern gymnasium that will help in promoting boxing and talent discovery will be inaugurated by the Lagos State Boxing…
Another Nigerian Boxer Out Of Olympics!
Team Nigeria continued with their poor performance at the London 2012 Olympics Monday afternoon, when one of their boxers, Lukmon…
Another Nigerian boxer bows out
Bimbo Ajayi Team Nigeria continued with their poor performance at the London 2012 Olympics Monday afternoon, when one of their…
Joseph Will Deck Santana —Promoter
Nigeria’s International Boxing Federation, IBF, Female Featherweight title hopeful, Helen Joseph (13-11-1), has been tipped by her promoter, Benjamin Okai,…
Officials Doubt Boxer’s Sex
Because no story is too strange for boxing, there’s this from Australia where a former women’s world title holder is…
I Want To Become A World Star Someday —Abiodun
To Taiwo Abiodun his ambition to become a world star in the future has been given a lift with the…
Garcia knocks out Khan in 4th round
WBC champ Danny Garcia added the WBA light welterweight belt to his collection with a stunning fourth-round upset of Britain’s…