Tag: Boxing
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…