Tag: Boxing
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…