Boxing
The 20th edition of ESPN Africa Boxing was a mix of interesting action featuring an all-male undercard and an all-female main card, including two title fights. The headline events saw both Smangele Hadebe and Ellen Simwaka defend their respective ABU Flyweight and IBF Bantamweight straps in contrasting ways. Simwaka was made to work hard against a […]
It is the day before ESPN Africa Boxing 20 where only female boxers will step into the ring on an all-female fight-card, scheduled to take place in Johannesburg, South Africa. For those that wonder why and what the hubbub is all about, it’s Women’s Month here in South Africa, a time when a little more attention is […]
We all know the issues facing boxing at present and we all lament to ongoing lack of care taken by those who are tasked with the role of safe-guarding and building the sport. The Saturday night rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia has become the latest spectacle in a very long […]
In what was without doubt, one of the greatest night’s of boxing in many a year, a bloodied Katie Taylor (21-0, 6 Kos) defended her WBC, WBO, IBF and WBA undisputed lightweight titles by split decision over seven-division titleholder Amanda Serrano (42-2-1, 30 KOs) in Madison Square Garden, New York on Saturday night. It was […]
Wanheng Menayothin is the WBC minimumweight champion and has been the champion since November 2014. Born Chayaphon Moonsri in Maha Sarakham, Thailand, Menayothin has a professional boxing record of 54-0 with 18 KO’s and is ranked as the world’s best active minimumweight boxer by BoxRec, The Ring and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. His last […]
Can we all agree that the hype around KSI v Logan Paul 2 was just that ….HYPE….nothing more! The fight was an utter slug fest between the 2 YouTubers that reminded me of a school-yard brawl rather than the main event headlining two legitimate World Title fights. The initial knock down by KSI was deemed […]
Were you one of the many confused fite fans that could not quite work out why the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world had to wait for 2 guys with more than 20 losses between them to finish fighting for the BMF Strap? I sure as hell was, this despite the fact that both Golden […]
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