BOXING

Former welterweight champion, Zab Judah is said to be awake and his health improving at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, New York,  after suffering bleeding on his brain. Judah was hospitalized Friday night after getting…

American boxing great, Sugar Ray Leonard, says while the sport may not be the national obsession it was during his prime, it is still healthy, an assertion disputed by his longtime rival-turned-friend, Roberto Duran. In…

Nigeria's Efetobor 'Nigerian Pitbull' Apochi will climb back into the ring tomorrow at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Biloxi, Mississipi, USA. Undefeated Apochi will fight once-beaten Earl Newman in a eight-round cruiser-weight…

Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has spoken of his remorse at 'putting down a lot of fighters' during his storied professional career. Tyson is regarded as one of the finest fighters ever to reign supreme in…

Nigerian-born female boxer, Helen Joseph, popularly known as “The Iron Lady” has challenged her counterparts in the United States to a fight, saying she is ready to knock out her competition. The former IBF champion in the…

As part of its ‘Business Transformation Project’; with the main objective is to build a solid base for the future development of the organisation, the Lagos Boxing Hall of Fame (LBHF) invited boxing stakeholders to a Strategy Session…

NIGERIA boxer, Aliu Bamidele Lasisi (12-0-KO8) has promised to stop Nicaraguan Ricardo Blandon (10-1-KO6) in Round 7 of their World Boxing Council (WBC) International Super-Flyweight title fight scheduled to hold tonight at the Emirate…

Boxing Association of Kwara will on Thursday host their Ekiti counterparts in a one-day challenge contest on Wednesday. The association in a statement by its Head of media, Yusuf Feruke on Wednesday in Ilorin said the competition…

Rising Nigeria boxing prospect, Efe Ajagba  will return to the ring on April 27th to fight Michael Wallisch in a 10-round heavyweight affair in USA. The fight, which is part of the under-card fights for the vacant World Boxing…

Nigeria-born light heavyweight prospect, Dan Azeez is targeting a win in his first fight of the year and hopes a victory over Saidou Sall on Friday can gear him towards a title fight later in the year. Azeez will face Sall from…