Per-Ake Persson Danish Primetime Promotions headed by Kasper Holgersen will have a busy first half of the year with four shows beginning January 31 in Kolding (a co-promotion with British Goldstar) with the Jacob Bank (17-0) vs. William Scull (23-1) fight. Oliver Zaren (18-0) and Dina Thorslund (23-0) are featured on the undercard. Then on […]
Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (29-4, 26 KOs) has been injured in a car crash in Nigeria, which killed two members of his team. Joshua was passenger in vehicle that collided with a stationary truck on a major expressway in Ogun State, near Lagos. The two men who died were Joshua’s close friends and […]
Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs) defended on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia his undisputed super-bantamweight title, defeating challenger from Mexico, David Picasso (32-1-1, 17 KOs) via unanimous decision. Judges scored the fight 120:108, 117:111 and 119:109. “This performance wasn’t good enough,” Inoue said afterward through a translator. “I could have done better. I’m glad I […]
The lone qualification event for the Youth Olympics, the World Boxing’s U19 Futures Cup will be held in Bangkok on March 6-16. The female boxers will be able to compete at the 48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 65kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg and +80kg. Among them the women’s 48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg and 60kg are the […]
Per-Ake Persson Dina Thorslund (23-0) fight against Lila Furtado (11-3) on January 31 in Kolding (Denmark) will now be for the WBC interim title in featherweight division. The MVP promoted Thorslund gave up her WBC and WBO bantamweight titles earlier this year when she became pregnant but after a miscarriage she decided to come back. […]
The famous Adriatic Pearl Youth Tournament for the U19 boxers will take place in Budva, Montenegro on March 2-12. Montenegro is very busy hosting international events and their next top competition will be the Youth World Boxing Cup, the 35th Adriatic Pearl next March which will follow their Elite Cup in the boxing city of […]
Angelo Pena (13-0, 7 KOs) has successfully defended his WBO Inter-Continental super-featherweight title, defeating on Friday in Bern, Switzerland the challenger from Philippines, Jeo Santisima (26-9, 22 KOs) via unanimous decision. Pena controlled the fight from the beginning and all judges saw him as clear winner (98:92, 100:90 and 100:90). It was main event of […]
Angelo Pena (12-0, 7 KOs) will fight Philippines Jeo Santisima (26-8, 22 KOs) on December 26 in Bern, Switzerland. WBO Inter-Continental super-featherweight title will be at stake. Pena is defending his title for the third time. He last fought in April this year, stopping Karim Guerfi (33-8) in round four. Santisima is former world title […]
Per-Ake Persson Danish Primetime Promotion has signed up Swedish light-heavyweight prospect Costas Nanga (13-0, 9 KO). Nanga, managed by Oliver Cabrera, will make his debut for his new promoter on January 31 in Kolding (Denmark) but who he will fight isn’t announced yet. The 29-year-old was born in Luanda, Angola, where his mother had just […]
Per-Ake Persson Super-middle Jose Luis Navarro Jr (17-2), reigning EBU Silver champ, added the vacant WBA Ibero-American interim title to his collection by knocking out Colombian Alexi Rivera (13-6) in the first round on December 19 in San Sebastian de Los Reyes, Spain. Navarro Jr will next defend the EBU Silver title against Damian Biacho […]
