The Netherlands selected six boxers for the upcoming 1st World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event which will be held in Busto Arsizio, Italy from February 29. The Netherlands earned one gold, two silver and five bronze medals in their Olympic boxing history, mostly in the beginning of the 20th century. Their last Olympic medal was a […]
The IBF-mandated the welterweight clash between Karen Chukhadzhian (23-2) of Ukraine and Britain’s Harry Scarff (13-2) as eliminator. Winner of this bout will be challenging unbeaten IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis (31-0-0). Chukhadzhian, currently ranked seventh by the IBF, fell short against Ennis in a previous bout, but has bounced back with two knockout […]
Spain has announced its 10-strong team for the upcoming 1st World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event which will be held in Busto Arsizio, Italy from February 29. Spain has already qualified two boxers, Laura Fuertes (women’s 50kg) and Jose Quiles (men’s 57kg to the Paris Olympics through the European Games last summer. The team has been […]
Jared Anderson (16-0, 15KOs) has found his next opponent. The emerging American heavyweight will face Belgium’s Ryad Merhy (32-2, 26KOs) on April 13 in Texas, according to some reports in US media. Merhy, a former cruiserweight world title challenger, is smaller than Anderson but last time he showed against Tony Yoka that he can bridge […]
Author: Zizi There are matches, which are never to be forgotten, and there are boxing icons, who are going to stay with us for eternity. Boxing is one of the oldest sports in history. People of Egypt and Sumer fought each other thousands of years ago and we could find evidence of one of the […]
The 1st World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event will be held in Busto Arsizio, Italy from February 29 until March 12 where Team Cuba has selected their participants. Cuba has qualified three male boxers thorough the Panamerican Games where Saidel Horta (57kg), Arlen Lopez (80kg) and Julio Cesar La Cruz (92kg) reached the finals and the […]
When Tyson Fury pulled out of the undisputed heavyweight world title fight against Oleksandr Usyk due to injury, Usyk didn’t want to see his training go to waste and wanted a replacement opponent. IBF mandatory challenger Filip Hrgovic was open to the idea, but in the end the Saudi organizers decided to move the whole […]
Shakur Stevenson (21-0, 10KOs), who won world titles in three weight classes, announced his comeback on social media. “I’ll fight any and everybody this what I do.. See y’all in June”, wrote Stevenson. When someone mentioned that not even a month had passed since his retirement, Stevenson replied: “I know right couldn’t keep myself away […]
The finals delivered exciting battles at the Olympic Dreamer Tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina where Serbia’s Sadam Magomedov and Slovakia’s Miroslava Jedinakova became the best boxers. Bosnia & Herzegovina is a professional host in our sport with strong traditions of boxing and the Olympic Dreamer Tournament was held on the 40th anniversary of the […]
Former multidivision champion, Philippines icon Manny Pacquiao (62-8-2), dream to take part in Olympic Games is over. His application to compete at 2024 Olympics in Paris, was rejected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) due to his age. 45-year-old wanted to try himself between the best amateurs in the world, but based on IOC answer […]
