Abass Baraou (17-1, 9 KOs) will fight against Xander Zayas (22-0, 13 KOs) for WBO World and WBA World super-welterweight titles on January 31 in Puerto Rico. Baraou said during press conference on Wednesday that accepting the fight against Zayas was easy decision. “I’m the man for the job. I’m not doing this for the […]
The 77th edition of the Strandja Memorial Tournament will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria between February 21 and March 2 next year. The President of the Bulgarian Boxing Federation, Mr. Krasimir Ininski invite all of the National Federations to participate in the oldest and most prestigious competitions of the world, the Strandja Memorial. The first […]
The 16th edition of the Golden Girl Box Cup will open the year in 2026 which will start in Boras, Sweden on January 29. The year of 2026 will be busy for the boxing world and the 16th Golden Girl Box Cup will be the first preparation event for the main championships. The 16th Golden […]
Vergil Ortiz Jr. (24-0, 22 KO) stopped Erickson Lubin (27-3) in round two on Saturday night and defended his WBC Interim World super-welterweight title. For Ortiz Jr. was second title defense of WBC Interim title. In the same show Darius Fulghum (14-1-1) fought to a majority draw against David Stevens (15-2-1) in 10 round super-middleweight […]
The Hakija Turajlic Memorial Tournament returned to the boxing map after several years of break and Sarajevo welcomed the participants in a superb four-days long event. Bosnia & Herzegovina, Chinese Taipei, Croatia, Italy, Libya, Montenegro, Poland, Qatar, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Tunisia were the participating 13 nations. Slovakia’s duo, Dominika Vnukova and Karolina Kollarova […]
Xander Zayas (22-0, 13 KOs) could defend hs WBO World super-welterweight title on January 31 in Puerto Rico against WBA Interim World champion Abass Baraou (17-1, 9 KOs), “Boxen1” reports. Baraou was supposed to fight in Oberhausen, German on January 10 but now he has to wait for fight at home. Zayas wants for his […]
Anthony Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) could return in ring on December 20 and fight in Ghana, “BoxingScene” reports. Joshua and Matchroom Boxing will co-promote show in Ghana on December 20 and the heavyweight could be on card. The event will be held at “Legon Sports Stadium” and will be topped by light-heavyweight fight between Craig […]
The President of the Bulgarian Boxing Federation, Mr. Krasimir Ininski issued a statement about his plans to host the next edition of the European Boxing Championships in Bulgaria on September 2026. The Bulgarian Boxing Federation has a professional staff and the country hosted several top championships in the recent nearly 15 years. The top Bulgarian […]
Switzerland’s Anna Jenni and Norway’s Sunniva Hofstad continued their strong performances at the 45th edition of the Tammer Tournament in Tampere, Finland. France’s Mayssoun Bourega joined the women’s national team only this year but she had the strong performance to beat Finland’s Laura Myllymaeki at the 51kg while Australia’s Amber Farraway made a surprise success […]
The President of the Boxing Association of Montenegro, Mr. Alexander Klemenko underlined the importance to host the 1st U17 World Boxing Championships in 2026. Mr. Alexander Klemenko sent his letter to the World Boxing President and the Board of Directors to include more events to the 2026 events’ calendar and requested to host the U17 […]
