The President of the Hungarian Boxing Association, the Olympic, World and European Champion Mr. Istvan “Koko” Kovacs celebrates his 55th birthday today. The Hungarian Boxing Association celebrates also its 100th anniversary today and their management arranged a big project to commemorate worthily the centenarian event. The Hungarian Boxing Association was established on August 17 in […]
Heavyweight prodigy Moses Itauma (13-0, 11 KOs) needed less then two minutes to stop former world title challenger Dillian Whyte (31-4, 21 KOs) on Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 20-year-old stopped Whyte (37) with a flurry of punches after 1:59 minutes in round one and retained the WBA International and WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight titles. […]
Bosnia & Herzegovina’s next event, the Mustafa Hajrulahovic Memorial Tournament turned into its final phase in Sarajevo where the best youth and elite boxers remained in the event. The new edition of the Mustafa Hajrulahovic Memorial Tournament is a preparation event for the upcoming main championships and not only European, but Asian countries also joined […]
The Hungarian Boxing Association will be celebrating its 100th anniversary tomorrow and their management plans a big project to commemorate worthily the centenarian event. The Hungarian Boxing Association was established on August 17 in 1925 and their bright history will have a wonderful celebration at the Heroes Square in Budapest tomorrow. Several of the leading […]
Sebatian Fundora (23-1-1, 15 KOs) will defend his WBC World super-welterweight title against former unified welterweight champion Keith Thurman (31-1, 23 KOs) on October 25 in Las Vegas, a source told “The Ring”. Thurman returned in ring in March after spending three years outside of ring. He stopped Brock Jarvis in round three. Fundora defended […]
The management of the Bulgarian Boxing Federation extended the deadline of the upcoming Emil Jechev U19 Youth Memorial Tournament and the National Federations can still register to the prestigious competition. The U19 youth male boxers will have a busy period in the second part of the year with several events and among them, the Emil […]
Undisputed light-heavyweight champion Dmitrii Bivol (24-1, 12 KOs) will miss remainder of 2025 after undergoing successful back surgery. He is expected to recover in six to eight weeks. Bivol told “The Ring Magazine” that he underwent surgery following doctor’s advice. “Following my doctor’s advice, I had to undergo surgery for an older back injury which […]
Dakar will host one of the most important competitions, the Youth Olympic Games in 2026 and its date is from October 31 to November 13. The Youth Olympics will be the first huge multisport event hosting by the IOC in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics’ cycle. Dakar will host the first ever Olympic event in […]
The European U19 Boxing Championships will be held in Ostrava, Czech Republic from September 28 until October 10 this year. The U19 age group, or previously known as youth, means the 2007 and 2008 born boxers are eligible to participate in Ostrava. Ostrava arranged several international events in the previous 30 years but never hosted […]
A second fighter of August 2 card in Tokyo has died. Hiromasa Urakawa, who was hospitalized with a brain injury after his eight-round knockout loss to Yoji Saito, has succumbed to his injuries. He was 28. Urakawa died om Saturday after sustaining brain injuries in his knockout loss. Urakawa underwent a craniotomy to also treat […]
