Kosei Tanaka (20-2, 11 KOs), former four division world champion, decided to retire from boxing at age of 29. Tanaka announced in social media about retirement. “I’m retiring as a professional boxer,” Tanaka confirmed. “The reason is all about repeated eye injuries.” Tanaka lost his WBO World super-flyweight title on October 14 last year. Phumelela […]
The Grand Prix Usti nad Labem will be a World Boxing Challenge and the event is the most important for Czechia. The Boxing Entries Check, the Technical Meeting and the Official Draw all will take place in the Hotel Bohemia on June 10. The competition period of the Grand Prix is June 11-14 and its […]
Emanuel Navarette’s (39-2-1, 32 KOs) technical decision victory over Charly Suarez (18-0, 10 KOs), in defense for WBO World super-featherweight title has been overturned by California State Athletic Commission and ruled a no-contest after a unanimous vote Monday. WBO now ordered a rematch between fighters. Navarette was awarded with win after the fight as stopped […]
The Portimao Box Cup will be one of the highlights this week, the competition will attract more than 600 boxers from several countries. The next edition of the Portimao Box Cup will take place on June 6-8 at the Arena Portimao in the sunny Algarve, Portugal where 500 boxers are expected to participate. Several of […]
Xander Zayas (21-0, 13 KOs) will fight for WBO World super-welterweight title on July 26 in “Madison Square Garden”, New York. He will be up against Jorge Garcia Perez (33-4, 26 KOs). For 22-year-old Zayas will be first fight for a world title. Title became vacant after Sebastian Fundora refused to fight Zayas and choose […]
Thailand’s Khunatip Pidnuch, Kazakhstan’s 19-year-old Torekhan Sabyrkhan and his teammate Dias Molzhigitov won the top male finals at the Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament in Bangkok. Altogether 77 women and 109 men boxers competed for the 20 available gold medals in the annual Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament. Uzbekistan’s reigning ASBC Asian Champion, the 23-year-old […]
Uisma Lima (14-1, 10 KOs) defended his IBO World super-welterweight title on Saturday night in Gauteng, South Africa, stopping local favorite Shervantaigh Koppman (15-1, 10 KOs) in round nine. For Lima it was first title defense. He won the title in December last year defeating in Canada, Sukhdeep Singh Bhatti, via unanimous decision. Lima’s only […]
Nearly 30 nations have registered to participate in the upcoming Eindhoven Box Cup which will be biggest edition since the international event was launched in 2016. Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Chinese Taipei, Croatia, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Guinea, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Lithuania, Mongolia, Netherlands, Palestine, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and […]
Former world champion Caleb Plant (23-3, 14 KOs) suffered a surprise defeat from Jose Armando Resendiz (16-2, 11 KOs) putting in doubt the fight against Jermall Charlo (34-0). The fight for WBA Interim World super-middleweight title, held in Las Vegas on Saturday night, ended with split decision victory of Resendiz. Two judges scored the fight […]
Kazakhstan’s 19-year-old Torekhan Sabyrkhan and the young Uzbeks all advanced to the finals at the Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament in Bangkok. The Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament is open for all of the National Federations regardless of associations they belong to currently. Uzbekistan’s Asian Champion Shodiyorjon Melikuziev had a tight success over Thailand’s Thitiwat […]
