England’s teenage star Ruby White and Katie O’Keefe had the best fight at the 16th Golden Girl Box Cup in Boras, Sweden on Day2. Germany’s next young elite boxer, Albina Kasumi worked hard in her semi-final and she tried to keep her Irish opponent, Esther Lambe on pressure in the entire contest. The 22-year-old German […]
Josh Kelly (18-1-1, 9 KOs) is the new IBF World super-welterweight champion. Kelly on Saturday night in Newcastle dethroned Bakhram Murtazaliev (23-1), defeating him via majority decision. Two judges saw Kelly as winner (115:111, 114:113) and one scored the fight as draw (113:113). Kelly dropped Murtazaliev in round four, but the Russian then dropped Kelly […]
The U17 and the U19 boxers made the show at the 16th Golden Girl Box Cup in Boras, Sweden on Day2. Spain’s European U15 Champion Adriana Munoz competes at the U17 level since January but she was not enough shape against England’s Star Birmingham in the first round. Following those nervous moments, she made a […]
Per–Ake Persson Newly crowned WBO European heavyweight champion Viktor Faust (17-1) will defend the title against 46-year old Polish veteran Mariusz Wach (39-12) on March 25 in Budapest (Hungary). Faust won the title January 17 in Flensburg, Germany by knockout in 18 seconds over Macedonian Todorche Cvetkov (14-4) in a joke of a fight. Wach […]
Finland’s Teresa Maekinen, her teammate, Laura Myllymaeki and Nigeria’s Patricia Mbata won the most anticipated quarter-final contests in the 16th Golden Girl Box Cup in Boras, Sweden on Day1. Ireland’s Esther Lambe had the height advantage in her opener against Finland’s Anna Tyni and she used that well in the first round but her opponent […]
Several of the youngsters shined in the new 16th edition of the Golden Girl Box Cup in Boras, Sweden today which is a record-breaking event as the start of the new year. Belgium, Canada, Cape Verde, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Nepal, the Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, […]
Per-Ake Persson Spanish Heredia Promotions won purse bid in Rome on Wednesday for the fight for the vacant EBU welterweight title between ex-champ Samuel Molina (32-4-1) and Belgian Anes Messaoudi (17-0-1). Tundra Promotions, also from Spain, and Belgian promoter Yassine Maatala also bid on the fight. The numbers were not disclosed. Molina vs Messaoudi fought […]
A fantastic boxing event, the Algarve Box Cup took place in Portugal where three competition days were on the official agenda. Portugal arranged several events in 2025, the Portimao Box Cup, the Odivelas Cup, the Porto Cup and the Braga Open Tournament. Spain’s Adriana Munoz made a history for her country when she claimed a […]
Per-Ake Persson There’s been a late change of opponents for Danish super-middle Oliver Zaren (18-0) and Swedish light-heavy Costas Nanga (13-0) ahead of Saturday’s show in Kolding (Denmark). Zaren will now face Argentinian David Benitez (13-10) who step in for Mikalai Vesialou, who was unable to get a visa to leave Belarus. Vesialou is a […]
The IBF eliminator fight in heavyweight division between Frank Sanchez (25-1, 18 KOs) and Richard Torrez Jr. (14-0, 12 KOs) is expected to be held on March 28 in Las Vegas. Dan Rafael reports that the deal between teams was agreed and purse bid was canceled. Bout will be in undercard of Sebastian Fundora vs […]
