Several schoolboys and junior talents shined in the final day at the Portimao Box Cup in Portugal today and among them Brule, Bequet, Sanchez and Snodden were the best gold medallists. Portugal’s Alexy Brule enjoyed the support of the local crowd and the Portimao-based boxer won the schoolboys’ 38kg weight class against George Petherick today. […]
The outstanding Eindhoven Box Cup delivered excellent battles in the quarter-final stage of the competition and the winners are now guaranteed medallists. Mongolia’s Enkhjargal Munguntsetseg was bronze medallist at the 2023 Women’s World Boxing Championships and she was an Olympian boxer also in Paris. The Mongolian had a difficult first round against Hungary’s 20-year-old Laura […]
Spain’s Eduard Usik and Portugal’s Paulo Santos knocked out their opponents in the elite semi-finals of the Portimao Box Cup during the evening session. Luxembourg’s Benik Melkumian is a very experienced elite boxer at the lightweight (60kg) who ruled the middle of the ring against Spain’s Alejandro Herrera and his stronger punches guaranteed his victory […]
France’s Sami Jeddi and Spain’s Andres Salazar both had brilliant technical performance in the youth semi-finals of the Portimao Box Cup. Lee Largey Snodden of Ireland and Liam Tate of England competed in the last top junior bout of the second competition day and both boxers started the semi-final in great rhythm which was won […]
Top juniors such as France’s Noa Sanchez, England’s Alfie Cross and Portugal’s Adrian Silva impressed at the Portimao Box Cup and advanced to the finals of the competition. France’s Noa Sanchez is one of their top talents in the junior age group who had the another international level opponent today, Spain’s Victor Lopez but he […]
The exciting and the strongest ever Eindhoven Box Cup saw the amazing start of the Uzbek Olympic Champions on Day1. Mongolia sent a strong female team to the Eindhoven Box Cup and their Balsan Mungunsaran (51kg) and Yesugen Oyuntsetseg (54kg) both defeated their German rivals with full controls. England’s Lauren Mackie is still a youngster […]
Labinot Xhoxhaj (20-0-1, 16 KOs) will defend his EBU European heavyweight title on Saturday in Hamburg when he faces the unbeaten Mourad Aliev (13-0, 10 KOs). For Xhoxhaj will be first title defense. He won the title on November last year, defeating Oleksandr Zakhozhyi (19-1, 15 KO) via unanimous decision. “I won’t make the mistake […]
Luxembourg and Portugal won important quarter-finals in the second session of the Portimao Box Cup at the Arena Portimao today. Luxembourg also sent a team to Portimao, and their first boxer in action was Junior Dos Santos Vieira who tried to overcame his opponent, Rafael Pineda at the middleweight (75kg) and he succeeded with his […]
The Portimao Box Cup opened with its first session in five rings at the Arena Portimao where the junior, youth and elite began their campaigns. England’s Philip Anderson and Spain’s Efren Hernandez opened the first contest in the entire Portimao Box Cup in the junior age group while Thomas Nicholson from the West Auckland also […]
Vasyl Lomachenko (18-3, 12 KOs), a three-division world champion in professional boxing, two-time Olympic gold medalist and one of the greatest amateur boxers in history, announced retirement from boxing at age of 37. “I’m grateful for every victory and every defeat both in the ring and in life,” the Ukrainian said in a video on […]
