The last session has finished in the 2nd World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event in Bangkok where 33 nations shared the 51 Olympic quotas. Finland’s Pihla Kaivo-Oja marched into the quarter-finals in Bangkok where she met a strong rival, Nigeria’s Zainab Motunrayo Adeshina. The young Kaivo-Oja did not her African opponent too close and her hooks […]
China’s Zhilei Zhang (27-2-1) brutally KO’d Deontay Wilder (43-4-1) in fifth round and thus made sure that Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions get the clean sweep over Matchroom Boxing of Eddie Hearn. In a unique 5 vs. 5 team concept, that was created by Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, Warren’s team won […]
Spain’s Rafael Lozano Serrano followed his father footsteps and he has qualified for the Paris Olympics during the afternoon session of the 2nd World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event in Bangkok. The women’s bantamweight (54kg) delivered sensational quota bouts and Asian dominancy as Chinese Taipei’s Huang Hsiao Wen, Mongolia’s Enkhjargal Munguntsetseg and South Korea’s Im Ae […]
Dmitry Bivol (23-0) defended WBA and IBO World light-heavyweight titles, stopping Libya’s Malik Zinad (22-1) in sixth round on Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Zinad accepted the fight at late notice after Artur Beterbiev had to cancel because of injury. Bivol dropped Zinad in first round with a three-punch combination and was outboxing him. […]
Mike Tyson was forced to postpone his fight against Jake Paul because of health issues. They were supposed to face each-other on July 20. 57-year-old experienced health issues on a flight from Los Angeles to Miami on Sunday that required medical attention. It was thought that this will not affect the fight, but that changed […]
Daniel Dubois (21-2) stopped Croatia’s Filip Hrgovic (17-1) in eight round and thus set up a big fight against former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua on September 21 in London. Dubois won the IBF “Interim” World title on Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by stopping Hrgovic. Ringside doctor advised the referee to halt bout due […]
