Boxing legend Roy Jones Jr said his son DeAndre, “took his own life” on Saturday, at age of 32. Jones Jr. (55), who held world titles at middleweight, super-middleweight, light-heavyweight and heavyweight, has asked for privacy while his family “process this loss”. “I’m so thankful that God allowed me to come home Friday night to […]
The first send second competition days delivered a busy schedule at the EUBC European Junior Boxing Championships in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Bosnia & Herzegovina has never hosted any of the previous editions of the EUBC European Junior Boxing Championships but only for the schoolboys and schoolgirls. Boxers from the 2008 and the 2009 agegroups […]
French undefeated super-middleweight Christian Mbili (27-0, 23 KOs) will face Ukraine’s Sergiy Derevyanchenko (15-5) in a 10-rounder in Quebec City on August 17. During the official press conference Mbili said that he wanted the experienced Derevyanchenko. “When ESPN offered us three names, I immediately told Marc: ‘We want Derevyanchenko,’” Mbilli said. “I’ve been following his […]
