Emanuel Navarrete (40-2-1, 33 KOs) has unified WBO World and IBF World super-featherweight titles, defeating on Saturday night in Glendale, USA, Eduardo Nunez (29-2, 27 KO) via stoppage in round eleven. Navarrete was clearly leading on points on cards of three judges. Nunez was unable to continue in round eleven because of swollen eye. Navarrete […]
The President of the Bulgarian Boxing Federation, Mr. Krasimir Ininski underlined the high quality of boxing and the strong level of the recent 77th Strandja Trophy Tournament which has just finished in Sofia. Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Bulgaria, England, United States of America and Kosovo shared the gold medals at the 77th Strandja Tournament in Sofia. […]
The General Statistics of the Strandja Trophy Tournament – Number of participants in the event: 338 boxers – Number of participating countries: 31 – Number of continents in the event: 5 – The biggest delegations in the event: Kazakhstan with 39 boxers; Uzbekistan with 30 boxers; Turkey with 27 boxers; Bulgaria with 26 boxers; Ukraine […]
Katie Taylor (25-1, 6 KOs) plans to retire from boxing this year, after one more fight in Dublin. Two-weight undisputed champion, said she plans to fight in “Croke Park” stadium in Dublin this summer. Opponent and date hasn’t been yet confirmed. “I just want to fight in Dublin to end my career,” Taylor told RTE […]
Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Bulgaria, England, United States of America and Kosovo shared the gold medals at the 77th Strandja Trophy Tournament in Sofia. Uzbekistan became the best team ahead of Kazakhstan and Ukraine in the event while Bulgaria’s duo, Zlatislava Chukanova and Radoslav Rosenov earned the best trophies. Following Zlatislava Chukanova’s success, Kazakhstan’s new 54kg […]
The semi-finals are always the exciting part of an event, and the sixth competition day delivered several world-class battles at the 77th Strandja Trophy Tournament in Sofia today. Uzbekistan has two multiple Asian Champion female boxers at the 48kg weight class and their contest was also an important selection before the next Asian Championships which […]
Conor Benn (24-1, 14 KOs) will fight former world champion Regis Prograis (30-3, 24 KOs) on April 11 in Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Fight will be in event headlined by Tyson Fury (34-2-1) vs Arslanbek Makhmudov (21-2). Benn last week left Matchroom and signed one-fight deal with Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing. The event on April 11 […]
Two-time undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs) will defend his WBC World heavyweight title on May 23 against kickboxing legend Rico Verhoeven (1-0, 1 KOs). Fight will be held in Pyramids of Giza, Egypt. The fight will headline an event dubbed “Glory of Giza: Undefeated Icons” and stream live and exclusively on DAZN. […]
Brazil’s Luiz Oliveira, Uzbekistan’s Turabek Khabibullayev and United States’ Lavant Brownlee proved their amazing skills in the fifth competition day at the 77th Strandja Trophy Tournament in Sofia today. Azerbaijan’s Bilalhabasi Nazarov is a top talent in the 2007 age group and he is just a newcomer in the elite level of boxing. The young […]
Australia’s duo as Lekeisha Pergoliti and Emma-Sue Greentree won their anticipated quarter-finals at the 77th Strandja Trophy Tournament in Sofia today. Ukraine’s former World Championships silver medallist Hanna Okhota returned to the national team and the sport after a short break and she secured a place in the semi-finals after beating Kazakhstan’s Aigerim Sattibayeva. The […]
