Category: Boxing

Tyson Fury announces intention to retire immediately from boxing – Sport – The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News

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Two boxers share N1.5m at GOtv Boxing Night 26 | The Guardian Nigeria News

Two boxers at the upcoming GOtv Boxing Night 26 will share an additional N1.5 million incentive introduced by promoters Flykite Productions. The new incentive is in addition to the amounts boxers can earn for participating. The winner of the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Trophy for best boxer will go home with the traditional cash prize of […]

Fury, Usyk ‘talks’ arise ahead of showdown with Joshua | The Guardian Nigeria News

Tyson Fury co-promoter Bob Arum has revealed a fight between The Gypsy King and Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight title in December is possible provided the Ukrainians lose Anthony Joshua in their upcoming rematch, express.co reports. UK . Fury announced his retirement from boxing after successfully defending his title against Dillian Whyte in April. […]

Tyson supports Usyk in screwing up Joshua for two reasons | The Guardian Nigeria News

Boxing icon Mike Tyson believes Oleksandr Usyk can “spoil” Anthony Joshua when the two rivals meet in the ring for their much-anticipated rematch for the unified world heavyweight titles, express.co.uk reports. The first contest went to Usyk after he stunned the favored Brit in London in September. In the first competition, Joshua was clearly outclassed […]

Four Nigerian boxers fight for gold medals today | The Guardian Nigeria News

Four Nigerian boxers have a shot at a gold medal today at the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham as they go head-to-head with their opponents in the semi-finals. The four pugilists, one man and three women, qualified for this stage on Thursday and Nigeria are expected to pick up some medals to improve their […]

NBF is partner of NUGA for box development at universities | The Guardian Nigeria News

The Nigerian Boxing Federation (NBF) has pledged to help the Nigerian Universities Games Association (NUGA) to mainstream the sport in the country’s universities ahead of the 2024 Jos Games. The panel believes boxing’s inclusion in the NUGA Games comes at a point in the country’s history, adding that it will undertake a training tour of […]

Nigeria’s Osoba knocks down opponents in round of 16 | The Guardian Nigeria News

• Ghanaian boxer suspended for drugs• Go for gold, the weightlifting boss tells the lifters Team Nigeria started their boxing campaign on a good note yesterday when Abdul-Afeez Osoba defeated Bahraini opponent Carl Leviticus by technical KO in the round of 16 men’s light middleweight bout. Nine boxers, four men and five women, will represent […]