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 […]
Esepo, Afonja Warrior return as GOtv Boxing Night takes place on August 20th | The Guardian Nigeria News

Reigning West African Boxing Union (WABU) Champion Taiwo ‘Esepo’ Agbaje and former National Middleweight Champion Abolaji ‘Afonja Warrior’ Rasheed will headline the 26th edition of Nigeria’s premier boxing show GOtv Boxing Night on August 20th . According to show organizers, Flykite Productions, the event will be held at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall 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 […]
Bronze medalist Yusuf on cloud nine sees more conquests – Sport – The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News

Team Nigeria’s Islamiyat Yusuf was on cloud nine yesterday as she won the bronze medal in the women’s 64kg weight category on day four of the Commonwealth Games. Birmingham 2022 is her first major outing to Nigeria and she couldn’t contain her excitement at the end of her event. Speaking to The Guardian after the […]
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 […]
Joshua set to ‘hurl’ heavyweight title after defeating Usyk, demands respect – Sport – The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News

Anthony Joshua has warned he could throw away the WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles if he regains them from Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch, talksport.com reports. The Ukrainian dethroned the Brit last year and the pair will now meet again on August 20 in Saudi Arabia. Many felt AJ was too passive in the […]