Undefeated WBO Super Bantam weight champion Jessie Magdaleno has expressed shock at what he has described as racist language directed towards him by father and trainer of his next opponent Isaac Dogboe. Paul Dogboe, father of the current interim belt holder Isaac Dogboe is on record to have taken a dig at Magdaleno’s Mexican roots, adding that Magadaleno’s is likely ...

The International boxing Organisation has formally written to BabyJet promotions to notify them of Emmanuel “Game Boy” Tagoe’s mandatory challenger. An intercepted email from the IBO’s President Ed Levine, charged Emmanuel Tagoe to defend his IBO World Lightweight title against Russian Fedor Papazov not later than the 15th of June 2018. Papazov beat Howik Bebraham via a split decision on ...

Comic boxer Braimah Komoko aka Bukom Banku has vowed to avenge his dismal defeat at the hands of Bastie Samir when the two go face to face in their rematch on June 30. Bastie, in October last year, famously handed Bukom Banku the first loss of his career after knocking out the loud mouthed 37 year-old power puncher in the ...

Ghana’s Isaac Dogboe (18-0, 12 KOs) will have to wait a little longer for his title shot versus WBO world super bantamweight champion Jessie Magdaleno (25-0, 18 KOs). Magdaleno-Dogboe has been moved from April 14 to April 28, and will now take place at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The bout was originally set to be the co-feature to ...

President of the Ghana Amateur Boxers Association George Lamptey is confident the pre-game preparations will push the Black Bombers to give a good account of themselves in the upcoming Commonwealth Games. A team of 8 boxers and two officials left Accra for Australia on Monday and are expected to spend three weeks in Australia in what will be their final ...

Ghana’s Frederick Lawson will be taking part in this year’s WBC Jose Sulaiman World Invitational tournament in the United States on April 27. Lawson and 7 other boxers will slug it out in the first round or quarter finals of the tournament with hopes of winning and moving to the semi-finals and finals and the prospect of getting a shot ...

Richard Commey moved closer Saturday night to getting the second shot at Robert Easter Jr. that he desperately wants. The hard-hitting lightweight contender from Ghana knocked out Mexico’s Alejandro Luna in the sixth round of their IBF lightweight elimination match in San Antonio. Commey knocked down Luna twice in the sixth round, which prompted referee David Fields to stop their ...

American Deontay Wilder says he is ready for a heavyweight unification bout with Britain’s Anthony Joshua after beating Luis Ortiz to retain his WBC title. Wilder, 32, floored the previously unbeaten Cuban twice before knocking him out in the 10th round in New York. IBF and WBA champion Briton Joshua, 28, will fight New Zealand’s WBO champion Joseph Parker in Cardiff on ...

British boxer Scott Westgarth has died in hospital after falling ill following a light-heavyweight fight in Doncaster on Saturday. The 31-year-old won the eliminator bout on points against Dec Spelman. He appeared to be in pain during post-fight interviews and was then taken to hospital after falling ill backstage. The rest of the show, headlined by Curtis Woodhouse who was due to ...

George Groves produced a superb performance to retain his WBA world super-middleweight title as an enthralling points win over Chris Eubank Jr took him into the World Boxing Super Series final. The 29-year-old was patient throughout, preventing his rival from boxing up close by mixing good footwork with solid counter-punches. A cut above Eubank Jr’s right eye in the third round hampered ...