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Legendary South African boxer Dingaan Thobelas dies
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Legendary South African boxer Dingaan Thobela died on Monday night after a short illness Full text...
UFC president considers hosting World Championship bout in South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White says he is determined to host a World Championship bout in South Africa Full text...
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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather is visiting South Africa where he has been welcomed by traditional Zulu dancers Full text...
South African former world heavyweight champion Gerrie Coetzee dies
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s former world heavyweight boxing champ Gerrie Coetzee on Thursday died after a short illness Full text...
Ghana’s first world boxing champion DK Poison to finally receive $45,000 owed him by state
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ordered the ministry of Finance to pay $45,000 debt owed former world boxing champion David Kotei Poison by the state, local media reported here Wednesday Full text...
Kenya coach faults Olympic boxing qualifier judges
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Erratic judges are to blame for Kenya boxers' below par performance at the recent 2020 Olympics Qualifier in Dakar, Senegal, a technical official said Saturday Full text...
Qualifying tourney yields 33 boxers to represent Africa at Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament (TQO) for the Tokyo Olympic Games, scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 9, 2020, has announced its final selection Full text...
Kenyan boxer secures ticket to Tokyo Olympics
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya registered its first boxer to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics late Wednesday in Dakar, Senegal, when Nick Okoth outpointed Ugandan opponent Isaac Masembe in a featherweight bout at the Africa Zone Olympic Qualifier Full text...
221 boxers expected at Olympic qualification tourney in Dakar
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament to be held from 20-29 February 2020 in Dakar, Senegal, has attracted 221 pugilists, 164 boys and 57 girls from 39 African countries Full text...
Kenya picks squad for Olympic boxing qualifier
Nanyuki, Kenya (PANA) - Boxing Federation of Kenya (BFK) on Friday named a 13-member national team to the forthcoming Africa Olympic qualifiers in Dakar, Senegal, scheduled for 20-29 February Full text...
Boxing OQT organizing committee inaugurated in Dakar
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The organizing committee of the boxing Olympics Qualification Tournament (OQT) for Africa for the Tokyo Olympics Games next year was inaugurated here on Friday Full text...
Tanzanian Mwakinyo beats Filipino boxer on points
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania’s Hussein Mwakinyo on Friday night beat Arnel Tinampay of the Philippines on points in an entertaining international no-title bout in Dar es Salaam Full text...
Tanzanian Mwakinyo to fight Filipino Tinampay on Friday
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s upcoming professional boxer, Hassan Mwakinyo, is set to take to the ring on Friday to fight Arnel Tinampay from Philippines in an international non-title bout in Dar es Salaam Full text...
Senegal to host World Championship finals of French kick boxing
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Dakar, the Senegalese capital, will host three finals of the world championship of French kick boxing Full text...
IOC strips AIBA of its Olympic status
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)-The International Olympic Committee has officially stripped the International Boxing Association (AIBA) of its Olympic status Full text...
Burundi settles hotel bill to release 5 boxers held for two weeks in Gabon
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Five Burundian boxers, held for two weeks in Gabon for an unpaid hotel bill at the end of Zone III boxing tournament (from 12 to 17 May), are expected in Bujumbura on Thursday after settling the bill, according to the guarantees given by the Burundi’s Ministry of Sports and that of Finance, on public radio on Wednesday Full text...
11 Burundian boxers held in Gabon for an unpaid hotel bill of 4,680 US dollars
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Eleven Burundian officials and boxers are being held back in a hotel in Libreville, Gabon, for an unpaid bill of US$ 4,680, after they participated in the African Zone III men's and women's Championships from 12 to 17 May, reported Burundian state radio, quoting a member of the delegation
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