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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Dakar, the Senegalese capital, will host three finals of the world championship of French kick boxing Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)-The International Olympic Committee has officially stripped the International Boxing Association (AIBA) of its Olympic status Full text...

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...

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 Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Bantamweight champion Fatuma Zarika of Kenya is gearing up for a tough re-match against Zambian challenger Catherine Phiri on March 23 Full text...

Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algerian have won the African military boxing championships, taking 10 gold medals at the end of the finals of the 5th edition that ended on Thursday in Algiers Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Boxing risks being thrown out of the Olympics unless the sport’s ruling body addresses “grave” concerns regarding its governance, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board said on Wednesday Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will host a two-day seminar for African boxing ring officials in Nairobi from Thursday Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - With the National Boxing League now out of the way, Kenya embarks on preparations for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, with next week's trials in Nairobi Full text...

Las Vegas, US (PANA) - Renowned boxing promoter, Eddie Hearn, says he expects Nigerian-born Anthony Joshua and Wladmir Klitschko of Ukrain to meet again on 11 November in a rematch for the unified world heavyweight championship at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, US Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s Isaac Dogboe on Saturday night knocked out Argentina’s Javier Chacon to keep hopes of gunning for a world boxing title alive Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's local media reports say that boxing hero Prince Amartey, ailing and neglected, is virtually dying on his feet as he waits in yet another promise from the Volta Regional Coordinating Council (VRCC) to rehabilitate him Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s prospective world boxing Champion, Isaac Dogbe, says he cannot afford to lose a World Boxing Organization (WBO) super bantamweight world title eliminator against Argentine Javier Nicolas Chacon on Saturday because "My dream of becoming a world champion is dependent on this clash with Chacon Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Bola Tinubu, Nigerian politician and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on Friday failed to show up for the widely-publicised "charity" boxing bout against former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Evander Holyfield of the US, designed to mark Lagos State's 50th anniversary celebrations Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Evander Holyfield, the legendary five-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, will hold an exhibition boxing match with Nigerian politician Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in May Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Boxers from five African countries are in Nairobi for Saturday's Making a Champion (MAC) series non-title contests Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Three Kenyan boxers - Benson Gicharu, Rayton Okwiri and Peter Mungai - have punched their way into the boxing event at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games next month Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan boxing contingent to the Baku round of Olympic Qualifiers departed for Azerbaijan Wednesday Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday said he is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Muhammad Ali, and extended his condolences to the Ali family and the many millions of fans mourning his death in every corner of the world Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - US President Barack Obama on Saturday mourned boxing legend, Muhammad Ali, who died on Friday in Phoenix‚ Arizona‚ US, following a respiratory ailment Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – As millions of South Africans mourn the death of boxing giant Muhammad Ali, they are also reflecting on the special bond "The Greatest" enjoyed with Nelson Mandela Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Several South African personalities have expressed their sadness at the death of boxing giant Muhammad Ali Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Boxing Muhammad Ali is dead, US media reported on Friday night, quoting family sources Full text...

Dusseldorf, Germany (PANA) - British boxer Tyson Fury has become the new world heavyweight boxing champion after upsetting Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko in Dusseldorf, Germany, on Saturday night Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - American Floyd Mayweather Jr Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian boxer Charles Adamu lost by a unanimous decision to Super middleweight Patrick Nielsen of Denmark in a title fight on Saturday in Copenhagen, Denmark Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The World Boxing Council (WBC) has ordered a rematch between Zambia’s Catherine Phiri and Christina MacMahon of Ireland Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Ghana's professional boxer and former world champion Joseph ''King Kong' Agbeko returned to the ring for the first time in over 13 months to defeat Juanito Rubillar by a fourth round Technical Knock Out on Saturday in Texas, US Full text...

Las Vegas, US (PANA) - Filipino boxing star Manny Pacquiao hinted on Sunday that he lost his championship fight against American Floyd Mayweather on Saturday night (early Sunday in Africa) due to a shoulder injury he was nursing before the fight in Las Vegas, US Full text...

Las Vegas, US (PANA) - Unbeaten American Floyd 'Money' Mayweather jnr won a 12-round unanimous decision against Filipino Manny 'Pacman' Pacquiao on Saturday night (early Sunday in Africa) in the richest fight in boxing history Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Boxing legend Mohammad Ali may be down with ill health, but his fighting gloves have continued to fetch good money Full text...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Ghana's boxer Osumanu Adama, who is currently preparing in the US for the biggest fight of his life, a title fight against unbeaten Kazakh fighter Gennady Golovkin 1 Feb Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s Joseph King Kong Agbeko on Friday night won the IBO Bantamweight title when he beat Colombia’s Luis Melendez in 12 rounds in Accra Full text...

London, UK (PANA) - Edith Ogoke, the last Team Nigeria boxer standing, finally bowed to superior skill Monday when she was outpointed 18-8 by World number two ranked amateur middleweight fighter, Nadezhda Torlopova of Russia, in their quarter final encounter at the London Olympic Games Full text...

London, UK (PANA) - With the two Nigerian male boxers, Muideen Akanji and Lukmon Lawal, eliminated in the early stages of the ongoing Olympic Games in London, Nigeria's medal hope in that event now rests on female middleweight boxer, Edith Ogoke Full text...