Boxing

Anthony Joshua tipped the scales at 250lbs head of today's bout against Robert Helenius, making him 5.4lbs lighter than his previous fight against Jermaine Franklin. Joshua weighed in at a career heaviest of 255.4lbs for his bout against Franklin and secured his first win since beating Kubrat Pulev in December 2020. However, fans were hoping…

UFC 185-pound world champion, Israel Adesanya, is expected to return to the Octagon in September at UFC 293 with middleweight rankings stalwart, Sean Strickland, as his opponent, reports sportsnaut.com.

Vice President of the African Boxing Confederation (AFBC), Azania Omo-Agege Siena, has been named the interim president of the body. Omo-Agege replaced the ousted president of AFBC, Bertrand Mendouga from Cameroun, who was accused of high-handedness and lack of foresight in his leadership of the body.

Anthony Joshua will fight Robert Helenius in London on Saturday after the Finnish boxer was parachuted in as a late replacement for Dillian Whyte.

It was goals galore at the Nigerian National League (NNL) relegation playoff, which began yesterday at the Sanni Abacha Stadium, Kano.

Dillian Whyte's "adverse analytical findings" from a random anti-doping test have prompted the cancellation of his heavyweight clash with Anthony Joshua.

Eddie Hearn admits that Anthony Joshua vs Deontay Wilder is more likely to hold in January than December - and isn’t expecting Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk to be on the same card, reports dailymail.co.uk.

Nigeria’s biggest promoter of traditional boxing, Dambe, African Warriors Fighting Championship (AWFC), has signed a sponsorship deal with the world’s leading crypto betting outfit, Stake. 

Anthony Joshua seems to be getting his mojo back. The former world champion has been showing signs of the Joshua of old, talking tough and brandishing impressive training regime capable of scaring the faint hearted. But it is difficult to believe that AJ will get back to what he was and the awe he inspired…

Jermaine Franklin has been in the ring with both Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte recently and so, is in a position to know the abilities of the two pugilists, who will meet for the third at the O2 Arena, London, next month. When they were still amateurs, Whyte had the better of Joshua, but the…

Sydney-based Nigerian professional boxer, Nestor Bolum, has revealed that he had to summon courage to step into the ring for his World Boxing Federation (WBF) Australasian title fight against Liam Pope in Sydney, on Friday, after he received the sad news of the demise of his mentor, Jeremiah Okorodudu.

A boxing promotion outfit, Monarch Events and Promotions, yesterday, disclosed that its target is to promote Nigerian talents to win world titles and also position the country on the global boxing map.