Sports - Box
  • Ghana’s ‘King Kong’ Agbeko wins IBO Bantamweight title
    23 march 2013 07:12:43
    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 Olympics: Nigeria's remaining boxing medal hope finally fizzles out
    06 august 2012 17:34:43
    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 Olympics: Nigeria's boxing medal hope rests on female pugilist
    04 august 2012 18:17:12
    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...

  • London Olympics: Angolan pugilist disqualified for missing weigh-in
    02 august 2012 12:11:25
    Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angolan boxer Tumba Silva has been disqualified from the 91-kg class of the boxing tournament at the London Olympic Games, after missing his pre-fight weigh-in. Full text...

  • Ghanaian Kamoko retains WBO Africa light heavyweight title
    26 february 2012 17:57:57
    Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian Brimah Kamoko on Sunday in Accra, Ghana, survived a first-round knockdown to retain his World Boxing Organization (WBO) Africa Light heavyweight title after his Ugandan opponent, Hamza Wandera, refused to continue the fight in the third round. Full text...

  • SA boxer retains international boxing title
    31 october 2011 08:43:48
    Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Bantamweight champion Takalani Ndlovu retained his title via a 12-round split decision over homeboy Giovanni Caro in Mexico City over the weekend. Full text...

  • Nigerian Olympian boxer Olusegun Ajose to fight for WBC title (Corrected)
    02 october 2011 11:04:00
    Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian-born British boxer, Olusegun Ajose, has earned the right to fight for the World Boxing Council (WBC) super lightweight title against champion and Mexican legend Erik Morales. Full text...

  • SA boxer loses IBO title fight
    04 september 2011 09:43:53
    Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - South African boxer Evans Mbamba Saturday night lost the chance to win the International Boxing Organization (IBO) bantamweight title, when he lost to champion Vic Darchinya in Yerevan, Armenia, according to boxing website fightnews.com. Full text...

  • AIBA fails to recognize Mugacha as Kenya boxing chair
    02 september 2011 18:51:10
    Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) has declined to recognize Samson Mugacha as the Chairman of the Amateur Boxing Association of Kenya (ABA). Full text...

  • Angolan world heavyweight boxing champion to defend title at home (Corrected)
    28 july 2011 16:04:46
    Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angolan boxer Tony Kicanga, 39, has expressed his desire to defend his Universal Boxing Council (UBC) heavyweight title at home. Full text...

  • Angolan world heavyweight boxing champion to defend title at home
    28 july 2011 14:18:50
    Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angolan boxer Tony Kicanga, 39, has expressed his desire to defend his Universal Boxing Council (UBC) heavyweight title which he won last June in Portugal. Full text...

  • Angolan boxing team to prepare for All Africa Games in Cuba
    06 july 2011 14:30:28
    Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan national boxing team will leave Luanda 13 July for Cuba for a two-month training programme, ahead of its participation in the 2011 All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique, in September. Full text...

  • Ghana wins African Zonal amateur boxing tournament in Lome (Corrected)
    26 april 2011 16:41:51
    Lome, Togo (PANA) - With eight gold and three silver medals in the kitty, Ghana won the African Zone II amateur boxing championships in Lome, Togo, to book a place in the next African Championships, to be held in June in Yaounde, Cameroon. Full text...

  • Ghana wins Afrian Zonal amateur boxing tournament in Lome
    26 april 2011 15:52:06
    Lome, Togo (PANA) - With eight gold and three silver medals in the kitty, Ghana won the African Zone II amateur boxing championships in Lome, Togo, to book a place in the next African Championships, to be held in June in Yaounde, Cameroon. Full text...

  • Togo to host amateur boxing championships
    17 april 2011 13:31:50
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  • Ghanaian boxer wins NABA Lightweight title in US
    10 april 2011 13:31:45
    Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ghana Lightweight Yakubu ''Black Mamba'' Amidu on Saturday night picked up the North American Boxing Association (NABA)-US Lightweight Championship at a fight in Los Angles, US. Full text...

  • Boxing: Nigeria's Samuel Peter loses again
    04 april 2011 08:46:49
    Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Former World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Samuel Peter of Nigeria recorded the fifth loss of his career when he was knocked out in the ninth round of his fight with unbeaten heavyweight Robert Helenius in Germany Saturday night. Full text...

  • Kenyan boxers to train in Mauritius
    11 february 2011 13:49:08
    Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will send a boxing team to Mauritius for a build-up match in July ahead of the All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique, in September. Full text...

  • Cameroonian boxer guns for World title
    26 december 2010 13:02:26
    Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Cameroonian boxer Hassan N´Dam N’djikam, has received an offer from the World Boxing Association (WBA) middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan for the two to slug it out in a world title fight, according to online boxing news site, fightnews.com. Full text...

  • Ghana's Agbeko returns home after IBF title reclaim
    22 december 2010 08:20:36
    Accra, Ghana (PANA) - International Boxing Federation (IBF) Bantamweight champion, Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko, arrived back home on Tuesday to a warm welcome by fans and government officials. Full text...

  • Agbeko reclaims IBF title, gives Ghana 'Xmas bonus'
    12 december 2010 11:15:48
    Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ghanaian boxer Joseph 'King Kong' Agbeko Saturday reclaimed, via a unanimous decision, his International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight title which he lost to Yonnhy Perez of Colombia. Full text...

  • Nigeria's boxing hope, Samuel Peter, decisively beaten again
    12 september 2010 08:44:00
    Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Ukrainian multiple World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Vla dimir Klitschko on Saturday in Frankfurt, Germany, virtually "destroyed" the Nig e rian hope and former World Boxing Council (WBC) Champion Samuel Peter, flattenin g the Nigerian boxer in the 10th of a scheduled 12 rounder. Full text...

  • Nigeria's boxing hope, Samuel Peter, fights Klitschko
    11 september 2010 13:42:00
    Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The stage is set for Saturday night's boxing rematch bet ween Nigerian Samuel Peter, a former World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion, and Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko in Frankfurt, Germany. Full text...

  • Angolan kick-boxers to participate in Sao Paulo international tournament
    11 august 2010 21:23:00
    Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Twelve Angolan kick-boxers will compete in the internati onal kick-boxing tournament in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 20-22 August, the technic a l director of the Angolan kick-boxing association said on Wednesday. Full text...

  • Kenyan boxers out of Youth Olympics
    04 may 2010 18:45:00
    Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan boxers will not participate in the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in August following the team's dismal performance in late April's World Youth Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. Full text...

  • Kenyan boxers set for World Youth championships
    15 april 2010 17:03:00
    Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya will send a team of seven boxers to this year's World Youth Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, coaches Musa Benjamin and David Munuhe said here Thursday. Full text...

  • Nigerian amateur boxing squad in Ghana
    03 april 2010 14:36:00
    Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" As West African neighbours -Ghana and Nigeria step up the ir preparations ahead of the Youth Olympic Qualifiers in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 2 0 April â" 2 May, an amateur boxing squad from Nigeria is expected in Ghana for a joint training session. Full text...

  • Azerbaijan to host World Youth Boxing Championships
    27 december 2009 15:32:00
    Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The 2010 inaugural World Youth Boxing Championships, in itially set for Nice, France, has been switched to Baku in Azerbaijan, a top Kenyan boxing official said here Sunday. Full text...

  • Ghanaian boxer, Agbeko, loses world title
    01 november 2009 10:35:00
    New York- US (PANA) -- Ghanaian boxer Joseph Agbeko on Saturday night lost his In ternational Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight title to undefeated challenger Yonnhy Perez through a 12-round unan imous decision in Las Vegas, US. Full text...

  • Kenya's Otieno to take a shot at African title
    04 october 2009 14:10:00
    Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's Nick Otieno will take a shot at the African Spor ts Association (ASA) bantamweight title in Nairobi on 5 December, a local boxing promoter said on Sunday. Full text...

  • Nigeria's Sam Peter wins non-title fight
    26 july 2009 14:36:00
    New York- US (PANA) -- Dethroned World Boxing Council (WBC) Heavyweight Champion Samuel Peter of Nigeria Saturday beat Marcus McGee in a non-title fight in Tepi c , Mexico. Full text...

  • Ghanaian boxer Agbeko retains IBF bantamweight crown
    12 july 2009 09:35:00
    Accra- Ghana (PANA) – Ghanaian boxer Joseph Agbeko- Saturday night retained his I nternational Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight title when he beat Armenian Vi c Darchinyan in their bout in Florida, US. Full text...

  • Ghanaian boxer fails in WBO title quest
    14 june 2009 09:22:00
    New York- US (PANA) -- Ghanaian boxer Joshua Clottey lost his quest for the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) welterweight title, held by Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto, via a split decision on Saturday at the Madison Sq uare Garden here. Full text...

  • Kenyan boxer to vie for IBF belt
    27 may 2009 16:54:00
    Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya’s Samuel Kamau will challenge for the Internationa l Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight world youth title in Poland. Full text...

  • Kenyan boxing governors refute illegal fight claims
    06 may 2009 18:10:00
    Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenya Professional Boxing Commission (KPBC) has refu ted claims by the Global Boxing Council (GBC) that the recent lightweight fight b etween Esther Phiri and Viparat Lauswan was illegal. Full text...

  • Kenya's Ochieng to gun for WBC title
    05 may 2009 23:44:00
    Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's Raymond Ochieng will vie for the World Boxing Council (WBC) youth heavyweight belt on 9 May in Gaindon, Poland. Full text...

  • Guinea wins West African zonal boxing tournament in Bamako
    15 april 2009 17:50:00
    Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Guinea won the West Afrocan zone II boxing tournament whic h ended recently in Bamako, Mali's capital, with a haul of 12 medals -- six gold , three silver and three bronze medals. Full text...

  • Togo's Balagou fights for WBA title Saturday
    10 april 2009 12:33:00
    Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Togo's International Boxing Council world middleweight champ ion Sabou Balagou will take on French-Algerian Amar Amari on Saturday in Lome fo r the World Boxing Association (WBA) title in the same category. Full text...

  • Nigeria's ex-heavyweight boxing champ loses again
    28 march 2009 09:14:00
    Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Former World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion, Samuel Peter of Nigeria, woefully lost on points to American Eddie Chambers earl y Saturday in his comeback attempt in Los Angeles, US. Full text...

  • Gambia's boxing association board sacked over visa scandal
    06 march 2009 20:07:00
    Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The executive committee of the Gambia Amateur Boxing Ass ociation has been sacked by the National Sports Council (NSC ) with immediate ef f ect, according to a press release issued here Friday by the NSC. Full text...

  • USFAS wins 2009 Mali Boxing championships
    02 march 2009 18:23:00
    Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Sports Union of the Armed and Security Forces (USFAS), on Sunday won the 2009 Mali national boxing championships. Full text...

  • Kenyan boxer misses boxing title
    16 february 2009 08:38:00
    Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Kenyan boxer Samson Onyango at the weekend missed a chance to win the Commonwealth light heavyweight title, when he lost to British boxing rising star Nathan Cleverly in their fight at the Oakland Leisure Centre in Swindon, UK. Full text...

  • Zambian boxer Esther to fight Thai
    10 february 2009 11:57:00
    Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambian boxer Esther Phiri will face Ratree Kreakae of Thailand for the vacant Women's International Boxing Association (WIBA) lightweight title on 24 April in Nairobi, Kenya. Full text...

  • African boxing authorities agree new zones
    09 february 2009 23:40:00
    Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- African Boxing Confederation on Sunday adopted new zones for the sport, increasing the number of zones from 7 to 14. Full text...

  • Ouagadougou hosts international boxing gala
    31 october 2008 22:20:00
    Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Seven fights are on the bill of the internati onal boxing gala taking place on Friday night at the Maison du peuple in Ouagado u gou, the capital city of Burkina Faso. Full text...

  • Nigeria's Samuel Peter loses WBC title
    12 october 2008 08:36:00
    Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Samuel Peter lost his World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title to come-backing former champion Vitali Klitschko on Saturday night in Berlin, Germany, via an eighth round technical knockout. Full text...

  • Zambian boxer wins Global Boxing Union title
    06 october 2008 10:39:00
    Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambian female boxer Esther Phiri has won the Global Boxing Union (GBU) lightweight crown after defeating American opponent Hondi Hernandez in a contest held here over the weekend. Full text...

  • Olympics: Coach Obisia Nwamkpa bemoans Nigeria's poor showing in boxing
    20 august 2008 16:30:00
    Beijing- China (PANA) -- The Head Coach of Nigeria's boxing team to the 2008 Beij ing Olympic Games, Obisia Nwamkpa has blamed Nigeria's poor showing in boxing to fai lure of the authorities to implement coaches' programmes. Full text...

  • Ghanaian Kofi Jantuah kayos Ricardo Manuel in four
    18 august 2008 17:38:00
    Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana's Kofi Jantuah knocked out Brazilian Ricardo Manuel in the fourth round in an International Boxing Federation (IBF) Intercontinental Middleweight title fight at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi at the weeken d . Full text...

  • Ghanaian IBF champion Clottey given tumultuous welcome
    13 august 2008 20:24:00
    Accra- Ghana (PANA) – Ghanaian boxer Joshua Clotte-y who won the IBF welterweight title about 10 days ago returned home to a tumultuous welcome on Wednesday and s aid he was targeting the WBA champion Antonio Margarito to unify the titles. Full text...

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