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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya’s Samuel Kamau will challenge for the Internationa l Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight world youth title in Poland. Full text...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Sports Union of the Armed and Security Forces (USFAS), on Sunday won the 2009 Mali national boxing championships. Full text...

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...

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...

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- 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...