2024 WAFCON: Morocco - Mali: A clash of gloves in the heart of Rabat (Preview by CAF Online)

18 july 2025 - 07:56:52
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Mali arrived in Rabat dazed and disoriented, like a boxer on the ropes, after suffering a [...] Full text...

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Nigerian boxer dies in Ghana ring

30 march 2025 - 13:24:06
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Nigerian light-heavyweight boxer Gabriel Oluwaseun Olanrewaju, also known as “Success,” tragically passed away following an abrupt [...] Full text...

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2024 Paris Olympics: Historic first medal for Refugee Olympic Team

05 august 2024 - 18:52:59
Paris, France (PANA) - Cindy Ngamba has made history by becoming the first ever refugee athlete guaranteed to receive an [...] Full text...

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UN-backed refugee athletes named as Olympic flag bearers

24 july 2024 - 05:32:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has thrown its full support behind Cindy Ngamba and Yahya Al [...] Full text...

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Legendary South African boxer Dingaan Thobelas dies

30 april 2024 - 13:43:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Legendary South African boxer Dingaan Thobela died on Monday night after a short illness. [...] Full text...

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Man jailed for stealing Mandela's prized boxing belt

26 october 2023 - 09:02:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Soweto man who stole Nelson Mandela's Sugar Ray Leonard boxing belt has been [...] Full text...

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Boxing legeds Mayweather salutes African boxing talent

17 july 2023 - 08:23:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather is visiting South Africa where he has been welcomed by [...] Full text...

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South African former world heavyweight champion Gerrie Coetzee dies

13 january 2023 - 06:17:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s former world heavyweight boxing champ Gerrie Coetzee on Thursday died after a [...] Full text...

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Guinea determined to build sports infrastructure to required standards

02 october 2022 - 13:12:49
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The president of the Normalization Committee (CONOR), Mrs. Mariam Satina Sy, said here Saturday the decision [...] Full text...

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Mandela's famous boxing belt is stolen

13 july 2022 - 10:31:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police have confirmed that a valuable boxing belt owned by former South African President [...] Full text...

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Ghana’s first world boxing champion DK Poison to finally receive $45,000 owed him by state

07 october 2020 - 22:03:39
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ordered the ministry of Finance to pay $45,000 debt [...] Full text...

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Second Kenyan boxer books Olympic ticket

01 march 2020 - 16:29:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s Christine Ongare is the second Kenyan boxer to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Ongare outpunched [...] Full text...

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Kenyan boxer secures ticket to Tokyo Olympics

27 february 2020 - 13:56:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya registered its first boxer to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics late Wednesday in Dakar, [...] Full text...

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Mauritius honours best sportsmen for 2019

16 february 2020 - 14:35:29
Mapou, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Sports Council honoured its best athletes for the year 2019 at a ceremony held [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's president again defends border closer; says not meant to punish neighbours

19 january 2020 - 11:13:01
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in London again defended the partial closure of the country's [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari congratulates Anthony Joshua on reclaiming world heavyweight boxing titles

08 december 2019 - 11:45:21
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)  -  Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday congratulated world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua for regaining his belts [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian Mwakinyo beats Filipino boxer on points

30 november 2019 - 11:44:10
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA)  - Tanzania’s Hussein Mwakinyo on Friday night beat Arnel Tinampay of the Philippines on points [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian Mwakinyo to fight Filipino Tinampay on Friday

28 november 2019 - 14:56:28
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s upcoming professional boxer, Hassan Mwakinyo, is set to take to the ring on [...] Full text...

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Kenyan president hails high riding sports teams

31 august 2019 - 12:48:38
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday congratulated Kenyan teams representing the country in various international sporting events [...] Full text...

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Former Uganda international boxer Franco Wanyama laid to rest

11 may 2019 - 16:22:28
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The curtains have fallen on Franco Wanyama, a man upon whose death in the United Kingdom [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian President hosts players at State House, rewards them after AFCON qualification

25 march 2019 - 16:07:53
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA)  – Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Monday hosted the country’s national soccer team at State [...] Full text...

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Kenya's Zarika gears up for Zambia's Phiri in WBC Superbantam belt re-match

07 february 2019 - 14:17:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Bantamweight champion Fatuma Zarika of Kenya is gearing up for [...] Full text...

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Kipchoge named Kenya's top sports personality

12 january 2019 - 12:33:42
Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) - World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge has once again clinched top honours in Kenya, this time [...] Full text...

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Top South African boxer tests positive for 'banned' substance

07 november 2018 - 14:18:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Top South African boxer, Kevin Lerena, is embroiled in a doping saga after the [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Semenya appeals new IAAF female classification regulations

20 june 2018 - 19:51:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The world athletics governing body, IAAF, said Wednesday that it has been informed by the Court [...] Full text...

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Kenya hosts seminar for ABU ring officials

18 april 2018 - 15:04:42
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will host a two-day seminar for African boxing ring officials in Nairobi from Thursday. The African [...] Full text...

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Kenya's new sports minister vows to uproot cartels

20 february 2018 - 14:20:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's newly appointed Sports and Heritage minister Echesa Mohammed on Tuesday promised to lift the standard [...] Full text...

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Ghana: 'Ailing boxing hero, Prince Amartey, dying slowly'

19 july 2017 - 07:32:31
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's local media reports say that boxing hero Prince Amartey, ailing and neglected, is virtually dying [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Isaac Dogbe sets sights on world boxing title in final eliminator

19 july 2017 - 07:24:11
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s prospective world boxing Champion, Isaac Dogbe, says he cannot afford to lose a World Boxing [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Nairobi to host inaugural Oriental Combat fights

17 september 2016 - 13:06:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will host the inaugural Xtra Kombat Africa Fight Series on 15 October at the Kasarani [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya names Rio Olympics boxing team manager

20 july 2016 - 16:53:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nairobi coach John Waweru has been named Kenya Olympic boxing team manager, replacing John Kameta, who [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan boxers off to Olympic qualifier

16 june 2016 - 15:11:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan boxing contingent to the Baku round of Olympic Qualifiers departed for Azerbaijan Wednesday. According to [...] Full text...

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US: New York City honours Muhammad Ali

08 june 2016 - 16:20:11
New York, US (PANA) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday honoured late boxing legend Muhammad Ali [...] Full text...

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US: Ban 'deeply saddened' by passing of Ali, 'world champion for equality and peace'

04 june 2016 - 19:38:55
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday said he is deeply saddened to learn of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Recoveries from looted funds, Muhammad Ali's death fill Nigerian papers

04 june 2016 - 14:40:30
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Government's "bombshell" on recoveries from looted funds and the sudden death of boxing legend Muhammad Ali [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mandela and Ali's special bond remembered (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent, South Africa)

04 june 2016 - 12:37:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – As millions of South Africans mourn the death of boxing giant Muhammad Ali, they [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africans salute Muhammad Ali

04 june 2016 - 12:07:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Several South African personalities have expressed their sadness at the death of boxing giant [...] Full text...

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Germany: Klitschko dethroned as world heavyweight boxing champion

29 november 2015 - 12:23:23
Dusseldorf, Germany (PANA) - British boxer Tyson Fury has become the new world heavyweight boxing champion after upsetting Ukrainian Wladimir [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Ghanian boxer Charles Adamu loses title fight to Danish Nielsen

21 june 2015 - 12:04:34
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian boxer Charles Adamu lost by a unanimous decision to Super middleweight Patrick Nielsen of Denmark [...] Full text...

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US: Ghanaian boxer, Agbeko, wins bout

31 may 2015 - 23:17:19
New York, US (PANA) - Ghana's professional boxer and former world champion Joseph ''King Kong' Agbeko returned to the ring [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Labour unrest, launch of book by boxing legend Azumah reported in Ghana

01 november 2014 - 07:53:49
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A series of strike actions by Ghanaian workers and the launch of a book by Ghana’s [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Boxing giant Mayweather due in SA for week-long visit

15 january 2014 - 11:52:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., who is undefeated as a professional, arrives in South [...] Full text...

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Ghanaian boxer, Adama, prepares for biggest fight of his life

30 december 2013 - 14:08:33
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Ghana's boxer Osumanu Adama, who is currently preparing in the US for the biggest fight [...] Full text...

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Senegalese dailies honour departed Nelson Mandela

06 december 2013 - 15:58:09
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese dailies devoted their first pages and pictures to the memory of the former South African [...] Full text...

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Ex-heavyweight boxing champion Ken Norton dies at 70

19 september 2013 - 15:14:47
New York, US (PANA) - American boxer Ken Norton, best known for breaking the jaw of legendary Muhammad Ali whom [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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Kenyan President, PM for London Olympics

27 june 2012 - 15:28:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga will attend July's London Olympic Games with [...] Full text...

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Church "bribe", mass rape, oil spill compensation, new tax policy reported in Nigeria

07 april 2012 - 08:17:35
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan's declaration that he did not commit any crime over the "gift" of a [...] Full text...

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Ex-world boxing champion, Holyfield, in Nigeria to 'reconnect with ancestral land'

01 april 2012 - 20:08:45
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Former undisputed world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield is on a visit to Nigeria which he said [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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Halbwachs, Colin nominated Mauritian Sportsmen of the year

01 february 2012 - 12:18:52
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Cyclist Aurélie Halbwachs and boxer Colin Richarno were Tuesday nominated Sportsmen of the Year 2011 [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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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) [...] Full text...

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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) [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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Kenyan athletes happy with Delhi facilities

27 september 2010 - 16:49:00
Nairobi-Kenya (PANA) -- Before leaving for New Delhi, India, for the Commonwealth Games, the Kenyan contingent was a worried but [...] Full text...

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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" [...] Full text...

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Nigeria announces tentative dates for 2011 polls

23 july 2010 - 14:29:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Next year's general elections in Nigeria will be held on tentative dates of 8-15 January 2011, [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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Joseph Bessala, Cameroon's first Olympic medal winner, dies

26 april 2010 - 12:29:00
Yaoundأ©- Cameroon (PANA) -- Former boxer Joseph Bessala, first winner of an Olympic medal for Cameroon, died on Sunday in [...] Full text...

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Guinean boxer sets up political movement

30 december 2009 - 08:32:00
Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- Guinean boxer Bأ©a Diallo, six-time intercontinental champion in the medium class, announced Tuesday in Brussels the [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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Mauritius offers house to first Olympic medalist

15 june 2009 - 18:57:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, on Mon day handed the keys of a new house to [...] Full text...

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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, [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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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) [...] Full text...

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Athlete dies at Nigeria's National Sports Festival

22 february 2009 - 10:31:00
Kaduna- Nigeria (PANA) -- A kick boxer from Nigeria's Mid-western Edo state has died following a bout at the ongoing [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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