Shaun McMinnie laughs when asked about the biggest challenge in training one of Africa’s most exciting heavyweight prospects. It isn’t strategy, conditioning, or even finding the right sparring - it’s convincing Jose Kadima to stay away.
South African mini-flyweight champion Tyla Promnick says she is ready for whatever comes next following her majority-decision victory over Thobela Nyanda last month.
South African Tyla "Duracell" Promnick made history this past weekend when she became the youngest boxer to win a national title as she claimed the mini-flyweight belt.
The Ricardo Malajika runaway freight train almost derailed at Emperors Palace on Saturday night, but a late flurry gave him a vital win against rugged Vince Paras in defence of his IBO super flyweight championship.
The best sports broadcasters capture a moment of drama with iconic words that can be heard for decades. Here are 10 of the best commentary lines over the years, writes Nicholas Gleeson.
South African rising boxing star Kaine Fourie is gearing up for an exhilarating fight in the Lightweight division at Sun City on Saturday, May 27.
Mike Tyson almost broke the Internet this week with footage of him hitting the mits, but if the 53 year old former heavyweight champion of the world got into a ring with today’s biggest hitters he’d be as broken as he was the last time he slumped onto the ropes against Irish plodder Kevin McBride and refused to come out for the seventh round, writes Mark Keohane on IOL Sport. (more…)
Tommy Oosthuizen answered the first big question of his latest comeback when he won a majority points decision over Thabiso Mchunu in their cruiserweight fight at Emperors Palace on Saturday night.
Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez drew their middleweight boxing match after 12 rounds at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. (more…)
Two worlds will collide when Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez meet one another in boxing’s square jungle in Las Vegas this weekend, writes GARY LEMKE. (more…)