Boxing
23 Sep 2015
The Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Al-Hassan Yakmut, has declared that second position at the just concluded 11th African Games in Congo Brazzaville is not the best for the nation’s sports.
14 Sep 2015
THE assistant coach of the national women basketball team, Adewumi Aderemi, has predicted that the D’Tigress would win the gold medal at the ongoing 11th African Games holding in Congo Brazzaville, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
13 Sep 2015
As of Sunday, Sept. 13, the Team Nigeria has so far won 13 gold, 21 silver and 17 bronze medals at the ongoing 11th African Games in Congo Brazzaville. The boxing team won four gold, and two silver medals. Team Nigeria had earlier won eight gold, 17 silver and 10 bronze medals from some other…
24 Aug 2015
THEY are the country’s best hope for world boxing titles since heavyweight, Samuel Peters, dominated the world stage, but they still lack the basic support needed to become global champions.
15 Aug 2015
FOUR years ago in Maputo, Team Nigeria managed to grab three silver medals in the boxing event to finish sixth behind Algeria and Mauritius.
12 Jun 2015
The Nigeria Boxing Federation says it has concluded plans for the maiden Kenneth Minimah National Men and Women Open Boxing Championship
4 May 2015
FOUR-TIME world champion Carl Froch waxed lyrical about Mayweather’s performance, but admitted his disappointment with Pacquiao.
10 Apr 2015
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), has released the 2016 Rio Olympic Games competition schedule and specific session times for the Games. An online portal, Theinsidegames on Friday said the first-ever Olympic to be staged in South America would officially get underway with the opening ceremony at the Maracana Stadium on Aug. 5. It said that activities would…
9 Apr 2015
MANNY Pacquiao has a better chance of beating Floyd Mayweather now than he did in 2010, claims his trainer, Freddie Roach.
13 Mar 2015
With barely 48 hours to the second edition of the GOtv Boxing Night at the Indoor Sports Hall, National Stadium, boxers on the card are already talking tough.
4 Mar 2015
FORMER Olympian, Jerry Okorodudu, has lamented that an initiative like the GOtv Boxing Night was unavailable in his days as an active boxer. He believes the experience from the programme would have helped his career. “If we had such opportunity like the one GOtv is currently offering our boxers, we would have done considerably…
18 Feb 2015
• Obisia, Lasisi, others speak at GOtv seminar TWO Nigerian boxing legends, Obisia Nwankpa and Joe Lasisi have come down hard on those managing young boxers in the country, describing them as ‘quacks.’ Obisia and Lasisi were guest speakers at a seminar organized Wednesday by GOtv at the National Stadium in Lagos in preparation…