Oct 25: Cameroon pygmy Martial Wouang wins light-flyweight gold

Cameroon’s national boxing coach Didier Ngatcha is over the moon following a historic achievement by his pgymy boxer Martial Wouang who won light-flyweight gold in the AFBC Africa Men’s and Women’s Championships in Kinshasa on Friday, October 25. He outpointed DR Congo’s Zola Tulembekwa by staying inside and releasing rapid combinations upstairs. “I’m very happy Lire plus …

Oct 24: Morocco and DR Congo all set for a bruising battle in the AFBC African Boxing Championships finals

Morocco kept alive their hopes of retaining the overall title by entering 18 boxers in the finals of the AFBC African Men’s and Women’s Boxing Championships to take place on 25 and 26 October at the Stade des Martyrs in Kinshasa. DR Congo team is breathing down the neck of the Moroccans with 14 boxers Lire plus …

Oct 23: Zambia’s Mwengo Mwale easily defeats Kenya’s Shaffi Bakari

Namibia’s Tryagain Ndevelo is just a heartbeat away from clinching gold in the featherweight division in the Africa Boxing Championships in Kinshasa, DR Congo. The Namibian southpaw outpointed Morocco’s bantamweight gold medalist at last year’s Africa Championships in Yaounde Imad Azoui to set up a final featherweight clash with Zambia’s African Games silver medallist Mwengo Lire plus …

Oct 23: World Champion Khadija Mardi among twenty-two boxers to qualify for the finals of AFBC African Boxing Championships

IBA World Champion, Morocco’s Khadija Mardi stopped Sila Tshimwanga of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the first round to stomp through to the finals of the ongoing AFBC Men’s and Women’s African Boxing Championships in Kinshasa, DR Congo. A smashing right to the face staggered Tshimwanga, forcing the referee to intervene as Mardi Lire plus …

Oct 23: Morocco puts more pressure on DR Congo as Kenya rules east African region

Nine Moroccans powered their way to the finals and seven DR Congo boxers also sailed to the last two with three casualties Pressure! Pressure! Pressure! Hosts DR Congo will have to stage a spirited comeback in today’s semi-finals after Morocco upstaged them in the first semi-finals on Tuesday, October 22. Of the 10 Moroccans in Lire plus …

Oct 22: it’s a battle royale! DR Congo and Morocco have 18 boxers each in the semi-finals starting today

East Africa have 13 boxers in the semis, Kenya leads with 8 in the last four. Who will blink first between DR Congo and Morocco? That’s the one million dollar question boxing analysts are asking themselves ahead of what promises to be a keenly contested competition. The stage is now set for a bruising battle Lire plus …

Oct 22 The Kenyan skipper displayed one of his best ever performance to punch his way to the semi-finals

Boniface “The Hammer” Mogunde (pictured) put up one of his best ever performance to become the eighth Kenyan boxer to qualify for the semi-finals of the Africa Elite Boxing Championships. Fighting with his guard down at times but swift on footwork and eagle-eyed, Mogunde outpointed DR Congo’s Anderson Manzongo to move to the semis, and Lire plus …

Oct 22: Masamba almost there. He took it easy against Zambia’s Emmanuel Katema

South Africa’s captain John Paul Masamba (pictured) took it easy against Zambia’s Emmanuel Katema to set up a semi-final clash against Kenya’s Vincent Ochieng. He was relaxed but the aggressor enroute to a deserved points win over the African Games silver medallist. Boxing flat-footed, Masamba threw punches in bunches. For every two or more punches Lire plus …

Oct 22: World Champion Khadija Mardi on course for third gold medal

“I was just too strong for my opponent”, says lovely Khadija Mardi. Reigning world heavyweight champion, Khadija Mardi of Morocco (pictured), had no time to waste with DR Congo’s Sila Tshimwanga whom she stopped in the first round of their heavyweight semi-final clash. The towering Moroccan staggered Tshimwanga with a thundering right punch on her Lire plus …