A series of high-profile match-ups suggest boxing in Africa has finally arrived. Last year, the world celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the 'Rumble in the Jungle'. The historic title fight was the ...

On May 31, 1950, possibly the most historic day in South African boxing, in Johannesburg, South Africa, more than 20 000 people saw Vic Toweel climb through the ropes at Wembley Stadium to become the ...

"Our beloved father passed away three weeks after being admitted to hospital," his daughter Thembi told AFP without disclosing the cause of death. Mathebula created history in Los Angeles in 1980 when ...

As co-founder and chief executive of Aquila Boxing Promotions, Geraldine Lerena is one of the pioneering female promoters in South African boxing, and for her it’s all about growing the sport in the ...

Today (January 19), Burna Boy hit the boxing ring with his friend and frequent collaborator South African rapper AKA in South Africa. AKA is an avid boxing fan and he regularly hits the ring in ...

Despite recent speculation that WBO champion Phumelela Cafu would make the first defense of his super flyweight title on the road against the great Roman Gonzalez, the South African’s team has ...

In one on of the leanest periods in South African boxing in recent years, fight fans are pleased to hear that two South African-based Congolese boxers, Jason Medi (6-1; 2) and Jimmy “The Beast” ...

JOHANNESBURG — South African boxer Dingaan Thobela, a two-weight world champion known as “The Rose of Soweto,” has died, the ministry of sports said on Tuesday. He was 57. Thobela won the WBO ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African former world heavyweight boxing champion Cornelius "Corrie" Sanders died on Sunday after being shot by armed robbers who burst into his nephew's 21st birthday ...

As sometimes happens in the bizarre world of professional boxing, an unknown mandatory challenger to one of the alphabet soup title belts is about to step out from the hinterlands and into the ...

Kenya's Africa middleweight champion Rayton Okwiri (right) in action against Columbia's Fidel Munoz in their bout on Saturday. [Courtesy, Nenez Media Services] Former Africa Boxing Union super ...