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 ...

JOHANNESBURGJOHANNESBURG — 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 ...

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 ...

FORMER Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) bantamweight champion Jess Maca has given a chance to expedite his return to the international limelight when he trades bombs against a highly ...

"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 ...

Still reeling from the shocking death of one of the country’s bright prospects Anele Makhwelo on Wednesday, South African boxing has been hit by yet another tragedy following the death of boxing ...

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 (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 ...

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