South African junior flyweight Samora Msophi who was stopped in the fourth round of a title fight against champion Mfundo Gwayana at the Orient Theater has died in an East London hospital in South ...

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 ...

Team Kenya celebrates Boniface Mogunde's (with yellow towel on his shoulder) gold medal at the Africa Boxing Championships in Kinshasa, DRC on October 26,2024.[Courtesy] With baby steps, Kenya's ...

Abijuwon Faruk (50kg Male) Solomon Joshua (70kg Male) and the sole female in the squad Mayowa Ayomide will bout in the 48kg ...

A look at six African boxers who tragically lost their lives during or after bouts, highlighting the dangers of the sport and ...

Former South African boxer Dingaan Thobela, a two-weight world champion known as “The Rose of Soweto,” has died at age 57 after a battle with an undisclosed illness. Thobela was found dead in his flat ...

Africa Zone Three Boxing Championships light heavyweight gold medalist Elizabeth Andiego (in red) lands a jab on Elif Guneri of Turkey at the World Women Boxing Championships in Istanbul, Turkey last ...

KINSHASA, Congo — Alfred Mamba remembers the frenzy that gripped the soccer stadium in Zaire, now known as Congo, as the fierce heavyweight title bout unfolded through eight rounds between the ...

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 ...