Boxing – SportsDay Newspaper https://sportsdayonline.com Africa's Elite Sports Daily Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:28:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/sportsdayonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/cropped-SportsDay-icon.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Boxing – SportsDay Newspaper https://sportsdayonline.com 32 32 86240109 Yucateco boxing championship projects new talents in the Southwest https://sportsdayonline.com/yucateco-boxing-championship-projects-new-talents-in-the-southwest/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:28:48 +0000 https://sportsdayonline.com/?p=150149 As part of efforts to discover and nurture emerging boxing talents in the squared ropes sports. The Yucateco Southwest quarterly boxing championship took center stage at the Alake Sports Center in Abeokuta over the weekend. The event staged in collaboration with the Ogun State Sports Council attracted pugilists from Oyo, Ogun, Ekiti, Osun, Lagos, as […]

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]]> 150149 NBF Board Laud Major General Ola, Other Board Members On Support For Boxers In Commonwealth Games Camp https://sportsdayonline.com/nbf-board-laud-major-general-ola-other-board-members-on-support-for-boxers-in-commonwealth-games-camp/ Wed, 20 May 2026 06:51:42 +0000 https://sportsdayonline.com/?p=149488 The Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF) has praised the selflessness of some members of its executives for their show of patriotism and magnanimity towards its athletes. The federation extolled the quartet of Major General Ola Oyelade, Mrs. Dorcas Olaosebikan, Iyabode Steven, Barr Emoni Williams, and others for their financial and material contributions to aid the boxers […]

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]]> 149488 NBF Invites Forty Boxers For Commonwealth Games Camping In Lagos https://sportsdayonline.com/nbf-invites-forty-boxers-for-commonwealth-games-camping-in-lagos/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:22:30 +0000 https://sportsdayonline.com/?p=149177 The technical committee of the Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF) has invited Forty-(40) pugilists for the final phase of its 2026 Commonwealth Games open camping in Lagos. The boxers, which are mostly finalists at the last National Boxing Open Trials held in February, consist of Twenty-(20) male and Twenty- (20) females across all the weight categories. […]

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]]> 149177 NBF Appoints Omo-Agege As Chairman Pro Boxing Committee, As BoxRec, WBC, ABU, Others Disowns NBBofC https://sportsdayonline.com/nbf-appoints-omo-agege-as-chairman-pro-boxing-committee-as-boxrec-wbc-abu-others-disowns-nbbofc/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:08:48 +0000 https://sportsdayonline.com/?p=149112 The Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF) has ratified the appointment of Mr. Azania Omo-Agege as chairman of its pro-boxing committee. Azania previously served as the vice president of the Nigeria Boxing Federation before taking over as an interim president at the later stages of the former NBF board. The widely experienced sports administrator also served as […]

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]]> 149112 Core Afrique Stage First NBF Sanctioned Pro Boxing Event, Fight Records Updated On BoxRec https://sportsdayonline.com/core-afrique-stage-first-nbf-sanctioned-pro-boxing-event-fight-records-updated-on-boxrec/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:11:14 +0000 https://sportsdayonline.com/?p=148958 History was made at the weekend as the first Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF) sanctioned pro boxing event took center stage in Lagos. The six fight-card event staged by Core Afrique Boxing Promotion at Argon Sports Center in Sijibumi, Elepe, Ikorodu, on Saturday converged stakeholders across the sports in a colourful atmosphere. Hostilities got on the […]

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]]> 148958 No Emergency Meeting In Abuja, NBF Urge The Public To Disregard Malicious Publication https://sportsdayonline.com/no-emergency-meeting-in-abuja-nbf-urge-the-public-to-disregard-malicious-publication/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:02:08 +0000 https://sportsdayonline.com/?p=148926 The Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF) has urged members of the public and the sports media to disregard any call for an emergency meeting of its board members in Abuja. The disclaimer became necessary following a false claim of an emergency (NBF) board meeting in Abuja by some media outlets. In reference to the “Malicious and […]

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]]> 148926 Joshua’s Nigeria car crash motivated my comeback — Tyson Fury https://sportsdayonline.com/joshuas-nigeria-car-crash-motivated-my-comeback-tyson-fury/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:53:26 +0000 https://sportsdayonline.com/?p=148540 Tyson Fury insisted “I’ve still got it” as the former world heavyweight champion prepared for his latest return to the ring. Fury is up against Russian-born heavyweight Arslanbek Makhmudov in a bout at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday following a 15-month absence. The 37-year-old British boxer retired after his second successive loss to world […]

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]]> 148540 Boxing: Amos Adamu Threatens Legal Action Against NBBofC Over False Claims https://sportsdayonline.com/boxing-amos-adamu-threatens-legal-action-against-nbbofc-over-false-claims/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:26:41 +0000 https://sportsdayonline.com/?p=148209 Retired Sports Ministry Director General, Dr Amos Adamu has warned whoever is trying to drag his name into the crisis between Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF) and the Nigeria Boxing Board of Control (NBBofC) to desist from such forthwith or face the full wrath of the law. Dr Adamu, who retired from the Sports Ministry over […]

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]]> 148209 NBF Unveils Boxers For Final Phase Of Commonwealth Games Trials https://sportsdayonline.com/nbf-unveils-boxers-for-final-phase-of-commonwealth-games-trials/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:12:38 +0000 https://sportsdayonline.com/?p=147165 The Nigeria Boxing Federation has announced a list of twenty (20) pugilists for the final phase of trials for the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The outstanding pugilists, which consisted of 10 male and 10 female, secured their passage as finalists at the just concluded National Boxing Week and Commonwealth Games open Trials in Lagos. The women’s […]

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]]> 147165 NBF Honour Hogan Bassey As Boxing Week Kicks-off In Lagos https://sportsdayonline.com/nbf-honour-hogan-bassey-as-boxing-week-kicks-off-in-lagos/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:24:03 +0000 https://sportsdayonline.com/?p=146991 As part of activities to mark the inaugural National Boxing Week, the Nigeria Boxing Federation has paid homage to the legacy of Nigerian boxing legend Okon Asuquo Bassey, known as Hogan Bassey. In a colorful ceremony at his gravesite at the National Stadium Surulere, the vice resident of the Nigeria Boxing Federation Hon. Omonlei Imadu […]

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