Zolani Tete made history in 2017 when he took just 11 seconds to knock out his opponent with his first punch to retain his WBO bantamweight crown.

Due to the small matter of Anthony Joshua fighting Jake Paul on the same weekend, there are two boxing shows that could fly under the radar this week -- but really, really shouldn't. On Saturday in ...

Nivi Grogor, who once sponsored a single fighter, now heads Golden Gloves, Africa’s largest boxing promotion company.

Promoter Amir Khan is staging another boxing card in Africa, positioning himself in a rapidly shifting promotional landscape where global power brokers are increasingly battling for control of the ...

There was genuine excitement around the comeback. A poster promoting Zolani’s return had circulated weeks before his death, while his team was reportedly preparing for a fight in November. His manager ...

Former boxing champion Zolani Tete was shot dead outside his home on Friday. Two armed men attacked Tete while he waited for his gate to open. A woman in the car with Tete was also shot and remains ...

Former two-division world champion Zolani Tete, one of South Africa’s most accomplished boxers and the owner of a Guinness World Record, was shot and killed at his home Friday. He was only 38 years ...

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 ...

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 ...

Africa’s premier professional boxing promotion initiative with the vision of elevating grassroots African boxing onto the global stage, Punch King Boxing has been launched. The unveiling ceremony ...

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. Mr. Thobela won the WBO ...