This week we chat to Quinton Sanderson, who runs West Bank Fight Club, where he offers boxing training for the youth. Q: What services do you offer? A: We offer fitness, boxing and self-defence training. Q: When did your business start?…
Capping an illustrious boxing career that included 10 titles in six weight divisions and an Olympic gold medal, retired boxer Oscar “Golden Boy” De La Hoya wants to make a comeback in the sport. The 2014 Hall of Fame Inductee, who is…
The Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth is set to star as legendary SA boxer Gerrie Coetzee in an upcoming Hollywood film that will be released later this year. The former champion boxer confirmed in an interview on Jacaranda FM on Monday…
Hundreds of people packed into the East London City Hall last Wednesday to remember and honour the late Leighandre “Baby Lee” Jegels who was tragically murdered near Mdantsane on August 30. The boxing fraternity, karate club members,…
Boxing lovers flocked to King William’s Park on Saturday for the amateur boxing tournament organised by local businessman Fred de Abreu for young boxers from in and around King William’s Town. Spirits were high despite the poor state of…
Former Ginsberg-based boxer Billy Mkencele wants to help change what he considers to be the poor state of boxing in the Eastern Cape. “People who are in positions do not came or do not have interest in the sport. Some others were never…
A TRAUMATIC incident shaped, Sandra Leigh Almeida, 36, of Gonubie into South Africa’s first professional woman boxer and the first white woman to win a title fight. “My sister and I were once held at gunpoint and almost raped. “We managed…
By MFUNDO PILISO Retired professional boxer from Mdantsane Welcome Ncita thinks going back to basics could bring amateur boxing to its former glory in the township. Speaking on the sidelines at the Peppy Thomas Foundation schools sport…
By MFUNDO PILISO Rural community school in Potsdam, Qasana High took the top honours in the Peppy Thomas Foundation (PTF) sport tournament, while Ngcelwane High proved to be better than Mzomhle High at shooting hoops. The PTF, together…
By Mesuli Zifo East London golden girl Leighandre Jegels returned to the ring after completing her university degree to knock out Tanzanian Fatuma Yazidu in two rounds of their ANA Pan African flight title at Mdantsane Indoor Centre…
By Mesuli Zifo The row unfolding at International Amateur Boxing Association (Aiba) hierarchy has nothing to do with the funds spent on the Year of Africa legacy project. This was confirmed by SA National Boxing Organisation (Sanabo)…
National amateur boxing is set to get off in a big way after close to 140 coaches qualified for the international courses during the Year of Africa ( YoA) programme currently underway in Mdantsane. The programme, initiated by…
Zolani Tete may make the first defence of his major world title at home against a South African boxer. This was revealed by his manager Mla Tengimfene after Tete was given an extended period by the WBO before being forced to make the…
