As its initial ranking phase continues, AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) continued it’s “Matches for Champions” this weekend with five more world titles being awarded. In Rome, Italy at the Palacatania, Russian heavyweight and 2013 European Boxing Championships gold medalist Alexei Egorov remained undefeated at 4-0, scoring a hard fought majority decision in a rematch with home fighter … [Read more...]
AIBA Pro Crowns its First Champions
AIBA Pro Boxing is still in its beginning stages, but the newly formed professional boxing organization crowned its first world champions on Friday in the middleweight and super heavyweight classes, with the welterweight title to be awarded Saturday. In Istanbul, Turkey, hometown fighter Adem Kilicci (4-0) defeated the top seeded Russian Artem Chebotarev (2-2) by eight round … [Read more...]
Holly Holm Joins UFC: Women’s Boxing – The Weekly Wrap Up
It looks like Dana White has had a change of heart when it comes to Holly Holm. It was reported in March that the MMA kingpin had no interest in the 32 year old multiple world title holder but now, the former world boxing champion (boxing record 33-2-3, 9 KO’s) has joined White’s UFC. The Albuquerque fighter, who held titles both the junior welterweight and welterweight … [Read more...]
Good riddance! AIBA scraps computer scoring
Finally. The International Boxing Association, the governing body in international amateur boxing competition, announced that it will discontinue the computerized punch tally scoring system and return to the professional style, 10 point based system it abandoned over 20 years ago. The implementation of the computerized scoring system took place following the 1988 Olympic … [Read more...]
On Emanuel Steward and USA Boxing: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette According to Mike Brudenell of The Detroit Free Press, legendary boxing trainer and HBO commentator Emanuel Steward has died at the age of 68. While Steward's family insists that the old man is still alive, the rumor has gained enough traction, and Steward himself remains so gravely ill even if he is, at present, not quite at the point of running up the curtain … [Read more...]