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November 21, 2014 - 0 Comments

By SHAMAOMA MUSONDA and GRACE CHAILE – ZAMBIA’s boxing sweetheart Catherine Phiri this evening again throws her hat in the ring to defend her World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver bantamweight title with the nation hugely...

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November 20, 2014 - 0 Comments

By SANDRA MWILA – WITH just 24 hours to the World Boxing Council (WBC) defence title fights, organisers Oriental Quarries Boxing Promotions (OQBP) are still battling to raise K253,000 to stage the tournament in Lusaka....

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November 13, 2014 - 0 Comments

By JOWIT SALUSEKI – CATHERINE Phiri’s World Boxing Council (WBC) silver bantamweight fight against South African Bukiwe Noniwe yesterday received a major boost after Zamtel donated a cheque of K250,000 to Oriental Quarries Boxing Promotion...

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November 12, 2014 - 0 Comments

By SANDRA MWILA – ORIENTAL Quarries Boxing Promotions (OQBP) operations manager Chris Malunga has cautioned World Boxing Council (WBC) silver bantamweight champion, Catherine Phiri against underrating South African, Bukiwe Nonina when they clash this month...

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November 7, 2014 - 0 Comments

THE Oxford English dictionary, defines alien as“…something or somebody strange and frightening; different from what you are used to.” Tonight, the former “Executioner”, who now prefers “The Alien,” moniker, Bernard Hopkins, faces perhaps his most...

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October 29, 2014 - 0 Comments

By FRANCINA CHOMBA – COACH Elias Kataya has picked two female boxers to participate at the International Boxing Federation (AIBA) 2014 Women’s World Boxing Championship slated for November 15 to 18 in Jeju, South Korea....

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October 18, 2014 - 0 Comments

IN a piece titled “Can State Fail To Raise K35m For Boxers?”published in this column almost a year ago, or November 10, 2012, to be precise, I wrote that if one tried to understand everything...

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October 16, 2014 - 0 Comments

By FRANCINA CHOMBA  – AFTER failing to send a team at the 2014 King’s Cup in Morocco because of financial constraints, the cash-strapped Zambia Boxing Federation (ZBF) is now targeting the 2014 Zone Six Games...

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October 14, 2014 - 0 Comments

By SANDRA MWILA – SOUTH African bantamweight champion, Bukiwe Nonina has warned Catherine Phiri to expect a good beating when they two square it out for the World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver title. Nonina said...

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October 9, 2014 - 0 Comments

By SANDRA MWILA – LACK of funds has ‘Knocked Out’ Zambian pugilists from leaving for Morocco today for the International Boxing Federation (AIBA) organised Kings Cup tournament that starts this Sunday in Casablanca. Glasgow 2014...

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