By SANDRA MWILA – ORIENTAL Quarries Boxing Promotion (OQBP) has raised K405,000 towards the K673,730 budget for the World Boxing Council (WBC) defence title promotion slated for November 22 at Government complex in Lusaka. And...

IN my August 16, 2014 instalment, I lamented the continuing plight of boxing promoters and zeroed in on Exodus Boxing Promotions director Anthony Mwamba who was supposed to stage the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) Continental...

By SANDRA MWILA – THE Zambia Boxing Federation (ZBF) has appointed Elias Kataya and Wisdom Mudenda as coaches for the national women and Under-20 boy’s teams respectively. Kataya takes over from Musonda ‘The Bull’ Chinungu...

IT’S official, Bernard Hopkins, the oldest man in boxing history to win a world title at 49, turns 50 next January and believes in collecting titles and fame, will fight Sergey Kovalev (25-0, KO23-1) on...

By SANDRA MWILA  – ORIENTAL Quarries Boxing Promotion (OQBP) has postponed the exhibition fight between World Boxing Council (WBC) silver bantamweight champion Catherine Phiri and Asaha Ndere from Tanzania that was set for Kasama due...

LET me start this week’s piece by joining others in extending my hearty congratulations to Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Benny Muziyo on his elevation from a lance corporal to corporal in the Zambia Army. Muziyo...

AS I write this week’s piece, I sympathise with Exodus Boxing Promotions director Anthony Mwamba who, working with some foreign promoter, was supposed to stage the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) Continental Africa heavyweight title...

LAST week’s piece titled “Will Muziyo Turn Pro After Games?” has attracted reactions from readers. I said then: “After being in the amateur ranks since 2005, will he (Muziyo) consider turning professional and provide the...

By MOSES CHIMFWEMBE – THE Zambia Boxing Federation (ZBF) says the coming 2014 AIBA Women’s Boxing World Championships billed for South Korea in November, will be a litmus test for the country’s female boxers. ZBF...

By SANDRA MWILA – WORLD Boxing Council (WBC) silver women bantamweight holder, Catherine Phiri has said she will prove that she is a champion when Hee-Yung Yuh of South Korea challenges her for the title...