On May 31, 1950, possibly the most historic day in South African boxing, in Johannesburg, South Africa, more than 20 000 people saw Vic Toweel climb through the ropes at Wembley Stadium to become the ...

"Our beloved father passed away three weeks after being admitted to hospital," his daughter Thembi told AFP without disclosing the cause of death. Mathebula created history in Los Angeles in 1980 when ...

As co-founder and chief executive of Aquila Boxing Promotions, Geraldine Lerena is one of the pioneering female promoters in South African boxing, and for her it’s all about growing the sport in the ...

Today (January 19), Burna Boy hit the boxing ring with his friend and frequent collaborator South African rapper AKA in South Africa. AKA is an avid boxing fan and he regularly hits the ring in ...

Despite recent speculation that WBO champion Phumelela Cafu would make the first defense of his super flyweight title on the road against the great Roman Gonzalez, the South African’s team has ...

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 ...

As sometimes happens in the bizarre world of professional boxing, an unknown mandatory challenger to one of the alphabet soup title belts is about to step out from the hinterlands and into the ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African former world heavyweight boxing champion Cornelius "Corrie" Sanders died on Sunday after being shot by armed robbers who burst into his nephew's 21st birthday ...

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 ...

Former world bantamweight boxing champion Vic Toweel, arguably one of the best fighters South Africa has ever produced, died in Sydney, Australia, on Friday morning. Toweel, who was 80, settled in ...

Kenya's Africa middleweight champion Rayton Okwiri (right) in action against Columbia's Fidel Munoz in their bout on Saturday. [Courtesy, Nenez Media Services] Former Africa Boxing Union super ...

JOHANNESBURGJOHANNESBURG — 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 ...