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December 4, 2015 - 0 Comments

By SANDRA MWILA – ZAMBIAN female boxing sensation Catherine Phiri says the continued postponement of her World Boxing Council (WBC) gold bantamweight fight against Yazim Rivas has disturbed her plans. Catherine, who is challenging WBC...

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November 8, 2015 - 0 Comments

By MOSES CHIMFWEMBE – COACH Kennedy Kanyanta has expressed worry over the delay to have boxer Ben Muziyo sent for high-level training in Kazakhstan ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympics qualifiers billed for March next...

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November 2, 2015 - 0 Comments

By Gwen Chipasula – WORLD Boxing Council (WBC) president Mauricio Suleiman has showered praise on Catherine Phiri for ‘having a heart of lion’ by accepting the challenge for the title outside Zambia. Suleiman said he...

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October 21, 2015 - 0 Comments

By MOSES CHIMFWEMBE – BOXING coach Kennedy Kanyanta says he will not guide the national team to the Rio 2016 Olympic qualifier billed for March next year in Cameroon if the squad is not accorded...

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October 20, 2015 - 0 Comments

By SANDRA MWILA – CATHERINE Phiri’s World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight gold title fight against champion, Yazmin Rivas, has been moved from November 28 to December 5, in Mexico. The fight has been deferred by...

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October 16, 2015 - 0 Comments

AS we wait with bated breath for the World Boxing Council (WBC) gold bantamweight title bout pitting Zambia’s icon Catherine Phiri against champion Yazmin Rivas in Mexico on November 28, there’s a lot of buzz...

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October 9, 2015 - 0 Comments

LAST September 12, former WBC and WBA welterweight champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr bade farewell to an illustrious career that won him fame and wealth over 19 years as a professional. He concluded his remarkable...

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October 9, 2015 - 0 Comments

By GWEN CHIPASULA – A BUOYANT Catherine Phiri says she will not be intimidated fighting World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight gold champion, Yazmin Rivas in her home country, Mexico, on November 28. The WBC named...

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September 25, 2015 - 0 Comments

CONGRATULATIONS, again, to All Africa Games bronze medallist Ben Muziyo for winning an Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA) scholarship at the World Boxing Academy in Talgar, Kazakhastan. This puts him in good stead to achieve...

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September 15, 2015 - 0 Comments

By MOSES CHIMFWEMBE and SANDRA MWILA – ZAMBIA Boxing Federation (ZBF) president Thomas Chileshe says the dream to qualify for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games (AAG) is still alive despite the boxers’ poor...

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