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April 15, 2015 - 0 Comments

By SANDRA MWILA – SOUTH African boxer Sandra Almeida has vowed to clobber Esther Phiri and grab the Womens International Boxing Association (WIBA) and World Boxing Federation (WBF) welterweight unification titles. Almeida, who has a...

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April 11, 2015 - 0 Comments

By MOSES CHIMFWEMBE – NATIONAL boxing coach Kennedy Kanyanta is frustrated with the lack of preparations ahead of the 2015 All Africa Games (AAG) to be staged in Congo Brazzaville in September. Kanyanta said yesterday...

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April 3, 2015 - 0 Comments

By SHAMAOMA MUSONDA – THE World Boxing Council (WBC) has picked Christina McMahon as Catherine Phiri’s opponent for the vacant WBC female bantamweight gold title to be staged in Lusaka next month. Meanwhile, Oriental Quarries...

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April 3, 2015 - 0 Comments

A RECENT text message from William Njovu inspires this week’s column. Njovu said he’d been following preparations by Esther Phiri who was preparing to fight against Uruguayan boxer Jeniffer Faccio who pulled out of the...

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April 1, 2015 - 0 Comments

By MWANGALA LISELI – CATHERINE Phiri’s opponent for the World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight Gold title fight has been found while Charles Manyuchi’s challenger for his WBC welterweight fight has been changed. Oriental Quarries Boxing...

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March 25, 2015 - 0 Comments

By MWANGALA LISELI – ORIENTAL Quarries Boxing Promotions (OQBP) yesterday received a combined sponsorship worth K180,000 from News Café and Karibu Investment Limited for the two World Boxing Council (WBC) title fights slated for April...

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March 21, 2015 - 0 Comments

By MOSES CHIMFWEMBE – THE Zambia Boxing Federation (ZBF) has re-introduced the annual tourism national championship after a brief absence. ZBF president Thomas Chileshe said the move was aimed at offering a platform for the...

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March 18, 2015 - 0 Comments

By MOSES CHIMFWEMBE – GLASGOW 2014 Commonwealth Game bronze medallist Ben Muziyo is a mong the 27 boxers coach Kennedy Kanyanta has summoned into the provisional national team ahead of the Congo Brazzaville 2015 All...

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March 13, 2015 - 0 Comments

THIS week’s piece should have been a preview of the interim Women’s International Boxing Association (WIBA) World welterweight title fight pitting come backing Esther Phiri and South Africa’s Sandra Almeida, but at this writing, it...

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March 12, 2015 - 0 Comments

By MOSES CHIMFWEMBE – THE Zambia Boxing Federation (ZBF) has launched the Boxing Marketing Arm (BMA) to spearhead the marketing of the sport in the country. ZBF president Thomas Chileshe said the BMA would also...

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