Undefeated 22-year-old sensation Saarah Karriem joins compatriot Bernice Ferreira in the global top 16, setting the stage for a blockbuster Western Cape title showdown at the Grand Arena.

Defying a last-minute funding crisis, two young fighters from Mpumalanga became national champions in Cape Town, with one ...

"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 ...

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 ...

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuano boxer Jemuel Aranas is set for the biggest fight of his young professional career as he ...

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 (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 ...

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 ...