Vakufilapo “Cowboy”
Nashivela announced
himself to the scene
as one to keep a close
eye on, when he won
the vacant World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) All Africa
Super...
Following the positive
anti-doping test of
WBF Womens World Light
Flyweight Champion
Justine Lallemand
after her
title-winning effort
against fellow
Frenchwoman Anne...
Keenan Carbajal won
his tenth straight
bout and the vacant
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Mexican Featherweight
title on Saturday,
December 16, when he
stopped previously...
Very promising Mpho
Seforo remained
undefeated and
captured the vacant
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) All
Africa Light Flyweight
title on Saturday,
December 16, at...
On
his most recent trip
to the USA, South
African WBF President
Howard Goldberg made a
stop in North Bergen,
New Jersey to visit
the factory of Masis
Boxing Belts...
The World Boxing
Federation (WBF) is
back in South Korea on
Sunday December 10,
when former two-time
World Champion
Hee-Jung Yuh fights Li
Ping Shi from China
for...
In October of 2010
Ruddy Encarnacion felt
unlucky to only get a
draw against Jean
Pierre Bauwens, so he
believed he had
unfinished business in
the long-awaited
rematch on...
She successfully
defended her World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) World Super
Bantamweight title on
November 3, in a
fantastic fight
against Mexican
Naroyuki Koasicha,
proving...
World Boxing
Federaration (WBF)
World Super
Featherweight Champion
Patrick Kinigamazi
showed a rare display
of power on Friday
night, November 24, as
he...
Local contender Jean
Pierre Bauwens, 42-4-2
(24), is the main
attraction when
promoter Claude Van
den Heede presents the
20th anniversary show
of the Gentboksgala...
Yusuf “ZaZa” Kanguel
squares off with Bosko
Misic for the vacant
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Intercontinental Super
Middleweight title,
topping a bill at the
Baslar...
Kalakoda Promotions
presents “Rapid Fire”,
a World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Championship
triple-header at
Wynberg Military Base
in Cape Town, South
Africa on Friday...
Serdar “Bomber” Sahin
from Berlin is the new
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Cruiserweight Champion
after winning the
vacant title on
Saturday, November 18,
at the...
Travis Hanshaw put on
a near flawless
performance to win the
vacant World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Intercontinental Light
Heavyweight title on
Friday night, November
17, at...
Rwanda-born Swiss
Patrick Kinigamazi hit
the peak of his
career, so far at
least, when he
captured the World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) World Super
Featherweight title
last...
KBS N Sports will
televise live to the
people of South Korea
when Hye-Soo Park
fights undefeated Hei
Tao Zhang from China
for the vacant World
Boxing Federation
(WBF)...
Back in 2014,
Germany´s Serdar
“Bomber” Sahin lost a
close decision for the
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Light Heavyweight
title to Tony Averlant
in France. He has...
Former French Super
Middleweight Champion
Bilel Latreche and
former Finnish
Cruiserweight titlist
Janne Forsman are set
to meet in the middle,
and fight for the
vacant World...
Lightweights Juk San
Lee and Rusmin Kie
Raha didn’t hold
anything back when
they squared off for
the vacant World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) Asia Pacific
Lightweight title
on...
On Saturday, November
4, two new World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) Womens
Intercontinental
champions were belted
only a few hours but
around 8000 kilometres...
It turned in to one of
those rare, special
fights where the
styles blended
perfectly to provide
an all-action affair,
as World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Womens World Super...
Prospect Travis
Hanshaw started his
professional career as
a nineteen-year-old
Light Welterweight in
2011. He has since
moved up through the
weights, and is now
ready to fight...
Every now and again a
new star appears,
almost out of nowhere,
on the boxing skies.
Justine Lallemand from
France is one of
those, as she came in
as the underdog...
Former World
Strawweight titlist
Terry “The Boss” Moss
retired as reigning
champion ten years
ago. But she never
left the sport, and
has since been active
as a trainer and...
With only six
professional fights
under her belt,
against limited
opposition,
25-year-old Justine
Lallemand was
considered the
underdog on Saturday
night, October 28...
They each held one
victory over the other
going into their third
fight on Thursday
evening, October 26 at
Ferdi Meyer Hall in
Welkom, South Africa,
so expectations were
high...
When the sixth
instalment of the
African Pride Fighting
Championship series
takes place on Friday
November 3 at Hope
Street Hall in Cape
Town, South Africa, a
World Box...
Representatives from
two of the worlds
strongest nations when
it comes to female
boxing will square off
on Friday November 3
in Douai, France, as
local girl Segolene...
On Saturday October 21
in Metepec, Mexico,
fans got their moneys
worth, for as long as
it lasted, with an
entertaining battle
between undefeated
prospect William
Zepeda and...
On Saturday October 28
the vacant World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) All Africa Super
Bantamweight
championship is on the
line, when Team Dida
presents “Rumble In
The Ghetto”...
A great rivalry has
developed on the South
African boxing scene,
as World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Womens World
Bantamweight Champion
Bukiwe Nonina, 12-4-1
(2), will...
In yet another busy
weekend of World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) Championship
boxing, new champions
were crowned in
Slovenia, Mexico and
Germany. And, also in...
Anne Sophie Da Costa
from France, the World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) Womens World
Light Flyweight
Champion, is set to
make her third
title-defense on
Saturday October...
Friday night, October
6, saw three World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) championship
fights take place, one
in Buenos Aires,
Argentina and two in
Bloemfontein, South
Africa...
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Intercontinental
Welterweight Champion
Andreas “King Cheetah”
Valavanis will be
looking to continue
his meteoric rise when
he...
A former World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Champion at Super
Bantamweight (2010),
Unathi Myekeni became
a two-weight World
Champion on September
8 when she...
After more than six
years as a
professional, one of
the best young female
flyweights on the
planet, Mexico´s
Jessica Nery Plata,
will finally get her
shot at a world
championship...
On Saturday October
14, curtains will fall
on an extraordinary
career when World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) International
Heavyweight Champion
Werner Kreiskott...
Slovenian Ema Kozin
will contest the
vacant World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Womens World
Middleweight title on
Saturday October 14 at
Hala Tivoli in
Ljubljana, taking
on...
Hot Mexican prospect
Jose Enrique Dorantes
Vivas wasted little
time in picking up his
first professional
title on Saturday,
September 9, in
Mexicali when he
stopped fellow...
On Friday night,
September 8, World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) World
Middleweight Champion
Diego Diaz Gallardo
defended his title for
the first time against
Brazilian Felipe...
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Womens World Super
Welterweight Champion
Noni Tenge makes her
first title-defense on
Friday, September 8,
at the Kagiso Memorial...
Cachanilla Promotions
presents En Busca De
Un Campeon 7 (In
Search Of A Champion
7) on Saturday,
September 9, at the
Mexicali Gymnasium in
Mexicali, Mexico.
Topping the bill...
Shokran Parwani showed
great potential on
August 5 in Essen,
Germany, when he broke
down more experienced
opponent Frank Bluemle
to win the vacant
World Boxing...
Sad news broke on
Tuesday afternoon,
August 29, that World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) Womens World
Featherweight Champion
Angelique Duchemin
from France...
A packed Rainbow
Towers Conference
Centre in Harare,
Zimbabwe set the stage
for a World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
championship
double-header billed
as...
A lot has happened
since the World Boxing
Federation (WBF) last
issued its official
presentation two years
ago, in August of
2015, and the latest
updated version is now...
Diego Diaz Gallardo,
21-5-1 (12), received
a hero´s welcome in
Santiago Del Estero,
Argentina when he
returned from
Martinique last March,
having won the World
Boxing Fede...
Former World Boxing
Federation (WBF) All
Africa Heavyweight
Champion Elvis Moyo
will try to reclaim
his old title on
Friday August 25, when
he takes on Kenya´s...
While it had been a
very wet day, the
Boxing-Gods made sure
the rain had stopped
when the first bell
sounded for a big
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Championship double...
On July 8 in
Ludwigshafen, Germany,
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Womens World
Lightweight Champion
Nicole Wesner
successfully defended
her title for the
third...
Classy Namibian
Abraham Ndauendapo
excelled in front of
his home-town fans in
Swakopmund, winning
the vacant World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) All Africa Super
Feather...
In a time where the
arrival of summer no
longer means that
boxing goes on hiatus,
fans of the sport will
get a chance to
witness some quality
match-ups when two
interesting...
A former WBF All
Africa Welterweight
Champion and the
reigning WBF
International Super
Welterweight titlist
going in, Egyptian
star Andreas Valavanis
won the vacant
World...
Current World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
International Super
Welterweight Champion
Andreas Valavanis will
return to his natural
weight class to fight
for the vacant WBF
Intercont...
On a big night of
championship boxing
promoted by Sauerland
Event at the
Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
in Ludwigshafen,
Germany, World Boxing
Federation (WBF)...
Bethuel Ushona, the
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Welterweight Champion,
snatched Fighter Of
The Month honors for
June 2017 on the very
last day of the
month...
In the main event of a
show appropriately
titled “Defending My
National Pride”, World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) World
Welterweight Champion
Bethuel Ushona
successfully...
Very recently the WBF
became part of the
very exclusive and
limited group of
sanctioning
organizations legally
accepted by the
Spanish sports
ministry and the
Spanish...
The Cape Sun Hotel in
Cape Town, South
Africa hosted a night
of entertaining
professional boxing on
Friday June 23,
headlined by two
fights for vacant
World Boxing
Feder...
On Saturday July 8 at
the
Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
in Ludwigshafen,
Germany, undefeated
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Womens World
Lightweight Champion...
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Welterweight Champion
Bethuel Ushona, 35-5-1
(19), from Namibia
will make the first
defense of his title
against Russian...
Following up on the
strict WBF anti-doping
policy recently
announced via this
website, Howard
Goldberg, President of
the World Boxing
Federation (WBF) today
met with the...
24-year-old Leonie
Giebel won the vacant
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Womens Eurasia Super
Featherweight title on
Saturday night, June
10, when she
comprehensively...
It was a highly
anticipated event for
professional boxing in
Switzerland as local
favourite Patrick
Kinigamazi took on
Argentinian Juan Jose
Farias for the vacant
World Boxing...
German national Super
Featherweight Champion
Leonie Giebel will
attempt to move closer
to world championship
level when she fights
for the vacant World
Boxing Fed...
Having already won
French national and
European titles at
Super Featherweight,
Angelique Duchemin
from France moved down
to Featherweight for
her crowning moment...
In what is a very rare
occasion for boxing in
Switzerland, a world
title fight takes
place on June 9 in
Geneva, as Patrick
Kinigamazi squares off
with Juan Jose Farias
for the...
Undefeated Oshin
Derieuw put on a
master-class on
Saturday night at the
Salle Marcel Dufour in
Louvroil, France,
beating compatriot
Marion Montanari to
win the vacant...
Former World
Title-Challenger
Martin Antonio Coggi
delighted his
enthusiastic fans at
Club Almafuerte in San
Martin, Buenos Aires
in Argentina on
Saturday night...
In her most recent
outing, last December,
Marion Montanari lost
a razor-thin split
decision to Isabelle
Pare in a hotly
contested battle for
the French national
title. Just before...
The World Boxing
Federation (WBF) has
today announced a
unanimous board
decision to tighten up
the battle against
doping in boxing,
effective immediately...
The World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
crowned three new
champions on Friday
night, May 12, as
women’s world title
fights were main
events on shows in two
different cities in...
When Argentina’s
former world
title-challenger
Martin Antonio Coggi,
33-7-3 (16), enters
the ring to fight
Frenchman Lyes Chaibi,
15-10-2 (3), for the
vacant World...
Another top-class
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
women’s world
championship fight
will take place on
Friday May 12 in
Royan, France, as
former French national
champion Ericka...
Former World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Womens World
Featherweight Champion
Stephanie Ducastel
from France will be
attempting to become a
two-weight champion on...
Alessandro Riguccini
from Italy won the World
Boxing Federation
(WBF)
World Lightweight
title on April 22 in
Rosarito, Mexico, and
is
the WBF Boxer of the
Month for...
In what is a rematch
of their 2016 original
encounter, Filipinos
Jake Bornea and
Renerio “Amazing”
Arizale will square
off for the vacant
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)...
The World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
crowned a new World
Lightweight Champion
on Saturday night,
April 22, when Italian
Alessandro Riguccini
beat Mexican Jesus
Antonio...
Unbeaten contender
Alessandro Riguccini
is set to fight
veteran Jesus Antonio
“Chito” Rios for the
vacant World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Lightweight title
on...
With Jerome Vilmain
promoting, the Hall
des Sports Pierre
Gaspard in Epernay,
France hosted two
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) title
fights on Saturday
night, April 15...
Martin Antonio Coggi
came up short in a
close fight for the
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Light Welterweight
title against
Christopher Sebire in
France last October...
Undefeated Moroccan
Rachid Jkitou won the
vacant World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Light Heavyweight
title on Saturday
night, April 8, when
he overcame American
Sha...
Otherwise known for
being the base of some
of the worlds largest
Champagne brands,
boxing will take
centre stage in
Epernay, France on
Saturday April 15. Two
World Boxing...
Germany-based
Dominican Rafael
Bejaran is the new
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Super Welterweight
Champion after winning
the vacant title on
Sunday night...
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Intercontinental
Cruiserweight Champion
Sefer Seferi made a
successful first
defense of his title
Saturday night, April
1, at the...
Newly crowned World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) World
Middleweight Champion
Diego Diaz Gallardo
from Argentina is the
WBF Boxer of the Month
for March 2017.
Gallardo...
Three World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Championship fights
found winners on
Friday night, March
31. One in
Fort-de-France,
Martinique, and two in
Cape Town, South
Afri...
When undefeated Rachid
Jkitou takes on
American Shawn Miller
for the vacant World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) World Light
Heavyweight title on
Saturday April 8 at
the Mazagan...
Some fights appear
more promising than
others. You cant
necessarily explain
why, but for whatever
reason certain
encounters are just
extra fascinating, and
has a little extra...
Viviane Obenauf gave
her fans plenty to
cheer about on
Saturday night, March
25, when she won the
vacant World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Womens International
Lightwe...
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Intercontinental
Cruiserweight Champion
Sefer Seferi will
return to his real
weight-class and
defend his title on
Saturday April 1 in...
Argentinian challenger
Diego Diaz Gallardo,
20-5-1 (11), has gone
through a hard
training-camp, and
insists that he is
fully ready and
capable of dethroning
World Boxing
Federation...
Both World Boxing
Federation (WBF) male
and female World
Bantamweight titles
will be on the line on
Friday March 31, when
Lyon Promotions, Dream
Team Promotions and...
With and ending more
clinical than
exciting, Erzen
Rrustemi won the
vacant World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Heavyweight title on
Saturday night, March
18, when he...
After losing decisions
to Italian Vissia
Trovato, who went on
to become European and
World Champion, and
Olympic Gold medallist
and five-time world
amateur champion Katie...
Boxing is filled with
examples of boxers who
started their careers
off well, but then
everything unravelled
once they lost for the
first time.
30-year-old Frenchman
Mickael Lac...
Underdog Arnold Garde
scored the biggest
victory of his career
on Sunday, March 12,
when he won the vacant
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) Asia
Pacific Light
Fly...
Segolene “Majestic”
Lefebvre put on a very
impressive performance
on Friday night, March
10, when she captured
the vacant World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) Womens World...
When Sauerland
Promotion opens the
doors at Ceres Arena
in Aarhus, Denmark on
Saturday March 18, one
of the featured
attractions of the
night will be a fight
for the...
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) Womens
World Atomweight
Champion
Mayela "La Cobrita"
Perez
from
Mexico is the
WBF Boxer of the Month
for
February 2017.
Perez won the...
Philippines national
Strawweight Champion
Ronie “Ultimate
Warrior” Tanallon will
step up a division on
Sunday March 12 to
fight for the vacant
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) Asia...
Three new World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
International
Champions were crowned
on Sunday night,
February 26, at the
Lagao Gym in General
Santos City,
Philippines...
Mexican veteran Mayela
“La Cobrita” Perez
captured the vacant
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Womens World
Atomweight title on
Saturday night,
February 18, at the
Are...
In her most recent
outing, last November,
undefeated Segolene
Lefebvre from France
won the vacant World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) Womens
Intercontinental Super...
Undefeated teenage
sensation Maryan
Salazar (18) is set to
jump in at the deep
end on Saturday,
February 18, when she
fights fellow Mexican,
and former world
title-challenger...
In the main event of a
self-promoted show at
the EMKA Sportzentrum
in Velbert, Germany,
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
International
Heavyweight Champion
Werner Kreisk...
Sanman Promotions
presents Laban
Pinoy 3: Rise Of
Champions on
Sunday February 26 at
the Lagao Gymnasium in
General Santos City,
Philippines, featuring...
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) Womens
International Super
Middleweight
Champion
Femke Hermans
from
Belgium is
the WBF Boxer of the
Month for
January 2017.
Hermans won...
Streaking local
veteran Werner
Kreiskott is set to
make the first defense
of his World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
International
Heavyweight title on
Saturday February 11...
Belgium’s Femke
Hermans continued her
speedy climb towards
the top on Saturday
night, January 21,
when she defeated
Borislava Goranova
from Bulgaria to win
the...
25-year-old Frenchman
Mohamed Ayyad will
step up his
competition on
Saturday February 4,
when he takes on
Mikheil Avakyan from
Georgia for the vacant
World Boxing...
If you are a close
follower of women´s
professional boxing,
you may or may not be
familiar with Femke
Hermans. In any case,
the undefeated
26-year-old from
Londerzeel, Bel...
Who are the WBF
2016 Fighters of the
Year and Newcomers of
the Year, and which
WBF fights were the
best of 2016? Who is
honored with the
Trainer, Promoter...
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Cruiserweight Champion
Taylor Mabika
from Gabon is the WBF
Boxer of the Month for
December 2016. Mabika
won the WBF World
title...
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