The spectacular rise of Eastern Cape boxing to international status started with a powerful and united campaign by the Daily Dispatch, local boxing associations and at least one passionate business person.
East London boxer Sivenathi Nontshinga ended over a year drought of SA boxers not winning a major crown when he beat Mexican Hector Flores to win the IBF junior flyweight world title in Hermosillo, Mexico on Sunday morning.
Naoya Inoue, a star boxer in Japan who is ESPN s No. 2 pound-for-pound boxer, and Paul Butler have agreed to terms on an undisputed bantamweight championship fight Dec. 13 in Japan, sources told ESPN s Mike Coppinger on Tuesday.