On Friday August 30 at
the Wynberg Military
Base in Cape Town,
South Africa,
Angola-born but
locally based World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) All Africa
Welterweight...
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Womens World Super
Welterweight Champion
Noni Tenge, 19-1-1
(10), will make the
third defense of her
title on Sunday August
25 at the...
When the fourth World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) World Convention
takes place between
November 7 and
November 10 at the
Parkhotel in
Oberhausen, Germany,
one of the
...
Its
hard to tell, but
undefeated World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) Womens World
Lightweight Champion
Nicole Wesner from
Germany is 41 years
old. Still she is on
top of her...
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Super Featherweight
Champion Patrick
Kinigamazi, 31-2 (4),
is not, by any stretch
of the imagination,
the hardest puncher in
the world...
Austria-based German
Nicole Wesner retained
the World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Womens World
Lightweight title for
the fifth time on
Saturday night, July
6, in the main event
of...
Travis Hanshaw put on
one of the best
performances of his
career, moving down
from Light
Heavyweight, where he
held the WBF
Intercontinental
title, to win the
vacant WBF...
Travis “Rattlesnake”
Hanshaw won the vacant
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Super Middleweight
title in impressive
fashion on Saturday
night, June 29...
The longest reigning
current World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
titlist, Womens
Lightweight Champion
Nicole Wesner, is
dedicating her fifth
title-defense, set for
July 6 in Vienna...
The World Boxing
Federation (WBF) is
saddened by the
resignation of Vice
President Jean-Marcel
Nartz, who, due to
health reasons, has
decided to retire from
boxing at the...
Reigning World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Intercontinental Light
Heavyweight ruler
Travis Hanshaw, 14-1-1
(7), is set to move
down a weight-class to
fight for the vacant
WBF...
Its been three months
since the 2019 World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) World Convention
in Oberhausen, Germany
from November 7 - 10
was officially
announced...
On Friday night, June
14, in Mexicali,
Mexico, two new World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) Champions were
crowned in co-featured
bouts on a big show
promoted by Juan
Carlos...
Japanese teenage
sensation Ayumu
“Flaco” Hanada, still
only seventeen, took
home the vacant World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) Asia Pacific
Flyweight title on
Sunday...
Laetitia Arzalier from
France is now a
two-time, two-weight
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Womens World Champion
after defeating
veteran compatriot
Anne Sophie Da Costa...
He took the
fight on very short
notice, but prevailed
in style and became
the World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Super Welterweight
Champion on May 24 in
Cairo, Egypt...
Two former French
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Champions will clash
for the vacant WBF
Womens World Flyweight
title on Saturday June
8, headlining a show
at...
Undefeated Dutch
Champion Ben Tingen
added the World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Intercontinental
Cruiserweight title to
his resume on Saturday
night, May 25, at De
Bonte...
It was nothing short
of a real life Rocky
Story on Friday night
in Cairo, Egypt, when
late substitute Lasha
Gurguliani stepped in
to face local hero
Andreas Valavanis for
the...
Five World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
regional championship
fights are currently
scheduled for the
month of June 2019,
taking place in
Mexico, Japan and
China. It all kicks
off on...
South Africa´s
Tholumusa Ngema
travelled into his
opponents back-yard to
win the World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
International Super
Bantamweight title on
Friday...
Saturday May 25 will
see World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
championship fights
taking place in Assen
in The Netherlands and
Tijuana, Mexico. Both
bouts will feature...
A little bit of
history is set to be
made, as the World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) will sanction
its first championship
fight in Botswana,
when local man
Tshepang Babui squares
off...
Outstanding and
undefeated German
Sarah Bormann is the
new World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Womens World Light
Flyweight Champion
after winning the
vacant title
against...
When an underdog
dethrones an
undefeated reigning
champion, in the
champions home-town
even, it is very hard
to not pay special
attention to that
achievement. And
that's...
The World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
continues to mourn the
passing of our
Executive Director and
dear brother Olaf
Schroeder and he will
never be forgotten.
The WBF...
It
is with great sadness
that I say goodbye to
my colleague, partner,
friend, executive
director and amazing
brother, Olaf
Schroeder, who passed
away peacefully last
night...
Due to our Executive
Director and European
Chairman Olaf
Schroeder suddenly
falling ill over the
past weekend, he is
currently unavailable
and we ask all who has
dealings...
Former three-belt
World Champion Ji Hyun
Park from South Korea
stayed on track for a
potential shot at a
fourth world title on
Saturday, April 13,
when she retained the
World...
Undefeated World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) Womens World
Super Bantamweight
Champion Segolene
Lefebvre retained her
title for the fourth
time on Friday night,
April 12...
Former World Champion
Ji Hyun Park makes her
first defense of the
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
International
Strawweight title on
Saturday April 13,
headlining a card
at...
Nozipho Bell from
South Africa is the
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) Boxer
of the Month for March
2019, after she
dethroned then WBF
World Featherweight
Champion...
Nozipho Bell is the
new World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Womens World
Featherweight
Champion, after she
took the title from
defending title-holder
Unathi Myekeni on
Friday...
When original opponent
Djemilla Gontaruk
pulled out on short
notice, World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Womens World Super
Featherweight Champion
Licia Boudersa was...
Segolene Lefebvre and
Mehdi Mouhib will face
tough challengers when
they defend their
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
titles at familiar
stomping grounds,
headlining a...
More than 5000
spectators watched at
the MHP Arena in
Ludwigsburg, Germany,
and many more on TV in
Slovenia, as Ema Kozin
became a two-weight
World Boxing
Fed...
French World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Womens World Super
Featherweight Champion
Licia Boudersa, 13-2-2
(3), defends her title
against former
European Champion...
A highly interesting
all-South African
clash is set for March
29 at Nongosa Jebe
Hall in New Brighton,
Port Elizabeth, when
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Womens World...
It’s that time
again…namely time for
the next, the fourth,
WBF World Convention!
To this effect, the
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) today
announced details.
According to...
World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Womens World
Middleweight Champion
Ema Kozin from
Slovenia will get a
second try at becoming
a two-weight WBF World
Champion on Saturday...
With a nickname such
as ”Baby Jake”,
honoring South African
boxing legend ”Baby”
Jake Matlala,
undefeated World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) All Africa
Featherweight...
There was no shortage
of drama on Friday
night, February 22,
when two World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
championship fights
headlined shows in
Calais, France and
Cape Town...
Undefeated World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) All Africa
Featherweight Champion
Thembani “Baby Jake”
Mbangatha, 9-0 (4),
from South Africa is
in for what is,
without...
On Friday night,
February 15, at the
Galveston in Gent,
Belgium, Elite
Promotions presented
“Elite Boxing
Superstar 2”,
headlined by two World
Boxing Federation
(WBF)...
Former World Boxing
Federation (WBF)
Champions Ali Yammouni
and Romain Tilliot,
both French, will
collide for the vacant
WBF Intercontinental
Super Welterweight
title on...
Local fan-favourite
Thomas Faure took home
the vacant World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) International
Light Heavyweight
title on Saturday
night, February 9...
Prince Patel, the
recently-crowned World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) World
Bantamweight Champion
from London, England,
is the WBF Boxer of
the Month for January
2019...
"Elite Boxing Super
Star 2" on Friday
February 15 at the
Galveston in Gent,
Belgium, promoted by
Nicolas Vinet and his
Elite Promotion, is
set to be headlined by
two World...
Saturday February 9
will see two World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) International
titles contested in
France, but in two
different cities. In
Chateauroux, by the
Indre river...
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Cruiserweight Champion
Olanrewaju Durodola,
29-6 (27), is
undoubtedly one of the
hardest punchers in
the world in his
weight-c...
The annual World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) Awards are
launched in three
parts. In part three
we announce 2018
winners of the Fighter
er of the Year, Female
Fighter of...
On Sunday night,
January 13, in
Budapest, Hungary,
Prince Patel from
London in England
captured the vacant
World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Bantamweight title...
The annual World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) Awards are
launched in three
parts. In part two we
announce 2018 winners
of the Fight of the
Year, Female Fight of
the Year...
The annual World
Boxing Federation
(WBF) Awards are
launched in three
parts. In part one we
announce winners of
the Promoter
of the Year,
Trainer of the Year,
Referee
of...
"It's a joke. I know
it's a joke, you know
it's a joke, the fans
know it's a joke,"
commented promotional
legend Bob Arum
famously, when a
sanctioning body once
introduced a...
In a clash of
southpaws, United
Kingdom´s Prince Patel
will square off with
Ronald Ramos from
Colombia for the
vacant World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Bantamweight title...
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