Leonard Ellerbe respects how Ryan Garcia has gone about building his brand. Ellerbe also was convinced even before Garcia knocked out Luke Campbell that the 22-year-old Garcia is one of the top lightweights in boxing. The Mayweather Promotions CEO still didn’t divulge much during a recent interview with FightHype.com about …

UNCASVILLE, Connecticut – Avery Sparrow expressed frustration when referee Johnny Callas stopped his fight against Rolando Romero in the seventh round Saturday night. Sparrow’s corner men requested the stoppage because of the injury to his right knee that Sparrow suffered during the previous round. The Philadelphia lightweight was way behind …

Julio Cesar Martinez will defend his WBC World Flyweight title against McWilliams Arroyo as the chief support to Canelo Alvarez’s defense of his WBC, WBA Super and Ring Magazine World Super-Middleweight titles on Saturday February 27 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, live worldwide on DAZN (except …

Some people believe Caleb Plant is the real deal. Others not so much. But it doesn’t much matter to the Tennessee-born super middleweight either way. He’s got enough belief for all y’all. “I’ll be here for a long time,” he told Boxing Scene. “I’m not chasing nobody. I’m the champion. …

 Confessions Of All African Games Gold Medalist, Gbenga Oluokun Abuja 2003 All Africa Games gold medalist, Gbenga Oluokun has revealed how he almost took his life on two occasions due to depression. The skillful boxer, who represented Nigeria at Athens 2004 Olympic Games in Greece after clinching the gold medal …

Anthony Joshua is backing a parliamentary campaign for funds to save grassroots boxing from being wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic. The world heavyweight champion is one of several leading fighters, including his potential future challenger Joe Joyce and Hitman legend Ricky Hatton, who are signatories to an appeal to …

Joshua Agboola, a 12-year-old JSS 2 student of Bellina College, Akoka, Lagos, has emerged winner of the MTN mPulse Hackathon themed ‘Beyond Covid.’ He won the competition by creating ‘Kagukar Study Buddie,’ a remote learning solution. Using Artificial Intelligence, it works as an interactive voice-activated robot that assists students to …

ADEYEMI ADEPETUN, in this report, samples the views of stakeholders in the information and communications technology (ICT)/telecoms sector. While many see huge prospects based on past performances, there is apprehension that without sound and people-friendly policies, the sector will lose the gains of the previous years.   The information and …

Fifty-one years after the Nigerian civil war, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah and First Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, among others are to share ideas at the second Never Again conference in Lagos. In a statement, chairman of the …

Innovative and customer-friendly telecommunication company 9mobile today announced the launch of its intelligent portal for instant verification to help its customers link their SIM cards with their National Identification Number (NIN).  The Online Self-Service NIN update portal www.9mobile.com.ng/nin, which has already gone live on the 9mobile website, enables subscribers to verify …