The Malawi Professional Boxing Control Board wants international boxer, Isaac ‘Golden boy’ Chilemba, to have a fight in his native home Malawi before he retires. Chilemba has a number of bouts before hanging up his gloves and he has been wishing to have one of his fights in Malawi but the past government kept giving […]
The Malawi Professional Boxing Control Board (MPBCB) has asked the boxing fraternity in the country to continue supporting South African based Malawian boxer Isaac ‘Golden Boy’ Chilemba despite his recent defeat to Russian Dimitry Bivol. Chilemba who is the reigning champion for World Boxing Association (WBA) challenged Bivol for the WBC belt in a fight that […]
Malawi’s pride in boxing, Isaac ‘Golden Child’ Chilemba next fight, after beating Australian Blake Caparello by a 12 round unanimous decision of their world light heavyweight title last March, will next take on Russian Dmitry Bivol in a WBA light heavyweight title against on August 4. According to www.boxingnews24.com, the deal for this fight, to be televised on HBO World Championship Boxing from […]
President Peter Mutharika has congratulated boxing icon Isaac ‘Golden Boy’ Chilemba for winning the double-header World Boxing Council (WBC) and WBA Oceania international light-heavyweight title fight against Australian Blake Caparello on unanimous points decision on Friday. In a press statement issued osigned by presidential press secretary Mgeme Kalilani, President Mutharika is “proud” of Chilembs, who in […]
Malawi pugilist Isaac ‘Golden Boy’ Chilemba on Friday defeated Australian Blake Caparello in front of his home fans to claim fthe WBA Oceania and WBC International titles at the Melbourne Pavilion in Flemingo, Australia. Chilemba was declared winner by judges on on unanimous points decision. All the three judges scored 117-111, 115-113 and 115-113 for Chilemba. […]
Revered South African based Malawian boxer Isaac ‘Golden Boy’ Chilemba on Saturday night lost to Oleksandr Gvozdyk of Ukrain and said he was “devastated” with the defeat. Gvozdyk methodically out-boxed Chilemba until the Malawi’s ‘Golden Boy’ couldn’t continue after nine rounds due to an arm injury . Ukraine’s Gvozdyk (12-0, 10 KOs) had bloodied Chilemba’s […]
Malawi’s ‘Golden Boy’ Isaac Chilemba has responded to a newspaper on President Peter Mutharika’s light hearted comments that he is fit and well to challenge the boxing icon to a 12-round non title bout. Mutharika joked about the bout during the news conference last Friday to fend off rumours of his health. The President said he was in […]
Malawian boxer Isaac Chilemba lost to Russian Sergey Kovalev on Monday night through points — 117-110, 116-111 and 118-109 in Ekaterinburg, Russia during their WBA Super, WBO and IBF world light-heavyweight titles. But media reports suggest that Chilemba forced Kovalev to go the distance for just the fourth time in his career by recovering from […]
Malawi’s South Africa-based boxer, Isaac ‘Golden Boy’ Chilemba told his opponent ahead of Monday’s WBA Super, WBO and IBF world light-heavyweight titles fight that he has stumbled and fallen before in his career but he knows how to pick himself up. According to www.boxingnewsonline.net the 29-year-old Chilemba (24-3-2-KO10), told a pre-fight press conference that Kovalev (29-0-1-KO26) should […]
Malawi’s sensational boxing export, ‘Golden Boy’ Isaac Chilemba is poised to write his name in the annals of history and is geared up to become the unified Light Heavyweight world champion when he takes on a hardnosed boxing Russian world champion boxer and defending IBF/WBA/WBO world champion. The Blantyre-born and bred boxing boy wonder, Isaac […]
Malawi’s South Africa-based boxer, Isaac ‘Golden Boy’ Chilemba is determined to punish Russian Sergey Kovalev for his “total disrespect” when the two square up against each other in the WBA Super, WBO and IBF world light-heavyweight titles in Ekaterinburg, Russia. According to Sky Sports, what angered the 29-year-old Chilemba (24-3-2-KO10), is that Kovalev (29-0-1-KO26) is treating […]
Malawian boxer Isaac Chilemba takes on Russian Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev on Monday in Ekaterinburg, Russia for which boxing pundits describe as a mismatch for Kovalev, who is IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion. But Chilemba (24-3-2, 10 KOs) is unfazed and told the media that he is going to give his opponent, Kovalev (29-0-1, 26 KOs), hell and promises […]
Malawi’s boxer Isaac Chilemba lost the most important fight of his life on points to a Canadian boxer Averez. Averez outpointed Isaac Chilemba via scores of 114-114, 118-110 and 115-113 on Saturday in the co-feature on Showtime at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada. With the win, Alvarez (19-0, 10 KOs) became the No. […]
Joe Thomas Nyirongo, a Mzuzu-based boxer trading under the banner Aunt Tina Boxing Promotions, has said Malawi has a lot of talent in boxing which is yet to be unearthed. Nyirongo, popularly known as Big Joe by boxing fanatics and peers in Mzuzu, said it was sad that government was not investing enough in boxing. […]
Malawia’s boxing gem Isaac Chilemba handed Russian boxer Vasily Lipkhin his first defeat in one sided affair on the undercard of Sergey Kovalec-Jean Pascal fight on Saturday in Montreal, Canada. Chilemba won with a unanimous decision as one judge scored (100-90) and two judges 99-91 to underline his call for world title fight. “Light heavyweight contender Isaac […]
Malawi’s South Africa based boxer Isaac Chilemba faces a Russian opponent in the light-heavyweight Vasily Lipkhin in Montreal Canada. The bout is an eliminator for winner of the main bout between Sergey Kovalev and former champion Jean Pascal. ESPN, Main Events and Interbox announced that the 10 round Chilemba-Lipikhni bout will open the HBO televised […]
Malawi’s light heavyweight boxer Isaac ‘Golden Boy’ Chilemba has said he felt good and enjoyed his knockout victory against Cory Cummings in a fight that took place in the morning hours of Sunday at Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City in the United States of America. This was Chilemba’s first knockout victory after 15 bouts and he […]
Malawian boxer Isaac Golden Boy Chilemba returns to the ring in Atlanta, US in a non-title bout against Cory Black Ice Cummings of US. According to boxingscene.com the Malawian boxer based in South Africa will co-feature in the second fight between fellow Main Events stable Krusher Kovalev and Blake Caparello. Chilemba said he would take the bout […]