Shakhoibidin Zoirov: record, next fight and profile →
TORONTO, ON—It’s been a fairytale first five months for Lee Reeves in his professional boxing career. On April 20, it’s only going to get better. On the heels of a spectacular performance at Madison Square Garden in New York City on St. Patrick’s Day, the welterweight prospect Reeves has earned a headlining slot on the annual Lee Baxter Promotions 4/20 event at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto.
Olympic champion Shakhobidin Zoirov is keen to get started on translating his amateur success to the professional ranks after signing with MTK Global. The Uzbek was a standout name in a haul of elite signings that included his compatriot Hurshid Tojibaev and Kazakh stars Sultan Zaurbek and Azhbenov Nurtas.
This week sees former champion Amir Khan inaugurate the completion of a brand-new Orphan Village complex located in the West coast region of The Gambia in West Africa. The state of the art Orphan Village has been created by the UK based humanitarian charity, Penny Appeal, working in conjunction with the Amir Khan Foundation.
The 2016 Rio-de-Janeiro Summer Olympics have come to an end, effectively ending what was a special Olympic boxing tourney in more than one way. Putting a much more detailed and thorough analysis aside (for this moment), the last day of the Olympics presents everyone with a very good reason for a medal count by countries. This year the results were both predictable and sensational.
If there was a safe bet during the Rio Olympics, it was that USA Boxing's Claressa Shields would walk away with gold. She didn't disappoint, defeating Netherlands' Nouchka Fontijn via unanimous decision during the last day of the Olympics.
Another American man is out of the Olympic boxing tournament with a solid performance and a lesson for the future. Flyweight Antonio Vargas lost on his 20th birthday Monday, dropping a unanimous decision to Uzbekistan's Shakhoibidin Zoirov.