
Anthony Yarde underwhelms on BOXXER debut in London
Anthony Yarde, now 26-3 (24 KOs) made an underwhelming start to life on BOXXER and Sky Sports with a hard-fought win over the game Ralfs Vilcans (17-2, 7 KOs).
Thulani Mbenge: record, next fight and profile →

Anthony Yarde, now 26-3 (24 KOs) made an underwhelming start to life on BOXXER and Sky Sports with a hard-fought win over the game Ralfs Vilcans (17-2, 7 KOs).

Parc des Expositions in Nantes, France - In his third appearance of the year, top rated super middleweight contender Christian Mbilli (23-0, 20 KOs) continued to inch closer to a world title shot with a ten round unanimous decision over veteran Vaughn Alexander (17-7-1, 10 KOs).

French super middleweight Christian Mbili (22-0) meets American Vaughn Alexander (17-6-1) in a scheduled ten-rounder on December 17 at the XXL Arena in Nantes (France). Mbili is ranked # 2 by the WBC.

Ludumo Lamati remained unbeaten Saturday night, defeating Jose Estrada Garcia by majority decision at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, South Africa. One judge scored the bout 114-114, while the other two judges scored the bout 116-112 and 115-113 for Lamati, who improves to 18-0-1, 10 knockouts and won a vacant IBO super bantamweight world title.

This past July 6th, a fairytale of sorts took place in Sebastian Formella's home town of Hamburg, Germany. The undefeated thirty-two year-old ripped the IBO welterweight world championship away from South Africa's Thulani Mbenge. It was a twelve-round fight-of-the-year contender that left fans in the arena and watching on TV firmly on the edge of their seats. A couple of months after his career-defining victory, Formella took some time to reflect on that night and talk about his future plans, translated by Steffen Soltau.

Thulani "Evolution" Mbenge and his camp have revealed they regret their decision to fight Sebastian Formella in his backyard of Hamburg after the South African lost his IBO welterweight world title as he dropped a very close points decision to his German challenger.

Hamburg, Germany - Welterweight contender Sebastian "Hafen Basti" Formella (21-0) upset IBO champ Thulani Mbenga (15-1) and won a close points victory to capture the title in the headliner of EC Boxing´s show at the CU Hall.

Thulani Mbenge has passed every significant test thus far in his career. He faces another stiff test and on foreign soil, but an impressive victory could lead to more lucrative opportunities later this year and in 2020. Mbenge will face Sebastian Formella in a clash of unbeaten welterweights Saturday night at the CU Arena Neugraben in Hamburg, Germany.

IBO welterweight champ South African Thulani Mbenge (15-0, 12 KOs) defends the title on July 7 in Hamburg (Germany) against Sebastian Formella (20-0, 10 KOs) on an EC Boxing Promotion. Formella works in the huge port in Hamburg and is a big ticketseller. He is a very good boxer but may lack to punch to make it all the way.

Thabiso Mchunu vowed there would be no repeat. Revenge was on his mind, and revenge is what he got as he pounded Tommy Oosthuizen in as superb a display of boxing as there’s been in a South African ring, at Emperors Palace on Saturday night.