With Naoya Inoue’s victory over Stephen Fulton last July, Paul Butler's silver lining shines just a little brighter. Having lost only to the very best of the best, Butler finds his confidence brimming ahead of his May 11 fight with Norbelto Jimenez.
The boxing future of former world champion Zolani Tete is unknown, and likely could be over, after he was hit with a four year doping ban by UKAD.
Zolani Tete will not have the luxury of fighting at home while attempting to clear his name abroad. The Boxing South Africa (BSA) commission has officially suspended Tete’s boxing license in-country, while the former two-division titlist remains under investigation for a drug testing violation through the United Kingdom Anti-Doping (UKAD) agency.
Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions have issued an official statement with respect to the recent overseas reports of former world champion Zolani Tete testing positive for a banned substance in connection with his July fight with Jason Cunningham.
What’s left of Zolani Tete’s career is in jeopardy. According to a report published Monday by The Daily Dispatch, a South African newspaper, the former WBO bantamweight champion faces a possible four-year ban because he tested positive for a banned substance around the
THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION is about to get very interesting when it explodes fully back into life post August 20. Three of the belts have effectively been parked up since the end of 2020 when Anthony Joshua recorded victory over Kubrat Pulev in London. After this point, Oleksandr Usyk was the next mandatory challenger at the back end of August 2021 but, due to Joshua continually being insulated against the cost of defeat, we are still waiting for this engagement to come to a conclusion.
Two-weight world champion Zolani Tete put himself within sight of another world title shot as he knocked out Jason Cunningham in the fourth round of the Commonwealth super-bantamweight title fight on the Joyce-Hammer bill at Wembley.
Cunningham, Tete Weights Wembley Photos Gallery - JASON CUNNINGHAM WILL take on the biggest challenge of his career when he goes up against South African superstar Zolani Tete at the OVO Arena, Wembley on July 2, with world heavyweight contender Joe Joyce also featuring on a bumper card filled with must win fights, it’s High Stakes, live on BT Sport.
Joe Joyce is ready to shake off some ring rust as he remains on the verge of a heavyweight title run. The unbeaten London-bred heavyweight returns to the ring for the first time in nearly a year, as he faces Germany’s Christian Hammer. Their scheduled twelve-round regional heavyweight title fight headlines a show that will air live on BT Sport in the UK and ESPN+ in the U.S. from Wembley’s OVO Arena.
Cunningham, Tete Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - JASON CUNNINGHAM WILL take on the biggest challenge of his career when he goes up against South African superstar Zolani Tete at the OVO Arena, Wembley on July 2, with world heavyweight contender Joe Joyce also featuring on a bumper card filled with must win fights, it’s High Stakes, live on BT Sport.