Archive - Jan 15, 2012
Awesome Shihepo wins in first round
Submitted by editor on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 13:30.Wilbeforce Shihepo gave an awesome performance to knock out Janos Olah of Hungary in the first round of their Super Middleweight fight in Offenburg, Germany on Saturday night.
Shihepo dominated the fight from the start and put Olah down with a straight right punch midway through the first round. Olah managed to beat the count, but Shihepo was all over him and once again dropped him to the canvas with a tremendous right uppercut.
Olah once again got up but he was clearly unsteady on his feet and the referee called an end to the fight about 2 minutes into the first round.
Britz joins Tour d’Afrique
Submitted by editor on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 11:30.
Namibian, Alaric Britz is one of 45 cyclists that took off from the majestic Pyramids of Giza, close to Cairo on Saturday morning with the soul aim of reaching Cape Town in four months’ time and the honour of calling themselves cross-continental cyclists.
Riders set out on the first stage of this, the longest timed stage race in the world, early on Saturday and completed 134km to reach their first desert camp. The next seven days will see them covering more than 1000km as they gradually travel further south toward the
Sudan and ever closer to their final destination, Cape Town.
Moses to challenge Burns
Submitted by editor on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 08:38.
Paulus The Hitman Moses will challenge Ricky Burns for the WBO interim lightweight title in Glascow, Scotland on March 10.
According to fightnews.com, Burns, who became Scotland’s first two-weight world champion in twenty years when he sensationally defeated Michael Katsidis last year, will make the first defence of the title on home soil after a year on the road.
Moses has no problem in travelling to challenge Burns in his backyard after winning the WBA world title in Japan against Yusuke Kobori in 2009.
Tour d’Afrique sets off
Submitted by editor on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 08:30.
Riders from all over the world have signed up for the spectacular annual bicycle event, the Tour d’Afrique which is celebrating its 10th birthday this year.
On Saturday, January 14th these riders left the pyramids in Cairo behind and started their 12 000km journey across the African continent which finishes 4 months later in Cape Town, South Africa.
“It is hard to believe that the 10th Tour d'Afrique is about to start,” says company founder and environmental activist, Henry Gold.