Ghana’s Duke ‘Baby Face Assasin’ Micah is set to make a return to the ring after a year lay off. The promising bantamweight (22-0, 18 KOs) has signed with co-managers Keith Connolly and Michael Amoo Bediako, who also co-manage IBF World lightweight champion Richard Commey. Connolly confirmed the news in an interview with ESPN on Saturday, July 27, 2019. Micah has fought his last two bouts in New York when he was with Evander Holyfield’s now-defunct Real Deal Promotions. Connolly said they are aligning Michah with Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions and his first bout of the deal will be in August or September. Micah’s last fight was against Thomas Snow in which he won via a split decision.

(CNN) - Russian boxer Maxim Dadashev has died in a US hospital after his fight with Puerto Rico's Subriel Matias. The fight was on Friday in Maryland. Dadashev was 28 years old. The fight was on Friday in Maryland. Dadashev was 28 years old. "Top Rank is devastated to report that Maxim Dadashev passed away earlier this morning due to injuries sustained during last Friday's bout," Dadashev's promoter, Top Rank, said in a statement. "Maxim was a talented fighter inside the ring and a loving husband and father outside the ropes. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends." "Maxim was a terrific young man," added Top Rank founder and CEO Bob Arum. "We are all saddened and affected by his untimely death." Dadashev and Matias fought at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland on Friday night. The winner of the fight would've been the mandatory challenger to Josh Taylor for his title belt. Dadashev's trai...

Tarkwa based Voks Management and Promotions Syndicate, a premier sports management company, is set to sign one of Ghana’s young promising boxers in Richman Ashiley come Friday the 5th July, 2019, at the Bronx Boxing Gym, Jamestown in Accra-Ghana. The ceremonial signature event is scheduled to commence at exactly 2:30 PM. The Chief Executive Officer of the Bronx Boxing Club, Carl Lokko disclosed this exclusively to boxingghana.com, after his ground-breaking business deals a fortnight ago in the United Kingdom. The Tarkwa based firm is the newest addition of astute firms that are constantly being attracted by the Bronx Boxing Gym in recent times. Richman Ashiley is an exciting young world title prospect who has so far chalked 28 rounds of professional boxing with an appreciable record of 8 wins, 7 by way of knockouts and one disqualification lose, which came by way of an accident. The Jamestown native made his debut two years ago against James Quartey on August 9, at the Secon...