Boxe : Souleymane Cissokho, a fight in Africa to "get closer to the myth Mohamed Ali"

The bronze medallist at the Rio Olympics and still undefeated after 17 professional battles, the Frenchman competed in a WBC World semifinal of welters this Saturday in Equatorial Guinea.

Souleymane Cissokho. Combien va-t-il gagner pour son combat contre Kavaliauskas ?

Souleymane Cissokho affronte Egidijus Kavaliauskas, ce samedi soir. Direction le Centre de Conférence de Sipopo à Malabo en Guinée équatoriale, ce samedi en soirée, pour le prochain combat de Souleymane Cissokho. Le champion olympique de Rio 2016 poursuit son ascension dans la catégorie des super-welters en affrontant le Lituanien Egidijus Kavaliauskas, en demi-finale des championnats WBC des welters (–66,678kg). Outre d’offrir au vainqueur un s…

Boxing is one of the most international sports. This Saturday, Malabo will host an event of transcendence. Equatorial Guinea, which remained under Spanish rule until 1968, the exotic scenario chosen for the duel between Frenchman Souleymane Cissokho and Lithuanian Egidijus Kavaliauskas. At stake will be an intermediate title of the WBC, Silver, and above all, will bring the World Cup Welter closer to the winner. Television support has made it po…

The Year of Africa: Souleymane Cissokho and Egidijus Kavaliauskas ready to climb the ring Souleymane Cissokho, originally from Dakar, Senegal, World Council Silver Welter champion [...]