By Marcus Richardson: WBO World bantamweight champion Zolani Tete (26-3, 21 KOs) will be making his next defense against 42-year-old former 2 division world champion Andres ‘El Huracan’ Narvaez (48-2-, 25 KOs) on April 21 at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
By Tim Royner: WBO bantamweight champion Zolani Tete (26-3, 21 KOs) has suffered a calf injury and he won’t be able to defend his title against 42-year-old Omar Andres Narvaez (47-2-2, 25 KOs) on the February 10 fight card at the Copper Box Arena in London, England.
By Marcus Richardson: Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue (15-0, 13 KOs) has the option of fighting for the WBO bantamweight title right away against champion Zolani Tete (26-3, 21 KOs) when he moves up to the 118-lb. division this year.
By Jeff Aranow: WBO super flyweight champion Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue (15-0, 13 KOs) reportedly is more than happy to face WBO bantamweight champion Zolani Tete (26-3, 18 KOs) in 2018 in the UK.
If Inoue challenges Tete for his WBO bantamweight title in his first fight in the 118lb weight class in 2018, it would show some real courage on his part. Tete is a much bigger puncher than the weaker punchers that Inoue has been beating at 115.
By Tim Royner: WBO bantamweight champion Zolani Tete is interested in facing 2-division world champion Naoya Inoue once he moves up in weight to the 118-lb. division in 2018. Inoue, 24, announced the news that he plans on vacating his WBO super flyweight title after he defends it this Saturday night against #7 WBO Yoan Boyeaux (41-4, 26 KOs) on December 30 at the Bunka Gym in Yokohama, Japan.
By Gav Duthie: There were some good fights in another solid year for British boxing. Here are my top 5 fighters of 2017 in the UK. Honorable mentions go to Lee Selby who had 3 solid wins in the year, Tony Bellew for beating David Haye and Kal Yafai for is two title defenses against Japanese opposition.
By Jeff Aranow: The management WBO bantamweight champion Zolani Tete (26-3, 21 KOs) and Omar Narvaez (47-2-2, 25 KOs) have reportedly reached an agreement in their negotiations for a fight that could take place in London, UK in February.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO bantamweight champion Zolani Tete (26-3, 21 KOs) will be defending his title next against his #1 WBO mandatory challenger 42-year-old former 2 division world champion Omar Narvaez (47-2-2. 25 KOs) next). There’s a purse bid scheduled on Friday.
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn says he will NOT make the unification fight between IBF/WBC bantamweight champion Ryan Burnett (18-0, 9 KOs) and WBO champion Zolani Tete (26-3, 21 KOs) right now, because it’s a tough fight for Ryan and he wants to secure his financial future before he puts him in a risky fight like that.
By Jeff Aranow: WBO bantamweight champion Zolani Tete (26-3, 21 KOs) made quick work of #3 WBO Sibonisio Gonya (11-2, 5 KOs) in stopping him in the first 11 seconds of round 1 on Saturday night at The SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland.