There are no formal weight categories in Dambe. Fighters are mainly matched on age and size. An ancient sport where broken jaws or ribs are the signs of victory. You might think boxing. Or perhaps ...

Pakistan, June 30 -- The first strikes in Dambe are thrown before the boxers even leave their house. Fighters don charms and amulets, dye their fist or even score their arm with a razor, inserting ...

In Kano, Nigeria, one of Africa's oldest martial traditions is still alive. Known as Dambe, this brutal bare-knuckle combat ...

Dambe is a traditional sport in Hausa communities in northern Nigeria, but it is gaining popularity across the world through the internet As the sun sets on Kano city a golden glow descends on Nigeria ...

Dambe is a martial art sport in Nigeria where the aim is to knockout an opponent with a one-armed strike. Nigerian photographer August Udoh captured the boxers who compete. The fighters captured in ...

Poised like a scorpion with one bound fist ready to strike, the Dambe fighter glared at his opponent, daring him to make the first move. Dressed in just shorts and an amulet made of black leather and ...

Global economic changes, characterized, among others, by the professionalism of some leading sports such as football and basketball, are permeating African traditional sports. Uthman Abubakar of the ...

Fighters don charms and amulets, dye their fist or even score their arm with a razor, inserting traditional medicine before it scars over -- all guaranteed to protect them in the ring or deliver a ...

Dambe is a martial art sport in Nigeria where the aim is to knockout an opponent with a one-armed strike. Nigerian photographer August Udoh captured the boxers who compete. The fighters captured in ...

An ancient sport where broken jaws or ribs are the signs of victory. You might think boxing. Or perhaps martial arts. But what of 'Dambe'? A brutal style of combat, Dambe is a traditional sport ...