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  • Happy Boy vows  to ‘terminate’ Tiny at GOtv Boxing Night 34

    Happy Boy vows  to ‘terminate’ Tiny at GOtv Boxing Night 34

    Sodiq “Happy Boy” Adeleke has promised to unleash a war when he fights Durotimi “Tiny” Agboola for the national super bantamweight title on 26 December at GOtv Boxing Night 34.

    Adeleke, the most recent winner of the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Trophy for Best Boxer at GOtv Boxing Night 33, enters the contest is seeking to dethrone Agboola, the defending champion at the show billed for the Tafawa Balewa Square.  At the immediate past edition of the show, Adeleke went home with N1m attached to the better boxer prize. The young boxer is expected to be one of the night’s major attractions.

     “Tiny (Agboola) will be made to look tiny. I cannot afford to lose this fight. I will not lose. I am sure. This is my first title attempt and I have to make it count. It will be war. Real war. He cannot escape,” he threatened.

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    Other key contest on the night include the national lightweight challenge clash between Segun “Odi” Gbobaniyi and Tobiloba “Smiling Assassin” Ijomoni, light welterweight clash between Sodiq “Smart Lion” Suleiman and Emmanuel “Ability” Abimbola and Ezekiel “Touch” Seun’s duel with Toheeb “Full Tank” Hassan in the super bantamweight division, while Sadam “Baby Boxer” Oladipupo faces Imole “System” Oloyede in an eight-round lightweight contest.

    GOtv Boxing Night 34: Jams Festival, organized by Flykite Productions, takes place on Boxing Day and will feature live music and entertainment alongside the night’s bouts.

    Speaking about the event, Bamidele Johnson, Chief Operating Officer, Flykite Productions, said the boxing and entertainment will provide a thrilling year-end package for Lagosians.

     “The matchups announced so far reflect the level of competition we aim to deliver every December. The entertainment package that we will announce soon will also be top notch. This show has always been big and will be big this year,” said Johnson.

  • GOtv Boxing Night brings WBF title bout to Nigeria

    The 17th edition of GOtv Boxing Night (GOtv Boxing Night 17) will be headlined by the World Boxing Federation (WBF) Intercontinental super featherweight bout between Nigeria’s Seun Wahab and Tanzania’s Issa “Peche Boy” Nampepeche.

    This was announced on Thursday by the organisers at a press conference in Lagos. The WBF Intercontinental super featherweight clash entitles to the winner to take a shot at the WBF world title in the division.

    The fight is one of the two international clashes billed to take place at the event holding on 28 December at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos. The second international duel in the eight-fight line-up will see US-based Nigerian Oluwafemi “The Eagle” Oyeleye take on Meshack “Smart Boy” Mwankemwa of Tanzania in a middleweight challenge.  Also scheduled to be in action is crowd favourite, Olaide “Fijaborn” Fijabi, who will face Yusuf Mufutau in a light welterweight challenge contest.

    Fights on the card also include national lightweight challenge duels between African Boxing Union champion, Oto “Joe Boy” Joseph and Hammed “Ese” Hammed Ganiyu; Rilwan “Real One” Oladosu against Mubarak Hamzat; and Ridwan “Scorpion” Oyekola against Nurudeen “Prince” Fatai. In the middleweight division, Femi :Small Tyson”  Akintayo will take on Ebubechukwu “Coded Man” Eze, a graduate of GOtv Boxing NextGen Search 1. The bantamweight division will see action between the best boxer at GOtv Boxing Night 4, Opeyemi Adeyemi, squaring up with Jamiu Dada.

    President of the Nigeria Boxing Board of Control (NBB of C), Dr. Rafiu Ladipo, said the WBF title fight is a sign of GOtv’s desire to put the country back on the world boxing map. GOtv Boxing Night 17, which will feature live artiste performances, will be broadcast live on Supersport to viewers in 47 African countries.

    The best boxer at the event will go home with N1.5million and the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Trophy. Fans who attend the event will win GOtv decoder in raffle draws. GOtv Boxing Night is supported by MultiChoice, BetKing, Paragonis Multimedia Limited, Complete Sports, Bond FM, Newsbreak.ng, and Brilla FM.

  • GOtv Boxing Night 7: Joe Boy wins national title, N1m

    GOtv Boxing Night 7: Joe Boy wins national title, N1m

    As part of its effort to develop basketball at school sports level, Grenville Schools will host the first edition of basketball drills in my community in conjunction with Dynaspro Sports Academy and Lagos State Basketball Association at their GRA Ikeja School sports ground from May 17 to 20.

    The four day clinic will include strategic shooting skills, ball handling, passing skills and game formation/defensive skills.

    According to the school principal, Imade Josephine, “Our involvement in sports development programme in Nigeria was borne out of our genuine interest to create a total education; a global child is the one being given all the basic tools to compete with his/her counterpart across the globe and sports is vital to this. Students love basketball because it improves their agility and mental awareness. Grenville is highly passionate about sports development and hence our involvement.” She also encourages other willing students from other schools to participate.

  • GOTV Boxing Night gets bigger

    GOTV Boxing Night gets bigger

    • Best boxer to win N1.5
    • As African title fight highlights Boxing Day event

    Pay-TV provider, GOtv, has announced that the best boxer at the fifth edition of the GOtv Boxing Night will go home with an increased cash prize of N1.5million attached to the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial trophy in addition to his fighter’s purse.

    This was disclosed on Tuesday at a press conference in Lagos by Jenkins Alumona, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Flykite Productions, promoters of the four-bout professional boxing event to hold at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Lagos on  December 26.

    The last two editions had seen the best fighter go home with N1m prize money in Olaide Fijabi while Otto Joseph won the last edition.

    The biggest bout on the card at the tournament, approved by the Nigerian Boxing Board of Control, is the 12-round Africa Boxing Union (ABU) featherweight title bout between National and West African Champion, Waidi Skoro Usman and Michael Nyawade of Kenya.

    Also on the card is a 12 Round National Light Welter weight title bout between Sadeeq ‘Hand of God’ Ahmed and Olaide ‘Fijaborn’ Fijabi.

    The event will also feature a National Welterweight title duel between Stanley ‘Edo Boy’ and Sunday ‘Capo’ Olalekan. The fight will span eight rounds.

    There will also be eight rounds Super Middleweight Challenge between Sunday ‘Golden Child Ajunwa and Abolaji ‘Afonja Warrior’ Rasheed.

    The last two editions had seen the best fighter go home with N1m  in Olaide Fijabi while Otto Joseph won the last edition.

    And as part of events to make the fifth edition of the GOtv Boxing Night a memorable one, 50 lucky fans will go home with 50 GOtv decoders with three months subscription via a raffle craw. The first 500 will also go home with free gifts.

    Sponsored by GOtv, the event is supported by MultiChoice, SuperSport, KSquare Security, Newsbreak.ng, Complete Sports, Brilla FM and Paragonis Multimedia Limited.

    The fights will be broadcast live on SuperSport from 5pm.

  • GOTV Boxing Night: It’s a fight of wits vs brawn-Fijabi

    GOTV Boxing Night: It’s a fight of wits vs brawn-Fijabi

    As the most successful boxer at the GOTV Boxing Night, Olaide Fijabi believes his bout against Saheed Olayiwola in a Light welterweight challenge would be a battle between wits and brawn.

    Fijabi, who is eyeing the jackpot for the third time told Sportinglife yesterday that despite the physical ability of his opponent, he is sure that he would kiss the canvass early into the bout.

    “I am still hoping and sure that I can win the jackpot again this time by winning the best boxer award because I am in shape for the tournament. From my research about my opponent, I noticed that I am a bit taller than him although he looks physical strong. But I must warn him that having the physical strength does not give any boxer an edge in any bout. He has the physical strength and I have the boxing sense and I believe it is a bout against sense and physical power,” he said.

    With 100 per cent records in his two previous fights since turning professional, the former National Sports Festival medalist says he hopes to take his fine form in the GOTV Night to the National Championship in December to be able to take his boxing trade to the West African region.

    “For this third I think my experience and knowledge the boxing trade will surely come to fore against my opponent. I believe all these qualities will surely give me an edge over him,” he said.

    “I am looking forward to the national championship holding in December so that I can move out of Nigeria to contest for the West African title and later proceed to Commonwealth title. This is my dream for next year and I believe that with this GOTV championship, I will surely be prepared to aim for the best in 2016,” Fijabi explained.