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King(l) vs Afonja Warrior |
THE eighth edition of GOtv Boxing Night will hold at the
Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium in Lagos on the 30th of July, 2016, the organisers have disclosed.
Jenkins Alumona, CEO of Flykite Sports, promoters of the
event, said at a press conference held at the Old Skool Restaurant within the National Stadium Complex on Tuesday that the coming edition, tagged GOtv Boxing Night 8,
will be more explosive than the previous editions.
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Fijaborn(l) vs Blacky Joe |
"We have high-calibre match-ups in every fight. This
edition will feature a national middleweight boxing title defence by Sunny
"King" Hammer, reigning champion, who will take on West African middleweight
champion Rasheed "Afonja Warrior" Abolaji. We have also brought in
other big names and rising stars of boxing in Nigeria," said Alumona.
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Skoro(l) vs Lucky Boy |
He added that GOtv Boxing Night 8 is being held in honour
of Muhammed Ali, the boxing icon who died recently.
Apart from the
title fight, the event will see national light welterweight champion, Olaide
"Fijaborn" Fijabi, slug it out with Joseph "Blacky Joe"
Adeniji in a challenge contest.
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Edo Boy(l) vs Lagelu |
In the welterweight category, Stanley "Edo
Boy" Eribo will fight Dele "Lagelu" Adeleke, while Waidi
"Skoro' Usman will duel with David "Lucky Boy" Ekpeyong in the
featherweight category.
There is also a super middleweight challenge contest
between Matthew "Wizeman" Obinna and Samuel "Lion Heart"
Igbokwe. The sixth fight of the night will be a national light welterweight
challenge between Rilwan 'Baby Face" Babatunde and Shakiru "No
Shaking" Lateef.
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Baby Face(l) No Shaking |
The best boxer of
the night will go home with N1million cash prize and the Mojisola Ogunsanya
Memorial Trophy.
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Wizeman vs Lion Heart |
Sponsored by GOtv, which will be broadcast live by
SuperSport in 47 African countries, is supported by MultiChoice, Paragonis
Multimedia LImited, KSquare Security, Complete Sports, Brila FM, Bond FM and Newsbreak.ng.
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| GOtv Marketing Manager, Johnson Ivase, Flykite Production Managing Director, Jenkins Alumona and GOtv Public Relations Manager, Efe Obiomah during the press conference |
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