RILWAN “Baby Face” Babatunde, winner of the Mojisola
Ogunsanya Memorial Trophy and cash prize for the best boxer at GOtv Boxing
Night 11, has commended the sponsors for making his dream come true.
Baby Face was voted by journalists as the best boxer at
the event, which held at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium,
Ibadan, on Sunday.
The event, sponsored by GOtv and supported by MultiChoice
and the Federal Inland Revenue Service delivered fun aplenty for Ibadan fans.
Baby Face’s ferocious punches, delivered at stunning speed,
put a quick end to the light welterweight challenge bout with Waliu “Oganla”
Arogundade in the fourth of the scheduled eight-round duel. The young boxer
described himself as a product of GOtv Boxing, having been selected after an
impressive audition at GOtv Boxing NextGen Search 1 in Lagos.
“I have to thank
the sponsors and organisers of GOtv Boxing Night. They have encouraged me to
make something of my life by providing the platform to do what I do best.
Winning N2 million Naira while fighting in Nigeria is not something that had
happened before. I pray that God should continue to bless GOtv,” said the
21-year old.
GOtv Boxing Night
11, which featured seven fights, yielded an unprecedented number of knockouts,
as all the fights ended within the distance.
In the headline bout, Nigeria’s
Oto “Joe Boy” Joseph defended his West African Boxing Union lightweight title
by defeating, in dismissive fashion, Ghana’s Ayitey Mettle within 58 seconds of
the first round.
National light welterweight champion, Olaide “Fijaborn”
Fijabi, took three rounds to extinguish whatever ambition of upset Vincent
Essien harboured. In the heavyweight division, Kabiru “KB Godson” Towolawi
knocked out Adewale “Masevex” Masebinu in the third round.
National light middleweight champion, Sule “Tyson”
Olagbade stopped Wahab “Hammer” Adebisi in the seventh round, while Akeem
“Dodo” Sadiku accounted for Kazeem “KC Confidence” Saka via a second-round
knockout. The first fight on the night laid the foundation. It saw Sadiq “Happy
Boy” Adeleke go home happy after knocking out Taiwo “Twin Terror” Kareem.
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