TAIWO “Esepo” Agbaje, on
Sunday night, emerged winner of the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial trophy for the
best boxer at GOtv Boxing Night 16, which carried a cash prize of N1.5million, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.
The little known lightweight
boxer kept the capacity crowd at the edge of their seats with his all-action
style that saw him defeat Tope “TP Rock” Musa in a national lightweight challenge contest. He was
voted as best boxer by journalists at the event ahead of the similarly
impressive Oto “Joe Boy” Joseph and Rilwan “Real One” Oladosu.
Oladosu, on the night,
became the new West African Boxing Union (WABU) lightweight champion by seeing
off the challenge of Ghana’s Benjamin Lamptey by unanimous decision in one of the two international
bouts at the event.
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The second Nigeria/Ghana
bout resulted in victory for Joseph, who knocked out Emmanuel Mensah International Lightweight challenge.
The show
also delivered a freshly minted national champion in Adewale “Masevex”
Masebinu, who avenged his previous defeat in the hands of Kabiru “KB Godson”
Towolawi to claim the national light heavyweight title.
Masebinu’s combination of determination and
furious punching left his opponent in daze, forcing him to throw in the towel
at the end of the fifth round.
In yet another big-name
contest, Waidi “Skoro” Usman reinforced his superiority over Chibuzor “T Boy”
Obi, whose bid to avenge a previous defeat ended in a third-round knockout in their national featherweight challenge.
The
show featured a clutch of discoveries from the last two editions of GOtv Boxing
NextGen Search, who made their professional debuts.
Opeyemi “Sense” Elijah, best
boxer at GOtv Boxing NextGen Search 4, made a winning debut by defeating
Sheriff “Oshe” Ogunbanjo in their super bantamweight challenge clash.
Waheed “Showmax” Shogbanmu also saw off
fellow GOtv Boxing NextGen alumnus, Azeez “Who Say So” Tijani in their national light welterweight challenge, knocking him out
in the first round.
Adeyemi “Spirit” Adekanla
began his life in the professional cadre by defeating the more experienced
Ganiyu “Energy” Kolawole in a light welterweight challenge, while Aminu “Lucky Boy” Akintayo defeated Mutiu
“Machine” Lawal in the national super flyweight challenge.
PICTURES: Farinto Akinkunmi
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