Baby Face, who lost his first professional fight in the Ukraine in July, was given a tough fight by Benin Republic’s Naimou Aziz Sampson in an international challenge duel. The sturdy Beninois took everything thing thrown at him until the ninth of the 10-round contest when he succumbed to Baby Face’s firepower.
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This edition will stage seven fights across weight categories with a total of 12 boxers on the domestic scene and two from abroad hoping to walk away with the N1 million cash prize attached to the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Trophy for the best boxer at the event.
The clash between Samson and Baby Face, World Boxing Federation (WBF) International welterweight champion, is one of the two international duels scheduled for the event, which will be held at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall of Lagos’ Teslim Balogun Stadium.
The international super featherweight challenge bout between the two boxers is one of the major fights lined up for the event, which will be held at the Molade Okoya Indoor Sports Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.
Gonze, who is scheduled to make his bow at GOtv Boxing Night on April 2, said he is delighted to be part of the event for the first time and ready to show the national, sub-regional and continental boxing audiences what he can do.
The two boxers are scheduled to face Tanzanian and Ghanaian opponents, who are expected in the country on March 25 to enable them undergo the mandatory quarantine period for travellers to the country.
Reigning West African Boxing Union lightweight champion, Rilwan “Real One” Oladosu, has declared that his title defence against Ghana’s Ezekiel Anan will require minimal effort. The encounter is one of the four title bouts at the nine-fight GOtv Boxing Night 20, which holds at Lagos’ Tafawa Balewa Square on 28 December.
The bout, which headlines GOtv Boxing Night 20 slated for 12 October at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium in Lagos, is widely rated as the biggest boxing bout on Nigerian soil in more than two decades, the reason it has provoked enormous interest among boxing fans who have taken to the social media to express their views.
West African Boxing Union lightweight champion, Rilwan “Real One” Oladosu, and his African Boxing Union counterpart, Oto “Joe Boy” Joseph, almost came to blows in Lagos on Tuesday in continuation of their long-running boxing feud. Both boxers were present at the press conference to announce GOtv Boxing Night 19, at which they are both billed to feature against different opponents on 14 July at the Indoor Sports Hall of Lagos’ National Stadium.