The international bout is one of the seven scheduled for the boxing show billed to hold at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, on 1 May. In a telephone interview on Tuesday, Esepor, ranked 39th in the world by the WBF and named Best Newcomer of the Year (2022) by the boxing body, dismissed his opponent as a softie like the popular Nigerian meal, tuwo.
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The six-bout event is slated to hold at Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.
He also revealed that his rise to prominence in the boxing profession was tortuous, while describing it as an adventure that turned around his life for the better.
The governor stated this while receiving the holder of the World Boxing Federation’s Super Featherweight title, Ridwan Oyekola, aka Scorpion, in Ibadan, the state capital.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Tuesday, the President affirmed that Oyekola’s victory over an Argentine fighter, Lucas Montessino, brought more glory to the country in a sport where another Nigerian, Anthony Joshua, consistently blazes the trail, enjoining all youths to diligently follow their passion to the point of global recognition and celebration.
The event, scheduled to hold January 1, 2021 in Lagos, will take place behind closed doors in line with the dictates of COVID-19 protocols and will feature a total of seven bouts.