Tagoe vs Saucedo announced for November 25

10/28/2016 Prince Dornu-Leiku

Ghana’s Emmanuel ‘Game Boy’ Tagoe will have the opportunity to win the IBO version of the world Lightweight title come November 25 when he battles experienced Argentine, Fernando David Saucedo for the vacant belt in Accra.

Announcing the fight at the plush Alisa Hotel in the Ghanaian capital on Thursday, Sammy Anim-Addo, CEO of BabyJet Promotions who will stage the bill explained that his outfit put in tremendous effort to get the rights to make the fight and reserved special words of praise for UAE based Ghana national soccer team captain, Asamoah Gyan who doled out loads of cash to support the bid.

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Azumah Nelson’s VIP Fight Night hits Accra again this Saturday

10/26/2016 Prince Dornu-Leiku

The quest by African boxing legend, Azumah Nelson to return Ghanaian boxing back to its glory days and make Accra the capital of African boxing continues this weekend when the VIP Fight Night round 2 returns with exciting match-ups at the luxurious Adlon Ballroom of the Kempinski Gold Coast City Hotel in the Ghana capital.

With boxers selected and fights made by Azumah himself, fight fans are set to be thrilled to five exciting bouts headlined by the National Super Featherweight clash between Ghana’s Michael ‘One Bullet’ Ansah and Ghana based Nigerian, Oluwaseum ‘Seunzy’ Wahab this Saturday, October 29.

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Isaac Dogboe named WBO African boxer of the year

10/18/2016 Prince Dornu-Leiku

Undefeated Ghanaian Featherweight, Isaac ‘Royal Storm’ Dogboe has landed in Puerto Rico with his trainer/dad, Paul Dogboe to attend the 2016 WBO Convention where the budding boxer will be officially recognized as the WBO African boxer of the year.

Dogboe will receive his award alongside legendary Filipino, Manny Pacquiao who has been named the WBO boxer of the year as well as Top Rank Promotions CEO, Bob Arum who gets the nod as promoter of the year and New Zealand heavyweight, Joseph Parker, the Oriental boxer of the year.

The 22 year old Dogboe (now 15-0, 9 KOs) thrice defended the WBO Africa Featherweight belt he won at the end of 2015 and has also added the WBO Oriental as well as the WBC Youth Silver belts, both at Featherweight to his collection in the year under the review.

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Isaac Ekpo calls out Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, Lucian Bute, Felix Sturm

10/17/2016 Prince Dornu-Leiku

Former world title challenger, Isaac ‘Grenade’ Ekpo of Nigeria has called out Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, Lucian Bute, Felix Sturm, Fedor Chudinov and all the top Super Middleweights in world boxing, declaring his readiness to face any of them in the ring.

Ekpo (31-2, 24 KOs), the former WBO Africa and Commonwealth champion at Super Middleweight, previously lost a decision in a bid for the WBO Super Middleweight world title against Robert Stieglitz in Germany in October 2013.
After racking up nine straight victories since the defeat to Stieglitz, Ekpo who is currently rated number 5 Super Middleweight in the world by both the WBO and WBA says he is ready to take on the big guns in the sport to cement his place in boxing history.

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I will stop Yafai for Commonwealth title – Quartey

10/17/2016 Prince Dornu-Leiku

Ghana’s Emmanuel Quartey is promising to win the Commonwealth Super Bantamweight belt when he faces current title holder, Gamal Yafai in the UK on December 3 in a show billed to be screened live on Sky Sports.

The tough fighting Quartey who has knocked out 19 of the 20 opponents he has beaten in 22 career fights failed to travel to the US for a purported WBA International title fight against Mexico’s Hanzel Martinez last month due to circumstances beyond the boxer’s control, but the Ghanaian has quickly shifted focus to December’s bout in Manchester and is so confident of victory he is even predicting a knockout against the undefeated Yafai (10-0, 4 KOs).

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Freddy Kiwitt fired up for ‘Riiddy’ Brown test next

10/14/2016 Prince Dornu-Leiku

UK based boxer, Freddy Kiwitt (11-0, 6 KOs) has teamed up again with Ghanaian trainer, Carl Lokko for his next fight on November 12 against also undefeated Akeem Ennis Brown (6-0, 1 KO) in a final English Super Lightweight eliminator on November 12 at York Hall, Bethnal Green, London.

The Liberian born Kiwitt goes into his 5th straight fight under the stewardship of the vastly experienced Lokko and the 26 year old says he is enjoying every bit of work with the man who also trains recent IBF Lightweight title challenger, Richie Commey as well as another rising Ghanaian star, Duke Micah – who fights for the Commonwealth Bantamweight championship on same November 12 night, same venue, same Goodwin Promotions bill.

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Duke Micah vows to beat Chanda to Commonwealth title

10/07/2016 Prince Dornu-Leiku

Ghana’s WBO Africa Bantamweight champion, Duke Micah remains focused on the job at hand when he faces UK based Zambian, Matthew Chanda for the vacant Commonwealth Bantamweight title in London on November 12 as he pursues the ultimate world title dream.

Undefeated Micah (18-0, 17 KOs) is currently rated number 11 in the world to the WBO Bantamweight belt held by Marlon Tapales of the Philippines and the Ghanaian is keen to claim the Commonwealth title to push up his credentials.

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Isaac Dogboe calls out WBO champ Oscar Valdez

10/06/2016 Prince Dornu-Leiku

Young Ghanaian boxer, Isaac ‘Royal Storm’ Dogboe has declared a readiness to battle Oscar Valdez for the WBO featherweight world championship currently held by the Mexican and will put his case across when he travels with his father/trainer, Paul Dogboe to this year’s WBO Convention in Puerto Rico.

Undefeated Dogboe (15-0, 9 KOs) is attending the October 17 to 21 event as the WBO Africa as well the WBO Asia Pacific featherweight champ and also occupying his highest ranking at number 9 in the world ratings to the title held by the also undefeated Valdez (20-0, 15 KOs).

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Osei Bonsu fired up for US date against Colombia’s Perez

08/09/2016 Prince Dornu-Leiku

Ghana’s Abraham Osei Bonsu has sworn to overcome all the challenges thrown at him by Jonathan Perez of Colombia and return home with the WPBF Intercontinental Super Featherweight championship when the two fight for the vacant belt in the USA on November 17.

Osei Bonsu (10-1-1, 9 KOs) who is coming off a failed bid for the WBO Africa Super Featherweight title when he suffered his first career defeat to Aphiwe Mbobiya in South Africa last December, says the experience garnered by fighting outside Ghana for the first time will come in handy when he faces 29 year old Perez (35-15, 28 KOs) at the Lakeland Event Centre, Florida.

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Gh Bosslink Promotions bringing British boxer to fight in Ghana

08/01/201607/29/2016 Prince Dornu-Leiku

Fresh from bringing down Korean boxers to train and fight professionally in Ghana, Gh Bosslink Promotions CEO, Collins-Bio Donkor has now also struck a deal for British boxer, Adam Taylor to come and hone his skills in the famous West African country.

Boxing247.com can exclusively report that Taylor, a super middleweight who has as a semi-pro fought all over the world but never in Africa and who now has a professional record of 2-1 and dreaming of a world title triumph, will arrive in Accra next month to train for some few days before making his Africa debut on the undercard of highly rated WBO Africa featherweight champion, Isaac Dogboe’s unification fight against Filipino, Tabanao in the Ghanaian capital on August 26.

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