Plans are in top gear by the FESTAC Town Youth Association, FTYA to stage an amateur boxing competition later this month. This was disclosed by the Coordinator of the association, Musibau Balogun. Balogun informed that the association decided to stage the competition to unearth budding boxing talents and nurture them to become future professional champions. [...]
Former Lagos State heavyweight boxing champion turned coach, Oluwafemi Sholanke told ADEBOBOLA ALAWODE reasons the game is declining in Nigeria. You were a force to reckon with in Nigerian professional boxing in the 80s and 90s, but suddenly you went underground, what happened? Well, it is not that I disappeared but I have been doing [...]
In its bid to consolidate on the success recorded at the last National Sports Festival, Lagos State Government is set to recruit qualified coaches to the 36 sports associations in the state. A statement from the state’s Sports Council signed by its Public Relations Officer, PRO, Bashir Agunloye, says interested coaches can apply through the [...]
By Bimbo Ajayi Nigeria’s Boxing fans will be treated to exhilarating moments tomorrow, as future champions trade punches at the 38th Monthly Saturday Boxing Show slated for the Mobolaji Johnson Sports Centre, Rowe Park, Yaba in Lagos. The event, put together to groom budding talents will feature eight Junior Secondary School students, who would trade [...]
Gabriel Francis won a gold medal in the boxing event at the 18th Nigerian sports festival, tagged “Eko 2012”. In this interview with Boxing In Focus, the hard puncher spoke about the medal and other issues You won many laurels last year, what was your secret? The secret behind my success in the previous year [...]
Gabriel Francis won a gold medal in the boxing event at the 18th Nigerian sports festival, tagged “Eko 2012”. In this interview with Boxing In Focus, the hard puncher spoke about the medal and other issues You won many laurels last year, what was your secret? The secret behind my success in the previous year [...]
If the words coming from the executives of the Nigeria Boxing Board of Control, NBB of C, are anything to go by, then 2013 will be a year for Nigerian professional boxers to write their names in gold. In a chat with Boxing In Focus, NBB of C president, Godwin Kanu, said sky is the [...]
