President of the West African Boxing Union (WABU), Remi Aboderin calls on corporate organizations in the country to emulate pay television service provider, GOtv’s support for Nigerian boxing.
Aboderin, who is also the Secretary-General of the Nigerian Boxing Board of Control (NBB of C) made the call in Lagos yesterday at the offices of Flykite Promotions, organisers of GOtv Boxing Night, which has been sponsored by GOtv since 2014.
He noted that the intervention of GOtv in Nigerian boxing has revived the sport, adding that there was a need for many more organizations to support boxing to ensure a speedier return to health.
“Nobody connected to Nigerian boxing can fail to see the strides being made by the sport since GOtv intervened in 2014.
To sustain the momentum, the WABU President urged other corporate organizations to take a leaf out of GOtv’s book, as doing so will ensure Nigerian boxing’s return to full health will be quicker.
“I want to use this opportunity to plead with corporate organizations to join in the efforts to take Nigerian boxing back into the big time.
With more corporate support, it will happen faster, the fact is under five years of sponsoring GOtv Boxing Night and GOtv Boxing NextGen Search, and Nigerian boxing has regained prominence on the African and Commonwealth scenes.
Our boxers are sought after, as many champions have been made. We need to go a few notches higher and that will happen if others show similar commitment,” he stated.
GOtv Boxing Night is approaching its 18th edition, which is scheduled to hold at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium (formerly Liberty), Ibadan, on Sunday.
The eight-fight show will feature two international duels, the ABU lightweight title clash between Oto “Joe Boy” Joseph of Nigeria and Ghana’s Success “Brave Warrior” Tetteh and an international light middleweight clash between Akeem “Dodo” Sadiku of Nigeria and Ekpresso Djamihou of the Republic of Benin.
