GOtv Boxing Night: Ogunsanya dangles N20m prizes

By Chioma Nwafor

In a bid to make GOtv Boxing Night bigger, Mr. Adewunmi Ogunsanya (SAN), Chairman, GOtv Boxing Night and MultiChoice Nigeria, is set to splash N20million on participating boxers. This was announced in a statement by the event organisers, Flykite Sports.

GOtv Boxing Night, Africa’s premier boxing event, disclosed organisers will return in with the 12th edition in September.

The 11th edition of the show held in Ibadan on 26 March, delivering the biggest ever pay day in the country’s boxing history when Rilwan “Baby Face” Babatunde won the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Trophy and a cash prize of N2million for the best boxer, a shade higher than N1.5million and N1million won by previous winners of the award. The 13th edition is billed for 26 December.

According to Flykite Sports, Mr. Ogunsanya has given a mandate for the acceleration of the event’s progress by ensuring that African and Commonwealth title fights are staged this year, while a world title fight is staged at the event next year.

“Our Chairman, Mr. Adewunmi Ogunsanya, is passionate about the development of the sport and the personal growth of the boxers,”  said the organizers in the statement.

Towards the realization of the mandate, Mr. Jenkins Alumona, Managing Director, Flykite Sports, travelled abroad last week to seal agreements with top-tier international boxers in line with the mandate given by Mr. Ogunsanya. The organisers added that the details of GOtv Boxing Night 12 will be unveiled at a press conference in August.

 

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