BY EMMA JEMEGAH
IN a bid to immortalise sports philanthropist and boxing enthusiast, the family of the Chief Francis Aiyegbeni has decided to put the boxing gym left behind by their dad under the care and management of Oyo State Amateur Boxing Association (OSABA).
The ultra modern boxing gym that located within the premises of Walan Hotel Ring-Road, Ibadan according to the daughter of the late boxing promoter, Edna Aiyegbeni would be formally handed-over to boxing body during an event scheduled for Thursday July 21, 2016.
The United Kingdom based Edna Aiyegbeni expressed the wiliness of the family in a brief chat with newsmen in Ibadan to keep the memory of their father alive, saying the best way to keep the uncanny love her dad had for the game of boxing alive is not to allow his boxing gym to rot away.
“My late dad contributed greatly to the development of boxing in Nigeria by picking boxers from the grassroots, nurturing and promoting them to win laurels for the nation at global level.