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Former African Boxing Union (ABU) heavyweight champion, Ngozika Ekwelum, is down with health challenges suspected to be prostate cancer.
Ekwuelum, according to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), has been in and out of the hospital, including the three months he spent at the cancer department of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, since the ailment developed two years ago.
He lamented that he had spent all his life savings on treating the sickness and needed more because he was still down.
The veteran pugilist said he had a coaching contract agreement with the defunct Ministry of Sports in Anambra, which was terminated without benefit by the Anambra Sports Development Commission.
He said despite undergoing a series of surgeries, he was still bedridden with swollen legs, urinating blood, bladder and body pains.
“I have pains all over my private part area. The cancer has been there for about two years now. It has not been easy staying alive but thank God.”
He said he was coaching young boxers for the Anambra government on contract, but the former management of the sports commission stopped him on the grounds of old age.
