THE eleventh edition of the GOtv Boxing Night will hold today at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, now Liberty Stadium, Ibadan.
The event will feature seven professional bouts, including a West African Boxing Union lightweight between Oto “Joe Boy” Joseph and Ghanaian boxer, Anma Dotse and an interna- tional Lightweight challenge duel between an Ibadan-indigene box- ing rave, Olaide “Fijaborn” Fijabi, and Togolese Sunday Yao.
Aside the national and West African light welterweight champion, Fijabi, fighting in his hometown, other Ibadan-based boxers, Akeem “Dodo” Sadiku and Sadiq “Happy Boy” Adeleke will also be in action.
Akeem “Dodo” Sadiku, will take on Kazeem “KC Confidence” Saka in a light middleweight duel while the bantamweight category will feature Sadiq “Happy Boy” Adeleke who will exchange punches with Taiwo “Twin Warrior” Kareem.
In the light heavyweight division, Adewale “Masevex” Masebinu will fight Kabiru
“KB Godson” Towolawi in an eight-round challenge bout. Sule “Tyson” Olagbade will take on Wahab “Hammer” Adebisi in a national light middleweight chal- lenge contest, while fast rising boxer, Rilwan “Baby Face” Ba- batunde will face Waliu “Oganla” Arogundade in the challenge light welterweight category.
The best boxer on the night will win a N2million cash prize and the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memo- rial Trophy.
The event, sponsored by GOtv, with the support of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mul- tiChoice, Brila FM, KSquare Security, Paragonis Multimedia Limited, Bond FM, Complete Sports, ZetaWeb and Newsbreak. ng, will be broadcast live on Su- perSport in 47 African countries.