GOtv Boxing Night Chairman,
Mr. Adewunmi Ogunsanya, has increased
the cash prize for the best boxer at GOtv Boxing Night 11 by N1m.
The event has been
scheduled to hold at the Liberty
Stadium, Ibadan, on Sunday.
The best boxer
will now receive
N2m in addition to the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Trophy donated by
Ogunsanya in memory of his wife.
According to Flykite Promotions, organisers of GOtv Boxing
Night, Ogunsanya decided to increase the
prize money as part of his support for the sport and in
commemoration of the second anniversary of his
wife’s death. Mrs. Ogunsanya died on March 22, 2014. Previous winners of
the award went home with N1m each, except the winner of the award at the
December editions.
GOtv Boxing Night 11, which will yield the biggest ever
payday in Nigerian boxing history, is the first edition of the event to hold
outside Lagos. Sponsored by GOtv, the event is supported by MultiChoice,
Federal Inland Revenue Service and will be broadcast live by SuperSport in 47
African countries.
The fight line-up comprises seven bouts, including the West
African Boxing Union lightweight title defence by Nigeria’s Oto “Joe Boy”
against Ghana’s Anma Dotse. Another major fight on the night will see national
and West African light welterweight champion, Olaide “Fijaborn” Fijabi, take on
Sunday Yao in a challenge encounter. An equally big-name pairing will see Sule
“Tyson” Olagbade, national light middleweight champion, test his mettle against
Wahab “Hammer” Adebisi, the man he dethroned.
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