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Boxing
By Babatunde Ogunrinde
Lagos Nov. 15, 2016 (NAN) The Nigeria Boxing Board of Control (NBB of C) says plans are underway for an amateur boxing competition scheduled for Dec. 5 in Lagos.
Jerry Okorodudu, Nigeria’s boxing hero, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos.
He said that the one day event would be a spectacle of awesome boxing fights.
Okorodudu said the competition would have the best armature boxers that had been tested and deserved recognition.
“We are organising a one day boxing competition that will host the best young boxers in the armature level, who are yearning for the opportunity to prove their competitiveness.
“The event is bankrolled by the Nigeria Boxing Board of Control (NBB of C) and it is going to be the best event to crown the year at the armature boxing level.
“It is an event that we want many fans of boxing to witness because we know there is so little that is being done to promote good boxing bouts in the country.’’
He also urged sports journalists to throw more weight on local content rather than concentrate so much on foreign competitions.
“This is because, there are so many things happening in the boxing world in Nigeria but unfortunately, we hardly see the media reports on them daily.
“When you look up the news on our dailies all that we see is the news from foreign lands occupying front pages, this is not fair.
“I oblige that they should do more on local competitions and find out more on what is happening locally,’’ Okorodudu said.
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Edited by Edwin Nwachukwu/Morayo Omolade