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Gotv Boxing Night: Real One, Joe Boy Gets Warm-Up Fights
West African Boxing Union (WABU) Lightweight champion, Rilwan “Real One” Oladosu, yesterday said his warm-up fight against Hammed “Esepo’’ Ganiyu would prepare him well ahead of his clash with Oto “Joeboy’’ Joseph.
Oladosu is scheduled to fight Ganiyu at the coming Gotv Boxing Night 19 come July 14 at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
Oladosu told newsmen that he was thankful to the organisers of Gotv Boxing and Flykite Promotions for giving him the chance to prove his quality.
He said that his desire is to dethrone Oto “Joeboy’’ Joseph who is the current African Boxing Union (ABU) champion in the Lightweight division.
“I am happy the fight between me and Joeboy has been sanctioned by the African Boxing Union; indeed it was a great news for me.
“The coming fight between me and Esepo is also a welcome development because it will prepare me well ahead of the Joeboy clash.
“Esepo is great boxer; we have met during our amateur level, and I dealt with him then, so, he is not a threat for my ambition to fight Joeboy.
“I will dismiss him in the second round of our fight,’’ Oladosu said.
Similarly, Joeboy said that he was prepared to fight Oladosu and defend his ABU title and if the fight was the next day he would beat him silly.
He said he was focused on giving his fans a good time when they come and watch him fight Tope Berinja’ Agboola in the GOtv Boxing Night 19 in Lagos.
He described the warm-up match as a very good development and would once again prove to his fans that he is a warrior and not afraid of anybody.
“It is good to get a warm-up match, but I can still beat Oladosu anytime any day, I doubt if he (Oladosu) can even overcome Esepo.
“I want my fans to come out and watch Joeboy come July 14 at the National Stadium, Surlere, where I will dismiss Berinja in the first round,’’ Joeboy said.
NAN reports that Joeboy/Oladosu have been dubbed by pundits as the best in Nigeria’s lightweight division, a situation that has bred the wish among fans to see them take on each other.
Sources close to Flykite Productions, the organisers of the event, disclosed that the much anticipated fight could hold in September at the 20th edition of the GOtv Boxing Night.
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Bundesliga: Kane Scores Hat-Trick As Bayern End Winless Streak
England captain Harry Kane netted a hat-trick to guide Bayern Munich to an impressive victory against Stuttgart.
Kane’s goals, plus one from Kingsley Coman, helped Bayern end a three-game winless run in all competitions.
They faced a tough task against a Stuttgart side who sat back and limited their chances, leading Vincent Kompany’s side to enter the break frustrated and with the deadlock unbroken.
Bayern eventually found a way past Stuttgart’s steely defence when Kane drilled a low effort into the bottom corner from around 30 yards out after Joshua Kimmich overturned possession.
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Dosu Survives Ghastly Accident, Again
Former Nigeria goalkeeper, Dosu Joseph, is full of thanks to God after he miraculously survived another life-threatening automobile accident recent at Kara, along the Lagos-Ibadan Express Way, where a heavy-duty truck ran into his SUV.
Narrating his ordeal, the 51-year-old, who guided Nigeria to gold in the Men’s Football Tournament of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, broke the news in a statement on his social media handles on Friday.
“To God be the glory, another death escaped by Grace and Mercy of God. Me and my friend SM were at Enyo Filling Station after Ojodu Berger bus stop to get fuel on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, around 6 p.m. when this MACK truck fully loaded with iron, with registration number LND 470 XX, left the road and crushed my car beyond repairs. Thank God for life,” he stated.
This is the second time the soft-spoken club proprietor will cheat death by a whisker, having been involved in an accident in 1997 that ended his career at 23 and left his spinal cord in bad shape.
He helped Julius Berger win the Nigeria FA Cup in November 1997 shortly a memorable Olympic outing by keeping a clean sheet in the finals against Katsina United. The following year, he was involved in the auto along Ikorodu Road, Lagos, which not only cut his career short but also left him almost paralysed, ending his spell at Serie A club Reggiana.
The former Nigeria international, who also kept goal for Julius Berger FC, said the case has been reported to Isheri Police Station, Ogun State, where the driver is currently detained and the truck also seized.
According to him, the owner of the truck said he can’t fix the badly damaged SUV until after a year.
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Sports Development Going Down In Nigeria – Ex-International
Ex – Super Eagles of Nigeria, Okwuchukwu Waobikeze has observed that sports development in Nigeria is going down.
According to him, grassroots sports is very important, without it, the administrators cannot get it right. So everybody should key into grassroots sports development, he said.
Waobikeze said this last Wednesday in an interview with sports journalists shortly after the Port Harcourt All Stars Independence football festival (OCTOBERFEST) at the Port Harcourt club, Rivers State.
He explained that for sports administrators to get it right, grassroots development is key. “They should be organising competition at the grassroots level to fish out the young ones for different sporting activities.
“Grassroots sports is very important so the administrators have to go back to the grassroots.
” Sports Development in Nigeria is going down we need to go back to the basics.
“Look at the just concluded Paris Olympics, Nigeria did not win any medal.
” Our football team did not even qualify for the Olympics. We are going down.
” If they should go back to the grassroots, they will get young ones in the games and talents will be developed.
” I started from school games, to youth games before playing for the national team. Now everybody wants to fly board to play professional football and a lot do not know the basics of the game.
” A lot of people did not know the little things about the game, they just want to play. It is not done so,” Waobikeze stated.
Kiadum Edookor