After South African Michael Mokeona has arrived safely and weighed at 134 pounds and George Ashie also putting up 135 pounds on the scale before officials of the WBO Africa and GBA, all is now set for a battle for the WBO Africa lightweight title in Accra.
On a night with two WBO belts at stake, Richmond Commey will also face Isaac Sackey for the Junior Featherwight title.
In other supporting bouts Ayitey Powers will clash with Gbese Bruno, while Obodai Sai makes a return after his defeat to a tough Namibian at the same venue.
The sensational Octopus Dzanie who held the WBO Super Bantamweight title and was stripped for Joseph Agbeko will be on stage to call for his “stolen” belt.
The Box Office Promotions has lined up an entertainment package for the night spearheaded by top entertainer, dancer, rapper and singer, Papa Row.
Rates for the fight are 20ghc for popular stand, 50ghc for VIP and 100ghc for VVIP.
The sponsors
for the event include; The Gym, Trust Emporium, Ghana @61 Secretariat, Paradise Pac, Jet Link, 29 Photo Studio, MTK, and Tune Africa.
The media partners are Joy News (MultiMedia) and Metro TV.
Samir Captan, WBO Africa rep in Ghana adviced the boxers to put up good performances and thrill the crowd to attract bigger fights and purses. He said a WBO African title holder automatically gets rated in the top 10 or best 15 in the world rankings.
Nettey, the secretary of GBSU said they support all Ghanaian boxers and George Ashie is one of the best boxers to support, so he urged all boxing fans to be at the Bukom Boxing Arena on Friday, April 27, 2018
Credit: Sammy Heywood Okine
