More Team Nigeria Boxers Aiming to Reach Final Rounds Today

With six of Nigerian boxers already qualified for the finals of the various categories of the boxing events of the ongoing 13th African Games in Accra, Ghana, today will be ‘judgement day’ for the rest in the semi-finals.

Other Team Nigeria boxers aspiring to join their compatriots in the finals include; Adesina Zainab (50kg), Kareem Shukurat ( 54kg), Ojo Joy (54kg), Olaore Adams 92kg and  Onyekwere Ifeanyi (+92kg). 

To fight  in the blue corner today is, Ifeanyi Onyekwere will be up against  Bweluzey Anthony  Lazare from Cote d’Ivoire while Olaore Adams will engage Egyptian Elsalamony Ali Mohammed Ibrahim  in the Heavyweight division.

For the Lightweight category, Omole Dolapo will  battle it out with Zambian Ngulube Albert in the feather weight class while  Adesina Zainab will square

 up against Fahbulleh Grace from Liberia in the light flyweight division .  Ogunsemilore Cynthia will take on Algerian Hadjila khelif in the Lightweight category while Mbata Patricia engages  Gramane Rady Adosinda from Mozambique in a  middle weight bout.  Ojo Joy will engage Tunisian  Khouloud Hlimi in a featherweight bout. 

Oraekwe Blessing will slug it out with Tunisian Ibeh Zina Eya in the Light middleweight division whille  Kareem Shukurat faces Kenyan Faki Amina Martha in the bantamweight division.