The referee (centre) declaring Delta State’s Okoro Vwerosuo as winner after she defeated Kalu Kasarachi of Abia State in the women’s boxing event at the National Youth Games in Abuja… on Tuesday.
The Nigeria Boxing Federation has called up 26 boxers and four coaches for camping ahead of the All Africa Games holding in September in Brazzaville, Congo.
The boxers, who were selected following their performances at the maiden Kenneth Minimah National Boxing Championship on Saturday, will begin camping on Monday at the Brai Ayonote Boxing Complex, National Stadium, Lagos.
The pugilists are Azeez Dauda (49kg), Muyideen Oyakajo (49kg), Taiwo Abiodun (52kg), Akinolugbade Lukman (52kg), Sanusi Abiodun (56kg), Olayinka Yusuf (56kg), Oladosu Rilwan (60kg), Soyoye Kazeem (60kg), Waheed Shogbamu (64kg), Samuel Opaogun (64kg), Olufemi Oyeleye (69kg), Korede Adeniji (69kg), Maputo 2011 silver medallist Kehinde Ademuyiwa (75kg), Danuloko Ekele (81kg), Nosa Nehikhare (81kg), Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist and Maputo 2011 silver medallist, Apochi Efetobor (91kg), Gabriel Francis (91kg) Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Efe Ajagba (+91kg) and Segun Ibrahim (+91kg).
Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Edith Ogoke (75kg) top the list of women invited for camping. Others are Caroline Linus of the Nigerian Army (51kg), Chioma Nwakpa (51kg), Kehinde Obareh also of the Nigerian Army (60kg), Dupe Akinola (60kg) and Jacinta Umunakwe (75kg).
The four coaches to manage the boxers are Tony Konyegwachie, Adura Olalehin, Jeremiah Okorodudu and Christopher Friday.
Also invited for camping are the two junior boxers preparing for the Commonwealth Junior Boxing Championship in Samoa. They are Aliu Ibrahim, a lightweight boxer, and Etim Henry Effiong, who a bantamweight pugilist. They will be trained by coach Sabo Mohammed.
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