BENIN CITY – The Federal Government has been called upon to
put in place measures that will encourage boxing, as the country no longer
enjoys a pride of place in the boxing world.
A former Nigerian middle weight champion, Edo born, Albert Onlolose based in Canada and the United States gave the advice in Benin City during an interview with The NIGERIA OBSERVER.
The Professional boxer who said that he is in the...
country to recruit boxing
talents into his boxing club, known as the Albert boxing club, ABC also advised
the National Boxing Association (NABA) to do its best to promote the growth of
boxing in the country.He lamented the development of boxing in Edo State, saying that the former Bendel State, now Edo and Delta States produced great fighters that made the country proud in the Olympics and several boxing tournaments.
“But now we don’t have people in the national team, we have to start giving back to society by looking for talents,” Albert stated.
He appealed to the federal and state governments to support people to start private boxing clubs with frequent competitions to bring the best out of Nigerian boxers, adding that as part of the preparation to kick start the ABC boxing club, there will be an international boxing event in August to be held in Edo State.
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