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Kojo Issah wins WABU Middleweight title
Kumasi, Dec 29, Ghanadot/GNA –
Kojo Issah of Queen Elizabeth Boxing Club of Kumasi, on
Saturday recorded a second round technical knockout over
veteran Okaidja Okweja of Accra Panix Boxing Club to win the
vacant West African Boxing Union (WABU) Middleweight title
at an international boxing tournament held at the Rex Cinema
Hall in Kumasi.
The 12-round contest with other supporting bouts were put
together by Agyaba Boxing Syndicate in collaboration with
the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA).
The two combatants who indicated their determination to win
the title, went into action immediately the fight commenced
and traded hefty punches to the admiration of the
spectators.
Issah was however the most aggressor and succeeded in
pummeling his opponent with some left and right accurate
hooks that nearly sent Okweja to the canvas but the latter
managed to weather the storm till the end of the first
round.
The second round began on a fast note with Issah using his
longer reach to advantage to ward off his advancing
opponent, but just as Okweja was warming himself into the
game, Issah threw caution to the wind and engaged him in a
give-and-take affair.
His strategy worked to perfection as he pummeled and dazed
his opponent with a combination of blows that left Okweja’s
corner with no option than to throw in the towel.
Supporters of Issah went into wild jubilation when the
champion was decorated with the WABU title belt to signify
his new status.
In the Lightweight fray, Joseph “Madingo” Laryea of Bukom
Boxing Club of Accra, a Commonwealth-rated boxer lost by a
technical knock-out to Yakubu “Black Mamba” Hamidu of Fit
Square Boxing Club also of Accra in the third round in their
six-round contest.
Hamidu exhibited good boxing skills and talent in the first
and second rounds and as the pattern continued in the third
round, Laryea’s corner threw in the towel to save their ward
from further punishment who at that stage had been turned
into a punching bag.
In the Super-Lightweight contest, Sarfo Tyson of Queen
Elizabeth Boxing Club of Kumasi recorded a first round
technical knock when he decisioned Joe Nyame of Accra Boxing
Club in their fight.
In the Featherweight fray, Patrick Okai of Attoh Quarshie
Club of Accra also recorded a second round technical knock
out win over Mustapha Rocky of Akotoku Boxing Academy of
Accra, while Benjamin Tutu of B.B. Boxing Club of Kumasi
also knocked-out boxing gym mate David Tyson in the first
round of their six-round contest.
Veteran Issaka Ibole of Akotoku Academy stopped Spanar Somia
of Accra Boxing Club in the fourth round in their six-round
Super Middleweight bout.
In an all-foreign affair, John Napari, a Cameroonian,
recorded a first round technical knock-out victory over
Aduku Nsor from Kenya in their heavyweight bout.
GNA
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