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GOtv Boxing Night: Ekpo promises to stop his Burkinabe opponent in round four

By Gowon Akpodonor
22 October 2015   |   1:17 am
Former Commonwealth Super Middleweight boxing champion, Isaac Ekpo, has vowed to stop his opponent from Burkina Faso, Jules Kabore, within four rounds at the GOtv Boxing Night holding on October 25 at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Lagos.
Isaac Ekpo

Isaac Ekpo

Former Commonwealth Super Middleweight boxing champion, Isaac Ekpo, has vowed to stop his opponent from Burkina Faso, Jules Kabore, within four rounds at the GOtv Boxing Night holding on October 25 at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Lagos.

Ekpo, who is billed to fight Kabore in a 10-round international challenge contest and headline bout at the event, said his opponent would see hell over the four rounds he has slated him to last.

“However good he is, Kabore will be not go beyond four rounds. I have been training hard for this fight and he will feel the full impact of my preparations. Four rounds. That is the farthest he will go,” boasted Ekpo.

Also lined up at the event are the six-round duels, which will see Jamiu “Naval Man” Olabode, take on Pelumi “Haggler” Sodubi in a Welterweight challenge, while Stanley “Edo Boy” Eribo will duel with Isiaka “Easy Lion” Yusuf.

In the Lightweight category, Prince Nurudeen Fatai, national champion, will fight Otto “Joe Boy” Joseph.
Olaide “Fijaborn” Fijabi, who won the best boxer award and N1million cash prize at the last edition of the tournament, will take on Saheed “Happy Boy” Olayiwola in a Light welterweight challenge bout.

Waidi “Skoro” Usman, West African Featherweight champion, will fight Taofik “Toazon” Bisuga in a national featherweight challenge.

Sponsored by pay-tv company, GOtv, the tournament that started last November, was conceived to revive boxing in Nigeria through better funding and top-notch organisation.

GOtv is supported by other corporate bodies like MultiChoice, SuperSport, KSquare Security, Custodian Assurance Limited, Complete Sports, Brilla FM, Bond FM and Newsbreak.ng.

The event will be broadcast live on SuperSport from 4pm.

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