|
GAABA organizes contest to select team
Accra, Dec 28, GNA The Greater Accra Amateur Boxing
Association (GAABA) has announced that it would organize a
special amateur boxing contest on January 1, 2007 at the
Prisons Canteen in Accra.
The contest is aimed at selecting boxers who will form the
core of the regional team.
According to a statement from the association, bouts for the
contest would be in seven weight categories.
In the flyweight division, Annan Attoh of the Attoh Quarshie
Gym will battle with Sulley Mathias of the Square Deal Club,
whilst Oblitey Commey also from the Square Deal Club and
Ekow Wilson of the Black Panthers Gym battle each other in
the bantamweight division.
Fit Square’s Nii Armah Quaye will fight Joshua Barnor of the
Panix Gym with Raymond Commey of the Square Deal and Nii
Ofoli Tetteh of the Fit Square sorting things out in the
featherweight class.
Nayin Laryea of the Attoh Quarshie Gym and Azumah Mohammed
will battle each other in a lightweight contest, whilst
Emmanuel Quarshie of Attoh Quarshie Gym and Afutu Tagoe of
the Black Panthers Gym settle their scores in the
welterweight division.
In the light heavyweight division, Samuel Danso of the
Wisdom Gym will have to do extra work to overcome Mugano
Kubanu of Fit Sqaure Gym, whilst Samuel Kojoga also of the
Fit Square Gym contends with Sampson Kooku of the Akotoku
Gym in the heavyweight division.
Weigh in of boxers will come off on the same day and venue.
The contest comes days after the association’s Champion of
Champions tourney, which was a forerunner in the regional
team selection process.
GNA
|
