The Oyo State Amateur Boxing Association ( OSABA) and the Ibarapa local government are set to organize a boxing tournament in December, 2023.
Speaking in Ibadan, a boxing promoter Abimbola Adeoye who disclosed this said the three day tournament is meant to discover hidden talent in the grassroots.
Adeoye who is also the son of the former Oyo state Amateur Boxing Chairman, late Emmanuel Adeoye noted that no fewer than fifty amateur boxers from Ibadan, Iseyin, Ogbomoso will besiege Ibadan for the boxing tourney adding that not less than three million naira would be spent while winners in each category are to go home with fifty thousand naira cash.
He explained that well meaning Nigerians are also being cultivated to support the boxing fiesta which will include young male and female boxers who would be shepherded by their coaches who will bring them to the show.
The Promoter said further that the bouts will take place at the Lekan Salami stadium just as equipment will also be given to the victorious boxers as an encouragement and boost to their careers.
Adeoye stated that besides discovering talent for Oyo state which he had done through Rilwan Adekola popularly known as Scorpion three years ago
at the annual edition of the Late E A Adeoye boxing tournament, young and talented boxers would be taken off the streets as the boxers converge for the contest for honours .
“ We want to use this opportunity to give young boxers the opportunity to showcase their talent so that that they can be identified for nurturing by Coaches who will be around to do that” positing that “ we will be using the opportunity to discover talent in the mould of Scorpion who has gone ahead with his career in Japan where he is making waves”
