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The 18th edition of GOtv Boxing Night will hold in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, during the Easter celebrations.

This was announced by the event organisers, FlyKite Productions, at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday.

The event scheduled for April 21 will hold at the indoor sports hall of the Obafemi Awolowo (formerly Liberty) Stadium.

This is the third time the event will be hosted in Ibadan. The ancient city hosted the competition in March 2017 and July 2018.

Speaking at the conference, Jenkins Alumona, chief executive officer (CEO) of Flykite Productions said, the organisation is proud to be back for the first edition in 2019, which happens to be the 18th in the space of five years since its inception in 2014.

L-R: Jennifer Ukoh, public relations manager, GOtv; Chidozie Bede-Nwokoye, senior marketing manager, GOtv; Jenkins Alumona, CEO of Flykite production and Remi Aboderin, secretary general of NBBofC

“We are very committed to the development of the event and enjoy the unwavering support of Multichoice Nigeria, the owners of GOtv satellite networks,” Alumona said.

“As usual, the edition promises to be big and even bigger than what we achieved in the previous editions.”

GOtv Boxing Night 18 will be headlined by the African Boxing Union (ABU) lightweight title defence bout between reigning champion, Oto “Joeboy” Joseph of Nigeria and Success “Brave Warrior” Tetteh of Ghana.

Some of the boxers

It will also feature another international bout, a light middleweight challenge duel between Nigeria’s Akeem “Dodo” Sadiku and Republic of Benin’s Ekpresso Djamihou.

Also on the bout card are six domestic bouts. They are the national super featherweight title bout between Ridwan “Scorpion” Oyekola and Taofeek “Taozon” Bisuga.

West African Boxing Union (WABU) welterweight champion, Rilwan “Babyface” Babatunde returns to action when he takes on Ganiyu “Energy” Kolawole in a challenge bout.

The hard-punching Tawio “Esepo” Agbaje will battle it out against Michael “Holy Mike” Jacob in a national lightweight contest, while Adeyemi “Sense” Opeyemi and Sadiq “Happy Boy” Adeleke will slug it out in a national bantamweight challenge.

Three graduates of GOtv Boxing NextGen Search 3 will also be in action, Morufu “Oloke” Owolabi will take on Jamiyu “Sunshine” Akande in a national lightweight challenge, while Issac “I Star” Chukwudi will be up against Ibadan-based Jubril “Terrible” Olalekan.

Issac “I Star” Chukwudi vs Jubril “Terrible” Olalekan.

According to GOtv, the best boxer at the event will go home with a cash prize of N1 million alongside the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial trophy.