We Are Happy To Promote Bash Ali – Obaking International
— February 16, 2014
Bamidele Akingboye, the Chairman, Obaking International
Promotions, on Saturday expressed satisfaction at promoting a popular
boxer, Bash Ali, currently aspiring to become the world’s oldest boxer.
Ali, 58, having been born on Feb. 27, 1956, has been dreaming of becoming the World’s oldest boxer, so as to make the Guinness Book of World Records.
Akingboye, while addressing a news conference at the National Stadium, Lagos, over the promotion, solicited the support of the sporting press toward staging the fight, which would be a double header.
The fight, between Ali, a World Cruiser weight Champions and American, Rick Camlin, 32, an International Boxing Union (IBU) champion, would be a unification world championship fight, tagged “The African Pride’’.
According to Akingboye, Ali has struggled for seven years to enter his name into the Guinness book of World Records and that history is now near.
“Ali had since 2006 been appealing to the Federal Government to bankroll the fight and in May, history will be made in Nigeria when the fight will hold.
“We are happy to be a part of this project as we intend to use the bout to revive professional boxing in Nigeria.
“We are also excited at the support from the Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, who inaugurated the Local Organising Committee (LOC),” Akingboye said.
The promoter added that the fight would be staged in any state of the country that could offer to stake not less than a million dollars in sponsorship.
“The fight is expected to be a big one that will be watched by 5 million viewers in 31 countries through-.
According to Akingboye, the event will attract many boxing legends, like Mohammed Ali, Iron Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and renowned promoter, Don King.
Ali, in his remark, commended the FG and Obaking International for coming to his rescue to actualise his dream of becoming the oldest fighter alive.
“I feel great that my struggles of seven years have come to become a reality. Staging the fight will take me and my country, Nigeria, into the Guinness Book of World Records, as the oldest boxer to feature in a world title fight.
“I will be fighting at the age of 58, which means in this century or in the next, whoever that will have to break the record must be at least 60 years old.
“I am reassuring Nigerians that on that day, Bash Ali will shock the boxing world. I will beat my opponent like a bad child, because I am old enough to be his father’’.
– with 57 knockouts and five losses.
The boxer claimed that he was `robbed’ in most of the losses he recorded. (NAN)
Ali, 58, having been born on Feb. 27, 1956, has been dreaming of becoming the World’s oldest boxer, so as to make the Guinness Book of World Records.
Akingboye, while addressing a news conference at the National Stadium, Lagos, over the promotion, solicited the support of the sporting press toward staging the fight, which would be a double header.
The fight, between Ali, a World Cruiser weight Champions and American, Rick Camlin, 32, an International Boxing Union (IBU) champion, would be a unification world championship fight, tagged “The African Pride’’.
According to Akingboye, Ali has struggled for seven years to enter his name into the Guinness book of World Records and that history is now near.
“Ali had since 2006 been appealing to the Federal Government to bankroll the fight and in May, history will be made in Nigeria when the fight will hold.
“We are happy to be a part of this project as we intend to use the bout to revive professional boxing in Nigeria.
“We are also excited at the support from the Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, who inaugurated the Local Organising Committee (LOC),” Akingboye said.
The promoter added that the fight would be staged in any state of the country that could offer to stake not less than a million dollars in sponsorship.
“The fight is expected to be a big one that will be watched by 5 million viewers in 31 countries through-.
According to Akingboye, the event will attract many boxing legends, like Mohammed Ali, Iron Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and renowned promoter, Don King.
Ali, in his remark, commended the FG and Obaking International for coming to his rescue to actualise his dream of becoming the oldest fighter alive.
“I feel great that my struggles of seven years have come to become a reality. Staging the fight will take me and my country, Nigeria, into the Guinness Book of World Records, as the oldest boxer to feature in a world title fight.
“I will be fighting at the age of 58, which means in this century or in the next, whoever that will have to break the record must be at least 60 years old.
“I am reassuring Nigerians that on that day, Bash Ali will shock the boxing world. I will beat my opponent like a bad child, because I am old enough to be his father’’.
– with 57 knockouts and five losses.
The boxer claimed that he was `robbed’ in most of the losses he recorded. (NAN)
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