Izuchukwu OkosiThe boxing event of the 13th African Games begin this Friday in Accra, Ghana with four Nigerian pugllists expected to take to the squared ropes later this evening, reports Prime Business Africa.
There are 27 bouts on the card on the opening day and four of them involve the Nigerians.
The Nigerian boxing contingent to the African Games travelled to Accra on Wednesday night as their travelling arrangement could not be finalized earlier.
The first Nigerian boxer at the Games to take to the ring is Nene Ojo who will fight in the women’s 57kg. She will take on Uganda’s Ndagire Sharua.
Another Nigerian, Dolapo Omole will take on Egypt’s Amir Kelany in the Men’s 57kg preliminaries.
Also, Aremu Ibrahim in the 71 kg bout will take on Ethiopia’s Daniel Abenisem while Alaore Adams in the 92kg will fight against Abuti Alwanga of Kenya.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
