The Yucateco boxing league continues to raise the the bar with groundbreaking events as pugilists displays grit in the week-16 hostilities in Lagos.
After what experts have discribed as a show stopping event at the Alake Palace in Abeokuta on Friday 6th December, the Yucateco boxing train made its next stop at the widely populated F1 Lounge in Ebute on December 13th for another imposing fight night.
The 27 fight card was equipped with several pre-event feud that graves a battle in the squared ropes for a show of supremacy. In the opening contest Israel Makinde of Progreso bc brought his wealth of experience to the saddle as he decimated Samad Asude of Harmony boxing club 5-0 in their 51kg bout. Faruk Oshikoya of Miramontes bc also star on the night as he made a light work of Taiwo Bakare of Akil boxing club to secure a 5-0 unanimous victory in the 51kg contest.
It was however a close battle between Toheeb Wasiu of Progreso bc and Wahab Adeniji of Harmony boxing club. Both pugilists kept the fans at gaze throughout their 57kg brawl with end-to-end punches before Wahab came out tops with a 3-2 triumph. For an extended results chart of week-16 bouts, visit yucatecoboxing.com.
In the absence of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Yucateco boxing promotions Omonlei Yakubu Imadu who is currently in Germany for the 62nd annual World Boxing Council (WBC) convention, the Technical Director of the Yucateco boxing league Babatunde Laguda, said a series of activities has been lined up for the boxers to close the year.
” it’s the Yuletide season so we have designed a list of activities to celebrate the boxers competing in the league, they will receive gifts courtesy of the promotion, and a special dinner night is being arranged as well in their honor”.
A total of 411 bouts have been completed in season 2 of the Yucateco boxing league. Twelve accredited boxing clubs are vying for the grand prize of N50 Million naira at the end of the season in February 2025.
