GBA formally confirms dying of Nigerian boxer at Bukom Boxing Enviornment
The Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) have formally confirmed the dying of Nigerian boxer Gabriel Oluwasegun Olanrewaju who tragically handed away after collapsing throughout a bout on the Bukom Boxing Enviornment in Accra on Saturday night time.
Olanrewaju was dealing with Accra-born John Mbanugu, also referred to as Energy, in an undercardon combat of Ghana’s Skilled Boxing League when the unlucky incident occurred.
Halfway by the combat, Olanrewaju all of a sudden collapsed within the ring, prompting the referee to name for speedy medical help. Regardless of pressing efforts to revive him, the 40-year-old boxer remained unresponsive and was rushed to Korle-Bu Instructing Hospital, the place he was later pronounced lifeless.
An official assertion confirming his passing has been launched by the GBA, sending shockwaves by Ghana’s boxing group.
Stories counsel he might have suffered cardiac arrest.
A viral video of the combat exhibits each boxers buying and selling punches intensely earlier than Olanrewaju stumbled and collapsed, with simply 15 seconds left within the third spherical of the scheduled eight-round bout. Initially, the bellman and timekeeper handled it as a knockdown, however the seriousness of the scenario rapidly turned clear. Medical professionals rushed to his support, however their efforts to revive him proved unsuccessful, resulting in his emergency switch to the hospital.
Olanrewaju’s final recorded combat was on December 24, 2024, towards Idowu Raheed on the Campos Mini Stadium in Lagos.
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