NBF throws Boxing camp open ahead of Paris 2024 Olympics trials

Posted : 11 July 2023

Nigeria has called her Boxers to be prepared for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games for trials in Lagos, the Commercial Capital of the Nation.

The Secretary General of the Nigeria Boxing Federation, Akinyele Oladapo to the State Directors of Sports directed the Pugilists to report in camp on Thursday July 18.

The Boxers will be accommodated at the Lt. Gen. Minimah (Rtd) Hostel at the National Stadium Surulere, Lagos where the training and elimination exercise will take place at the Boxing Gym from July 19 to 20.

The letter indicated that Boxers “should come along with their training kits. They are to also scan their International Passports as well as produce four copies of their recent passport photographs.”

The Secretary General hinted that any Boxer who loses his or her bout at the trials is expected to vacate the camp the next day after such loss.

The Summer Olympic Games comes up in Paris, France from Friday July 26 to Sunday August 11, 2024.

Nigeria did not field any boxer at the Tokyo Japan Games that ran from July 23 to August 8 2021.

Blessing Oborududu won Silver in Women’s Freestyle 68Kg wrestling and Ese Brune won Bronze at the Women’s Long Jump while Nigeria did not field a single Boxer in the event where she used to hold sway at the global level.

In 2016 at Rio de Jainerio in Brazil, Nigeria paraded 77 competitors in 10 Sporting events where she ranked 78th in the world coming back home with only one medal which was Bronze in Mens’ Football.

Nigeria’s shining light at Brazil in Boxing was Efe Ajagba in Mens’ Super Heavy Weight and he lost to Ivan Dycho of Kazakstan 0-3 in the quarterfinals.

Boxers invited to camp.

Men:

51Kg: Adeoti Fawzas – Edo; Balogun Awawal – Ogun; Adeagbo – Michael – Rivers and Udoko Marvelous – Delta.

57 Kg: Kukoyi Wahab – Delta; Obayomi Abeeb – Nasarawa; Quazin Quyum – Niger and Equuare Iyalakhue –Edo.

63.5 Kg: Rilwan Ige – Oyo; Adefemi Adeniji – Lagos; Hakeem Rilwan Niger and Gabriel Simon Katsina.

67Kg: Abdullahi Saheed – Lagos; Hassan Akeem – Delta; Daniel Joshua – Plateau and Hassan Folly – Edo,

711kg: Godstime Sunday – Delta; Fatai Moshood – Oyo; Seun Ariola – Borno and Ibrahim Yakubu – Edo.

75kg: David Akintola – Rivers; Saheed Jamiu – Kwara; Oloyede Adewale - Borno and Adeoye Kolawole –Ekiti.

80Kg: Hyginus Maduchukwu – Abuja; Epuram Onwuaris – Plateau; Sango Muritala – Imo and Nojeem Jimoh – Balyesa.

92kg: Francis Gabriel – Lagos; Taiwo Oluwatobiloba –Ogun; Great Michael –Delta and Michael Agba – Oyo.

+92kg: Chinedu Agbadike –Delta; Ifeanyi Onyekwere – Cross River; Victory Michael –Enugu and Taiwo Rasheed – Oyo.

Women boxers:

50kg: Oyesiji Adeola – Lagos; Adesina Zainab –Balyesa; Olise Gift –Delta and Rita Oyeleye –Borno.

54kg: Adewale Pelumi – Edo; Kareem Sukura – Lagos; Chidera Monday - Akwa Ibom and Gbadamosi Alimot – Delta.

57kg: Ojo Joy – Lagos; Samuel Precious – Edo; Azizat Akinremi- Bayelsa and Kemi James –Ondo.

60kg: Shodipo Abiola –Ogun; Ismail Habibat –Delta; Akanni AnuOluwapo – Lagos and Kalu Kasarachi – Abuja.

66kg: Queen Acha – Edo; Jesse Peters – Delta; Mistura Oyeneye –Ogun; and Odunlami Elizabeth –Abuja.

70 Kg: Kate Peters –Edo; Orakwe Blssing – Lagos; Aisha Abdulwahab –Delta and Tijani Faoosyat – Kwara.

75Kg: Jacinta Omunape –Bayelsa; Blessing Smart – Delta; Ekong Mary – Akwa Ibom and Judith Onyinye – Anambra.

NBF chose four best Boxers in each category for the trials but it is not known how many Boxers will be taken to Paris next year.

NBF throws Boxing camp open ahead of Paris 2024 Olympics trials

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