▪️“We strategised well to face Raquinel because we knew how difficult it is to fight a southpaw,” says coach Ofori Asare
▪️The 23-year-old Allotey is now a proud owner of four titles
Ghana’s newly-crowned WBO Global super-flyweight champion Theo “Lopez” Allotey has attributed his steady rise in boxing to coach Ofori Asare.
Allotey (13-0-0) put up a dominant show to outpoint Jayr Raquinel of Philippines and in the process became WBO Global super-flyweight champion at the University of Ghana Stadium in Legon on December 20, 2025.
“Asare is the one who made me win the fight, I owe my success in boxing to him,” Allotey told boxersworld.co.ke in an telephone interview.
“I will continue training hard with discipline and dedication until we get there.”
Commenting on his victory which gave him his fourth title, Allotey said they planned well for it with his coach Ofori Asare.
“I feel great and happy for having a good team by my side and through their support led by Asare I’m fulfilling my goals.
“Raquinel is a tough boxer I respect him, I won because of my skills and advice from my coach Asare, he caught me with some heavy punches in the 11th round ”
Asare, who has been coaching Allotey for 15 years now at his Wisdom Gym, is a proud man seeing Allotey rising higher.
“Theo keeps on improving and there’s no doubt he’s one of Africa’s best pro boxers and a future world champion,” said the highly respected Ghana’s national boxing team head coach.
“It was a hard fought bout, Theo’s skill level prevailed, we were aware it was going to be a big fight, he was ranked number 10 by Ring Magazine and number five by WBC.
“We planned thoroughly for it because we knew how difficult it is to face a southpaw opponent, that’s why Theo sparred with several southpaws with different styles to make sure we get it right. I’m proud of him, having been with him for 15 years he’s like my son now ”
Asare’s sentiments are echoed by Allotey.
“My coach has provided me with lots of skills fighting southpaws, you have to move to his right side,” says Allotey, a bronze medallist at the 2024 African Games in Accra where he lost in the semi-finals to the eventual champion Zambia’s World Championships bronze medallist Patrick Chinyemba who has defeated the Ghanaian boxer three times.
In addition to the latest title – the fourth one – Allotey is also the national super flyweight champion, UBO Africa super-flyweight title holder and WBO Africa bantamweight champion.
