CEO YAKUBU IMADU PROMISES A CARNIVAL NIGHT ON DEC 30
The Chief Executive Officer of Yucateco Boxing Promotions and initiator of the Yucateco boxing league, Omonlei Yakubu Imadu, has said the final event of 2024 will hold in a carnival-like atmosphere on Monday, December 30.
“Those who attended our last event in 2023 already know what to expect on Monday the 30th of this month, aside the action in the squared ropes we have a list of top Nigerian musicians that will be performing on the night”
“We are staging a carnival night with the best of boxing action ‘so, boxing fans should expect the best blend of music entertainment, dance, and sports, our venue remains the Yucateco Arena in Ikorodu”.
The grand finale of the Yucateco Boxing League Season 2 has been slated for February 2025. The season which got underway in August has thus far completed a total of 438 bouts.
Twelve accredited boxing clubs are vying for the grand prize of N50 Million naira in season 2 of the Yucateco league. The most valuable boxers in each weight category will also receive the sum of 2 million naira each.
Meanwhile with less than six weeks to the close of Season 2 of the Yucateco Boxing League, participating clubs and their respective pugilists have continued to shore up points as they eye the ultimate prize.
Hostilities resume on Friday night, December 27, at the Yucateco Boxing Arena in Lagos for week 17 contests. The opening bouts was a show of class for Faruk Abijuwon of Tizimi boxing club as he decimated Afeez Olamide of AGB Splendid BC 4-1 in their male 51kg contest. The 57kg class also came alive with an entertaining fight that saw Robiu Abdullahi score a split decision victory over Michael Ogunremi of ESPITA boxing club.
The king of the 63.5kg class and the Most Valuable Boxer (MVB) of YBL season 1, Abdulwahab Abdulrahmon of Eespitas Boxing Club showed he was miles ahead of his opponent as he recorded a 4-1 triumph over Oluwaseun Abiodun of AY Rano Boxing Club. It was however a one-sided affair in the 71kg as Daniel Joshua of Ogbas Families Boxing Club made a soft work of Jato Ibrahim of OWAN boxing club in his dominant 5-0 victory.
Visit yucatecoboxing.com for more details on the week-17 bouts and other information on the Yucateco Boxing League.
