Tag: Champion

Itunuoluwa May 24, 2017

[The Alausa Blog]: Heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield donates health equipment worth $3 million

Four time heavyweight boxing champion, Evander Hollyfield in Lagos state met with the Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, Wednesday and donated health equipment worth $3 million. Holyfield at the State…

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Isime Esene June 12, 2016

Mohammad Ali at the ring-side, 1985 – A poem by Wole Soyinka

by Wole Soyinka The arena is darkened. A feast of blood Will follow duly; the spotlights have been borrowed For a while. These ringside prances Merely serve to whet the…

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Op-Ed Editor June 5, 2016

Reuben Abati: Muhammad Ali, the champion who shook the world

Muhammad Ali, who died late Friday evening aged 74, was one of the greatest icons of the 20th century, one of the world’s greatest boxers of all time, and certainly…

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Emmanuel Chidiogo September 12, 2014

Nigerian nightmare: Samuel Peter makes a return to the ring

by Olorunwa Lawal Former World Boxing Council (WBC) champion, Samuel Peter (34-5, 27 KOs) will return for the first time in three years to face Ron "The Iceman" Aubrey (12-3,…

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December 11, 2013

‘I’m greatly disappointed’: Why ex-world boxing champion, Mike Tyson was banned from the UK

by Akintomiwa Agbaje It came as a great shock to the former world heavyweight champion boxer to discover he is banned from entering the UK. Mike Tyson, who was also…

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Oluwapelumi August 2, 2011

Something New: Want Alcohol? Ego Omalicha’s got some

by Taiwo Damilola Model and singer, Ego, has released songs like ‘Omalicha' and 'Thinking about you', and now she gives fans her new offering, ‘Alcohol’. Ego Omalicha (born Jennnifer Oduah),…

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