Wisdom Boxing Club Targets Six Gold Medals At National Individual Amateur Boxing Championship
Wisdom is leading the finalists at the National Individual Amateur Boxing Championship which climaxes on February 27 with 6 boxers and all of them are hungry for the ultimate.
The Wisdom Boxing Gym was founded in September 1993 by Coach Dr. Ofori Asare in Jamestown, Accra, Ghana. It was established as a community-based, non-profit boxing and fitness institution and has since become a prominent club, producing over 500+ boxers.
The Wisdom Boxing Club in Accra is located in Adedenkpo, Jamestown, it is a premier Ghanaian gym founded by head coach Dr. Ofori Asare, with key support from assistant coaches Frank Addo Emmanuel Adjei and others.
The gym currently boasts of over 70 active boxers comprising juveniles, females, amateurs and professionals.
Ms. Sarah Lotus Asare, daughter of Dr. Asare who is a member of the new Ghana Boxing Federation (GBF) is the administrative manager and they have other officers in charge of specific departments and duties with their promotions outfit.
They have come out with several initiatives and programs at both amateur and professional boxing levels. The gym is popular for grooming great amateur boxers who have represented Ghana at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games.
The feat by Coach Asare with Samuel Takyi winning a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is a recent great achievement.
The gym also boasts of Abdul Wahid Omar who was sole lone boxer at the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, he is a multi Commonwealth Games medalist.
There are others like Bastie Samir and and even the current best boxers in Ghana all based at the Wisdom Boxing Gym, mention WBO Africa Bantamweight ChampionTheophilus Kpakpo Allotey, Haruna Mohammed the West Africa Cruiserweight title, Clinton Adjei, Joseph Antwi aka Junior Bazooka and Emmanuel Quaye.
Last Wednesday, assistant coach Emmanuel Adjei was bold and confident to say that Wisdom Boxing is going to rake six gold medals at the finals of the Individual Championship.
“We train like champions, we have the mindset of champions and we aim high to achieve greatness” he expressed.
He said there would be surprises and shocks because Wisdom will cause an upset.
The finalists cut across a wide range of Accra-based gyms, led by Wisdom Boxing Gym with six qualifiers, followed by Sea View (four), Black Panthers (three), Charles Quartey Foundation (two) and Jamestown (two). Sonia, Fit Square, Will Power, Akotoku and Attoh Quarshie with one finalist each.
The finals pairing are as follows:
48 kg: Daniel Amoo (Sea View) vs Lionel Owoo (Wisdom)
51 kg: George Dowuona (Will Power) vs Ibrahim Doku (Black Panthers)
54 kg: Caleb Mensah (Wisdom) vs Mathias Ashitey (Black Panthers)
57 kg: Mohammed Amadu (Sea View) vs Reginald Lamptey (Charles Quartey)
60 kg: James Okoe (Wisdom) vs Ebenezer Ankrah (Black Panthers)
63.5 kg: Henry Owusu (Wisdom) vs Abdul Wahid Omar (Wisdom)
67kg: Precious Akai Nettey (Attoh Quarshie) vs Issah Okine (Wisdom)
71 kg: Solomon Sackey (Akotoku) vs Zakaria Kamoko (Sea View)
75 kg; Khalim A. Yakeem (Fit Square) vs Desmond Pappoe (James Town)
81 kg: Mubarak Armah (Seconds Out) vs Abdul Wahab (Sonia)
86 kg: Dennis John Dogbenu (Seconds Out) vs Bernard Kotey (Sea View)
92+ kg: Isaac Seidu (Charles Quartey) vs Daniel Plange (James Town)
By Sammy Heywood Okine