Ellis Quaye going for GBA First Vice President position
Mr. Ellis Quaye, an international businessman and keen boxing enthusiast has re ignited his ambitions to be part of the new leadership of Ghana Professional Boxing.
In an exclusive telephone interview, he said “GBA has come this far, I want to be part of the group to take it to the next level, reaching greater heights with knowledge I have acquired in my years in boxing from the UK till now”.
According to Mr. Quaye his experience gained in working on the international scene would help Ghanaian boxers to gain attention and attraction to fight on international platforms.
He promised to fully support the President of the Ghana Boxing Authority to achieve his goals and objectives by supporting in all ways.
He acknowledged that Ghana has massive boxing talent, however talent alone is not enough to build champions, so he is coming to help to mould the talent and skill to gain financial assistance and other support to gain the full potential of great champions.
“We believe in teamwork and unity, we believe in creating opportunities for everyone to enjoy so I assure our boxers, coaches and Matchmakers that we are going to run an ultramodern and new scientific system where we shall have the database of all stakeholders and make sure we work with everyone” he expressed.
The managing partner of Cabic Promotions said they have seen and know what the fans want as well as what the boxing people want, we are ready to deliver and we will do or we’ll and better as well as in style.
Mr. Ellis Quaye has been into boxing administration and management for over 30 years and believes Ghana is ripped to get new champions.
He named boxers like Theo Allotey. Daniel Gorsh, Joseph Commey, John Laryea and Emmanuel Quaye as some of the boxers who can be supported to bring laurels to the nation.
He commended and congratulated the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) for doing a great job in drawing the road map to the Congress and Elections on June 2, 2026.
“I love the medical and safety protocols that have been placed and I think it is going to serve us well” he expressed.
He urged the media to promote and project Ghana Boxing like they are doing for football because boxing has produced many world champions.
He regrets the passing of the late Bahubali aka Ernest Akushey who was a cheerleader for the IBC Team and hopes that boxers’ lives would always be paramount.
By Sammy Heywood Okine
