Ghanaian Boxers Shine At African Youth Championship In Guinea
Rising Star Mathias Ashitey defeated Ayoub Mouhamed of Tunisia on the second day fight umber three in the 51kg category of the African Youth Boxing Championship in Conakry, Guinea.
Earlier in the first day, Desmond Pappoe fighting in the 75kg category progressed to the next stage with a great performance and splendid win against Albingagu Mftah of Libya.
He was supposed to face home boy, Diallo Mamadou of Guinea at the time of filng this report..
George Dowuona also secured success for Team Ghana at the Youth Championship happening in Conakry, Guinea which started yesterday
He next faces Aboubacar Camara of the host nation in the 54kg weight class.
Coach Joseph Martey is happy for the good start of the Black Rockets and hopes they will keep up the winning spirit and enter the medal zone.
George Dowuona who was the first to fight for Ghana beat Miftah Albinbagu of Liberia in the 54 kg preliminaries before Desmond Pappoe battled and made mincemeat on Lade Micock of Seychelles in the 75 kg division on Tuesday when the fight tournament belled off at the 2025 African Youth Boxing Championships in Conakry, Guinea.
By Sammy Heywood Okine