Ms. Jacqueline Onasis Manteaw aka Jackie Lash who won the Best Card Girl Award at the 2025 Boxing Ghana Awards has thanked the organisers for recognising and rewarding her, hoping that the recognition will inspire and encourage her to work harder.

In an exclusive chat after she got her prize, she commended the organisers of the event and said it was very good, as she got a certificate of merit and a gas stove which she would give to her grandma as New Year gift.

The famous and popular model who chose to work for boxing said it has been an experience working in a male dominated area, however the role she plays had made her to be known and she takes the job very serious.

"Boxing is serious business and everyone involved must not joke, just like me, we do not only count and display the rounds, but add to the business and entertainment" she expressed.

She noted that working without motivation is very boring, so though the award may not be big, it is worthy and good.

She wished the leadership of Ghana Boxing well and prayed that the IMC would hand over and there would be a peaceful election at the Ghana Boxing Authority.

She also urged more sponsors to support the Boxing Ghana Awards.

The experienced card girl won last year and successfully defended her trophy.

By Sammy Heywood Okine    

Ghana’s Theophilus Nii Kpakpp Allotey who raked five awards at the recent Boxing Ghana Awards has been named as the current number one Ghanaian boxer by various boxing bodies in the world. He is officially number 10 at the International Boxing Organisation (IBO) Super Flyweight division.

Boxrec has rated him at the top, and he now has three and a half star just like former IBO Lightweight champion Emmanuel Tagoe who is at number two.

Faisal Abubakar with three stars is at number three position.

Others with three stars in the row are Richard Commey and Alfred Lamptey, Holy Dogbertor, John Laryea, Michael Abban, Sheriff Quaye and Henry Malm in the top 10 with two and a half stars.

According to Coach Dr. Ofori Asare, they are climbing gradually and very soon they will hit the top ten well and take on the champions.

“Jayr Raquinel, who Allotey beat at the Legon Stadium in highly rated and our victory must push us” he stated.

Theo Allotey (13-0)  himself told Yours Truly that he wants to become an undisputed champion, which no Ghanaian has done and he is very focused and determined to reach that goal.

Ms Sarah Lotus Asare, his manager says recent awards like the EMY, Boxing Ghana and other accolades and cheers has inspired Allotey to be his best and hopes to become better.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Coaches and members of the Bukom Boxing Gym have expressed their profound gratitude to Boxing Ghana for remembering and recognising them and the great trainer Kwatelai Quartey aka Wutor who is credited with the exposure of many boxers at the 4^th Awards ceremony held at the Idrowhyt Events Center.

Assistant coach / Media Organiser of the Gym, Augustus Dodoo said it is very good Coach Wutor was honoured because he is the one who trained Ike Quartey aka Bazooka. Alfred Kotey aka Cobra, James Armah aka Bukom Fire. Joshua Clottey aka Hitter / Grandmaster, Emmanuel Clottey aka The Sleek, Steve Dotse. Anyetei Laryea. Malik Jabir aka Bukom Onufu, Braimah Kamoko, aka Bukom Banku, Joshua Okine aka Bukom Tsatsu, Lartei Lartey aka Bukom Jah, Alfred Tetteh aka Stinging Bee, Odoi Tetteh aka Gbese Tyson and others.

"Wutor is the foundation of our generation at Bukom when it comes to boxing. he is our number one coach" he said.

The Bukom Gym was founded in the 1950s but became redundant until 1976 when Kwatelai Quartey revived it in an open space beforec they moved to their current place.

"We are most grateful to him for what he has done and continue doing because we have more kids who want to box" he said.

According to Dodoo the Bukom Boxing Gym has talent but they lack resources and funds to get modern boxing training equipment. He appealed to people who want them to excel to come to their aid.

Coaches Samuel Quaye and Ayitey also added that the boxers need scholarships to be interested in education in addition to their boxing skills and talents.

"We encourage the boxers to take education serious because that is the future" Quaye expressed.

Coach Ayitey said honouring Coach Kwatelai Quartey is a great step in the right direction and congratulated the organisers of the Boxing Ghana Awards.

In another development, Coach Dr. Ofori Asare described Wutor as a legend who must be remembered and honored for the great role he has played in boxing.

By Sammy Heywood Okine                                       

Jonathan Tetteh aka ‘Worldwide’ says he wants to quit Box Office Promotions because he wants to fight for big money.

Speaking on Omashi Radio after beating Seth Gyimah aks ‘Freezy Macbones’ to win the WBA Inter Continental Africa Light Heavyweight Championship, he said Legacy Rise gave him good money and he wants to continue getting the big monies.

He is already thinking of a rematch with Freezy on March 6, 2026 in Kumasi.

According to Jonathan Tetteh who is the national super middleweight champion, he is now a big star and ready to work with big promotions.

Tetteh was on the Omashie Tuesday evening sports programme, The Punchline with Joseph Commey aka Jaguar who had a tough duel against hard punching southpaw, Majid Yakubu on the Best of Bukom 2 bill by Bishop Promotions.

Commey did not say anything concerning his relationship with Box Office.

Box Office Promotions is headed by Alex Ntiamoah Boakye who has supported many boxers from Bukom including Commey and Alfred Lamptey. He played a key role for Worldwide to defeat Freezy Macbones

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Former IBF Bantamweight Champion, Joseph 'Fresh King Kong' Agbeko has introduced Benedict Baddoo a budding sensation on the local scene as the boxer to watch and the future of the sport in Ghana.

Speaking at the Boxing Ghana Awards last Saturday at the Idrowhyt Events Centre he said Baddoo who is his blood relation is fearless and ready to conquer Ghana and Africa and reach the world.

Baddoo told Yours Truly in a different interview that he wants to become one of the best and most popular boxers from Chorkor.

He noted that Bahubali made great name for Chorkor and he wants to maintain the profile that Chorkor has produced very good boxers for Ghana.

"I want to be the next most popular boxer from Chorkor. there are many boxers in Chorkor but I want to be the Ambassador and biggest star when it comes to boxing" he said

Baddoo who is managed by PKO Boxing said the best of Ghana Boxing is coming.

Joseph Agbeko was among the special guests honoured at the event.

He is a two times world champion and congratulated organisers of the classic Awards event.

By Sammy Heywood Okine                                            

Accra, Ghana — The Government of the Republic of Ghana has formally affirmed its commitment to host the 24th Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) African Senior Athletics Championships following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Confederation of African Athletics and Ghana Athletics.

The MoU was signed on behalf of the Government of Ghana by the Minister for Sports and Recreation, Hon. Kofi Iddie Adam, thereby confirming Ghana as the host nation for the continental championship, which is scheduled to take place from 12th to 17th May, 2026, at the University of Ghana Sports Stadium, Legon, Accra.

The official signing ceremony took place at the Conference Room of the Ministry of Sports and Recreation and was witnessed by a distinguished delegation from the Confederation of African Athletics, led by the President of CAA, Mr. Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, and the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Lamine Fati. Also in attendance was the CAA Region II delegation, headed by Chief Tonobok Okowa, who serves as the First Vice President of CAA and President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria.

The ceremony was further attended by the leadership of Ghana Athletics, led by its President, Mr. Bawah Fuseini, alongside representatives of key national sporting institutions, including the Ghana Olympic Committee, led by Lawyer Richard Akakpovie, and the National Sports Authority, represented by the Deputy Director-General (Technical), Madam Veronica Commey.

Other relevant institutions and strategic stakeholders were also present, collectively expressing confidence in Ghana’s preparedness and institutional capacity to deliver a successful and well-organised championship.

The execution of the MoU between the Confederation of African Athletics, Ghana Athletics, and the Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Sports and Recreation formally signifies Ghana’s acceptance of hosting responsibilities and its commitment to meeting all technical, organisational, and infrastructural requirements for the successful staging of the Championships.

Earlier in the day, delegations from the Confederation of African Athletics and Ghana Athletics paid courtesy calls on the National Sports Authority and the Ghana Olympic Committee as part of stakeholder engagements towards preparations for the Championships. The delegation also undertook an inspection visit to the University of Ghana Sports Stadium to assess facility readiness and compliance with CAA standards.

The hosting of the 24th CAA African Senior Athletics Championships is expected to bring together elite athletes from across the African continent and further consolidate Ghana’s standing as a preferred destination for major international sporting events.

Credit: SEEDAfrique

Giants of Africa has returned to Ghana to support female coaches and the physically challenged. Giants of Africa uses basketball as a tool to empower African youth to DREAM BIG.

Giants of Basketball, an American Basketball organisation are in Ghana to organise a Women’s Basketball Coaches Clinic at the University of Ghana, Legon on Wednesday and unveil a basketball court at the School for the Deaf, Mampong Akuapem on 9th January.

Led by Joe Touomou (Senior Coach) and Coach Geraldine Robert, alongside members of Giant of Africa, GBA President Alex Kukula, selected coaches, and local representatives they are expected to impact a lot to the female basketball community in Ghana.

It is indeed a major boost for women’s basketball and inclusive sports development

Senior Coach Joe Touomou and Coach Geraldine Robert, a Gabonese who has played to the highest level in France and Europe shared some experiences and techniques on training and encouraging more females to do sports, especially play basketball.

According to Geraldine Robert the whole objective is using basketball to make the world a better place tolive in, and winning with women.

“When women win, the world wins said Coach Touomou.

He said Ghana has very good athletes in different sports disciplines and hoped there would be more stars in Ghana Basketball who can reach the NBA and FIBA levels.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, President of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) on January 7, 2026 paid a courtesy call on the President of the Ghana Olympic Committee ahead of the African Athletics Championship slated for May.

He was accompanied by officials of the CAA and they expressed confidence in Ghana to organise a marvelous competition.

Ghana will host the 24th edition of the Africa Senior Athletics Championships from May 12 to 17, 2026, in Accra,

Malboum noted that Ghana hosted a very successful competition during the 13th African Games and he believes there are still fresh facilities for the CAA event.

President of the Ghana Olympic Committee, Lawyer Richard Akpokavie who warmly welcomed the Athletics delegation said he is always concerned about athletes’ welfare especially their facilities and remuneration and he is very optimistic that the Ghana Athens Association will deliver again.

"We have to put all hands on deck to organise a memorable and successful world class event" he stated.

Mr. Bawa Fuseini. President of the Ghana Athletics and Deputy Secretary General of the Ghana Olympic Committee assured that Ghana will deliver.

He prayed that countries will present their best athletes to make the Championship competitive.

The Secretary General of the Ghana Olympic Committee, Lawyer Mohammed Muniru assured the CAA that the competition in Ghana will be a success as there are many people in Ghana who love Track and Field.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ghana and the CAA was later signed at the Ministry of Sports and Recreation, after Malboum had visited the University of Ghana Sports Stadium at Legon.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

People call him ‘Ataa Addo\, but his real name is Edward Addo and resides at Mamprobi. He loves boxing but he is not strong to fight so he decided to become a referee,

But on an occasion when the man in charge was not in, he gave it a chance and for over 40 years he has been the official time keeper at most if not all professional and amateur boxing bouts in Ghana.

He is a retired civilian employee at the Ghana Armed Forces and his best boxer is Geirge Ashie.

In an exclusive interview at the 2025 Boxing Ghana Awards where he was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award, he congratulated the organisers for identifying him and honouring him on a special occasion.

“In fact I am very happy today and I thank boxinghana.com for the recognition and reward. It has not been easy but for the love for boxing we keep on doing what we love” he said.

According to Addo, he is training one Bernard Addo yo become the next Time Keeper.

He was honoured alongside some boxing legends and many others who exceled in the last boxing season.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Theophilus Nii Kpakpo Allotey aka Theo Lopez took home five prizes at the impressive and well attended 4^th Boxing Ghana Awards ceremony held on Saturday at the Idrowhyt Events Center in Dansoman, Accra.

The Boxing Personality of the Year 2025 went to Sharaf Mahama with 79.5% against Theophilus Allotey, Mathias Ashitey, Abubakar Kamoko, Dr. Ofori Asare and Dave Bishop,

Theo Allotey won the Outstanding Bout of the year with Daniel Gorsh (92.1%), Best Dressed Boxer (83%), Most Promising Boxer (82.3%), Most Well Behaved or Disciplined Boxer (94.5%), Professional Boxer of the year, winning with 91.3% of the total votes casted. Faisal Abubakar got 6.6%, while Sampson Segbedzi placed third.

Sammy Heywood Okine aka ‘General One’ took the 2025 Best Media Personality Award with 78.9% against last year’s winner, Mohammed Agyemang of Ibox360 fame who got 21.1%.

Sammy Heywood Okine also won the Best Boxing Writer of the year for the third time with 84.5% against Sam Opoku Amoah (Sam Gold) who got 9.1% and Prince Dornu Leiku with 6.5%.

Max TV won the Best Boxing TV Station with 88.8% against Omashi 7.1% while GTV placed third.

Ismael Williams amassed 76.3% to win the Best Professional Referee against Roger Barnor 10.9% and Erasmus Owoo with 5%.

Amateur Referee / Judge of the year was taken by Martin Acheampong (86%) against Edward Asante (14%).

With total votes of 72%, Jamestown Boxing Club took the Best Boxing Gym Award. While Augustus Dodoo aka ‘One Life’ was adjudged the Best Match Maker with 76.8% over Mubarak Nanor (11.1%), Ms. Sarah Lotus Asare (9.1%), and Enoch Amponsah aka Don

Mustapha Nettey got 84% of the votes to win the Best Ring Announcer / MC against Nat Attoh (7.3%) and Samuel Opoku Amoah (11.3%).

Joseph Martey won the Best Coach of the year with 78.5% against Dr. Ofori Asare 14.7% and Vincent Akai Nettey 6.9%.

Bright Okoe of Wisdom Gym got 82.6% and shocked Mathias Ashitey 17.4% to win the Best Youth Amateur Boxer of the year.

Outstanding Promotion of the year went to Legacy Rise Sports (88.5%) against Bishop Promotions (11.5%).

Knock Out of the year 2025 was picked by Shakul Samed in his bout at the WBC Grand Prix against Jude Grant.

The Best Regional Boxing Association went to Volta Region (83.5%), against Ashanti (9.3%) and Northern 7.1%.

The Lifetime Achievement Awards went to Ataa Eddie Pappoe, Amerley Turkson, Kwatelai Quartey, Edward Addo and the late Freeman Kwame (Promoterhene).

Others who have also contributed to Ghana Boxing like Dr. Ofori  Asare and Northern regional coaches got Special Awards.

By Wendy Naa Deide Sampah