Raheem ‘Badoo’ Animashaun, who is 16 years old, put on an exciting performance to become the best boxer at GOtv Boxing Night 31, held at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.
Animashaun secured a fourth-round technical knockout victory over the more experienced Samuel ‘Apata Roro’ Moses in their national light welterweight challenge bout, earning the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Trophy and the N1m cash prize.
The teenage boxer displayed impressive feints, weaves, and fast, aggressive punching, dominating his more well-known opponent from the first round.
The young boxer knocked down his opponent twice before ending the fight in the fourth round. His victory as the best boxer was met with enthusiastic applause.
Animashaun is the son of Jamiu ‘Rotor’ Animashaun, a former professional boxer who competed in the first two editions of GOtv Boxing Night.
Additionally, Segun ‘War’ Adeyemi defeated Adeyemi ‘Spirit’ Adekanla with a majority decision to claim the West African Boxing Union light welterweight title. Adewale ‘Playboy’ Oladeji secured a unanimous decision win over Afikun ‘Ijebu’ Gbenga in their super welterweight encounter. The national flyweight challenge bout between Sikiru ‘Isho’ Ogunyaju and the current national flyweight champion Sifon Ogunbumi ‘Best’ Iwatt ended in a draw.
The national light welterweight challenge fight between Hammed ‘Eshe’ Ganiyu and Yusuf ‘Hungry Lion’ was declared a no-contest after Ganiyu sustained an injury in the second round from a head-butt by his opponent. Emmanuel ‘Ability’ Abimbola earned a split decision win over Azeez ‘Latest’ Ayobami in a national lightweight challenge fight, while the national super featherweight challenge duel between Sikiru ‘Omo Iya Eleja’ Shogbesan and Batholomew ‘Aboy’ Abuchi ended in favour of Shogbesan, who won via a technical knockout.
