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Boxing Great, Evander Holyfield meets Gov. Ambode
Former world Boxing Champion, Evander Holyfield, on Wednesday said that his foundation would donate health facilities worth three million dollars to Lagos State.
Holyfield who announced the donation during a courtesy visit to Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode at the State House in Alausa also said that the foundation would be established in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former world Champion will be engaging in a Charity Rumble Fight with a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bola Tinubu where Ambode will act as a judge. Holyfield said that the gesture was part of his strategy of giving back to the society. He noted that giving back to the society would help children who had interest in sports to actualise their dreams as he was able to do. Holyfield said his visit was to give kids the basic knowledge in boxing and inspire them on how to maintain a winning attitude. Holyfield, who narrated how his mother supported his boxing career, said that his mother often advised him to hold on to what he was good at and never quit even when the tide was not good.
Responding, Ambode assured Holyfield that the State Government would partner the foundation to achieve its aim in the country especially in Lagos State.
The governor said that the essence of leadership was to inspire others to achieve their potentials in their chosen field. According to him, now is the time to give boxing its pride of place in Nigerian sports.
Ambode expressed appreciation to Holyfield foundation for the gesture and also thanked him for being in town for the Lagos @ 50 celebrations.
Holyfield competed from 1984 to 2011. He reigned as the undisputed champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, being the first and to date only boxer in history to do so, which earned him the nickname, “The Real Deal”.
He is the only four-time world heavyweight champion, having held the WBA, WBC, IBF, and lineal titles from 1990 to 1992; the WBA, IBF, and lineal titles again from 1993 to 1994; the WBA title from 1996 to 1999; the IBF title from 1997 to 1999; and the WBA title for a fourth time from 2000 to 2001.
Holyfield won a 1997 rematch against Mike Tyson, which saw the latter disqualified in round three for biting Holyfield on his ears.
During this reign as champion, he also avenged his loss to Michael Moorer and reclaimed the IBF title.
In 1999 he faced Lennox Lewis in a unification fight for the undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF, and lineal titles, which ended in a controversial split draw. Holyfield was defeated in a rematch eight months later.
The following year, he defeated John Ruiz for the vacant WBA title, becoming the first boxer in history to win a version of the heavyweight title four times.
Holyfield lost a rematch against Ruiz seven months later and faced him for the third time in a draw. He retired in 2014, and is ranked number 77 on The Ring’s list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. Boxing Scene also ranked him the greatest cruiserweight of all time
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AdeDimeji Lateef, Dele omo Woli , Bash , Other A-list Comedians storm ijebu for Mc Baffy’s Ijebu Go Laugh ’23 Edition*
AdeDimeji Lateef, Dele omo Woli , Bash , Other A-list Comedians storm ijebu for Mc Baffy’s Ijebu Go Laugh ’23 Edition*
Fast-rising comedian and Master compere, Ayodeji Atanda prominently known around town as Baffy De Comedian will in few days time bring the AY Live experience to Ijebuland.
The grand event which promises to be a hit will hold on Friday, December 15, 2023 at the upscale Rolak Hotel and Suites, Imowo road, Ijebu Ode, Ogun state, starting from 4pm.
The annual comedy concert which has gathered momentum in recent years will have A-list comedians and artists like Lateef Adedimeji, Dele Omo-Woli, Ijebu, Dr Smile, Bash and Mc Mario in attendance.
Others music artistes and Nollywood celebrities expected are Olabest, Otega, Hephta, Koye, Shete, Mc Coded, Dj License and many others.
According to the convener of the award-winning programme, Mc Baffy, the comedy concert has been holding successfully in the last 11 years. We are out to thrill the audience with a breathtaking performance. I am bringing an AY LIVE experience to ijebu for ther first time and I am sure my people will be impressed.
DSS Raid: Igboho Denies Turning Into Cat To Escape Arrest
Sunday Igboho, a Yoruba Nation activist, has finally spoken out about rumours that he transformed into a cat during a midnight raid on his home by the Department of State Services (DSS) in July 2021.
In an interview, Igboho refuted the report, saying that nothing like that occurred during the DSS raid.
He added that the DSS fired sporadically during the raid, killing multiple cats.
According to the activist, the DSS wanted to either kill or arrest him during the raid.
He said, “It is true that some cats were killed during the attack. Because the DSS just kept firing bullets in all directions. I was rearing cats as pets, and I had many of them in my house. So, anything or movement attracted sporadic gunshots.
“Their mission was to either kill me or arrest me and take me to an unknown destination, but the Almighty God is greater than anybody in this world, including the despotic ex-President Muhammadu Buhari.”
Igboho added that he does not know whether the DSS brought three herbalists during the raid.
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