His performance at the show, which held at Teslim Balogun
Stadium, Lagos, won him the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Trophy for the best
boxer and N1million cash prize attached. Afinni won a little more than the
title and cash prize. His defeat of Godwin was a revenge for his own defeat in
the hands of the same opponent at GOtv Boxing Night 23.
The seven-bout event, which featured live musical
performance by Jamopyper, also saw Nigeria’s Rilwan “Baby Face” Babatunde
retain his World Boxing Federation international welterweight title by
defeating Justice “Qwick Action” of Ghana by unanimous decision.
In the third title fight on the night, Segun “Success”
Olanrewaju, made light work of David “Awosika” Cosmos, who was knocked out in
the second round of their national lightweight title bout.
In the welterweight division, Segun “War Adeyemi” knocked
out William “Kaki” Amosun in the first round, while Semiu “Jagaban” Olapade
triumphed over Taiwo “Gentle Boy” Olowu.
The bantamweight bout went the way of Aminu “Lucky Boy”
Akintayo, who defeated Saheed “The Eagle” Azeez.
The super flyweight division had the only female fight on
the night and it ended in a draw between Kehinde Solomon and Happiness Okoh.
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