The international bout is one of the seven scheduled for the
boxing show billed to hold at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall
of Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, on 1
May. In a telephone interview on Tuesday, Esepor, ranked 39th in the world by
the WBF and named Best Newcomer of the Year (2022) by the boxing body,
dismissed his opponent as a softie like the popular Nigerian meal, tuwo.
“When I heard that Tuwa agreed to the fight, I laughed
because his name sounds like tuwo, a very popular food in Nigeria. Tuwo is a
light, easy-to-eat-and-digest food. I have no doubt that Tuwa is the same and
will be eaten and digested with ease like tuwo shinkafa.
There is a reason the WBF thinks I’m worth being ranked 39th
in the world. There is also a reason why boxing named me Best Newcomer of the
Year for 2022. The reasons will be made clear to Tuwa at GOtv Boxing Night 28,
at which I think I will be taking a major step toward the main world title.
Tuwa will regret taking the fight,” Esepor bragged.
The Nigerian is undefeated in his 15 bouts, including two in
the UK, winning eight via knockout. His most recent was last December, when he
stopped Richard Pumipic of The Philippines in the fifth round to win the WBF
(Intercontinental) featherweight title.
GOtv Boxing Night 28 will also feature an eight-round
national lightweight challenge fight between Azeez Ayobami and Tosin Osaigbovo.
Also scheduled for the night is an eight-round national super featherweight
challenge contest between Samuel Moses and Michael Adesodun.
In the other bouts, fast-rising cruiserweight boxer, Steven
“Freeman” Kadima will trade punches with
Godwin Ambrose; Demiji Salami and Samuel Elegbede will pummel each other
in a six-round national super middleweight challenge bout; lightweight boxers,
Emmanuel Abimbola and Prince Lion Nwoye will slug it out, while Dolapo Omole
will battle Gbolahan Mojeed in an eight-round featherweight bout.
GOtv Boxing Night 28 is sponsored by GOtv and will be
broadcast live on DStv and GOtv in 50 African countries.