Five top Ghanaian professional boxers are in Riyahd, Saudi Arabia to feature in the 2025 World Boxing Council WBC Grand Prix. They stand the chance to gain fame and fortune, aside a belt and trophy.
They are Holy Dorgbetor the IBF Africa Featherweight Champion, Samuel Quaye, Enoch Tettey Tetteh, Gabriel Cofie and Olympian Shakul Samir. All of them together with their trainers are in Riyadh to fight for fame, glory and honour from April 17th to 20th, 2025.
Super lightweight division Samuel (No Chance) Quaye is hoping to gain recognition at the WBC Grand Prix tournament. He will face Canadian Wilcox Spencer who weighed 140.8 lbs in the round of 32.
Holy ‘The Jaw Breaker’ Dorgbetor (13-0-1 8 KOs) faces a real test of his credentials against undefeated Ukrainian, Oleksandr Solomennikov (16-0, 8 KOs) in a featherweight round of 32 clash.
Super lightweight boxer Gabriel Cofie headed to Saudi Arabia Riyahd to defend his name and nation. He is looking forward to a good event..
Enoch Tetteh (12-1-1) also meets Tyshawn Denson (4-0-0) from the United States in his first match at the WBC Grand Prix. It will be a very tough test but Tetteh knows what is at stake and will go all out.
Shakul Samir who represented Ghana at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games was the last man to jet off from the country to compete for the WBC Grand Prix tournament in Saudi Arabia, Riyahd together with his coach Elvis Robertson. He has promised his fans something presentable.
Gabriel Cofie who went to north America to train for a while is also eager to put his name on the worlf boxing map. His trainer, coach Randy said they will shock boxing fans in Saudi Arabia. “We are bringing home something nice” he said.
By Sammy Heywood Okine
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