Outboxed in Bukom, Accra Ghana to feel the vibe and passion of the Ga people

A team of mixed foreign boxing devotes were in Ghana for four months to live and know much about the culture and passion of the people.

Outboxed is made up of different nationals from all over the world and they choose to come to Ga Mashie, Accra, Ghana to study, learn, research and fall in love with the passion.

Yours truly had an encounter with the Outboxed team and they shared their experience.

According to the leader, Ghana is a place they would love to visit again and if all goes well they will return to see progress made after they came for the first time.

While in Ghana,  they watched a couple of boxing matches, both amateur and professional and met some of the nation’s great boxers.

They also travelled out of Accra to some tourist destinations in Cape Coast and Elmina to see and feel the historical facts of slavery and the famous canopy walkway at Kakum forest.

Outboxed were impressed with what they saw at Ga Mashie where boxing is the life of the people with every household have one two or three boxers.

Ga Mashie is the home of boxing in Accra and Outboxed were privileged to meet some current champions and the future of the sport.

Outboxed, an NGO of 5 dedicated members was focused on developing youth boxing in Ghana, notably hosted the inaugural Accra Box Cup on April 25-26, 2026, in collaboration with Wisdom Boxing Gym.

The event, held at the Jamestown Community Center, featured U15, male, and female boxers across nine weight classes to build the next generation of champions

They were able to organise an exciting juvenile championship with support from the Wisdom Boxing Club and it really revealed the stars of the future.

While in Ghana, Outboxed enjoyed the food, drinks, fashion and general life of the people.

They tasted foods like fufu and soup, kokonte and soup, banku and stew, kenkey and fish, waakye and other delicious Ghanaian meals.

The weather was warm and welcoming so they really enjoyed the stay and climaxed with the organisation of an event for juvenile boxers in collaboration with Wisdom Boxing Gym dubbed Accra Box Cup 2026 at Jamestown.

The tournament attracted the best juvenile boxers like Prince Larbie, Godfrey Coffie Philemon Lomotey and others.

The tournament was their best experience in Accra because they had the opportunity to organise and do it themselves for the people.

Outboxed members are from different countries.

There are a real United Nations doing practical things like boxing to bring about peace, unity and love.

By Sammy Heywood Okine