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Adegbite, also known as Coach Tipo, described Adekoya as a “strong and very hardworking kid” with an enviable talent in boxing.
Videos of Adekoya’s extraordinary performance in training and competitions have gone viral. Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Akin Dare said on social media that “there is gold in this kid.”
“People know him very well. He is doing really well,” Adegbite, the coach, told Xinhua, noting that Adekoya has so far fought in over 60 amateur boxing competitions, including exhibition bouts, and won them all.
In 2016, the kid fighter was presented a World Boxing Council (WBC) belt after emerging as the Most Promising Boxer at the WBC Cares, an exhibition bout partly sponsored by the WBC. At least 40 young boxers, aged 5-16, participated in the competition in Lagos.
ABUJA, June 1 (Xinhua) Sultan Adekoya jogged into a courtyard surrounded by several two-story buildings still under construction in the Egbeda area of Lagos,
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By Xinhua Published: Jun 01, 2021 11:36 AM
Photo taken on April 24, 2021 shows Sultan Adekoya in training in Lagos, Nigeria.(Photo: Xinhua)
Photo taken on April 24, 2021 shows Sultan Adekoya (R, Front) in training in Lagos, Nigeria.(Photo: Xinhua)
Photo taken on April 24, 2021 shows Sultan Adekoya (R, Front) in training in Lagos, Nigeria.(Photo: Xinhua)
Photo taken on April 24, 2021 shows Sultan Adekoya (L, Front) in training in Lagos, Nigeria.(Photo: Xinhua)
Sultan Adekoya jogged into a courtyard surrounded by several two-story buildings still under construction in the Egbeda area of Lagos, Nigeria s most populous city, to join other kids and adults for a routine boxing drill.
by Olatunji Saliu and Guo Jun ABUJA, May 31 (Xinhua) Sultan Adekoya jogged into a courtyard surrounded by several two-story buildings still under constructio