Promising Oshoba advances in women’s boxing

Also in the women’s middleweight category,  Jacinta Umunnakwe has qualified to the semifinal even without entering the ring .

She walked over her opponent after Tonga’s Mele Ula  reportedly failed to make it to Birmingham for the quarter final bout.

But Team Nigeria  was not that lucky in the  Men’s Light Middleweight category  after  Azeez Osoba failed to advance to the quarterfinal, losing  by points in the round of 16.

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The 2019 African Games silver medalist was outboxed by Wales’ Garan Croft in an encounter that ended 5-0 in favour of the European. The Welsh was awarded the three rounds by the judges to put an end to Osoba’s dream of a medal after knocking out his Bahamas opponent in the first round of the