Onoriode Ehwarieme to face Argentina’s Baracamonte for WBF Intercontinental heavyweight title in Nigeria

- Onoriode Ehwarieme, Nigerian US-based boxer, is set to face Argentine champion Ariel Baracamonte for the WBF Intercontinental heavyweight title in Nigeria

- The bout will happen at the 20th edition of GOtv Boxing Night where the best boxer of the night will go home with N1m

- One bout which promises to be a cracker on that night is the national super featherweight duel between Ridwan Oyekola and a serving NYSC corp member Sikiru Shogbesan

US-based Nigerian boxer Onoriode “Godzilla” Ehwarieme is set to face Argentine champion Ariel "Chiquito" Baracamonte for the World Boxing Federation (WBF) Intercontinental heavyweight title at the 20th edition of GOtv Boxing Night slated to hold on Saturday, December 28, at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos state.

The bout is one of the nine fights scheduled to hold according to the organizers of the event Flykite Productions.

Representing his home of Sapele, Nigeria, Ehwarieme (17-1-0, 16 KOs) was a 2008 Olympian who suffered his first defeat against Rodney Hernandez in June since turning pro in 2010. The 31-year-old had a 16-fight knockout streak before losing to Hernandez in his U.S. debut.

Jenkins Alumona, CEO of Flykite Productions, explained that the bout, which is the biggest to be staged on Nigerian soil in decades, is a part-fulfillment of the promise to host world-class bouts at the show.

“Nigeria has not hosted a bout of this profile in decades. We made a promise to put Nigeria back on the global boxing map and we are happy to see the promise come to fruition. We believe this bout provides an indication of the return to health of Nigerian boxing since GOtv launched an intervention to revive the sport which, long before 2014, was in coma,” said Alumona.

Alumona also disclosed that the nine-bout event will also feature live musical performances by Zlatan Ibile, Mayorkun and Oritsefemi among others.

In addition to the headline clash, fights lined up include the West African Boxing Union (WABU) lightweight title defence by Rilwan “Real One” Oladosu, who takes on Ghana’s Ezekiel Anan.

WABU welterweight champion Rilwan “Baby Face” Babatunde will do battle to retain his belt against Ghana’s Sanitor Agbenyo, while there will also be a national featherweight challenge clash between Taiwo “Esepo” Agbaje and Olusegun Moses.

One bout which promises to be a cracker is the national super featherweight duel between Ridwan “Scorpion” Oyekola and a serving NYSC corp member Sikiru “Omo Iya Eleja” Shogbesan.

Also in action are Adewale “Masevex” Masebinu, who takes on Olanrewaju Segun while Adeyemi “Sense” Opeyemi battle Sadiq Adeleke.

Alaba Omotola will take on Bolaji Abdullahi while rising female boxer Cynthia “Boby Girl” Ogunsemilore go against Aminat Yekini.

The best boxer at the show will win a cash prize of N1million attached to the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Trophy.

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