BY ADEYEMI ROBINSON-ADEFIOYE LAGOS
Three high-profile musical artistes, ZLATAN IBILE, MAYORKUN and ORITSEFEMI are billed to perform live at the 20TH EDITION OF GOTV BOXING NIGHT, tagged “GOtv Boxing Night Musical Festival”.
This was announced by the organisers at a press conference in Lagos on Thursday. The event is slated to hold on 28 December at the TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE in Lagos.
Addressing journalists, JENKINS ALUMONA, CEO of FLYKITE PRODUCTIONS, explained that the artistes have been contracted to perform as a way of sustaining the tradition of giving fans a total entertainment package for the support they continue to give to the event. He noted that the artistes have been carefully selected to meet various musical tastes.
“We have a tradition of making the year-end edition of GOtv Boxing Night a confluence of music and boxing. Two year ago, we had had Falz, Reekado Banks and Small Doctor. Last year, we had Burna Boy, Teni da Entertainer, Wande Coal and Daddy Showkey.
This year, we are happy to have Zlatan, Mayorkun and Oritsefemi, who are on top of their game, agree to light up the show. We are fusing music with boxing as a gesture of appreciation to the fans, who have been the pillars of support for this event since it debuted in November 2014. What they deserve is enormous fun and that is what we will give them. It will be a cracking show,” ALUMONA promised.
GOTV BOXING NIGHT 20 will feature nine bouts, including a World Boxing Federation heavyweight title clash between US-based Nigerian, ONORIODE “KING KONG” EHWARIEMI and Argentina’s ARIEL BARACAMONTE.
It will also stage two international title defences featuring top Nigerian boxers, RILWAN “REAL ONE” OLADOSU, who fights Ghana’s EZEKIEL ANNAN; and RILWAN “BABY FACE” BABATUNDE, who stakes his title against another Ghanaian, SANITOR AGBENYO; as well as an all-female fight between CYNTHIA “BOBBY GIRL” OGUNSEMILORE and AMINAT YUSUF.
