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By Peter Akinbo
African Boxing Union super-bantamweight champion, Adijat Gbadamosi, has expressed confidence that she’ll walk out of her title defence on Saturday, February 17 with her ABU belt held high, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
Gbadamosi’s title defence against Ugandan boxer, Salimat Tibesigwa, and other bouts set to feature on ‘The Lion Heart and the Champion Homecoming’ event was supposed to take place December 22, 2023.
However, the fight night hosted by Monarch Event and Promotions at the International Conference Center in Awka, Anambra State was postponed to February 17.
Gbadamosi, speaking on the postponement, maintained her determination saying, “It’s nothing bad, we have to continue training. Nothing has changed, I still have the same determination.”
Gbadamosi has shown enthusiasm about the bout, expressing her eagerness to defend her title and affirm her prowess in the ring saying, “If I am able to win it twice, it proves I am the best. I am excited to go again. I know I am going to defend my title, it is very sure for me that I am going to lift it back after the fight.
“I am not going to boast of a knockout because she (Tibesigwa) is also going to do her best to take my belt but I know for sure, I will take it back home.”
In June 2023, Gbadamosi delivered a knockout victory over Zimbabwean Patience Mastara to claim the ABU title and become the first Nigerian female boxer to hold the belt. The two-time African youth champion holds an undefeated record of eight victories and five knockouts.
As Gbadamosi looks ahead to the bout, the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympics silver medallist is keen to secure another knockout and deliver a statement to make potential opponents in her division wary.
