“When you are in Jamestown,” says Abdul Wahid Omar, “you know you have to be a hard guy.” A poor neighborhood and children with boundless energy but few positive ways to channel it. Then along comes ...

Ghana is renowned for producing some of Africa’s finest boxers of all time. However, what boxing fans outside the former Gold Coast don’t know is that most of these famous boxers emerged from an ...

Ghana's Abdula Ahmed has become the new WBA Africa Cruiserweight champion after defeating Nigerian boxer Oraboro Eradaye at the Bukom Boxing Arena on Friday, April 10, 2026. Saturday's victory was the ...

Nigerian boxer, Obaro Eradaye has threatened to cause serious damage to his Ghanaian opponent, Ahmed Abdulai, ahead of their WBA Africa Cruiserweight fight at the Bukom Boxing Arena. The Legacy Rise ...

Africa’s boxing spotlight will turn to Accra on April 10, 2026, as a stacked fight card takes over the iconic Bukom Boxing Arena, promising an evening of high-level bouts featuring some of the ...

Bukom, a coastal fishing neighborhood in Ghana’s capital of Accra, has long been regarded as the nation’s boxing mecca. The district has produced eight of Ghana’s eleven boxing world champions. In ...

“THIS IS WHERE the magic happens,” says Carl Lokko, a boxing coach. His gym in Accra, the capital of Ghana, has two punchbags, a weights machine and a tin roof. A dozen young men, all sweat and sinew, ...

Cruiserweight Andrew Tabiti made an important stride toward reviving his career, stopping Jacob Dickinson in the fourth round Friday at Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra, Ghana.