Ghanaian boxing great Nana Yaw Konadu urges investments into boxing
Ghanaian boxing great, Nana Yaw Konadu has called on President Mahama to prioritise and invest into the sport for the nation to train skilled boxers for international bouts and to derive the optimum benefit from the sport.
Comparatively, he said boxing was now a lucrative sport, creating job opportunities for young people elsewhere, and called for investment into infrastructure development, including coaching and training.
Nana Konadu said: “It’s unfortunate that boxing has been related to the background with the nation denying the sport the required investments”.
“However, it’s sad that boxing in the country is seen and labeled as hustling. In fact, it’s now seen as a sports reserve for hustlers”, Nana Konadu, a former world boxing champion told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) sport ...