A Nigerian-born boxer, Aliu Bamidele Lasisi, who has adopted United Arab Emirates and Dubai as his adopted home, has put the Arab nation on the boxing map.
Lasisi on Friday night won the vacant WBC International super-flyweight crown, in a ‘The Fight DXB Uncovered,’which drew a packed crowd at the Emirates Golf Club.
The match was televised on ESPN+ and presented by MTK Global, which manages Lasisi.
The 28-year-old, who trains at the Round 10 Boxing Club in Al Quoz, came through an attritional battle against 27-year-old Nicaraguan Ricardo Blandon by unanimous decision.
According to Khaleej Times, it was a scrappy encounter with Lasisi matched quite admirably by Blandon in each and every round. The 12-round contest ebbed and flowed before Lasisi, who was fighting for the fifth time in Dubai, had a score of 114-111 in his favour, despite a knockdown and a point deduction over the course of the fight.
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Source: News Agency of Nigeria
