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After relocating to the USA and
signing with iconic promoter Don
King last year, Nigerian
Heavyweight Onoriode Ehwarieme
returned to his home-country
with a bang on Saturday night,
December 28, to win the vacant
World Boxing Federation (WBF)
Intercontinental title in Lagos.
In the main event of a massive
show at the Tafawa Balewa
Square, 32-year-old Ehwarieme
lived up to his imposing
nickname, Godzilla, as he
emphatically defeated
Argentinian Champion Ariel
Esteban “Chiquito” Bracamonte
(26).
Bracamonte got off to a good
start and caught the local mans
attention with some good
combinations, but it would not
be long before Ehwarieme
connected with a vicious right
hand that send the normally
durable Argentinian down.
As he tried to rise, Bracamonte
fell to the canvass a second
time but miraculously managed to
still beat the count of referee
Eddie Marshall. However, the
experienced South African
arbitrator, looking into the
eyes of the visibly hurt boxer,
decided he had seen enough and
correctly waved the fight off at
1:06 of the first round.
Going out live to a massive
television audience on Super
Sport in 49 countries, Ehwarieme
proved he has world-class power,
as he took his professional
record to 18-1 (17). Bracamonte
drops to 9-5 (5). The fight was
promoted by Flykite Boxing.
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