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Nigerian national Champion
Ridwan “Scorpion” Oyekola will
face Argentinian Lucas Matias
Montesino for the vacant World
Boxing Federation International
Super Featherweight title on
Sunday December 27 in Ibadan,
Nigeria.
With unified World Heavyweight
Champion Anthony Joshua, who has
Nigerian roots, reportedly a
special guest in attendance, the
fight will headline a show
promoted by Core Afrique Boxing
Promotions at the Ilaji Hotel &
Sports Resort.
And it looks, certainly on
paper, to be a very evenly
matched and explosive encounter.
The 23-year-old local hero is
6-1-1 (5) as a professional, and
Montesino, also 23, brings a
7-2-1 (6) ledger to the party.
That's eleven stoppages in
thirteen combined victories!
Oyekola captured the Nigerian
domestic title in April of 2019
with a first round demolition of
Taofik Bisuga, while Montesino
came up short in his sole
championship fight to date when
he fought undefeated Jose Hugo
Acevedo for Argentinian and
South American Lightweight belts
last December.
So Oyekola should probably be
considered a slight favourite,
but, as history has taught us,
anything can happen when two
punchers clash.
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