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It will be sink or swim-time for
two promising and unbeaten
Nigerian prospects, when Flykite
Promotions stage a World Boxing
Federation (WBF) twin-bill at
the Teslim Balogun Stadium in
Lagos on Friday April 2.
24-year-old West African
champion Rilliwan Ayodele
“Babyface” Babatunde, 12-0 (8),
takes on experienced and
accomplished Tanzanian Salehe
Mkalekwa, 15-8 (4), for the
vacant WBF International
Welterweight title.
While he has beaten good
opponents before, such as
Ghanaians Edem Biki (9-0) and
Sanitor Agbenyo (9-0), whom he
both stopped, Babatunde has
never shared a ring with anyone
having a resume like the one
Mkalekwa brings.
In 2016 the 15-8 (4) Tanzanian
warrior won the UBO All Africa
title, which he later
relinquished and then regained
in 2018. That same year he added
the African Boxing Union (ABU)
title to his collection, beating
former WBF All Africa,
International and
Intercontinental champion
Andreas Valavanis (11-0).
The co-featured bout sees
another West African titlist,
Rilwan “Real One” Oladosu, 14-0
(6), face hard-punching Ghanaian
Emmanuel Quartey, 23-2 (20),
with the winner taking home the
vacant WBF Intercontinental
Super Featherweight title.
For Oladosu (28) this will also
be his sternest test by far, as
Quartey, a former Ghanaian
national champion, is riding an
impressive nine-fight
winning-streak.
The viewers on GOTV Nigeria and
SuperSport Select 2 should be in
for a real treat with two evenly
matched championship fights
topping a seven-bout card billed
as “The Easter Showdown”.
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