A Nigerian boxer named “Olanrewaju Segun Success” passed away at Ghana’s Bukom Boxing Arena
Since his debut in 2019, Olanrewaju, a former National and West African light-heavyweight champion, has fought in 24 professional bouts,winning 13 of them (12 by knockout), losing nine, and drawing two.
According to Remi Aboderin, executive director of the Nigerian Boxing Committee and chairman of the West African Boxing Union, preliminary results after the body has shown cardiac arresst
The forty years old collapsed during his bout with Ghanaian boxer Jon Mbanugu on Fight Night 15 of the Ghana Professional Boxing League and was declared dead at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra last Saturday.
He seemed to be having trouble breathing, so the Bukom Boxing Arena’s medical staff hurried into the ring, took off his gum shield, and tried to revive him. After that, he was taken to the hospital, where he was declared deceased.
After a court order regarding the Nigerian boxer’s death, the autopsy was carried out on Wednesday, April 2.His remains will not be sent to Nigeria for burial for around two weeks, according to Aboderin, because more research into his cardiac condition is necessary.
