Nigerian boxer wins African Boxing Union’s welterweight championship

Nigerian highest Welterweighter Larry 'The Natural' Ekundayo won a 12-round-match against Ghanaian boxer Joseph 'The Double Horror' Lamptey  to become the new African Boxing Union's Welterweight Champion.

The ABU Welterweight title match happened on Friday, October 30 in London.

The twelve rounds fought were exciting and rousing - the Ghanaian was a worthy adversary and gave as good as he got - but eventually, the stronger boxer won, and Larry lifted his belt as the new African Boxing Union's Welterweight Champion.

This win is both a triumph for Larry and a personal victory for Nigerians after Lamptey hurled the Nigerian flag to the floor at the weigh-in the previous day because he did not have a flag.