Bukom Banku in court for assaulting hair-dresser who refused to kiss him

Boxer Braimah Kamoko popularly known as Bukom Banku has been brought before a circuit court for an assault.

According to a source who spoke to Pulse.com.gh, the Cruiseweight boxer assaulted Martha Nelson, a hair dresser, for refusing to kiss him in spite of the efforts he did to catch her attention.

Banku reportedly slapped the accused twice, punched her right ribs and damaged her mobile phone.

The incident reportedly happened on 11th August, 2016.

Braimah Kamoko, an undefeated Ghanaian boxer, rose to prominence by winning a bronze medal in the Heavyweight 1999 All-Africa Games organized in Johannesburg, South Africa from 10 September to 18 September.

He won the WBO Africa Light Heavyweight title in 2011, and the WBO Africa Cruiserweight title in 2012. Between 2013 and 2015, Kamoko fought only once in over two years, however, and his boxing career appeared at a standstill, having not left Africa to fight a world class opponent, and inactivity.