By Aisha Abdul-Lateef
As the city of Shomolu-Bariga transformed from an urban centre to a metropolitan city, the fortune of this educational city is also growing in other critical endeavour. One of the city big boy, Kabiru Towolawi alias Kaybee will be featuring in the GOTV night 9 boxing show on October 2nd, 2016 at the Indoor Sport Hall of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
CommuneMagazin, CM reported the return of Kaybee to amateur boxing in January 2016, where he won his returned match at the monthly Lagos Boxing Hall of Fame, LBHF. Before his return to the ring, the Hotel Manager had tried his hand on promoting football club. In an interview with CM in March, Kaybee reiterated his purpose of coming back to boxing, '' My aspiration is to move to the professional level''.
KB Godson, as he was known in the boxing arena will be fighting in the professional category for the first time in his Eight years career as a boxer at the GOTV Boxing Night. The GOTV Boxing Night is the 9th edition organized by Flykite Promotions. This edition will feature KB Godson in a six rounds fight against Man MOPOL (Emmauel Igwe) in the National Light Heavyweight Challenge. Main alight will be the fight between Fijaborm of Nigeria vs Raphael Kwabena of Ghana, Joe Boy (Nigeria) vs Richard Awenfu (Ghana), others are Jagaban vs Coded Man, Omo Iya Eleja against Lion, Madevex vs Great Jude and ID Cabasa vs Fighting Policeman.
Always Boxing Club, ABC coach, Prince Tajudeen Kazeem AKA Always who oversees the boxer's training said the club is determined to put the name of Shomolu-Bariga on the boxing map of the world and not relent in his effort to make boxing in Shomolu-Bariga the envy of other Local Government. The coach, who won the Best Coach of the Year Award in 2015 called on residents of Shomolu-Bariga to come out en masse to support their own. '' I implore people of this community to come to come out and support us. We can really do with their supports. Please come out on the 2nd of October to the National Stadium to encourage and cheer KB Godson to sure victory. We have Jerseys for our supporters to announce the arrival of our first professional boxer in Shomolu-Bariga. ''
