Coach sure of Team Nigeria securing berth in Paris – Blueprint Newspapers Limited

The country’s contingent to Paris 2024 Olympics qualifiers and African boxing qualifiers jetted out Wednesday morning to Senegal to participate in the championship holding from September 9-15, 2023.

The national boxing coach, Tony Konyegwachie has expressed confidence that his boxers will do the country proud in Dakar.
The Team comprised six female and three male boxers departed Murtala Mohammed International Airport for Dakar, Senegal.

”We’ve been in camp for some time now with the boxers undergoing vigorous training and with what I saw in camp, they’re physically, mentally and psychologically prepared for the qualifiers” Konyegwachie said.

”You’re aware that Nigeria did not present any boxer at the last Olympics because we couldn’t participate in the qualifying series and because of this we’re not going to give anything to chance to ensure we qualify our fighters to the biggest sporting event in the world”, he assured.

He was also full of praise to the President of Nigeria Boxing Federation Lt Gen Kenneth Mininah ( rtd) for ensuring that the country is part of the African qualifiers just as he assured him that they will not disappoint.

Meanwhile, the final list of boxers that made the team released by the Nigeria Boxing Federation indicates that the men boxers are: Omole Dolapo (57KG) Featherweight, Fatai Moshood (71KG) Welterweight and Olaore Adams who is based in the United Kingdom will fight in Heavyweight (92KG).

The female boxers are; Oyesiji Adeola,(50KG) Light-flyweight, Adesina Zainab (54KG) Bantamweight and Ojo Joy (57KG) Featherweight.

Others are; Cynthia Ogunsemilore (60KG) Lightweight, Danilola Shodipe (66KG) Welterweight and Patricia Mbata based in the United Kingdom who will be fighting in (75KG) Middleweight.