{"id":169210,"date":"2025-09-26T00:17:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T00:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/169210\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T00:17:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T00:17:14","slug":"ernest-akushey-death-ghana-boxing-jacob-dickson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/169210\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernest Akushey death; Ghana boxing; Jacob Dickson"},"content":{"rendered":"

The boxing<\/a> world is again mourning the death of a fighter, following news Ghanaian boxer Ernest Akushey died 11 days after losing a fight.<\/p>\n

Akushey, 32, was beaten by Jacob Dickson in eight rounds in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, on September 12.<\/p>\n

Local reports claim Akushey complained of feeling unwell 10 days after the bout and his condition deteriorated rapidly leading to his passing on September 23.<\/p>\n

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In the fight against Dickson, Akushey took a lot of punishment and was knocked down late. He made the count but was seen stumbling around the ring, before Dickson began landing more blows as the referee stopped it.<\/p>\n

Following the fighter’s passing, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman released a statement.<\/p>\n

“The WBC mourns this irreparable loss and extends our deepest sympathies to Ernest’s family and many friends.”<\/p>\n

The fighter who defeated Akushey, Dickson, also paid tribute in an emotional post.<\/p>\n

“I’m deeply shaken and heartbroken to hear about the passing of Ernest Akushey (Bahubali),” he wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Boxer Ernest Akushey.\u00a0X<\/p>\n

“Though we stood on opposite sides, I always recognised your strength, your courage, and the fire in your spirit. We may have been opponents, but you earned my respect in every way that mattered.<\/p>\n

“To know that you are no longer here \u2026 it feels unreal. It’s a heavy loss \u2014 not just to those who knew and loved you, but to everyone who ever witnessed your fight, your heart, your humanity.<\/p>\n

“Life can be cruel in its timing. One moment we clash as rivals, the next we mourn as humans. \ufe0fMay your soul rest peacefully bro.”<\/p>\n

The National Sports Authority in Ghana has urged stakeholders in the sport and the public to remain calm while they conduct an investigation.<\/p>\n

Akushey made his professional debut in 2019 and boxed all of his career out of Ghana and amassed an undefeated record of 6-0 until the loss to Dickson.<\/p>\n

The Ghanaian fighter becomes the fourth boxer to pass away following a fight in 2025.<\/p>\n

In August two fighters on the same card died in Japan.<\/p>\n

Shigetoshi Kotari suffered a bleed to the brain in his draw with Yamato Hata. Five days after the fight, Kotari was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n

The grief was compounded when Hiromasa Urakawa, who fought on the same bill, suffered a bleed to the brain and died after a knockout loss.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

John Cooney died earlier this year.\u00a0Sportsfile via Getty Images<\/p>\n

In February, Irishman John Cooney died a week after losing to Nathan Howells.<\/p>\n

Cooney suffered a brain injury and had surgery to relieve the pressure \u2013 but tragically died.<\/p>\n

Four boxers also passed away in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The boxing world is again mourning the death of a fighter, following news Ghanaian boxer Ernest Akushey died…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-169210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}