{"id":309918,"date":"2025-11-26T12:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T12:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/309918\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T12:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T12:34:11","slug":"abimbola-warns-undefeated-suleiman-ahead-of-gotv-boxing-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/309918\/","title":{"rendered":"Abimbola warns undefeated Suleiman ahead of GOtv Boxing Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emmanuel \u201cAbility\u201d Abimbola has issued a sharp warning to undefeated Sodiq \u201cSmart Lion\u201d Suleiman ahead of their light welterweight clash at GOtv Boxing Night 34, saying the younger fighter \u201cwill learn\u201d when they meet on 26 December at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tafawa_Balewa_Square\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tafawa Balewa Square<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-round contest pairs an unbeaten rising talent against one of the division\u2019s most seasoned technicians. Suleiman, 21, enters with an undefeated four-fight record, while Abimbola, 23, has logged over 20 professional bouts and is a past winner of the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Trophy for Best Boxer.<\/p>\n<p>Abimbola dismissed the idea that Suleiman\u2019s unbeaten status gives him any advantage. \u201cHe is confident because he has not faced someone like me,\u201d he said. \u201cI have been in tough fights. I know what to do. Smart Lion will learn the difference when the bell rings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Suleiman responded by saying the fight is his chance to prove that youth and hunger can overcome experience. \u201cPeople talk about his record, but I am not here to be afraid of anybody,\u201d he said. \u201cI am young, I am undefeated, and I am ready to show why they call me Smart Lion. I want to win this clearly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their matchup is one of several tightly balanced contests scheduled for GOtv Boxing Night 34: Jams Festival. Other bouts include the national lightweight clash between Segun \u201cOdi\u201d Gbobaniyi and Tobiloba \u201cSmiling Assassin\u201d Ijomoni; the super bantamweight meeting between Ezekiel \u201cTouch\u201d Seun and Toheeb \u201cFull Tank\u201d Hassan; and an eight-round lightweight bout featuring Sadam \u201cBaby Boxer\u201d Oladipupo against Imole \u201cSystem\u201d Oloyede.<\/p>\n<p>GOtv Boxing Night 34: Jams Festival, organised by Flykite Productions, takes place on Boxing Day and will feature live music and entertainment alongside the night\u2019s bouts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emmanuel \u201cAbility\u201d Abimbola has issued a sharp warning to undefeated Sodiq \u201cSmart Lion\u201d Suleiman ahead of their light&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,175873,85],"class_list":["post-309918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-gotv-boxing-night","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309918","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=309918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}