{"id":343485,"date":"2025-12-13T22:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T22:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/343485\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T22:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T22:57:09","slug":"bukom-banku-ayittey-powers-spotted-with-sharaf-mahama-ahead-of-showdown-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/343485\/","title":{"rendered":"Bukom Banku, Ayittey Powers spotted with Sharaf Mahama ahead of &#8216;showdown&#8217; bout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Bukom-Banku-Ayittey-Powers-spotted-with-Sharaf-Mahama-ahead-of-showdown-bout-2013581?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/94561271.295.jpg\" alt=\"Bukom Banku and Ayittey Powers joined Sharaf Mahama (in shades) for a health walk\" title=\"Bukom Banku and Ayittey Powers joined Sharaf Mahama (in shades) for a health walk\" width=\"295\" height=\"203\" \/> <\/a>Bukom Banku and Ayittey Powers joined Sharaf Mahama (in shades) for a health walk<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Legacy Rise Sport, Sharaf Mahama, was joined by some retired Ghanaian boxers as he embarked on a wellness and fitness walk in Accra on December 13, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=2710\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Braimah Kamoko<\/a>, popularly known as Bukom Banku, and Ayittey Powers joined the boxing promoter for the health walk as he created awareness about the upcoming boxing event titlted, &#8216;The Showdown.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Members of the public also joined the session to exercise and keep their bodies in good shape as the festive season approaches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/NSA-procures-pitch-covers-for-stadia-ahead-of-Christmas-festivities-2013427\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NSA procures pitch covers for stadia ahead of Christmas festivities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The three men were spotted conversing and smiling among themselves as they worked together to elevate the standard of boxing in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the son of President John Dramani Mahama, in collaboration with Matchroom Boxing Promotions, is set to stage a global boxing event in Ghana as part of efforts to promote the sport.<\/p>\n<p>The event is scheduled for December 20, 2025, at the Legon Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The headline bout will feature Craig Richards vs. Dan Azeez in what promises to be a thrilling contest for the light heavyweight title.<\/p>\n<p>The IBF Africa featherweight title clash will see John Laryea face Holy Dorgbetor, while other exciting fights include Ghana\u2019s Theophilus Allotey vs. Jayr Raquinel and Ahmed Abdula vs. Obaro Eradajaye.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">\ud83e\udd4aSharaf Mahama and veteran Ghanaian boxers Bukom Banku and Ayitey Powers live at the health walk ahead of Legacy Rise Boxing Showdown on December 20. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/3Sports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#3Sports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f1dLvFFise\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/f1dLvFFise<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #3Sports (@3SportsGh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/3SportsGh\/status\/1999766767355466086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 13, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">CEO of @legacyrise_ Sharaf Mahama arrives at the legacy rise health walk ahead of the anticipated \u2018showdown\u2019 boxing night at the legon stadium on December 20th <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vEoFmhdf4t\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/vEoFmhdf4t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen Wilz (@Stephen_wilz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stephen_wilz\/status\/1999788648993116300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 13, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SB\/MA <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, watch how &#8216;okada&#8217; riders reacted to passage of Road Traffic Amendment Bill<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bukom Banku and Ayittey Powers joined Sharaf Mahama (in shades) for a health walk The Chief Executive Officer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-343485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}