{"id":162941,"date":"2025-09-27T03:34:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T03:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/162941\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T03:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T03:34:12","slug":"ernest-akushey-boxing-in-ghana-suspended-after-fighters-death-aged-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/162941\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernest Akushey: Boxing in Ghana suspended after fighter&#8217;s death aged 32"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">All boxing activities in Ghana have been suspended following the death of a super-middleweight 11 days after a bout in Accra.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ernest Akushey, popularly known as Bahubali, died aged 32 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While the exact cause of death is yet to be determined, preliminary indications suggest it may be linked to internal injuries sustained during his recent fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Akushey faced Jacob Dickson at the Bukom Boxing Arena in the Ghanaian capital on 12 September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a statement, the National Sports Authority described the nationwide suspension as a &#8220;necessary step&#8221; to &#8220;protect lives, uphold the integrity of the sport and ensure its future&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All boxing activities in Ghana have been suspended following the death of a super-middleweight 11 days after a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-162941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}