{"id":339660,"date":"2025-12-28T18:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T18:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/339660\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T18:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T18:11:10","slug":"ijomoni-adeleke-oladipupo-rule-gotv-boxing-night-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/339660\/","title":{"rendered":"Ijomoni, Adeleke, Oladipupo rule GOtv Boxing Night 34"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The trio of Tobiloba \u201cSmiling Assassin\u201d Ijomoni, Sadiq \u201cHappy Boy\u201d Adeleke and Saddam \u201cBaby Boxer\u201d Oladipupo dominated fan conversations at GOtv Boxing Night 34Jams Festival, delivering stellar performances.<\/p>\n<p>The event, held on Friday at the Tafawa Balewa Square in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lagos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lagos<\/a>, saw Adeleke and Oladipupo emerge as the national champions, while Ijomoni walked away with the biggest individual honour of the night.<\/p>\n<p>In the headline bout, Adeleke dethroned defending champion, Durotimi \u201cTiny\u201d Agboola, to claim the national super bantamweight title after a gruelling 10-round duel. The judges returned a majority decision in his favour, rewarding a performance built on steady pressure. The victory marked Adeleke\u2019s first national title and capped a measured, mature showing on the biggest stage.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Oladipupo announced himself as the new national lightweight champion, outclassing Imole \u201cSystem\u201d Oloyede by unanimous decision over 10 rounds. \u201cBaby Boxer\u201d dictated the pace of the bout and dominated exchanges to earn the points.<\/p>\n<p>While the titles went to Adeleke and Oladipupo, the \u201cSmiling Assassin\u201d was named Best Boxer of the Night, receiving the Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Trophy and a \u20a61 million cash prize after a commanding unanimous decision victory over Segun \u201cOdi\u201d Gbobaniyi in their eight-round national lightweight challenge contest.<\/p>\n<p>The undercard delivered a run of emphatic finishes. Emmanuel \u201cAbility\u201d Abimbola halted the previously unbeaten Sodiq \u201cSmart Lion\u201d Suleiman in the fourth round of their light welterweight bout, while Toheeb \u201cFull Tank\u201d Hassan recorded a fifth-round technical knockout against Ezekiel \u201cTouch\u201d Seun in the super bantamweight division.<\/p>\n<p>International spice came courtesy of Rasheed \u201cID Buster\u201d Idowu, who stopped Ghana\u2019s Nii Offei Dodoo in the fourth round of their eight-round catchweight clash.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the ring, fans were treated to live music by Shoday and a comedy performance by Triclowns. The event was sponsored by GOtv, with support from MultiChoice, Renmoney, ZetaWeb, TheCable and the Lagos State Sports Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Oke-Odo LCDA, Hon. Abiodun Ejigbadero, and Ibile Microfinance Bank for supporting this year\u2019s edition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The trio of Tobiloba \u201cSmiling Assassin\u201d Ijomoni, Sadiq \u201cHappy Boy\u201d Adeleke and Saddam \u201cBaby Boxer\u201d Oladipupo dominated fan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,131883,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-339660","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-gotv-boxing-night-34","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339660","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=339660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}