By Victor Kanayo
Up to 14 Nigerian boxers are rearing to go ahead for the 2024 Africa Olympic Games qualifier scheduled for Dakar, Senegal.
The qualifier is slated to hold between September 6 and 16, 2023.
According to the Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF), selected athletes have commenced camping.
NBF Secretary, Dapo Akinyele, specifically said the invited boxers from seven weight categories are camped at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
He assured that the federation had a mandate to ensure that Nigeria qualifies for the Paris 2024 boxing events.
He said, “We have a mandate to ensure that we are in the Olympics this time around after we missed out of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan.
“We have gathered our best athletes for this camp and we expect results from them, this time around we must put all machineries in place to ensure qualification.
“Nigeria is not lacking in terms of talents, we have them in abundance; not forgetting that we have history in boxing with medals in boxing events at the Olympics.
“We will do all it takes to ensure that we succeed this time, but first thing is that we want to qualify for the Olympics first.”
