Ghanaian boxers have prospects to become Olympic champions

Boxing News of Wednesday, 13 March 2013 Source: Alex Osei-Boateng/Xinhua News Agency Ghana can win Olympic and world champions in boxing if its boxers and trainers learn how to prepare for boxing championships, a German boxing expert told Xinhua last Friday.Christian Morales, a national boxing trainer of Germany, said Ghanaian boxers are very strong and skillful but lack petty tricks in the sport.”I think with the right coaches and technical expertise, one day there will be an Olympic champion from Ghana,” he told Xinhua in an interview on the sidelines of a 10-day training workshop for Ghanaian boxing coaches.”They (boxers) should grow in their mind and with some right methods of training I think they can become world title holders in the near future, because they are very strong and have some fighting mentality,” he said. According to Morales, some of the Ghanaian boxers are even stronger than some top boxers in the world.The 10-day training course for the boxing trainers opened at the Accra Sports Stadium Friday morning.The German Federation in collaboration with the German Olympic Committee is funding the course with help from the Federal Foreign Office…