{"id":120384,"date":"2023-11-16T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/16\/bukom-banku-ventures-into-movie-acting-after-retiring-from-boxing-video\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T12:38:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T12:38:00","slug":"bukom-banku-ventures-into-movie-acting-after-retiring-from-boxing-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/16\/bukom-banku-ventures-into-movie-acting-after-retiring-from-boxing-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Bukom Banku ventures into movie acting after retiring from boxing [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"717\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1700138280_366_download-8-696x717.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"download\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bukom Banku<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former WBO\u00a0Africa\u00a0Light Heavyweight,\u00a0Braimah Isaac Kamoko has confirmed that he has retired from professional boxing.<\/p>\n<p>Kamoko, also known as Bukom Banku\u00a0first rose to prominence by winning a bronze medal in the\u00a0Heavyweight\u00a01999 All-Africa Games\u00a0organized in\u00a0Johannesburg, South Africa\u00a0in September 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Until 20 October 2017, Banku had an undefeated record of 28-0-0 (21 K0).<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>However, on 21 October 2017, he suffered a TKO defeat to\u00a0Bastie Samir\u00a0at the\u00a0Bukom Boxing Arena\u00a0in Accra, Ghana, in the seventh round.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Asempa FM\u2019s Sports Nite Show, Banku confirmed that he is now pursuing a career in movie acting after retiring from boxing. <\/p>\n<p>Bukom Banku in his final bout defeated Rojhat Bilgetekin of\u00a0Germany\u00a0in the 3rd round at St George Hall in\u00a0Bradford\u00a0in the United Kingdom on 7 September 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fasempaalltalk%2Fvideos%2F1417030592185783%2F&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"429\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"iNSBjScaNmg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Franko Trading Entreprise- Badwam Afisem on Adom TV (16-11-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iNSBjScaNmg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bukom Banku Former WBO\u00a0Africa\u00a0Light Heavyweight,\u00a0Braimah Isaac Kamoko has confirmed that he has retired from professional boxing. 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