{"id":68610,"date":"2023-05-19T12:29:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T12:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/19\/boxing-sensation-freezy-macbones-ditches-ghana-for-uk\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T12:29:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T12:29:06","slug":"boxing-sensation-freezy-macbones-ditches-ghana-for-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/19\/boxing-sensation-freezy-macbones-ditches-ghana-for-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing sensation Freezy MacBones ditches Ghana for UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"391\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Freezy-754x424-1-696x391.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Freezy-754x424\"\/><\/div>\n<p>President of the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA), Abraham Neequaye, says Britain-based Ghanaian sensation Seth Gyimah has decided to naturalise for the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The GBA boss says Seth, also known as Freezy MacBones, had initially planned to fight under Ghana\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>The professional boxer first caught the country\u2019s attention in April following his victory over Darryl Sharp at the Copper Boxing Arena in London.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old fought in an under-card bout in the Joe Joyce vs Zhilei Zhang main event over the weekend as he defeated his opponent through a unanimous decision by the judges.<\/p>\n<p>It was only his second professional fight since leaving Ghana for the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>This feat caused many Ghanaians to habour the idea of him joining the Ghana team on the international front.<\/p>\n<p>But the Association says prior to his recent bouts, Freezy applied for a GBA license, which would have made him a Ghanaian boxer.<\/p>\n<p>However, he switched to a UK license to compete as a British in the lead-up to his Darryl Sharp face-off.<\/p>\n<p>Neequaye in an interview with Romeo TV said, \u201cWe sent him a message and he can confirm it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore his fight in the UK, he had come to Ghana to get a license from the Ghana Boxing Authority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe came for our license, but when it was time to get a release letter from us, he changed his mind and decided to fight as a UK national.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/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=\"tVSDxjSMjoU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badwam Sports News on Adom TV (19-05-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tVSDxjSMjoU?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>President of the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA), Abraham Neequaye, says Britain-based Ghanaian sensation Seth Gyimah has decided to naturalise for the UK. 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