{"id":164500,"date":"2024-03-22T13:37:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/22\/bukom-bankus-son-earns-controversial-win-over-congolese-opponent\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T13:37:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:37:29","slug":"bukom-bankus-son-earns-controversial-win-over-congolese-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/22\/bukom-bankus-son-earns-controversial-win-over-congolese-opponent\/","title":{"rendered":"Bukom Banku\u2019s son earns controversial win over Congolese opponent \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ghanaian boxer, Abubakar Kamoko had to dig very deep to earn a controversial win over his Congolese opponent, Nathan Nlandu in their fight at the 2023 African Games on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Bukom Boxing Arena.<\/p>\n<p>The semifinal fight for Abu Kamoko, the son of popular boxer, Bukom Banku saw the Ghanaian claim a 4-3 win over his opponent to reach the final of the Men\u2019s 86kg fight.<\/p>\n<p>Tilapia started the fight on a very good note landing some great punches as Nathan repeatedly fired blanks.<\/p>\n<p>After a blistering start and earning significant points in the first two rounds, fatigue set in for Tilapia as he had to rely on the ropes to get the clock ticking away and to escape from the flurry of punches a resurgent Nlandu was dishing.<\/p>\n<p>Tilapia on several occasions had to grip his opponent to take a long breath and save himself from a knockout.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, the Ghanaian boxer pulled his opponent to the ground with him forcefully.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, when the bell went for the end of the bout, the boxer lay in the ring for a while before resuming to entertain the fans with his comic dance.<\/p>\n<p>Tilapia will now fight to win a gold medal in the final on Friday March, 22, 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the fight highlights below<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"xvkPO-ZufAQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bukom Banku\u2019s son wins semifinal fight against DR Congo boxer at 2023 African Games\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xvkPO-ZufAQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian boxer, Abubakar Kamoko had to dig very deep to earn a controversial win over his Congolese opponent, Nathan Nlandu in their fight at the 2023 African Games on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Bukom Boxing Arena. The semifinal fight for Abu Kamoko, the son of popular boxer, Bukom Banku saw the Ghanaian claim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":164501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bukom Banku\u2019s son earns controversial win over Congolese opponent \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/22\/bukom-bankus-son-earns-controversial-win-over-congolese-opponent\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bukom Banku\u2019s son earns controversial win over Congolese opponent \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ghanaian boxer, Abubakar Kamoko had to dig very deep to earn a controversial win over his Congolese opponent, Nathan Nlandu in their fight at the 2023 African Games on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Bukom Boxing Arena. 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