{"id":274721,"date":"2022-12-07T13:22:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T13:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2022\/12\/07\/boxer-dies-from-k-o-punch-by-opponent-at-ongoing-national-sports-festival\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T13:22:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T13:22:15","slug":"boxer-dies-from-k-o-punch-by-opponent-at-ongoing-national-sports-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2022\/12\/07\/boxer-dies-from-k-o-punch-by-opponent-at-ongoing-national-sports-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxer Dies From K.O Punch By Opponent At Ongoing National Sports Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imo State boxer Chukwuemeka Igboanugo has died during a duel in the ring at the ongoing National Sports Festival in Asaba, Delta State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The incident happened on Monday during his fight with Anambra\u2019s Prince Gaby Amagor in the 86kg category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Igboanugo received several blows to the chin and could not recover from it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Imo-born boxer was immediately attended to by medics when he could not get up following the knockout. He was also taken to a hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ:\u00a0\u2018This Boxing Thing Is Not Beans O\u2019 \u2013 Mavin Boss, Don Jazzy<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A boxer from Lagos spoke with PUNCH on the incident, \u201cIt happened yesterday (Monday). I didn\u2019t even know what was happening, we just saw that he didn\u2019t get up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe was immediately taken out of the ring for medical treatment before being rushed to the hospital, where he was confirmed dead.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imo State boxer Chukwuemeka Igboanugo has died during a duel in the ring at the ongoing National Sports Festival in Asaba, Delta State. The incident happened on Monday during his fight with Anambra\u2019s Prince Gaby Amagor in the 86kg category. Igboanugo received several blows to the chin and could not recover from it. The Imo-born [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":274722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Boxer Dies From K.O Punch By Opponent At Ongoing National Sports Festival - 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\/ng\/2022\/12\/07\/boxer-dies-from-k-o-punch-by-opponent-at-ongoing-national-sports-festival\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boxer Dies From K.O Punch By Opponent At Ongoing National Sports Festival - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Imo State boxer Chukwuemeka Igboanugo has died during a duel in the ring at the ongoing National Sports Festival in Asaba, Delta State. 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