Inaugural champion of YUCATECO Boxing League will take home N20m, organisers of the event have stated.
The Chairman of YUCATECO Boxing Promotions, Omole Imadu, stated that while the winner would get N20m, other boxers would also win big prizes for competing in the YBL.
Each weight category winner will get N300,000, while the second in the category will receive N200,000 and the third N100,000 cash.
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All other boxers are also going to win consolation prizes according to their rankings at the end of the league. There will also be prizes for the best referee, best coach and best boxer of the YUCATECO Boxing League.
Imadu stated that the objective was to initiate boxing as a premium sport in Nigeria, and indeed in Africa, adding that it was time to stop seeing boxing as a pastime for the riffraffs.
“Boxing is a very important sport, and can do a lot to change the image of Nigeria abroad and that is our plan with the league,” Imadu said.
“Every participant in the YBL will be well rewarded and we are looking forward to make the league bigger and better each season.”
The YUCATECO Boxing League Seminar will now hold on Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at the OLD SKOOL Hall, Brai Ayonate Boxing Complex, National Stadium, Lagos.
Highlights of the seminar include formal media presentation of clubs and boxers, live draws and byes for the league and media parley.
The YUCATECO Boxing League will then start November 6 and will run for 12 consecutive weeks, with special events during the festive periods.