Bash Ali Reacts To Evander Holyfield's Invitation To Nigeria, Slams Lagos Govt.
The
Nigerian Born boxing champion Bash Ali
boxer, has slammed the Lagos State Government for the inviting the American
former World Heavyweight boxing champion, Evander Holyfield for an
exhibition-boxing bout in Lagos State.
Late
this week, the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, invited Holyfield, a
five-time World Cruiserweight and Heavyweight boxing champion as part of the
50th year anniversary of the creation of Lagos State and for a scheduled boxing
match with a former governor of the state, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The
Nigerian boxing legend has been spotted lamenting on his Facebook page that he
would have been invited for the boxing showcase instead of the American because
of his contribution to the economy of Lagos and Nigeria. Check post below:
“I was born and
raised in Lagos. I am a world boxing champion, I have contributed to the
economic growth of Nigeria through sport and I was rewarded with the highest
national honour ever given to a Nigerian athlete, Officer of the Order of the
Niger (OON).
American former world boxing champion, Evander
Holyfield is in Lagos as a special guest of the government to celebrate Lagos
at 50 and I am not invited. The labour of our heroes past shall never be in
vain…lol,” .
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