Ghana’s Emmanuel Tagoe (28-1, 14 KOs) will take on former World Title contender Paulus Moses (40-4, 25 KOs) on October 20th at the Bukom Boxing Arena.
At stake for the upcoming clash is the vacant WBO Africa lightweight belt and it will come off at the Bukom Boxing Arena.
Ghana based BabyJet Promotions who manage and promote the James Town native, until recently also the IBO lightweight world champion, say the show in October will mark a new phase for both Tagoe’s career and their syndicate which has Ghana national soccer team captain, Asamoah Gyan as their owner, bankroller and President and after who their fight nights will now be christened beginning with the October 20 show of course.
A press conference to officially announce the new fight night as well as Tagoe’s biggest test yet against Moses will be held at the famous Bukom Square in the heart of the Bukom hub of Ghanaian boxing on Tuesday August 21, which will also see some of the undercards including loud mouth, Michael ‘One Bullet’ Ansah challenging Ghana lightweight champion, Sheriff ‘One Time’ Quaye also announced.
“We are looking at the brand we are working with and you can’t get any brand in Ghana bigger than Asamoah Gyan, there is no Ghanaian who doesn’t know him. He’s a living legend and if he loves and is investing in boxing, we just have to give him his due,” said Abraham Neequaye, newly appointed CEO of BabyJet Promotions who also doubles as 2nd Vice President of the Ghana Boxing Authority.
“He’s the man who has been behind BabyJet Promotions for six years. He’s the President and to acknowledge his important role and contribution not just to BabyJet Promotions but Ghana boxing, we felt its a just honour to name all our promotions after him,” the BabyJet Promotions CEO added.
Tagoe’s last was agai Fernanado Saucedo, the Ghanaian stopped the Argentine in round 10 to defend his then IBO lightweight belt.
For Moses, he failed to clinch the WBO World lightweight belt after losing via a unanimous decision to Ray Beltran.