The Ghana National Boxing Team the Black Bombers have begun non residential training.
Boxers and coaches report daily to the Accra Sports Stadium, where they train inside the Haramani Hall.
The team trains from Monday to Friday at 6am- 9am. Boxers are expected to join their various clubs for evening training.
The 30 Man Squad were selected from the best performers and winners from the just ended National Individual Championship.
The names of boxers called into the team are :
- 1. GEORGE NII NORTEY
- 2. WISDOM BARNOR3. THEOPHILUS ALLOTEY
- 4. EBENEZER ANKRAH
- 5. ABRAHAM MENSAH
- 6. BENJAMIN LAMPTEY
- 7. JOSEPH COMMEY
- 8. PHILIP QUANSAH
- 9. JERRY LARTEY
- 10. PRECIOUS A. NETTEY
- 11. JESSE LARTEY
- 12. ABUBAKAR QUARTEY
- 13. BAWA SHARIF – U/WEST
- 14. DAVID AMEN – VOLTA
- 15. JONATHAN TETTEH
- 16. SHAKUL SAMED
- 17. ANANI KUTSOKE
- 18. BENEDICT BADOO
- 19. DAVID BAWA AKAKOLIM
- 20. DANIEL PLANGE
- 21. SULEMANU TETTEH
- 22. ALFRED KOTEY
- 23. EMMANUEL MAWULI
- 24. AMADU MOHAMMED
- 25. SAMUEL Y. ADDO
- 26. ABDUL W. OMAR
- 27. NELSON AWUMI
- 28. DALVIN NELSON
- 29. YIKA JOHN
- 30. SAMUEL WILSON
Coach Ofori Asare, informed BoxinGhana.com that
“Boxers will be taken through various forms of training to improve their techniques as well. They will also be educated on theoretical aspects of the sport, that is boxing competition rules as they prepare for the commonwealth Games in Birmingham 2022.”
“Three boxers from other regions qualified to the team, Bawa Sheriff from the Upper East, David Amen from Volta and Philip Quansah from Eastern. The rest are boxers from various Clubs in the Greater Accra Region.
Two Females have been named in the team; Ornella Sathoud and Faruza Osman.”
NUCLEUS OF THE NATIONAL BOXING TEAM
The Coaching Staff for this team is led by Coach Ofori Asare (AIBA Certified 3 star Coach / Founder of Wisdom Boxing Club), assisted by 5 coaches from various clubs and Regions.
They include
- 1. Coach Daniel Lartekwei Lartey (AIBA 1 star Coach and Head Coach of Fit Square /Greater Accra Region Coach)
- 2. Coach Vincent Akai Nettey ( AIBA 2 star Coach/Head Coach for Attoh Quarshie / NSA Coach )
- 3. Coach Frank Asante Addo( Volta Regional Coach)
- 4. Coach Benjamin Tetteh ( Palm Spring Boxing Club)
- 5. Coach Elvis Robertson (Assistant Coach Akotoku Academy/ Eastern Region Coach)
Mr.Ebenezer Foli Quaye is the Technical Director of the team.