The Ghana Boxing Authority has confirmed Mr. Samuel Heywood Okine as the Substantive PRO of its body after serving as the Acting PRO for about 2 years now.
A part of the letter of appointment dated 9th April, 2021 and signed by the General Secretary Mr. Patrick Johnson, reads
“… the Excecutive Board has now appointed you as the substantive Public Relations Officer having acted for a considerable period in the absence of the former P.R.O Ms. Gifty Naa Darkua Dodoo”.
Mr. Sammy Heywood is indeed a Sports General having great passion for all kinds of sports with great knowledge particulatly in boxing. It’s indeed a proud moment for your most authoritative boxing portal Boxinghana.com to have him as the Associate Editor.
Among other achievements by Mr. Heywood, he served as the Deputy General Secretary of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) and was also the Communications Director of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) until the election of new executive board.
Mr. Samuel Heywood Okine has in recent times formed media fanbase platforms like the Friends of Boxing (on facebook) out of his passion for the sport.
He is currently the Interim President of the Boxing Writers Association of Ghana (BWAG) which was formed just few months ago with him as one of the founding members.
He, together with the Excecutive Board of the topmost boxing body in Ghana, GBA has in recent times created the GBA website, GBA TV and also proposed a new GBA logo taking Ghana Boxing into the digital space.
In a brief chat with Mr. Heywood on his new appointment, he expressed his gratitude to the board as well as needing support from all stakeholders
“Big task but with God’s guidance and direction as well as the support of the media especially and all stakeholders in the boxing family I hope to put our sport and business on a higher level.. We also need government and corporate Ghana’s financial backing in the form of sponsorship for our promoters. Thank you to the GBA board led by Lawyer Peter Zwennes and my predecessor, Naa Darkoa Dodoo.”
From all of us at Boxinghana.com, we say congratulations to you Mr. Samuel Heywood Okine, and wish you all the best in this level of your career.