Isaac ‘Royal Storm’ Dogboe (17-0, 11 KOs) and Duke Micah (21-0, 18 KOs) have been nominated for the 2017 professional boxer of the year award by the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG). Carl Lokko is up for the coach of the year award, whiles Ofori Asare has been penciled down for the dedication and valour award.
The two boxers stood tallest among their peers and scored important wins in the ring in the year under review, affirming the hope and belief by many Ghanaian boxing connoisseurs that they could win world titles in the near future and have been nominated for the highly revered SWAG Awards.
For the coach of the year award is boxing trainer, Lawrence Carl Lokko who will battle Aduana Stars coach Yusif Abubakar – he led Aduana Stars to win the Ghana Premier League and Carl Pierce, coach of the Ghana weightlifting team.
Lokko who was also elected unto the executive board of the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) in 2017 runs the Bronx Boxing Gym in Accra where he trains a lot of upcoming boxers and is renowned for being the coach of world title challenger, Richard Commey and Duke Micah.
Also to rewarded for years of hard work is experienced boxing trainer, Ofori Asare who has been will be recieving the dedication and valour award. Asare made more famous for coaching Bastie Samir to defeat Bukom Banku in a super fight back in October last year, Coach Asare has been coach of Ghana’s amateur boxing team, Black Bombers for over two decades and is also a certified AIBA coaches instructor.
According to a press release signed by William Ezah, General Secretary of SWAG, the body will officially launch the event next week to announce details of the awards night, which will also coincide with activities of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of SWAG.