Saleh Gloves Promotions and Streetwise Management have come together to copromote the upcoming WBO Africa super featherweight title fight between Nigeria’s undefeated star Joshua Wahab and Tanzania’s Muksini Swalehe on July 25, in Egbeda, Lagos.
After speaking about a collaboration for over a year, their plans were brought forward when a dispute between the GBA and BoxRec forced the bout to be rescheduled from its original date of the 10th of July in Ghana.
Saleh Gloves Promotions’ CEO Saleh Fawaz and Streetwise CEO Michael Amoo-Bediako have been in contact for over a year and share the same ambitions to raise the profile of boxing in Africa and this fight gives them a great opportunity to put that message across.
Joshua Wahab is promoted by DiBella Entertainment, who is also involved with this collaboration and has a long history of promoting African fighters, including Joshua Clottey, Emmanuel Tagoe and former IBF lightweight champion Richard Commey, to name but a few.
“Africa has produced many great talents that have transcended internationally and the slick but heavy-handed Joshua Wahab has the potential to become one of them. Vying for the WBO Africa title against a tough, unbeaten foe is an important step in that direction,” said Lou DiBella, President of DiBella Entertainment. “With DiBella Entertainment’s guidance, Michael Amoo-Bediako’s knowledge of the African boxing scene, and the collaboration with Saleh Fawaz, Wahab’s future is very bright.”
Amoo-Bediako said, “It was unfortunate that we had to move the bout, but because there had been no communication from the GBA, as to when there would be a resolution to their dispute with BoxRec, we had no choice but to move the bout to Nigeria.”
Fawaz added, “We are looking forward to the homecoming fight for Joshua Wahab, as he takes on another undefeated boxer in Muksini Swalehe, of Tanzania, for the WBO Africa super featherweight title, in what will be our first copromotion with Streetwise Management, in collaboration with DiBella Entertainment. We continue to work hard in raising the profile of boxing in Africa and this fight, along with a very interesting undercard, sets the tone moving forward.”
Credit: Streetwise Management