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| SWAG Patron On Pro-Boxing Misfortunes |
1/5/2007 |
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By Our Reporter
Friday, 05 January 2007
A former chairman of the Ghana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA), Ray Quarcoo, a patron of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) has urged boxers Ike Quartey and Joshua Clottey to put their recent defeats behind them and face the challenges of the future.
He said having known both boxers very well in their amateur days, they should be able to rise to the challenge and for Clottey in particular, he sees in him a future world champion.
In a statement copied to the Times Sports, he called on the handlers of both boxers to sit up and do proper planning and evaluation before they commit them to a fight.
He argued that Quartey lost his last fight against Vernon Forrest and Winky Wright because he failed to consider the dynamics of the sport and not that he lacked abilities and what it takes to win in the ring as some claim.
"There had been great comebacks in boxing history in the recent past and Ike’s case must not be viewed in a different light," he stressed.
He also expressed the belief that Joshua Clottey has what it takes to become a world champion as "he is refined in the art, very resilient and well disciplined, which is very typical of his Bukom background and he should press this home to prove the sceptics wrong".
Boxing as a sport, he said, is just like any life endeavour, it is a matter of win or lose and always full of ups and downs but "let us remember that there is honour for those who try and keep on trying until they get it".
Clottey lost in his bid to claim the WBO welterweight belt against holder, Antonio Margarito last month while Quartey lost a 12 round decision to Winky Wright in a middleweight bout on the same night in the United States.
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