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Editorial News of Tuesday, 11 May 1999

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Africa Sports

Steve Dotse fights for world crown on Saturday

The paper reports that Ghana?s Steve Dotse, African bantamweight boxing champion, makes the biggest move in his career when he fights for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight crown on Saturday, May 15, against the American champion, Tim Austin. According to the Africa Sports, the news was broken to the paper by Baba Sumaila, the trainer of Nana Yaw Konadu and that the fight will take place at the Miami Boxing Arena and will be the main bout of the night.

The paper says Steve Dotse, like Nana Yaw Konadu, is managed by Don King with whom he has sealed a four-year deal.