Game Boy vs Saucedo fight to cost Baby Jet Promotions $200,000

Baby Jet Promotions has announced that the fight involving their boxer, Emmanuel ‘Game Boy’ Tagoe and Argentina’s Fernando Saucedo would cost the agency 200,000 dollars to stage the bout scheduled to take place at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra on January 27.

Game Boy will be defending his IBO Lightweight belt for the first time after defeating South Africa’s Mzonke Fana in December 2016 at the aforementioned venue.

The Pound for Pound boxer was ruled out of the sport for several months after battling injury last year, however, he has fully recovered and ready to fight anyone who wants his title and even looks forward to winning more titles in future.

Addressing the media at a press conference in Accra, the Chief Executive Officer of Baby Jet Promotions, Samuel Anim Addo reiterated that the duel would come at a high cost to them and called on the corporate world to support them ahead of the fight themed ‘Defend to Glory’.

“This bout would cost us more than $200,000. As we speak we have to buy air tickets for the match officials, opponents and his team who are about eleven in number. The opponent is coming from South America, so the ticket is ranging from $3,000, the other Officials are from Europe and one form South Africa,” he said.

“We have the hotel fees, sanctioning body purse for the opponent and other stuff drains the promoters,” he added.

Fernando Saucedo would arrive in Ghana on January 21 for the fight.

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