Moyoyo wins Africa Union boxing title

Ghana's Aloryi Moyoyo Mensah on Friday night had an easy pay day when he spent just one minute four seconds of the first round to dispose off his Ivorian opponent Goba T. Harouna in their scheduled 12 rounds African Boxing Union Cruiserweight Championship title bout at the Accra Sports Stadium.

The event, organized under the Knights Promotions dubbed "The night of no return," featured other six bouts. Moyoyo ended the fight when he delivered a powerful hook to the head of his opponent.

Even before that "killer" punch, Moyoyo had sent his opponent sprawling on the canvas with a left hook in the same round. By this performance Aloryi Moyoyo now becomes the new African Boxing Union Cruiserweight Champion. He has improved his personal record to 3-3-0.

In yet another first round victory, Osmanu Adama knocked out London-based rasta haired Robert Kutsokey in the first of their scheduled 12 round title fight to annex the vacant West African Boxing Union Super welterweight belt.

He spent only one minute seven seconds of the first round in their fight, which many analysts and fans thought was going to be the toughest of the bouts lined up for the night. In the other supporting bouts, debutant Kpakpo Allotey, knocked out Alfred Odai in the third of their six round lightweight contests.

Allotey subjected his opponent to severe punishment in the first and second rounds before ending the fight in one minute 41 seconds of the third round. His performance caught the eyes of officials of the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) who made a presentation of 200,000 cedis to him.

In another title fight, Champion Moabi Armstrong retained his belt after disposing off Ayittey Mettle in one minute 27 seconds of the seventh of their 12 round National Featherweight title fight.

In a six round Super Featherweight non-title contest, Abdulai Amidu added to the long list of knockouts on the night, when his opponent Aminu Turkson failed to turn up for the sixth and last round of their fight, giving the judges an easy job by declaring Amidu winner by a technical knock out.

Of the seven bouts for the night of no return, only two travelled the full distance with the first being an eight round Super Light weight contest between Ben Ankrah and Kwabena Sarfo. Ben Ankrah won on a unanimous decision.

In the last fight of the night, which many fans described as a typical fight, Agoe Ashong won a unanimous decision against Ashia Quaye Aryee in their West Africa Welterweight championship.