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Boxing Promoters Association of Nigeria Chairman Omonlei Imadu has hit back at his detractors, attributing the recent exodus of founding members to jealousy over his success in developing the sport.
In an interview with The PUNCH, Imadu dismissed allegations levelled against him, insisting his initiatives through the YUCATECO Boxing League are being targeted by those benefiting from corruption within the system.
“There is so much corruption in the system, so people who have been benefiting from that system, taking advantage of exploitation, when my programme is growing, automatically, they are seeing it as a threat,” Imadu told The PUNCH.
“They thought it was not going to be possible, but we are consistent. So, if me, creating the league, self-funding the league, taking boxers out of the trenches, using my own money to build teams, to donate to various states, supporting those ones, does that translate to impeding the…