The unfortunate incident that happened on Saturday, 29 March 2025 at the Bukom Boxing Area where Gabriel Segun a Nigerian boxer lost his life after a scheduled fight has drawn lots of attention to where the boxing authorities had done due diligence before allowing the fighter take on the contract.

Boxing as has been known to be a very deadly and dangerous game has made a lot of people lost their lives in diverse ways and others losing their sense of life. Chris Eubanks after a critical fight knocked out his opponent and he became paralysed and other incidents that are uncounted.

One such that lets many boxers retiring out of guilt and others feeling the sense of security to protect their sanity.

The recent event that happened in Ghana in what has got many wondering what happened and whether the event leading to the death could have been prevented. With both the Ghana Boxing Authority and the General secretary of Nigeria Boxing Board of Control.

The twist of the entire matter is in the statements made by the secretary and whether the Ghana Boxing Authority took heed or just ignored it just to give their audience a fight.

“Unfortunately, they did weigh-in on Thursday and his opponent was found to be overweight and they told him the person he was to fight was not his weight.”

The GBA who has the mandate to ensure all this at the background probably ignored it as he later claimed they (an ambiguous statement) would increase his purse with another $500.

According to Remi Aboderin, there was no agreement reached between the two parties as the money was too little so Gabriel returning to accept the agreement to fight was something they has little to no knowledge of.

The question many have been asking is, did the sanctioning body take the two boxers through the routine medical checks, doping and other necessary measures before the fight? The fighter lost consciousness in the ring and many things seemed to have been taking place.

Are the referees trained enough to handle fights, are they given regular courses to abreast them with how to deal with such situations?

A fighter goes down without a knock and the referee instead of rushing to his aid is still counting for a knock down. Would a swift interaction matter in this incident?

Ghana, Nigeria and the world of boxing as well as boxing lovers have started sending condolence messages to the family and closed acquaintance.

We live to learn and make things better and hope both authorities would educate us in the future.