{"id":108103,"date":"2025-12-22T19:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T19:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=108103"},"modified":"2025-12-22T19:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T19:03:11","slug":"sports-editorial-sharaf-mahama-saving-ghana-boxing-from-the-brink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=108103","title":{"rendered":"Sports Editorial: Sharaf Mahama saving Ghana boxing from the brink"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For decades, boxing was one of Ghana\u2019s most powerful sporting symbols, producing world champions such as D.K. Poison, Azumah Nelson, Ike Quartey, Joshua Clottey and Joseph Agbeko, among others.
\nThese icons once placed Ghana firmly on the world boxing map. Sadly, that proud tradition has steadily faded, with the nation losing its grip on world titles and repeated attempts to reclaim its former glory proving unsuccessful.
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\"Sharaf<\/p>\n

For decades, boxing was one of Ghana\u2019s most powerful sporting symbols, producing world champions such as D.K. Poison, Azumah Nelson, Ike Quartey, Joshua Clottey and Joseph Agbeko, among others.<\/strong><\/p>\n

These icons once placed Ghana firmly on the world boxing map. Sadly, that proud tradition has steadily faded, with the nation losing its grip on world titles and repeated attempts to reclaim its former glory proving unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

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