Bukom Banku who has nicknamed himself as the “African Mayweather” suffered an excruciating knockout in the 7th round at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra when he clashed with Ghanaian welterweight boxer Bastie Samir.

Ayittey Powers who has been defeated twice by his friend in a video after Saturday’s bout said he was certain Banku would lose against Samir.

“I knew from the beginning that Bukom Banku will lose because he had met his match…,” he said.

[contextly_sidebar id=”NVU1JdmGd40G7GMyhXgBDVYjcehHalMz”]According to him, Samir Bastie was a good match for Bukom Banku.

The exciting bout did not only end without Bukom Banku honoring his vow to knockout Bastie in the 6^th Round but also had him instead knocked out in the 7^th Round after enduring tough punches from his opponent.

Ayittey Powers, in a video after the Bukom Banku’s loss to Bastie said “I admit, I can’t match up to him [Banku] but he has now met his ‘meter’… His meter has shown him…. and is reading him left and right. Your banku has been totally destroyed.”

Bukom Banku and Ayittey Powers are known boxing enemies who have engaged each other twice; in Accra and Kumasi with Bukom Banku winning in both encounters.

In the extremely hyped second encounter dubbed “Judgement Day,” Powers failed to answer the bell for the sixth round after a rather impressive challenge in the early rounds with some overhead punches but his strength worn as the fight progressed.

Banku was presented with a SUV Range Rover, a ticket for a holiday trip to South Africa and GHc30,000 as his prize.

In the earlier encounter in Accra, Bukom Banku won by unanimous decision, after boxing his opponent into the 12th round through an intense pound-for-pound exchange.

Bukom Banku treated spectators to a very entertaining bout from the 5th round after Ayittey Powers showed signs of extreme exhaustion.

The ‘Put Up or Shut Up’ bout which pulled about 25,000 spectators was a cruiser-weight non-tittle.

Many mocked Ayittey Powers over his poor show in both bouts.

Powers has been fighting since 2000 and he has a record of 21 wins (17 KOs), 25 losses and a draw but he is yet to win a major title with his closest attempt being a loss to Daniel Baff in 2013 when they fought for the vacant PABA Cruiser Weight and WBA Pan African cruiserweight in Australia.

Watch his video reaction after Bukom Banku’s loss below:

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By: Jonas Nyabor/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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The new TECNO R7, hailed as the brand’s most sophisticated device yet, was unveiled at a short ceremony in Accra.

The R7, a modern handheld device with an incredible dose of quality is being launched on the back of the outfit’s winning of Smartphone of the year at the recently held Ghana Telecom Awards.

The R7 is the first 1.5 GHz, 6 Core Processor handheld device on the Ghanaian market.

With a unique superior performance, it is chic, portable and affordable.

Stylishly curated, the R7 runs on the Android 4.2 jelly bean operating system, and has a 5.5 HD camera quality, shades better than any other Smartphone on the market.

The R7 also accommodates up to 3.75G mobile data connection, giving users tremendous speed, power, and unlimited surfing and streaming options.

The new device is auto-complete with a dial pad, and is social media and chat friendly.

“Our new product is futuristic in many ways,” Business Development Manager at TECNO, Daniel Glover told the media.

“The R7 comes with a great detail of quality that makes it a market leader. This was built with our customers, and new users alike in mind,” he added.

The fastest growing mobile phone brand in TECNO is headquartered in Hong Kong with an Operations Centre in Dubai and Research & Development centres in France and Korea.

Credit: TECNO

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