{"id":363989,"date":"2017-10-22T00:23:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T00:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=363989"},"modified":"2017-10-22T00:23:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T00:23:35","slug":"bukom-banku-suffers-humiliating-defeat-in-cruiserweight-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/bukom-banku-suffers-humiliating-defeat-in-cruiserweight-bout\/","title":{"rendered":"Bukom Banku suffers humiliating defeat in cruiserweight bout"},"content":{"rendered":"
In what turned out to be the first loss in his professional career, Bukom Banku was forced by Bastie\u00a0to taste the floor in the 3rd Round after a heavy blow\u00a0served\u00a0to his [Bukom Banku] face.<\/p>\n
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A visibly fatigued Bukom Banku struggled to complete the subsequent rounds as Bastie’s jabs proved to have what it takes to draw the remaining energy out of him.<\/p>\n
He succumbed in the 7th Round after another punch landed him on the floor, leaving the referee,\u00a0Roger Banor with no option\u00a0but to end the bout.<\/p>\n
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Thousands of boxing enthusiasts, including former World boxing champion, Azuman Nelson, were present to witness the historic bout.<\/p>\n
The bout was with the tagline \u2018Make or Break,\u2019 and was promoted by Box Office Promotions.<\/p>\n
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By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former WBO Africa Cruiserweight champion, Braimah Kamoko, known commonly as Bukom Banku suffered a humiliating defeat to former Ghana Amateur boxing team captain, Bastie Samir in the cruiserweight non-title bout held at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra on Saturday night. \u00a0 Bukom Banku, who promised to knock out Bastie in the 6th Round, struggled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":363992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1345,11],"tags":[1344,306,1346,3],"yoast_head":"\n