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20-Yrs old Rilwan Baby Face ends Tope Berinja's reign

Rilwan Baby Face hit hard at Tope Berinja
Rilwan Baby Face hit hard at Tope Berinja
, Baby Face emerged one of the most exciting boxers of the night with his calm and meek disposition that threw Berinja off balance and guard.
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20-year old Rilwan Babatunde aka Baby Face, has ended the promising reign of Light Welterweight fighter, Tope Agboola aka Berinja in a recent bout.

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Baby Face defeated a more experienced Berinja in title bout that held at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Lagos, during the GOtv Boxing Night 7.

According to guests at the bout, which held on Sunday, May 1, 2016, Baby Face emerged one of the most exciting boxers of the night with his calm and meek disposition that threw Berinja off balance and guard.

Expressing delight over his victory weeks after turning pro, said, "I never thought it would come so soon. I have seen many boxers turn pro and not get fights. I really thank the sponsors and the organisers for making this possible. I am now confident of kicking on from here."

The 20-year old boxer is said to be one of the discoveries of the GOtv Boxing NextGen Search.

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In the National Cruiserweight title bout, Idowu Okusote aka Noble Cabasa defeated Chibuzor Vincent aka Chibunky by a first round knockout out in their cruiserweight bout.

Also on the night, another debutante, Chukwuebuka Ezewudo aka Wise King, conquered Ganiyu Kolawole aka Energy in a middleweight clash.

Chukwuebuka, who also just made his debut as a pro fighter said, 'I am very happy. The whole of Africa watched me made my debut. It was made sweeter by the fact that I won the fight. Big thanks to the sponsors.'

Interestingly, Kolawole Energy wasn't perturbed about losing his first fight as a pro saying 'Losing is not the end of the world. Boxers lose every time and come back to win. I am just happy that I was part of GOtv Boxing Night 7 and will remember my first fight forever.'

Osamudiamen Goodluck aka Chisel shares similar sentiments.

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The graduate of the GOtv Boxing NextGen Search, who was defeated by Rilwan Oladosu aka Real One in their lightweight challenge bout, said the loss did not affect the joy he feels at finally making his bow as a pro.

In his words, 'I have a fight under my belt and I hope to have other fights in the future.'

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