Adijat Gbadamosi has made history by becoming the first Nigerian woman to win an African boxing title.
Gbadamosi, fondly known as “Dija,” made history in Accra, Ghana, at the third installment of the “King of the Ring” series, which was put on by Monarch Events and Promotions.
A 2018 youth Olympic silver medalist, Gbadamosi won the African Super Bantamweight female championship at the co-main event at the Bukom Boxing Arena.
During their ten-round bout, Gbadamosi stunned Patience Mastara of Zimbabwe with a spectacular knockout strike in the fifth round.
The 21-year-old told Sunday PUNCH that she faced a stiff challenge from her opponent earlier in the bout, but following advice from her crew, she changed her tactics and became more aggressive.
“I feel okay now because I am happy with the result, but the fight was hard for me because my opponent was very tough to read,” she said.
“In the first and second rounds when I got back to my corner, my coach told me to change the way I was fighting her if I wanted to stop her and get the belt and I took to his advice. I changed the way I fought her from the third round, I put more energy into the fight and I was able to gain the knockout,” Gbadamosi told Sunday PUNCH.
Adijat Gbadamosi feels elated about the recent achievement in her boxing career.
“I feel great and happy that I have now become the new super-bantamweight champion and the first Nigeria female boxer to get the title. I did not have any doubts that I could defeat her and I proved it with the knockout,” she said.