Nigerian street-pop artist Habeeb Badmus (well known as Portable), on Wednesday, was declared winner of the celebrity boxing fight against Nollywood actor, Charles Okocha. The contest last four round.
The fight, which was sanctioned by Heritage Boxing Entertainment, held at Landmark Beach in Victoria Island, Lagos State. It started after 1 am and lasted about 40 minutes.
The pair had finally settled their scores with their fists after Portable alleged contractual issues, which led them to engage in an online feud over an alleged N40 million rip-off.
Portable claimed Okocha cheated him out of the money, only sending him a small amount, contrary to a contractual agreement.
In Round 1, Portable, who adorned a blue pair of knickers and a blue armless top to match, took the lead.
He also took full control of the ring and looked to find his range from several jabs to the body of Okocha, who was wearing a red top and red shorts.
In Round 2, Okocha was back in the game as he had been avoiding blows from Portable, and everything seemed to be in his favour.
Okocha gained more ground than Portable had in the entire bout, and he did not give up on amassing more points despite being in the pole position to win.
His jabs even brought Portable down, and the referee had to come in between them.
In Round 3, Portable ran around the ring to see if he could bounce back into the game, and Okocha followed him around.
Portable seized some opportunities to retaliate the blows that were descending on him from the round two fight.
In Round 4, the two celebrity boxers got tired, but Portable still throwed some direct punches, which caught Okocha unaware.
When the referee called for Round 5 to decide the winner, both fighters declined to continue and this led to the eventual announcement of Portable as the winner.
Portable clinched the belt as the deserving champion in the hard-fought bout.
Source: The PUNCH
