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Interestingly enough, the comments from Commey and Amoo-Bediako regarding the GBA were made after they had donated equipment to a local gym-exactly what the nation’s pugilists need today. Instead, in letters dated January 14, 2022, the GBA indefinitely suspended both Commey and Amoo-Bediako. Naturally, Neequaye didn’t volunteer that information. Therefore, the clause does not apply to him. Richard Commey isn’t licensed by the GBA and hasn’t been since 2017. On the surface, these statements and actions make sense-except for one glaring omission. We said, if they don’t pay the little percentage that they will give to the Ghana Boxing Authority, how then will we then develop the sport?” “You can see it 1996…I was not part of it. “I told Amoo-Bediako about the percentage of the purse,” Neequaye explained. Host Attor read aloud clause 18 of the GBA rulebook which reads, “Boxers licensed by the Ghana Boxing Authority and fighting outside of the country, whether under the flag of Ghana or not, are expected to remit a percentage sum of their purse to the Authority.”Īccording to the clause, the percentage is negotiable. However, he did make his case on national TV.
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Neequaye was unavailable for comment for this story. How can you tell a Ghanaian not to be a Ghanaian? I asked him, ‘On what authority do you have to tell Richard he can’t fight under the Ghanaian flag?’ I was told I should wait and see.” “ said to me, if that’s the case then he will not allow Richard to fight under the Ghanaian flag. He pays his commissions, his taxes and everything he does in the US, as he has done since 2017. “There is no rule that entitles the GBA any funding because is not a resident here, he doesn’t live here. “It was a pretty heated conversation,” Amoo-Bediako said of his sit-down with Neequaye at GBA offices in Accra. If this wasn’t done, Amoo-Bediako would no longer be allowed to work as a manager in Ghana and his fighters would be told of this in writing.Ĭommey and Amoo-Bediako rebuffed Neequaye’s demands, addressing the media during a ceremony where the pair, through The Streetwise Foundation, donated boxing equipment to Charles Quartey Boxing Club in Accra. Commey earned over $700,000 for that bout.Ī source with knowledge of the situation informed that the GBA specifically demanded 5% of the purse through an official letter, with no offer of a possible negotiation. On Tuesday, January 11, GBA President Abraham Kotei-Neequaye appeared on JOY News to address comments made by Commey and his UK-based manager, Streetwise Management CEO Michael Amoo-Bediako, both of whom are currently in Ghana.Īccording to JOY News host Nat Attor, the GBA had “demanded a percentage of Commey’s purse” from his December 11 bout versus Vasiliy Lomachenko in New York, where Commey resides. Such is the case with the latest rift between former lightweight champion Richard Commey and the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA). Every now and then, Ghana boxing fans get a glimpse of what goes on behind the curtain and see what ails the nation’s sport.