{"id":277015,"date":"2023-06-29T10:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T09:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=277015"},"modified":"2023-06-29T10:29:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T09:29:02","slug":"nigeria-boxing-legend-okorodudu-dies-at-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/06\/29\/nigeria-boxing-legend-okorodudu-dies-at-64\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria boxing legend Okorodudu dies at 64"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary Nigerian boxer Jeremiah \u2018Jerry\u2019 Okorodudu, on Wednesday, 28 June passed away in a Lagos hospital aged 64 after battling illness for weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming Okorodudu\u2019s death were his daughter Emily and Secretary General of the Nigeria Boxing Board of Control (NBB of C) Remi Aboderin.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the death of her father, Emily told Brila FM:\u201cHe was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/04\/22\/tinubu-not-on-sick-bed-orji-uzor-kalu-to-nigerians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sick<\/a>, he had diabetes and that was what led to the stroke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe&#8217;s no longer in the hospital, he has been taken to the morgue already&#8230;We&#8217;re holding up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Okorodudu was born on 24 May 1959 and represented Nigeria in the men&#8217;s middleweight boxing event at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>He took part in the 1979 National Sports Festival and won a gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>At the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia he won bronze for Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>He had 83 amateur fights and 40 professional bouts between 1986 and 1992.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary Nigerian boxer Jeremiah \u2018Jerry\u2019 Okorodudu, on Wednesday, 28 June passed away in a Lagos hospital aged 64 after battling illness for weeks. 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