Former National and West African light-heavyweight champion, Segun ‘Success’ Olanrewaju, has died after collapsing during a fight in Ghana on Saturday night.
Though ahead on points against the Ghanaian boxer, Jon Mbanugu, at Fight Night 15 of the Ghana Professional Boxing League at Bukom Boxing Arena Olanrewaju suddenly lost consciousness.
Curiously, there was no heavy punch to have necessitated his fall backward and landed his neck onn the ropes and then flipping over.
The referee had actually began counting Olanrewaju out when he observed something was amiss. He lifted the Nigerian boxer and quickly called in the medical team that worked on him to no avail.
He is believed to have passed on as a result of a cardiac arrest, though no official statement has not been issued yet by the Ghanaian boxing authorities.
A viral video on social media at https://www.instagram.com/reel/DH0ImSAqJ6x/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== captures the moment he collapsed in the ring.
Olanrewaju held both National and West African light-heavyweight titles during his career.
