Hassan ‘Thiago’ Tiamiyu is a Nigerian soldier and a boxer. Last Sunday, he won the national Super welterweight championship belt after beating Chidi Emmanuel Ugwu in a unanimous decision. Like many before him, the Oyo-state born combatant has kept the tradition of soldiers being the leading light of Nigerian boxing.
Other sportsmen with military background include – but not limited to – Major Abbas Mohammed and Sgt Daniel Yelme in the Marathon race, the likes of Kadiri Ikhana, Mohammed Lawal, Charles Ngedo in football, among others. As already mentioned, another soldier who took Nigeria’s name to global reckoning in boxing is Obisia Nwankpa. He started from the amateur ranks. In 2014, Obisia told this writer, “I was a legend in amateur boxing. I was a national champion, African champion, Commonwealth champion, African/Latin American champion, Commonwealth/USA Champion. These are four gold medals that I hold so dearly.
Hassan ‘Thiago’ Tiamiyu, 23 has continued with that legacy set by his predecessors in the Nigerian Army. He is the new rising star of Nigeria boxing. Quietly, but tenaciously, the young soldier has boxed his way to the top. Last Sunday, in the ancient city of Ibadan, the lanky pugilist was the better of a not-so-tight 10-round Super welterweight contest against Emmanuel Chidi Ugwu. It was put together by Glorious Cut Promotions and sanctioned by the Nigerian Boxing Board of Control, NBB of C.
Not bothered by the burden of history, the young boxer believes so much in himself that he told our reporter, “I see myself on top of the world, very soon,”
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