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<\/p>\nSweden-based Gambian boxer Tijan Kebbeh who won the Universal Boxing Organisation lightweight belt last weekend has pleaded for home-based brands to throw their weight behind him.<\/p>\n
Kebbeh, 36, dispatched off his Bosnian opponent to pick his first belt in his professional boxing career.<\/p>\n
In a serialised interview with Foroyaa Sport Tijan revealed he had to spar with several experienced boxers in the lead up to his make or break Saturday duel.<\/p>\n
Consequently, after grabbing his sixth win, losing only once since turning professional, the pugilist has asked Gambian companies to consider chipping in as he targets going global.<\/p>\n
\u2018This fight takes me in another level, when you come to professional boxing because now we (I and my manager) are at international level,\u2019 he told\u00a0https:\/\/www.Africa-press.com\/gambia\/ \u00a0from Sweden.<\/p>\n
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\u2018Now our next level is the world and for that we need our Gambian business people to give support to help us to push the Gambian flag higher in boxing. We are ready to work with any company big or small \u2013 they\u2019re all welcome, because we have followers locally and internationally.<\/p>\n
\u2018Anyone interested they can contact me by email: tijankebbehh@gmail.com and for companies we can also have their logos on our t-shirts and talk about them in our interviews as well,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
Tijan represented Gambia domestically and across Africa before heading to Sweden to up his game there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sweden-based Gambian boxer Tijan Kebbeh who won the Universal Boxing Organisation lightweight belt last weekend has pleaded for home-based brands to throw their weight behind him. Kebbeh, 36, dispatched off his Bosnian opponent to pick his first belt in his professional boxing career. In a serialised interview with Foroyaa Sport Tijan revealed he had to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":2292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[1378,1379,1343,1344],"class_list":["post-2291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-belt-winning-gambian-boxer-pleads-for-home-brand-support","tag-gambis-sport-news","tag-sweden-based-gambian-boxer","tag-tijan-kebbeh"],"yoast_head":"\n