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Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Sierra Leone lightweight boxer, Abu Bakar Bakish Kanu has reached the African Boxing Confederation Zone II Finals in Dakar, Senegal. <\/a>Kanu reached the final after his opponent, Mary Corr withdrew due to reasons that remained personal.<\/p>\n

The lightweight boxer, who clinched a silver medal in the previous competition, will face one of the opponents in the other semifinal bout.Speaking to the press, the boxer said he is eager to bring the title home as he believed that it will bring morale to him and Sierra Leone\u2019s boxing in general.<\/p>\n

The lightweight boxer is believed to have faced financial hurdles before he was able to make the trip.Zone Two 15-member countries include Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d\u2019 Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. Sierra Leone lightweight boxer, Abu Bakar Bakish Kanu has reached the African Boxing Confederation Zone II Finals in Dakar, Senegal. Kanu reached the final after his opponent, Mary Corr withdrew due to reasons that remained personal. The lightweight boxer, who clinched a silver medal in the previous competition, will face one of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":15403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[291,293,292],"class_list":["post-15404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-sierra-leone","tag-sierra-leone"],"yoast_head":"\nSierra Leonean Boxer Reaches Zone II Final - Sierra Leone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sierra Leone lightweight boxer, Abu Bakar Bakish Kanu has reached the African Boxing Confederation Zone II Finals in Dak ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leonean-boxer-reaches-zone-ii-final\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sierra Leonean Boxer Reaches Zone II Final\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sierra Leone lightweight boxer, Abu Bakar Bakish Kanu has reached the African Boxing Confederation Zone II Finals in Dak ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leonean-boxer-reaches-zone-ii-final\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sierra Leone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-11T18:16:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-11T18:23:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678546066.39.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leonean-boxer-reaches-zone-ii-final#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leonean-boxer-reaches-zone-ii-final\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Sierra Leonean Boxer Reaches Zone II Final\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-11T18:16:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-11T18:23:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leonean-boxer-reaches-zone-ii-final\"},\"wordCount\":156,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leonean-boxer-reaches-zone-ii-final#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678546066.39.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Sierra-Leone\",\"Sierra-Leone\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leonean-boxer-reaches-zone-ii-final#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leonean-boxer-reaches-zone-ii-final\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leonean-boxer-reaches-zone-ii-final\",\"name\":\"Sierra Leonean Boxer Reaches Zone II Final - 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