Former national boxing champion Jerry Okorodudu on Thursday called for support for Nigerian boxers for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia.
The News
Agency of Nigeria reports that the boxers are camped at the
National Stadium in Lagos ahead of the Games which hold from April 4 to
15.
Okorodudu, who
represented Nigeria at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games in the middleweight
category, added that the current crop of boxers in camp have the capacity to represent
the nation creditably.
He
said, “The athletes are already in camp as we all know, but it goes beyond that
for them to excel in Gold Coast, because we have to consider some factors.
“Is the atmosphere
conducive to the boxers, are they well motivated to bring the best out of them,
is there any psychologist on the ground to evaluate their mental wellbeing and
other factors?
“If all these
factors are in place, our boxers are bound to perform well at the Games.”
He advised the
boxers to be focused and shun things that could undermine their
performances in Australia.
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