Boxing is the main subject over here [Bukom]
--Boxing manager Yoofi Boham

You can see the trend, that each decade something unique comes out of Bukom…
--Sammy Okaitey, Sports Editor of Ghana's Daily Graphic.

You've got to give people hope in life, and for the people of Bukom, boxing is hope…
--Claude Abrams, editor of Britain's Boxing News.


This country of only 21 million produces a disproportionately large amount of fighters and most come from the southern coastal city of Accra. Breaking it down even further, most come from an oppressively hot shantytown on the outskirts called Bukom and are members of the Ga tribe. Because of the flagging fortunes of the sport in this country, many of the fighters toil elsewhere which, except for South Africa, seems to be the prevailing pattern. Still, Bukom is a fight town with few equals.




The above is from a book I wrote years ago.