Moment of truth for Commey and Bilal

.... on Friday*

The countdown is almost over and the much awaited IBF big boxing bash in Ghana featuring Richard Commey against Bilal Mohammed is fast approaching with barely 72 hours to fight night labeled ‘moment of truth.’

The two Ghanaian boxers who have been training very hard for this rumble meet for the IBF Continental Africa Lightweight Crown this Friday, March 8 in Accra amid the expected presence of IBF Africa President, Onesmo Ngowi.

The big question on many Ghanaians and most West Africans minds is who will be the King of the Lightweight division in African?! This one billion dollar question will be answered on night in the Ghanaian capital just two days after the country’s independence day.

The momentum has already been set in motion by Michael Amoo-Bediako Sr who will promote this bout involving two of Ghana's best boxing sons, undefeated Commey (14-0, 14 KOs) and Bilal(24-5, 20 KOs) billed for the Will Power Boxing Gym, City Engineers, James Town in Accra on Friday night.

Hitherto scheduled to be an undercard of Fresh King Entertainment's promotion of former world champion, Joseph King Kong Agbeko’s IBO Bantamweight title fight against Luis Melendez of Colombia which has been postponed to March 22, the Commey-Bilal showdown has to be re-organised by Amoo-Bediako's UK based Streetwise Management.

Amoo-Bediako anticipates a successful event which will set in motion many more events of its kind. Living in London in the UK and operating a network of sporting events including health clinics and fitness gyms across Europe, Bediako has something up his sleeves to help in the revival of the Ghanaian boxing fraternity.

His plan is to showcase the greatness of African boxing using Ghanaian boxers to begin with amid amusing his peers in Europe with this skillful enterprise. Amoo-Bediako has invested a lot of money by moving Richard Commey to Europe to sharpen his boxing skills and he has no doubt that the moment of truth has come for the boxer to win a first title.

“We have managed to make last minute arrangements to keep the show to its original date so as to keep everyone happy especially the boxers who have trained hard for this date and the people who have made special arrangements to be in Ghana on the 8th March 2013,” Ammo-Mensah who is expected in the country on Wednesday told www.sportsinghana.com from his UK base.