{"id":63537,"date":"2025-03-30T16:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T16:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63537"},"modified":"2025-03-30T16:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T16:13:10","slug":"nigerian-boxing-champion-segun-olanrewaju-dies-in-the-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/30\/nigerian-boxing-champion-segun-olanrewaju-dies-in-the-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Boxing Champion Segun Olanrewaju Dies in the Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The boxing world has been thrown into mourning following the tragic death of Nigerian champion Segun &#8216;Success&#8217; Olanrewaju, who collapsed during a fight in Ghana on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Olanrewaju, a former National and West African light heavyweight champion, was in the middle of a bout when he suddenly went down.<\/p>\n<p>Despite urgent attempts to revive him, the 35-year-old was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>His shocking death has sent waves of grief across Nigeria and the global boxing community, with tributes pouring in for the talented fighter.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of his collapse remains unconfirmed, though speculation points to a possible heart attack or medical emergency.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian boxing fraternity has expressed deep sorrow, remembering Olanrewaju as a dedicated athlete whose legacy will not be forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are expected to launch an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke The boxing world has been thrown into mourning following the tragic death of Nigerian champion Segun &#8216;Success&#8217; Olanrewaju, who collapsed during a fight in Ghana on Saturday. Olanrewaju, a former National and West African light heavyweight champion, was in the middle of a bout when he suddenly went down. Despite urgent attempts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63539,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63537\/revisions\/63539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}