Twintoh Walker gets GBA appointment

The Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) has appointed Mr Twintoh Walker as head of its Regional Outreach Committee which is tasked with the development of the sport in the various regional capitals.

According to the GBA President, Mr Peter Zwennes, the inauguration of the committee would kick-start the authority’s vision to promote boxing nationwide.

In a statement issued in Accra, the GBA stated that the programme would commence in the Western Region with the inauguration of the Western Regional Boxing Promotions Committee before moving to the Ashanti, Northern and the rest of the regions.

Mr Walker, currently the Central Regional GBA president, is expected to facilitate, coordinate and assist in setting up the committee which will organise promotional boxing tournaments in order to recruit boxers, referees, judges and trainers.

This, the GBA hopes, will attract sponsors, managers and promoters to the region.

The statement added that the committee would collaborate with the Regional Amateur Boxing Federation, Regional Sports Authority, metropolitan and district assemblies and regional coordinating councils, to assist in reviving boxing in the region.

Mr Walker’s committee had also been tasked with discovering competent amateur boxers which the authority hopes will be groomed into professionals.