Portable vs Charles Okocha: Zazuu Crooner Crowned Winner in Celebrity Boxing Fight

Portable vs Charles Okocha: Zazuu Crooner Crowned Winner in Celebrity Boxing Fight

Babajide Orevba
updated at February 13, 2024 at 11:54 AM
  • Portable defeated Charles Okocha in a celebrity boxing match on Wednesday, December 27
  • The 'Ika of Afrika' was announced the winner of the fight after the fourth round
  • The pair, who had set the social media space abuzz, finally settled their scores with their fists

Zazuu crooner Portable defeated entertainer and comedian Charles Okocha in a celebrity boxing fight in the wee hours of Wednesday, December 27.

The highly entertaining bout was staged at the Landmark Beach in Lagos as it started around 1 am and lasted for about 40 minutes.

After months of social media razzmatazz, the bout was eventually staged as the pair finally scored with their fists.

Portable, Charles Okocha, Celebrity, Boxing
Portable flaunts his belt after defeating Charles Okocha. Photo: @The9jatowncrier
Source: Twitter

Recall that Portable had claimed that Charles Okocha had ripped him from funds, breaching their contractual agreement.

Punch the pair had finally settled their scores with their fists after Portable alleged contractual issues, which led them to engage in an online feud over an alleged N40m rip-off.

Portable won the belt and cemented his standing as the deserved champion in the hard-fought contest.

Fabs have taken to social media to react. One said:

"Portable came prepared for the match between him and Charles Okocha. Congratulations to Ika of Africa."

Another added:

"Portable and Charles Okocha teamed up to entertain Nigerians in this festive holiday
"Something that looked like a real quarrel, but they created an opportunity to entertain the people and also make some cool cash from it.
"You gotta give it up to them!"

A fan wrote:

"Charles Okocha get mind go fight with Portable?
"Portable wey grow up for Sango-Otta?
"If you’ve been to the place and stayed a week there, you’ll understand that boys on the streets in that place are a different breed."

When Portable visited Emmanuel Adebayor

Sports Brief earlier reported that Nigerian Afrobeats artist Habeeb Okikiolu, popularly known as Portable, once met former Arsenal and Real Madrid striker Emmanuel Adebayor at his mansion.

The singer entertained the former Tottenham Hotspur star.

The Zazuu crooner turned into a comedian and thrilled the former Togolese international with some of his popular slang and even got the retired footballer to raise his shoulders.

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Babajide Orevba is a CAF accredited Nigerian journalist and HOD of the Local Desk with over 10 years of experience in media landscape.He studied NCE Political Science/Social Studies, AOCOED.
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