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Nestor Bolum Cries Foul After WBF Title Fight In Sydney

• Says ‘I was robbed’
Australia-based Nigeria’s former Commonwealth and Olympics boxer, Nestor Bolum says he suspected foul play in his unsuccessful attempt to grab the World Boxing Foundation (WBF) Australia/Asia Crown Lightweight title from New Zealand’s Shiva Mishra last weekend in Sydney.

Bolum, a former Nigerian Air Force officer, lost the fight, a 10-round contest, in circumstances he described as ‘unclear’.

I was robbed of the title,” Bolum said while speaking with The Guardian yesterday from his base in Australia. “Everybody by the ringside saw that I deserved to win the title, but they gave it to Shiva Mishra.

Bolum To Face New Zealand Boxer For WBF Title In Sydney

Bolum To Face New Zealand Boxer For WBF Title In Sydney

Nigeria’s former Commonwealth and Olympics boxer, Nestor Bolum will face a New Zealand fighter, Shiva Mishra for the World Boxing Foundation (WBF) Australia/Asia Crown Lightweight category on November 16 in Sydney, Australia.

The fight, which is coming up some weeks after Nigerian-born New Zealand based UFC fighter, Israel Adesanya, conquered Robert Whittaker in the middleweight battle in front of his home fans in Melbourne, is already generating interest among boxing followers in that part of the globe.

Bolum is making a comeback to the ring after spending two years in retirement. In November 2016, Bolum made big headlines in Australia, …