{"id":164412,"date":"2025-09-23T10:30:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T16:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/el-wbc-lamenta-el-fallecimiento-de-el-boxeador-ghanes-ernest-akushey\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T10:55:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T16:55:31","slug":"wbc-mourns-the-passing-of-ghanaian-boxer-ernest-akushey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wbc-mourns-the-passing-of-ghanaian-boxer-ernest-akushey\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0WBC mourns the Passing of Ghanaian Boxer Ernest Akushey"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0WBC mourns the Passing of Ghanaian Boxer Ernest Akushey<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ghanaian boxer Ernest Akushey, known as &#8220;Bahubali,&#8221; has passed away at the age of 27.<\/p>\n<p>Ernest died in the early hours of Tuesday, September 23, 2025, just days after suffering a tough defeat in the ring. He\u00a0was once considered one of the country&#8217;s most promising fighters.<\/p>\n<p>Ernest burst onto the professional scene with an impressive undefeated streak, building a 6-0-0 record. His relentless attacking style earned him the nickname &#8220;Bahubali,&#8221; after the heroic warrior from a famous Indian film.<\/p>\n<p>His last fight took place on Saturday, September 13, at the Bukom Boxing Arena, where he faced rising super middleweight contender, Jacob Dickson. The highly anticipated showdown drew a large crowd, but the fight quickly became one-sided. Dickson controlled the match from the opening rounds before forcing a technical knockout (TKO) in the eighth.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that the boxer felt unwell on Monday, September 22, a week after the fight. He reportedly complained of severe discomfort before his condition worsened overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Akushey&#8217;s death has cast a somber mood over Ghanaian boxing, especially in James Town, a community with deep ties to the sport.<\/p>\n<p>The WBC and its President, Mauricio Sulaim\u00e1n, mourn this irreparable loss and extend their deepest sympathies to Ernest&#8217;s family and many friends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0WBC mourns the Passing of Ghanaian Boxer Ernest Akushey Ghanaian boxer Ernest Akushey, known as &#8220;Bahubali,&#8221; has passed away at the age of 27. Ernest died<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":164401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}