Boxing is generally believed to be a money-spinning sport. On a single night, on March 13, this year, Ghana?s Joshua Clottey earned $1.5m even though he lost to Philippine?s Manny Pacquiao in a World Boxing Organisation (WBO) welterweight title fight at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
However, the frightening rate at which the nation?s budding boxers are leaving the ?noble art of self-defence? into the dishonourable field of armed robbery, leaves a sour taste in the mouth.
Investigations conducted by the Times newspaper have revealed that a staggering number of 72 boxers are languishing in the Nsawam detention.
Fifty out of the 72 boxers who spoke to the Times during a visit to the prison last Thursday, said they were forced into armed robbery, stealin
