Freezy Mcbones and 11 other Ghanaian boxers who went to Dakar, Senegal all failed to qualify.

Ghana’s 12 amateur boxers faced defeat in the 2024 Olympic Games qualifiers held in Senegal, dashing the country’s hopes of earning slots for the upcoming Paris Olympics Both the male and female teams, known as the Black Bombers and the Black Hitters, had high expectations, including two foreign-based competitors, but all succumbed to defeat Despite this setback, the team’s coach, Ofori Asare, remains positive about the future, citing the experience gained in Dakar as valuable for the upcoming qualification events.

This comes after the country’s last representative Theophillus Lopez lost in the 51kg flyweight division contest to Tunisia’s Alla Eddine Zidi on Thursday.

Ghana presented seven male boxers, including UK-based pugilist Freezy Macbones, and five female boxers for the Paris 2024 qualifiers.