More than a dozen small gyms are scattered throughout the winding sidestreets of the hardscrabble Jamestown district and its Bukom neighbourhood near the city’s Atlantic Ocean fishing port.
Jamestown has already produced its share of champions, whose fading posters now adorn club walls, including Azumah “The Professor” Nelson, who many consider as the greatest African boxer.
A new generation of Jamestown champions is on the rise.
“Ghana boxing is all about Jamestown,” said John Zile, 24, a professional with a record of 15-0, fighting out of the district’s Bronx Boxing Gym and who moved to Jamestown from the north.
