Boxer Patrick Allotey Faces GBA Wrath

WBO Africa Super Welterweight Champion, Patrick Allotey aka Arrow, has been summoned to appear before the Ghana Boxing Authority Disciplinary and Arbitration Committee on Wednesday, February 5, 2020.

The badly behaved boxer was captured in a widely circulated video in which he assaulted a fan of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Michael Siaw Agyemang.

The boxer was captured in a video recording that has gone viral after the top GPL match between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko which the away team won 2-1 on Sunday.

In a letter signed by Patrick Johnson, the Secretary-General of the GBA, Allotey has been summoned to appear at 1pm to show cause why as a licensed professional boxer should not be sanctioned not only for gross misconduct but also for bringing the name of the sport into disrepute.

“The President of the GBA is very angry with him and he will by all means be sanctioned. His license can be revoked or he will be sanctioned for some time. What he did is not good and on behalf of the GBA, I want to say sorry to the victim and the Ghanaians. We will punish him and all boxers should learn from it,” a statement from GBA said.

Meanwhile, Allotey has issued an apology to the victim, Ghanaians and the GBA for the gross misconduct.

“Much as I can confirm that I am the one in the video, I wish to state that I am very ashamed of my actions as a professional boxer and truly regret my actions. I therefore take this opportunity to render an unqualified apology to Michael Siaw. I am mostly the reserved type who will hardly talk in public but this time around I don’t know what emotions came upon me. I am truly sorry.”

The statement added, “Myself, my team and some family members have further taken steps to reach out to ‘my brother’ Michael Siaw and his family and are deliberating on how to remedy the situation. It is rather unfortunate that a simple game of football can ignite such a passion in me to do what I did, but that is to say I am human and I admit so without feeling right about what I did. I wish to plead for everyone’s forgiveness and to reach out to my fans to join me in apologizing to all Ghanaians the rest of the world.”