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| Location | Accra, Ghana |
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| Coordinates | 5°32′12″N 0°13′16″W / 5.5367439°N 0.2212454°W |
| Capacity | 4000 |
| Opened | 2016 |
Bukom Boxing Arena is the first boxing arena to be built in Ghana. The multipurpose facility was commissioned by John Dramani Mahama in November 2016 and has a seating capacity of 4000. Other facilities in the open-air edifice include a sports hall, Aerobic centre, Olympic size swimming pool and conference hall. The arena was constructed in Bukom due to the numerous world boxing champions the community has produced.[1][2][3] Apart from boxing, the arena hosts basketball tournaments. The arena is adorned with the names of Ghanaian world boxing champions and otherwise famous Ghanaian boxers, such as Azumah Nelson, Ike Quartey, D.K. Poison and others.
The boxing competitions of the 2023 African Games were held at the Bukom Boxing Arena.
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- ^ Akyeampong, Emmanuel (2002). "Bukom and the Social History of Boxing in Accra: Warfare and Citizenship in Precolonial Ga Society". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 35 (1): 39–60. doi:10.2307/3097365. ISSN 0361-7882. JSTOR 3097365.