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Dominant Sulley crowned national, WABU champion
In a one-sided fight before connoisseurs of the sport, including legend Azumah Nelson, Sulley dominated Folivi from start to finish, twice knocking down the title holder to win via a technical knockout.
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After a second round knockdown, Sulley dropped his opponent again in round eight to announce his arrival on the scene in grand style as he stretched his clean record to nine wins in as many fights.
After being decorated with the titles, Sulley vowed to fight on and claim the Commonwealth and world titles.
For most fans that thronged the Lebanon house, they had tipped Folivi to retain his title and annex the vacant WABU title. But Sulley came to the arena with other ideas and exploded in the ring right from the start.
Trained by Ricket Darko at the Seconds Out Gym, the young boxer rattled his opponent with left jabs to his jaw from the onset. He continued pummelling the champion from the second to the fifth rounds of fight.
With the title slipping from his hands with each passing round, it was only in the fifth round that Folivi came alive with some combinations of his own, but Sulley came back strongly in the final seconds to maintain his dominance.
By the sixth round, Sulley had established a clear lead as he unleashed a right hook that connected to Folivi's jaw and which hurt him, causing his legs to wobble. Unrelenting, Sulley maintained the attack and landed a ferocious left hook which sent his opponent to the ropes in the seventh round. It was only a matter of time for the belt to change hands.
Referee Erasmus Owoo declares Eliasu Sulley the new champion
During a fierce exchange in the eighth round, Folivi attacked and missed and Sulley followed it up with a left hook from the hip that caught Folivi's chin, and the dethroned champion fell head-first in a very scary manner as he appeared unconscious and needed referee Erasmus Owoo to resuscitate the him, having declared the fight over much to the admiration of the Muslim community who came to support Sulley.
In other supporting bouts, Komlagan Houkpatin defeated Enock Lamptey via a third-round knockout in their super featherweight clash, Michael Osumanu Osuka defeated Francis Mensah with an eighth-round technical knockout in their super middleweight encounter, Ezekiel Ansah beat Emmanuel Sackey via a unanimous points decision in their six-round super featherweight fight, while welterweight Nicholas Tagoe stopped Emmanuel Ayi in the opening round in their eight-round contest.