DETAILS: The last moment of an Olympic boxing hero who lost battle to foot ulcer
Nigerian former Boxing champion. Jeremiah Jerry Okorodudu is dead after battling foot ulcer that left him bedridden for weeks, Platforms Africa reports.
Okorodudu’s friend and roomate at the 1984 Olympic, Young Dick Tiger, broke this news in a statement,
This news was confirmed by Okorodudu’s wife, Adenike, who reportedly added that the private hospital where her husband died seized his corpse because of unpaid N600, 000 bill.
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The hospital, a report quoted Adenike to have, was not willing to release her husband’s corpse until the outstanding N600,000 medical bill is paid.
“He is dead now but we still need to pay N600,000 to get his body out of the hospital,” Adenike said.
The Vice President, Nigeria Boxing Federation, Azania Omo-Agege, told The PUNCH that he sent his wife some money on Tuesday for the hospital bills of the former boxer.
“I just sent them money yesterday (Tuesday). I sent them N100,000 and we were planning for the amputation (of his leg) on Friday, this is very sad,” he said.
Okorodudu represented Nigeria at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games, where he competed in the middleweight category.
He was a gold medallist at the Oluyole 1979 National Sports Festival in Ibadan.
His medical predicament began in 2020 with a boil affliction that affected his mobility. He then had a successful surgery at Dans Hospital, Ikorodu, Lagos.
Tiger, Okorodudu’s friend and fellow Olympian who broke news of Jerry’s dearh, wrote an emotional tribute.
The teibute posted on his Facebook page reads; “I am devastated to hear of the passing of my close friend, my brother in boxing, my 1984 Olympic team mate: Jerry Okorodudu .
“Jerry and I met when i was invited to join the Nigerian Bendel state boxing team in 1979. Jerry had arrived a few months earlier so he wanted to show me that he was senior and he challenged me, the way boys do. And of course i answered that challenge, the way boxers do. We sparred non stop for 2 hours with the entire stadium coming to watch.
“Finally the coaches called it a draw and we became best friends forever after. Jerry and i both made the 1984 Olympic team in Los Angeles and we both returned to Los Angeles to continue our professional boxing careers.
“In recent years I was sad to my brother suffer from a stroke and its after effects. He will forever remain in my heart as my dear brother. RIP my friend. 💔#nigerian #boxing”
