A former Nigerian boxer and first-ever Olympic medalist, Nojim Maiyegun has died at the age of 83. A confidante, Rudolfine F Soultan, confirmed the death of the boxer in a Facebook post on Monday. The post read, “My Jimmy died. I can’t say more about this right now because it’s just horrible. The day after tomorrow, we would have been together for 17 years.” Maiyegun as per The Cable breathed his last on Monday morning at his base in Vienna, Austria. Maiyegun was reportedly battling an unnamed illness for a…
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