Both are former teammates in the national team, the Black Bombers, during the Boxing Road to the Paris 2024 Olympic qualifiers in Saly, Senegal, in late 2023, albeit both were unsuccessful at the end of the bid that saw Ghana fail to compete in the fistic sport at the global games for the first time in over two decades.

Gyimah, who had already turned pro in the UK back in April 2023, settled down in Ghana and focused on reviving his pro career, racking up nine straight wins and nine knockouts since a 2-round demolition of Gabriel Adoku at the Bukom Boxing Arena in May 2024.

Following his latest victory, blasting out Ibrahim Marshal in round four of the scheduled 10 in Aflao at the end of August, two scheduled fights in the UK in October and France in November both fell through at the last minute.

Unlike Gyimah, however, Tetteh also unsuccessfully campaigned for Paris Olympic qualification at two world qualifying tournaments in Italy and Thailand, as well as the Accra 2023 African Games.

He joined the paid ranks in August last year, stopping fellow debutant Daniel Addo in two rounds. Tetteh went on to fight seven more times in 2024, winning them all and currently boasts a perfect pro record of 10 wins with 10 knockouts.

The collision between Gyimah and Tetteh perfectly complements a stacked card featuring a host of Ghana's most promising rising stars in career-defining battles on the undercard of "The Showdown.

Jonathan Tetteh

Richards vs Azeez", presented by Legacy Rise Sports, run by Sharaf Mahama, son of Ghana's President, in collaboration with renowned British promoter Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing, as well as boxer Anthony Joshua’s 258 Boxing.

The partners are expected to return with an even bigger show with Joshua on the bill early next year, the Graphic Sports understands.

Tickets have already started selling on the Legacy Rise Sports official website, https://tickets.legacyriseglobal.com, for a night expected to display world-class competitors, emerging African talents and a dynamic celebration of Ghana’s sporting and cultural heritage, with captivating live entertainment, premium hospitality experiences and an ambience befitting one of the continent’s most distinguished sporting events.

Headlined by a light heavyweight cliffhanger between former British champions, Craig Richards and Dan Azeez at the University Stadium on the foot of Accra's East Legon environs, the all-Ghanaian "war" between two national and continental featherweight champions, two-time WBO Africa titlist John Abaja Laryea alias Expensive Boxer and Holy "Jaw Breaker" Dorgbetor for the IBF Africa Continental belt previously held by Dorgbetor.

Two unbeaten budding stars with multiple titles already under their belts, Theophilus Kpakpo Allotey and Sampson Segbedzi, both also face the sternest tests yet against foreign opponents for international titles.

Allotey, just named the EMY Africa Sportsman of the year and recipient of Ghana and UBO Africa super flyweight, as well as WBO Africa bantamweight belts, face Asian champ, Jayr Raquinel of the Philippines, for the WBO Global super flyweight title.

Segbedzi, who has spent the past month camping in Canada, is also the national and UBO Africa welterweight champ and comes up against a Belgian with Guinean roots, Ibrahim Diallo, for the vacant IBF International Super Welterweight strap.

"We are honoured to extend an invitation to the general public, our esteemed partners and the broader sporting fraternity to attend this landmark occasion, which promises to be a memorable evening of elite boxing, music and world-class entertainment", Legacy Rise CEO Sharaf Mahama said.