GLASGOW, Scotland — Ghana Boxing Federation President Dauda Fuseini says Ghana’s boxing future depends on building from the grassroots, not scrambling to find athletes before major tournaments.
Speaking after Ghana’s campaign at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games ended with a single bronze medal, Fuseini admitted the result was disappointing but expressed confidence that change is coming.
“I think the Ghana Boxing Federation is willing to do more and from our achievements and from what we’ve been able to do in the past, it’s a testament to what we can do. It’s unfortunate we’ve settled for bronze,” Fuseini said.
“It is a result of a lot of things, but I believe with the kind of assurance the Director General and Dr. David Kofi Wuaku has given us, things will change.”
Fuseini used the opportunity to make a direct appeal to the National Sports Authority Director General Yaw Ampofo Ankrah for a long-term plan.
“I want to stand on this platform to appeal to the Director that we need to have a succession plan,” he said.
“The succession plan that we need to have is to start developing the athletes from their younger levels, I mean from the youth stage to the junior stage before even coming to the elite.”
The GBF boss argued that a structured pipeline would end the cycle of searching for boxers at the last minute.“I believe when we have that plan it will be easy for us to be having the athletes, not like going to search for them, but we have them in readiness so that anytime we need them it’s just a matter of substitution,” he explained.
Fuseini noted that early international exposure is critical to building confident, experienced fighters.
“We have youth competitions coming on sometimes. What we have noticed is that giving them exposure boosts their confidence. It makes them great, it changes them and it gives them more experience,” he said.
“When we are able to do such things, we expose them and we give them the opportunity and we start developing the athletes.”
Ghana’s boxing team, led by head coach Ofori Asare, was largely made up of debutants at Glasgow 2026. Asare earlier blamed inexperience for the team’s struggles.
