Boma Achenimie 
Legendary Nigerian boxer, Jeremiah “Jerry” Okorodudu died on Wednesday at the age of 64 years in a hospital in Lagos after a protracted illness.
His demise was confirmed by his daughter, Emily and Remi Aboderin, Secretary-General of the Nigeria Boxing Board of Control (NBB of C).
Speaking on her father’s passing, Emily told Brila FM: “He was sick; he had diabetes, which caused the stroke.
“He’s no longer in the hospital, he has been taken to the morgue already. We’re holding up.”
Okorodudu, who participated in the men’s middleweight boxing competition for Nigeria at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, was born on May 24, 1959.
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He took part in the 1979 National Sports Festival and won a gold medal.
At the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia he won bronze for Nigeria.
He had 83 amateur fights and 40 professional bouts between 1986 and 1992.
