World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa Super Welterweight Champion, Patrick Allotey, has received a formal invitation to appear before the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) for punching a football fan at the Accra Sports Stadium.
In the letter sent on Tuesday, the boxer is summoned to appear before the Disciplinary Committee of the GBA on Wednesday, February 5.
In a video that went viral on social media, Allotey was seen jabbing the face of a football fan during the epic sixth-week clash between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko.
As a professional boxer, Allotey is bared from fighting outside the ring which means his action over the weekend, subjects him to charges of professional misconduct.
He is likely to face a ban by the GBA, as well as a possible revocation of his license.
The boxer has since rendered an unqualified apology to the fan and the entire nation.
Read the entire apology statement below;
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
I REGRET MY ACTIONS AT THE ACCRA SPORTS STADIUM ON 26/01/2020
My attention has been drawn to a very disturbing video circulating on social media.
Much as I can confirm that I am the one in the video, I wish to state that I am very ashamed of my actions as a professional boxer and truly regret my actions. I, therefore, take this opportunity to render an unqualified apology to Michael Siaw. I am mostly the reserved type who will hardly talk in public but this time around I don’t know what emotions came upon me. I am truly sorry.
Myself, my team and some family members have further taken steps to reach out to ‘my brother’ Michael Siaw and his family and are deliberating on how to remedy the situation. It is rather unfortunate that a simple game of football can ignite such a passion in me to do what I did, but that is to say I am human and I admit so without feeling right about what I did. I wish to plead for everyone’s forgiveness and to reach out to my fans to join me in apologizing to all Ghanaians the rest of the world.
I have learned a very important lesson and will thus appeal to all Kotoko and Hearts supporters to be each other’s keeper. Let us see every game played between these two teams as a match where any of the teams can emerge victorious. The truth is, the losing team will definitely have a chance for a comeback anytime they meet next and that surely is the beauty of the game of football, boxing and sports in general.
I wish to also appeal to my management at Cabic Promotions & Management to forgive me for my unfortunate altercation. I, however, take full responsibility for my actions and wish to reach out to my fellow sportsmen and women out there to help me in righting the wrongs. #letsbringbackthelove
My name is Patrick Allotey, the Darling Boy Arrow and I wish to say I am very sorry for hitting Michael Siaw. I am here pleading for everyone’s forgiveness.
PATRICK ALLOTEY
The Darling Boy Arrow
