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Bukom

Ga · Ga, Accra (Ga Mashie / James Town) · Place

A neighbourhood of Ga Mashie in central Accra, known as a centre of Ghanaian boxing. Botchway (2019) describes residents of the Bukom division of Ga Mashie as dominating the sport, calling it 'a factory of many and great boxers in Ghana'.

Many of Ghana's boxers trained in gyms in Bukom.

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