Nigerian punching prodigy taking a swing at stardom China Daily | Updated: 2021-06-07 09:20 Share CLOSE Twelve-year-old Sultan Adekoya is highly rated in his native Nigeria and the wider boxing world. The youngster already has a WBC belt to his name after shining at an exhibition event in Lagos. [Photo/Xinhua] Ring sensation Sultan Adekoya tipped for the big time after tearing up Africa's amateur ranks Sultan Adekoya jogged into a courtyard surrounded by several two-story buildings still under construction in the Egbeda area of Lagos, Nigeria's most populous city, to join other kids and adults for a routine boxing drill.