Boxing News of Wednesday, 21 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comFormer Welterweight Champion, Ike ‘Bazooka’ Quartey has revealed that he often doesn’t have a lot of people advising him on his finances because he is seen as arrogant. Due to his character, people were scared coming close to him and they misconstrued him as being arrogant and disrespectful. Asked if anyone helped him maintain his financial stability after retiring 15-years ago, Quartey said, “I don’t have an adviser because what they say is, I don’t respect.”“But is Ike Quartey arrogant?” the former WBA Welterweight Champion rhetorically asked. Because I’m arrogant they are scared to come to me, if you come to me, I will say it as it is.”Quartey added that he hasn’t had a good relationship with most boxers apart from the late Alfred ‘Cobra’ Kotey. Ike Quartey rose to fame after defeating undefeated Crisanto España of Venezuela to clinch the WBA welterweight and defended it seven times.

Source: GhanaWeb July 21, 2021 07:07 UTC