Former Nigerian Boxing Champion, Prince Bob Alagoro Now Homeless After Decades Of National Service (Video)
Despite years of representing Nigeria and winning major titles across West Africa, former boxing champion Prince Bob Alagoro is now homeless.
In a video shared on X (formerly Twitter) by user @General_Somto, the former West African champion poured out his frustration and pain, lamenting how he now squats in someone’s house after failing to raise money for rent, agent, and agreement fees.
This happens despite Alagoro’s committed service as a professional boxer and a public servant for about three decades.
Alagoro, who proudly recalled his years of dominance in the ring, said he gave his life to boxing but is now living in shame and neglect.
“I started with amateur boxing. I was the Lagos State Amateur Champion. I represented Lagos in 1981 for the National Championship in Benin City and I won a gold medal to become Nigerian Amateur Champion,” he said.
“I worked with NIPOST for 29 years before I retired. I’m a pensioner. When NIPOST did their national championship in 1982 in Kaduna, I won gold again. After that, I tried for the Olympics in 1984 but lost my final chance to Jeremiah Okorodudu. I turned professional that same year.”
Alagoro recounted his unbeaten record between 1984 and 1986, noting that he fought 11 professional bouts without defeat and was crowned Nigerian national champion.
He also narrated how he represented Nigeria in Burkina Faso, where he clinched the West African title. Yet, decades later, the belt he fought so hard for now gathers dust in a rundown room he is ashamed to call home.
“I represented Nigeria in Burkina Faso and became the West African champion. From that time till I quit boxing, I fought for 23 years in Nigeria, and no boxer defeated me except Lukman Saheed. But I came back stronger. I trained for three months in Imo State and knocked him out in the return fight at the National Stadium. That belt is the same one I have today,” he said.
“But I am squatting with someone. I don’t have a roof over my head. Sometimes, I have the full rent, but the agent and agreement fees stop me from getting a place. And before I can complete the fees, I have to touch the money I already kept (And by the time I finish raising the full amount, I will have already spent part of what I saved). That’s why I’m still where I am.”
The veteran boxer also expressed his heartbreak over being abandoned by family members, claiming they turned against him after he donated to a motherless babies’ home.
“My family hates me because of the money I donated to the motherless babies’ home. Where I live now, I’m not happy. When I brought out my belt today, people were shocked. They asked how someone with such a belt could still be suffering. I was ashamed to even show it. I really need help,” he said.
Nigerian Boxer Bob Alagoro Who Was WEST AFRICA CHAMPION And Represented Nigeria In Different Competitions Cries Out For Financial Help And Inability To Pay Rent: pic.twitter.com/p9uagvVG7N
— Somto Okonkwo (@General_Somto) May 24, 2025
