Last weekend, Ugandan Shakib Cham Lutaaya walked into Nairobi’s Sarit Expo Centre and stopped Kenyan Arrow Bwoy with a second-round technical knockout.
That was Vurugu 2, the celebrity boxing franchise founded by media personality Oga Obinna.
It delivered on its billing; a sold-out venue, music performances and a fight card charged by weeks of public rivalry between camps.
Yet the spectacle also carried a warning, the heavyweight main event between Phil and Gachau ended when the referee halted proceedings in the sixth round with Gachau being stretchered out and taken to hospital for medical checks.
The entertainment had worked, so had the reminder that consequences in a ring are not always scripted.
