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Oga Obinna reacts to claims he is not using professional boxers in Vurugu fights
23rd June, 2026 03:49 PM
Media personality Steve Thompson Maghana, widely known as Oga Obinna, has responded to criticism and online claims questioning the quality and safety of participants in his Vurugu fights series, insisting that most of the boxers involved are professionals.
Speaking during an interview on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, Obinna dismissed claims that the event features untrained fighters, saying that out of the participants, the majority are professional boxers, with only a few exceptions.
“People are still missing the concept around it, am seeking people saying, “Obinna hii mchezo yake badala alete professional boxers,” but I had 28 boxers in the ring; they are speaking about two. Gachau and Phil are the ones who are not boxers and maybe Arrow Bwoy. All of the rest are professional boxers,” Obinna said.
He further addressed concerns circulating online that the event could turn fatal, saying some critics are predicting tragedy while others are opposed to the concept itself.
Obinna, however, maintained that safety remains a priority and emphasised that nobody will die in the ring, nor will the match turn fatal.
“There are a lot of people who are like, ‘hii kitu ya Obinna mtu atakuja kukufa hapa‘ so they are banking on someone to die, and I am really praying, and my God is with me, and nobody is going to die in that ring,” he added.
He added that criticism is partly driven by misunderstanding of the concept, while others are simply opposed to him being the one behind the initiative.
“People are banking on someone to die so that it can be shut down from politicians to normal people, because they could not do it. Some people do not believe that it could be done, some hate it because I am the one doing it and some wish they did it,” he said.
Vurugu 2’s downside
The media personality also opened up about the financial strain behind the success of the Vurugu 2 boxing match, saying that despite pulling massive online numbers, the event ended up costing him heavily.
“Vurugu 2 was massive, but the downside is some people hacked our site, alafu the site ikahang, and a lot of things were not happening. We decided to stitch and let people watch on YouTube,” Obinna said.
“I lost a lot of money on that. If we had 70 thousand people watching on YouTube, let’s say half of the number decided to pay for the stream at Ksh 200, how much money is that? I could have gotten the capital to do Vurugu 3 but all is not lost.”
