Foremost Nigerian boxing analyst, Trigo Egbegi has decried the poor preparations by the country’s boxers for the 2014 Commonwealth Games billed for Glasgow, Scotland from July 23 to August  3.

Trigo, a former secretary, Nigeria Boxing Board of Control (NBB of C), told NAN in Lagos that it appeared as if the competition was not being taken seriously enough to ensure good perform-ance.  According to him, in the last four years there had been no improvement in the situation of sports in general in the country.

He noted that until the Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF) comes up with an effective programme, performing credibly in international competitions would be a myth.

“If the authorities involved can come up with an approach to deal with the shortcomings of the sport in the country, only then can we say we are preparing to win.

“But for now I don’t see us standing a chance at any international compe-tition.

“Although in this part of the world we believe in miracles, so, a miracle can happen and we win but based on the level of preparations we are nowhere near,” he said.

The former NBBC of C secretary also said that in spite of the local competitions organised for the growth of the sport, nothing positive was achieved.

“Is it because of the National Sports Festival or Lagos State series that is being organised? That is not enough.

“Nothing should be expected and it’s too late to proffer a solution because all has been said and nothing has actually been done,” he said.