CICERO, Ill. _ One of the brothers connected to the alleged staged hate crime involving "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett won Chicago's preeminent amateur boxing tournament Friday night in the near west suburbs.
Abimbola "Abel" Osundairo won by technical knockout in the first round in the annual Chicago Golden Gloves boxing competition held at Cicero Stadium.
Osundairo won the 166-to-178 pound senior novice division. The tournament is subdivided by fighter weights, ages and experience levels _ Osundairo fought in the division for fighters age 21-to-35 with less fight experience.
He defeated his semifinal opponent by unanimous decision in March.
Prosecutors say Smollett paid $3,500 to Osundairo and older his brother, Olabinjo "Ola" Osundairo, to help him fake a racist and homophobic attack on himself.
Smollett was charged with 16 counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly making false reports to police, but those charges were dropped unexpectedly in late March by state's attorney Kim Foxx.
Now, the Chicago Police Department is suing Smollett in civil court for wasting police resources on the alleged hoax and Foxx has asked the inspector general to review her office's handling of Smollett's case.
