Obisia “Golden Gloves” Nwankpa[1] (born 19 May 1950 in Lagos) is a Nigerian professional light/light welterweight boxer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s who won Nigerian lightweight title, African Boxing Union light welterweight title, and Commonwealth lightweight title, and was a challenger for World Boxing Council (WBC) light welterweight title against Saoul Mamby, his professional fighting weight varied from 135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb), i.e. lightweight to 139+1⁄4 lb (63.2 kg; 9 st 13.3 lb), i.e. light welterweight.[2]
Obisia Nwankpa | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 May 1950 Lagos, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | light/light welterweight |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 29 |
| Wins | 23 (KO 16) |
| Losses | 6 (KO 3) |
He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[3] At the 1972 Summer Olympics, he lost in his first fight to Laudiel Negron of Puerto Rico.[3]
At the 1973 All-Africa Games in Lagos, Nwankpa participated in the light-welterweight competition. He won the gold medal, defeating Issake Dabore of Niger in the final.[4] He also won the gold medal in the light-welterweight category at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, defeating Anthony Martey of Ghana in the final.
References edit
- ^ "Nwankpa: How Nigeria can reclaim Olympics boxing glory". TheNewsNigeria.com.ng. The News. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Obisia Nwankpa". BoxRec.com. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Obisia Nwakpa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "2.All-Africa Games - Lagos, Nigeria - January 7-18 1973". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
Obisia Nwakpa
External links edit
- Boxing record for Obisia Nwankpa from BoxRec (registration required)
- Obisia Nwakpa at Olympics.com
- Obisia Nwakpa at Olympedia
- Obisia Nwakpa at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
 | This biographical article related to a Nigerian boxer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |