Obisia Nwankpa

Obisia Nwankpa
Born (1950-05-19) 19 May 1950 (age 74)
Lagos, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Statistics
Weight(s)light/light welterweight
Boxing record
Total fights29
Wins23 (KO 16)
Losses6 (KO 3)

Obisia “Golden Gloves” Nwankpa (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.

He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. At the 1972 Summer Olympics, he lost in his first fight to Laudiel Negron of Puerto Rico.

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. 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

  1. ^ "Nwankpa: How Nigeria can reclaim Olympics boxing glory". TheNewsNigeria.com.ng. The News. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Obisia Nwankpa". BoxRec.com. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "2.All-Africa Games - Lagos, Nigeria - January 7-18 1973". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 1 August 2017. Obisia Nwakpa


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