Obisia Nwankpa

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