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Obisia “Golden Gloves” Nwankpa[1] (born 9 October 1954 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
Nationality	Nigerian
Born	(1954-10-09) 9 October 1954 (age 68) Lagos, Nigeria
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

External links

• Boxing record for Obisia Nwankpa from BoxRec (registration required)
• Obisia Nwakpa at the International Olympic Committee
• Obisia Nwakpa at Olympedia
• Obisia Nwakpa at the Commonwealth Games Federation

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