• Henry Adetokunboh Akinwande (born 12 October 1965) is a British former WBO boxing world champion who competed from 1989 to 2008. He held the WBO heavyweight...
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  • fight before the main event was contested for the WBO championship. Henry Akinwande, a British fighter who defeated Jeremy Williams for the title Riddick...
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  • Lennox Lewis vs. Henry Akinwande was a professional boxing match contested on July 12, 1997, for the WBC Heavyweight Championship. On February 7, 1997...
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  • scientist and engineer Deji Akinwande, Nigerian-American scientist and engineer Hassanat Akinwande, Nigerian actress Henry Akinwande (born 1965), English boxer...
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  • his next fight Fury suffered a KO loss against future WBO champion Henry Akinwande. This loss was followed by a four year absence from the ring until...
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    age of 36 he resurrected his career with a tenth-round knockout of Henry Akinwande, at the time one of the most avoided contenders in the world, on a...
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  • decision to a newly-signed Don King heavyweight, British-Nigerian boxer Henry Akinwande. In 1996 he was outpointed by old rival Orlin Norris. He scored two...
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  • 12-fight undefeated streak with a knockout win over heavyweight contender Henry Akinwande that made him the number four ranked heavyweight in the world. However...
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  • refereed the Lennox Lewis vs. Henry Akinwande match. As in Tyson vs. Holyfield, it ended in disqualification when Akinwande used illegal tactics, these...
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    Frank Bruno". Retrieved March 19, 2020. "Professional boxing record: Henry Akinwande". Retrieved March 19, 2020. "Professional boxing record: Vitali Klitschko"...
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    Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde "Wole" Soyinka CFR (/ˈwoʊleɪ sɔɪˈ(j)ɪŋkə, - ʃɔɪˈ-/ WOH-lay s(h)oy-(Y)ING-kə; Yoruba: Akínwándé Olúwọlé Babátúndé "Wọlé" Ṣóyíinká...
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  • Western Cape, South Africa For WBF heavyweight title 53 Loss 47–6 Henry Akinwande KO 2 (12), 2:05 17 Mar 2001 The Moon, Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. For...
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    career, Schulz also fought Jeremy Williams and former world champions Henry Akinwande, James Smith and Wladimir Klitschko. From 1982 Schulz boxed for the...
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  • N. Smith RSC 1 1/2: Defeated Denzill Browne RSC 3 Finals: Lost to Henry Akinwande on points Herbie Hide has fought for most of his professional boxing...
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  • 2014. He holds a notable win over former world heavyweight champion Henry Akinwande. Pála started boxing at 17 under the lead of trainers Jan Balog and...
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  • Norris was forced to fight 6'7" King-managed heavyweight Henry Akinwande in an eliminator. Akinwande stayed at long range and scraped a decision over Norris...
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  • defenses. After picking up a disqualification victory over Henry Akinwande due to Akinwande's excessive holding, Lewis impressively defeated his next two...
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  • with WBO heavyweight champions Michael Moorer, Riddick Bowe, and Henry Akinwande relinquishing the title to pursue other options. Boxing publication...
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    1997, he contended the WBO World Title fight in Nashville, losing to Henry Akinwande by a wide points margin. In the course of his career Welch had 26 professional...
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    with one of his losses being to future WBO heavyweight world champion Henry Akinwande. Tyson's half-brother Tommy made his professional debut on 22 December...
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  • continued fighting until 1995, losing matches against notable heavyweights Henry Akinwande, Peter McNeeley, Jimmy Thunder, and George Foreman. List of world light-heavyweight...
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    Thailand Retained WBF (Federation) heavyweight title 35 Loss 24–10–1 Henry Akinwande PTS 10 4 May 1994 York Hall, London, England 34 Win 24–9–1 Jimmy Thunder...
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  • 4 Herbie Hide WBO 1994 – 1995 0 5 Frank Bruno WBC 1995 – 1996 0 6 Henry Akinwande WBO 1996 – 1997 2 7 Lennox Lewis (2) WBA, WBC, IBF 1997 – 2001 9 8...
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    title in 1997 against fellow Briton and former WBO world champion Henry Akinwande, who was disqualified after five rounds for excessive clinching. Lewis...
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  • learned his trade quickly, often sparring with the likes of clubmates Henry Akinwande and Derek Angol. In 1991 Williams won the PLA tournament and won a...
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  • London, saw three of his top fighters, Frank Bruno, Joe Calzaghe, and Henry Akinwande leave him for more profitable deals with Warren, sapping both Duff's...
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    did not beat the aforementioned Vitali Klitschko, Francois Botha and Henry Akinwande As an amateur Hoffman won a silver medal at the 1992 Junior European...
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  • knockouts, and wound up facing Henry Akinwande for the WBO Heavyweight Title. Williams lost by KO in the 3rd round. Akinwande was much too big for Williams...
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    contenders Larry Holmes, Vaughn Bean, Derrick Jefferson, Chris Byrd, Henry Akinwande, Fres Oquendo, Tony Thompson, Kubrat Pulev, Amir Mansour, Alexander...
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    his last seven fights, Williams was seen to had put his losses to Henry Akinwande and Brian Nielsen behind him, scoring back-to-back upset victories...
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