Friday Ahunanya
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Born | Friday Chinedu Ahunanya 19 November 1971 Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
Other names | The 13th |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Heavyweight |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 36 |
Wins | 24 |
Wins by KO | 13 |
Losses | 8 |
Draws | 3 |
No contests | 1 |
Friday Chinedu Ahunanya (born 19 November 1971) is a Nigerian professional boxer.[1] He is a journeyman heavyweight, best known for beating several undefeated prospects and for his appearances on ESPN fight cards.
Amateur career
[edit]- 1994: World Cup, Bangkok, Thailand, Heavyweight:
- Lost to Georgi Kandelaki (Georgia) on points
- 1994: Commonwealth Games, Victoria, Heavyweight:
- Defeated Roland Raforme (Seychelles) on points
- Lost to Stephen Gallinger (Canada) on points
Professional career
[edit]Known as Friday "The 13th," Ahunanya began his career in 1998 with a good deal of promise, winning his first 16 fights including a victory over undefeated (16-0-1) Nate Jones. In 2001 he lost a decision to undefeated (15-0) Olympian and future titlist Serguei Lyakhovich. In 2002, he handed French Olympian Josue Blocus his first loss.
In 2004, he had his only early loss when hit in the eye in the 4th round by Lance Whitaker. The loss to Whitaker was the beginning of the decline for Ahunanya. He went on to lose to Taurus Sykes in New Mexico, who was not highly regarded in spite of his 22-1-1 record in 2005, arguably the low point of his career.
He then drew with fringe contender Dominick Guinn, and then was competitive in losing efforts against undefeated prospects Sultan Ibragimov (Olympic silver medalist) and Alexander Povetkin (Olympic Gold medalist).
In 2007 he rebounded by handing 19-0 New Zealand prospect Shane Cameron his first loss by knocking him down twice in the 12th and final round. After the second knockdown, the referee intervened and stopped the contest, earning Ahunanya a TKO victory. In 2008 he stopped another undefeated prospect in Alonzo Butler.
Ahunanya lost to David Tua in March 2010 in New Zealand via unanimous decision. However Ahunanya and his manager claimed he should have won, and would have if the fight had been in the USA. After further review it was obvious that David Tua won the fight.
Professional boxing record
[edit]24 Wins (13 knockouts, 11 decisions), 9 Losses (1 knockout, 8 decisions), 3 Draws[2] | |||||||
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
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Loss | 17-0 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 30/12/2011 | ![]() | |
Loss | 32-2 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 09/07/2011 | ![]() | |
Loss | 23-17-2 | ![]() | UD | 6 | 24/05/2011 | ![]() | |
Loss | 50-3-1 | ![]() | UD | 12 | 31/03/2010 | ![]() | WBO Asia Pacific/Oriental Heavyweight Titles. |
Win | 26-0-1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 20/06/2008 | ![]() | |
Win | 19-0 | ![]() | TKO | 12 | 02/11/2007 | ![]() | PABA/WBO Asia Pacific/WBA NABA Heavyweight Titles. Referee stopped the bout at 2:14 of the 12th round. |
Draw | 7-1 | ![]() | SD | 8 | 06/07/2007 | ![]() | |
Win | 21-9-2 | ![]() | TKO | 2 | 15/06/2007 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 2:50 of the second round. |
Win | 15-23-1 | ![]() | UD | 6 | 27/04/2007 | ![]() | |
Loss | 6-0 | ![]() | UD | 6 | 22/04/2006 | ![]() | |
Loss | 17-0 | ![]() | TD | 9 | 16/09/2005 | ![]() | WBO Asia Pacific Heavyweight Title. |
Draw | 25-2 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 22/04/2005 | ![]() | |
Loss | 22-1-1 | ![]() | UD | 12 | 11/03/2005 | ![]() | WBA NABA Heavyweight Title. |
Loss | 27-2-1 | ![]() | TKO | 5 | 17/04/2004 | ![]() | WBO NABO/WBA NABA Heavyweight Titles. Referee stopped the bout at 0:42 of the fifth round. |
Win | 28-15 | ![]() | KO | 4 | 05/12/2003 | ![]() | Williams knocked out at 1:34 of the fourth round. |
Win | 15-17 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 23/08/2003 | ![]() | |
Win | 12-3-1 | ![]() | TKO | 1 | 28/06/2003 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 1:13 of the first round. |
Draw | 32-12 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 28/02/2003 | ![]() | |
Win | 12-0 | ![]() | SD | 10 | 01/06/2002 | ![]() | |
Loss | 15-0 | ![]() | UD | 12 | 17/11/2001 | ![]() | WBA NABA Heavyweight Title. |
Win | 6-8-2 | ![]() | TKO | 1 | 30/06/2001 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 2:28 of the first round. |
Win | 16-0-1 | ![]() | SD | 12 | 03/03/2001 | ![]() | WBA NABA Heavyweight Title. |
Win | 11-5-1 | ![]() | UD | 8 | 28/11/2000 | ![]() | |
Win | 3-2-1 | ![]() | KO | 5 | 26/10/2000 | ![]() | Calvin knocked out at 1:06 of the fifth round. |
Win | 11-1 | ![]() | PTS | 8 | 16/09/2000 | ![]() | |
Win | 13-25-8 | ![]() | TKO | 8 | 11/08/2000 | ![]() | |
Win | 8-6-3 | ![]() | TKO | 3 | 01/04/2000 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 2:59 of the third round. |
Win | 4-2-1 | ![]() | TKO | 1 | 03/03/2000 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 1:40 of the first round. |
Win | -- | ![]() | TKO | 1 | 12/02/1999 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 1:51 of the first round. |
Win | 4-5-1 | ![]() | UD | 6 | 20/11/1998 | ![]() | |
Win | 3-2-1 | ![]() | PTS | 6 | 31/07/1998 | ![]() | |
Win | -- | Tahavalu Samiu | KO | 3 | 11/07/1998 | ![]() | |
Win | -- | ![]() | UD | 4 | 15/05/1998 | ![]() | |
Win | 1-0 | ![]() | PTS | 4 | 09/04/1998 | ![]() | |
Win | 6-0 | ![]() | TKO | 4 | 20/03/1998 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 2:22 of the fourth round. |
Win | -- | ![]() | TKO | 1 | 27/02/1998 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 1:18 of the first round. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Cris Arreola unsatisfied against Friday Ahunanya, but wins big". ESPN.com. July 10, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ "BoxRec". boxrec.com.
External links
[edit]- Boxing record for Friday Ahunanya from BoxRec (registration required)