Ola Afolabi

Ola Afolabi
Statistics
Real name	Olawale O. Afolabi
Nickname(s)	Kryptonite
Rated at	Cruiserweight
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Nationality	English
Born	15 March 1980 (1980-03-15) (age 31) London, England
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	22
Wins	17
Wins by KO	8
Losses	2
Draws	3

Ola Afolabi (b. March 15, 1980 in London) is a US-based British professional boxer of Nigerian heritage. He is a contender in the cruiserweight division, listed as #9 in the Ring Magazine [1] as of March 2009 and holds a "interim World Boxing Organization title".

Career

Afolabi turned pro at Light-Heavyweight in California in 2002. In 2003 he was outpointed by Allan Green and went up a division to cruiserweight. He beat a small heavyweight clubfighter in Willie Chapman and added James Walton and Michael Simms to his victims. He also knocked out former Cruiserweight Champ Orlin Norris.

The win that put him into the limelight came over undefeated highly-touted Golden Gloves champion Eric Fields whom he KO'ed in 2008. He was immediately signed to a promotional contract with Duva Boxing. Ola subsqequently made his national television debut on ESPN's Friday Night Fights, winning a unanimous decision over DeLeon Tinsley. In March 2009 he knocked out former WBO World Cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli to win the Interim WBO cruiserweight title in Manchester, England. The result was considered somewhat of an upset, particularly in the British press, as Afolabi was a relative unknown at that point and Maccarinelli was a former world champion who had suffered just 2 losses prior to the fight.^[1]

His recent win in Germany over Terry Dunstan could possibly lead to a world title shot.

Notes and references

1. ^ BBC SPORT | Boxing | Maccarinelli suffers KO loss

External links

• Professional record

Sporting positions
Vacant Title last held by Johnathon Banks	NABO Cruiserweight Champion April 12 2008 - March 14 2009 Won interim world title	Succeeded by BJ Flores
Vacant Title last held by Victor Emilio Ramirez	WBO Cruiserweight Champion Interim title March 14, 2009 – December 5, 2009	Unified by Marco Huck

Persondata
Name	Afolabi, Ola
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	March 15, 1980
Place of birth	London, England
Date of death
Place of death