Ngozika Ekwelum

Boxing

17-10-5RECORD

14WINS BY KO / TKO

3WINS BY DECISION

32PRO FIGHTS

Profile

Full name	Not added yet
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Date of birth	15 Mar 1948
Nationality	Nigerian
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Weight classes	Heavyweight
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Years active	1973–1986
Status	Retired
Pro debut	28 Sep 1973
Last fight	Loss vs Mary Konate, 14 Nov 1986

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Titles and honours

Nigerian heavyweight champion (1979)
African Boxing Union heavyweight champion (1979)

Background

Ngozika Ekwelum is a retired Nigerian heavyweight who won the inaugural Nigerian and African heavyweight titles in 1979. He boxed as an amateur at the 1970 Commonwealth Games and fought much of his professional career in West Germany.

Fight history

32 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Mary Konate	TKO	7		14 Nov 1986	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Date uncertain (article text says November 1984)
Loss	Charles Udalor	Decision (points)	12		1 Aug 1986	Lagos, Nigeria	For vacant Nigerian heavyweight title
Loss	Proud Kilimanjaro	KO	12		2 Dec 1983	Lagos, Nigeria	For African heavyweight title
Loss	Adama Mensah	Decision (points)	12		1 Jan 1983	Ghana	For inaugural West African heavyweight title
Win	Paul Sykes	KO	1		29 Mar 1980	National Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria
Loss	Trevor Berbick	TKO	5	0:01	11 Dec 1979	Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax, Canada
Win	Joe Kalala	KO	3		5 Oct 1979	National Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria	Won inaugural African heavyweight title
Win	Tony Moore	TKO	6		7 Jul 1979	Lagos, Nigeria
Win	Eddie Cooper	KO	3		8 Mar 1979	National Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria	Won inaugural Nigerian heavyweight title
Win	Bernd August	KO	5		6 Nov 1978	Berlin, West Germany
Loss	Hennie Thoonen	Disqualification	3		16 Sep 1978	Heerenveen, Netherlands
Loss	John L. Gardner	TKO	6	0:32	31 May 1977	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Loss	Kallie Knoetze	TKO	7		28 Jan 1977	Johannesburg, South Africa
Win	Lucien Rodriguez	Decision (points)	8		12 Dec 1976	Berlin, West Germany
Draw	Raúl Gorosito	Decision (points)	8		19 Nov 1976	Madrid, Spain
Win	Tony Moore	Decision (points)	8		24 May 1976	Munich, West Germany
Win	Terry Judge	KO	3		27 Dec 1975	Berlin, West Germany
Win	Conny Velenšek	TKO	7		10 Oct 1975	Berlin, West Germany
Win	Sugar Ray Anderson	KO	5		24 Jun 1975	Berlin, West Germany
Draw	Sugar Ray Anderson	Decision (points)	8		16 May 1975	Ludwigshafen, West Germany
Win	Fernando Descamps	KO	2		18 Mar 1975	Berlin, West Germany
Loss	Billy Aird	Decision (points)	8		4 Feb 1975	Southend-on-Sea, England
Win	Eddie Neilson	TKO	2	2:30	6 Jan 1975	London, England
Draw	Conny Velenšek	Decision (points)	8		3 Sep 1974	Berlin, West Germany
Win	José Antonio Gálvez	TKO	8		12 Jul 1974	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Win	Kilani Ramdani	TKO	2		16 May 1974	Hamburg, West Germany
Win	Richard Dunn	KO	7		11 Apr 1974	Berlin, West Germany
Draw	Santiago Lovell Jr.	Decision (points)	8		14 Mar 1974	Cologne, West Germany
Loss	Avenamar Peralta	Decision (points)	10		20 Feb 1974	Berlin, West Germany
Draw	Armando Zanini	Decision (points)	8		24 Nov 1973	Brescia, Italy
Win	José Antonio Gálvez	Decision (points)	6		26 Oct 1973	Hamburg, West Germany
Win	Ireno Werleman	KO	2		28 Sep 1973	Berlin, West Germany	Pro debut

Record source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).