Eddie Ndukwu (born 1 June 1950) is a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

amateur An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, autodidacticism, self-taught, user-generated, do it yourself, DI ...

and

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bantam/ super bantam/

featherweight Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling. Boxing Professional boxing History A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, this ...

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of the 1960s, '70s and '80s who as an amateur won the

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at bantamweight in the Boxing at the

1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. They were followed by the 1966 Commonwealth P ...

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, won the silver medal at featherweight at the

1973 All-Africa Games The 2nd All-Africa Games – Lagos 1973 were played from January 7, 1973, to January 18, 1973, in Lagos, Nigeria. After the success of the first African Games, the organizing bodies awarded the second games to Bamako, Mali to be held in 1969. A ...

, won the featherweight class at the

1974 British Commonwealth Games The 1974 British Commonwealth Games ( mi, 1974 Taumāhekeheke Commonwealth) were held in Christchurch, New Zealand from 24 January to 2 February 1974. The bid vote was held in Edinburgh at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games. The Games were off ...

, and represented Nigeria in the

1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Havana, Cuba from August 17 to 30. The first edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was organised by the world governing ...

losing to eventual

winner

Howard Davis, Jr. Howard Edward Davis Jr. (February 14, 1956 – December 30, 2015) was an American professional boxer. Growing up on Long Island as the eldest of 10 children, Davis first learned boxing from his father. After being inspired by a movie about Muha ...

of the

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. As a professional, he won the Nigerian Featherweight title, and Commonwealth featherweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.

bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In mixed martial arts, MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class is derived from Ba ...

to , i.e.

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Article - The Death of Nigerian Sports And A Walk Down Memory Lane
1950 births Bantamweight boxers Featherweight boxers Place of birth missing (living people) Super-bantamweight boxers Living people Boxers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Nigeria Nigerian male boxers Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing African Games silver medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1973 All-Africa Games Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games {{Nigeria-boxing-bio-stub