Kingsley Ikeke (born February 25, 1973) is a US-based
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
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professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2010. He lost to
Anthony Hanshaw
Anthony Lavar Hanshaw (born March 28, 1978) is an American professional boxer from 2000 to 2013. As an amateur, he won the 1998 National Golden Gloves at welterweight.
Amateur career
Hanshaw was born in Warren, Ohio, and graduated from Mansfiel ...
on points, KOd
Antwun Echols
Antwun Echols (born December 4, 1971 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American boxer who was a world middleweight contender throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. His hometown is Davenport, Iowa.
Career
Echols turned professional in 1993 and in ...
but was KOd by
Armenia
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's
Arthur Abraham in the fifth round for the vacant
IBF
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middleweight title. Later he lost to
Jean Pascal.
Professional boxing record
References
External links
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Kingsley Ikeke Returns to Action on ESPN2’s Friday Night FightsAbraham stops Ikeke to win IBF middleweight title
1973 births
Living people
Nigerian male boxers
Super-middleweight boxers
People from Benin City
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