Onoriode Ehwarieme, also known as Onoriode Ehwarieme or Godzilla (born 25 November 1987) was an amateur boxer from
Nigeria
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. He qualified for the
2008 Summer Olympics in the
super heavyweight division. He turned pro December 5 of 2010.
At the
2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held from 24 March to 29 March 2008 in Windhoek, Namibia. It was held at the Gymnasium Hall of the University of Namibia.
Qualifying
28 teams participated in this tournament:
Compe ...
held in
Windhoek
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,
Namibia
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, the first and second-place finisher in his division qualified for the
Olympics.
He advanced to the finals with a one-point victory over
Morris Okola of
Kenya
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6-5, thus ensuring qualification - Onoriode ultimately took silver in the competition, losing to fellow-qualifier
Mohamed Amanissi.
[http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/Olympics/Qualifying%20Events/Africa%202/Draw%20Sheet%20+91kg.pdf ]
He lost his Olympic debut 1:11 to
Jaroslavas
As a professional, he has 20 wins 2 Losses with 19 coming via knockouts. He is currently managed by Nelson Aiyelabowo of LPMG Global.
References
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Yahoo data
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1987 births
Living people
Olympic boxers for Nigeria
Heavyweight boxers
Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Nigerian male boxers