Isaac Ekpo (born 22 October 1982) 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 ...

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

who has challenged three times for a super-middleweight world title between 2013 and 2018. As an amateur, he competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Career

In 2004, Ekpo was a member of the Nigerian Olympic team, and was defeated in the first round by Utkirbek Haydarov from

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

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1982 births Olympic boxers for Nigeria Living people Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Super-middleweight boxers Light-heavyweight boxers Nigerian male boxers African Games silver medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in boxing Sportspeople from Abuja Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games 20th-century Nigerian people 21st-century Nigerian people {{Nigeria-boxing-bio-stub