Muideen Akanji (born May 12, 1992) is a Nigerian boxer who competes as a

middleweight Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to . Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have be ...

. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

he was defeated in the heats of the Men's middleweight by Darren O'Neill.

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Living people Boxers from Lagos Olympic boxers for Nigeria Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Middleweight boxers Boxers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics 1992 births Yoruba sportspeople Nigerian male boxers African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games {{Nigeria-boxing-bio-stub