Tony Ekubia (born 6 March 1960) 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 ...

/ British

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/ light welter/

welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the ...

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of the 1980s and '90s who won the

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(BBBofC) Central (England) Area lightweight title, BBBofC British light welterweight title, and Commonwealth light welterweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.

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to , i.e.

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