Larry Ekundayo
66+1⁄2 in (169 cm)
Larry Ekundayo (born Olanrewaju Ekundayo on 13 June 1982) is a Nigerian professional boxer. He held the African welterweight title from 2015 to 2016 and the IBF European welterweight title from 2018 to 2019.[1][2]
Career
Ekundayo was born in Lagos, Nigeria on 13 June 1982. He started boxing for self defense at the age of 12. In 1998, he won the Nigerian Amateur Bantamweight Championship and participated in the 1999 All-Africa Games in South Africa. He made a career switch from bantamweight to welterweight and won the Nigerian Amateur Welterweight Championship in year 2000. He participated in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, UK and finished as a quarter-finalist.[3]
In 2006 and 2007, he won the championship title of the London Regional Amateur Boxing Association (ABA) championship. As an amateur, he won 110 of 125 fights he was engaged in.[4]
Larry’s career as a professional boxer started in November 2012 when he defeated three boxers in one night to become the Light Middleweight Prizefighter champion in London. He was the first boxer in the competition to be given a £2,000 knockout bonus.[3]
On 30 October 2016, he defended his African Boxing Union’s Welterweight title by beating Ghanaian boxer, Joseph ‘The Double Horror’ Lamptey.[5]
On 13 July 2018, he won the IBF European title by defeating John Thain in London in a fight that lasted 12 rounds.[1]
Professional boxing record
17 fights | 16 wins | 1 loss |
---|---|---|
By knockout | 3 | 0 |
By decision | 13 | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 | Win | 16–1 | ![]() | PTS | 6 | 15 Feb 2020 | ![]() | |
16 | Win | 15–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 14 Dec 2018 | ![]() | Retained IBF European welterweight title |
15 | Win | 14–1 | ![]() | UD | 12 | 13 Jul 2018 | ![]() | Won vacant IBF European welterweight title |
14 | Win | 13–1 | ![]() | PTS | 6 | 3 Mar 2018 | ![]() | |
13 | Loss | 12–1 | ![]() | SD | 12 | 8 Jul 2017 | ![]() | For vacant WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title |
12 | Win | 12–0 | ![]() | PTS | 6 | 9 Dec 2016 | ![]() | |
11 | Win | 11–0 | ![]() | UD | 12 | 30 Oct 2015 | ![]() | Won vacant African welterweight title |
10 | Win | 10–0 | ![]() | PTS | 6 | 25 Jul 2015 | ![]() | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | ![]() | TKO | 5 (10), 2:38 | 14 Mar 2015 | ![]() | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 11 Oct 2014 | ![]() | Won vacant International Masters Silver welterweight title |
7 | Win | 7–0 | ![]() | PTS | 6 | 12 Jul 2014 | ![]() | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | ![]() | PTS | 8 | 18 May 2013 | ![]() | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() | TKO | 3 (3), 2:36 | 3 Nov 2012 | ![]() | Prizefighter: The Light Middleweights III – Final |
4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() | UD | 3 | 3 Nov 2012 | ![]() | Prizefighter: The Light Middleweights III – Semi-final |
3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() | SD | 3 | 3 Nov 2012 | ![]() | Prizefighter: The Light Middleweights III – Quarter-final |
2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() | PTS | 4 | 20 Jun 2012 | ![]() | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() | TKO | 3 (4), 1:09 | 23 Mar 2012 | ![]() |
References
- ^ a b "BREAKING: Nigeria's Ekundayo defeats British opponent, wins Euro IBF title – Punch Newspapers". punchng-com.cdn.ampproject.org. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ "Euro IBF Champion Ekundayo Eager To Win World Title". Complete Sports Nigeria. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Larry Ekundayo - MTK Global". MTK Global. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "Nigeria's Larry Ekundayo wins the African boxing title against Ghanaian Joseph Lamptey". C.Hubmagazine. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "Larry Ekundayo: Nigerian boxer wins African Boxing Union's welterweight championship". amp-pulse-ng.cdn.ampproject.org. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
External links
- Larry Ekundayo on BoxRec.
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