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Old 02-09-2005, 01:23 PM   #73
David Myers
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Orizu Obilaso

A Nigerian who fought mostly as a bantamweight, and a lousy one. I have him rated as a fly, because he enters boxing history at that weight. Born 1940. Record: 5-24-3 (3).

Outpointed by Jackie Brown in a December 1962 bout to fill the vacant EBU flyweight title. (According to Boxrec, the title bout was only his fourth bout, and Obilaso entered the contest with a 0-1-2 record, which strains credulity. A good portion of his early record must be missing.) Obilaso started fighting as a bantamweight nine months later. He was finished, mercifully, by 1972.
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