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Olawale O. "Ola" Afolabi (born 15 March 1980) is a British professional boxer. He is a two-time former WBO interim cruiserweight champion, as well as a two-time and current IBO cruiserweight champion.〔http://boxrec.com/boxer/91647〕 Nicknamed "Kryptonite", Afolabi is known for his slickness, counterpunching skills and toughness. Born to Nigerian parents, Afolabi trains and resides in California. ==Career== Afolabi began his professional career in 2002, fighting at super middleweight and light heavyweight. In 2003 he was outpointed by Allan Green, prompting a full-time move to cruiserweight in 2004. He beat a small heavyweight clubfighter in Willie Chapman and added James Walton and Michael Simms to his victims. He also knocked out former Cruiserweight Champ Orlin Norris. The win that put him into the limelight came over undefeated highly touted Golden Gloves champion Eric Fields whom he KO'ed in 2008. He was immediately signed to a promotional contract with Duva Boxing. Afolabi subsqequently made his national television debut on ESPN's Friday Night Fights, winning a unanimous decision over DeLeon Tinsley. In March 2009 he scored another upset KO by defeating former WBO World Cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli to win the Interim WBO cruiserweight title in Manchester, England.〔(BBC SPORT | Boxing | Maccarinelli suffers KO loss )〕 His good run ended when he lost a very close decision against Marco Huck in Germany. He rebounded with a first round knockout over former European champion Terry Dunstan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ola Afolabi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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