Ajose Olusegun

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Ajose Olusegun
Born
Segun Ajofe

(1979-12-06) 6 December 1979 (age 44)
Lagos, Nigeria
Nationality
  • British
  • Nigerian
Other namesThe Gun
Statistics
Weight(s)Light welterweight
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Reach69 in (175 cm)
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights34
Wins32
Wins by KO14
Losses2

Ajose Olusegun is a British-

super lightweight in 2012. At regional level, he held the ABU super lightweight title in 2004;the Commonwealth super lightweight title from 2007 to 2010; and the British super lightweight title in 2009. As an amateur, he won a gold medal in the light welterweight division at the 1999 All-Africa Games and represented Nigeria at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.[1]

Boxing career

Early professional career

Ajose began his career as a professional in May 2001 at the Royal Gardens Hotel in Kensington, London. The former amateur won when the fight was stopped in the first round against Tony Montana.[2] After compiling a ledger of 6-0 he won his first career title, the lightly regarded WBF Inter-continental title against Walthamstow's Martin Holgate. He followed that win by collecting the Nigerian light welterweight title and the African Boxing Union title at the same weight. In September 2004 having compiled a record of 13-0 he met possibly his toughest test when he scored a 4th round win over the talented Bradley Pryce in the Newport Centre in Newport.[2]

Commonwealth Champion

Olusegun scored one other significant victory, a 6th-round knockout of Namibia's

Ali Nuumbembe in June 2006 before getting the chance a year later to fight for the vacant Commonwealth light welterweight title against Stoke's Gary Reid. Olusegun had been due to fight for the crown 18 months before when then opponent Colin Lynes pulled out with just 10 days to go. Discussing the fight beforehand, Olusegun said, "I have great respect for Gary Reid as he is the only British based fighter who is willing to get into the ring with me". Bemoaning the fact that he found it tough to find opponents, he added, “I am desperate to fight the best but the best don't want to fight me. I am a lonely shark in the light welterweight ocean." Olusegun ended up winning a unanimous points decision over 12 rounds.[3]

The first defence of his title was made in February 2008 when Ajose beat Nigel Wright in Peterlee, Durham again over 12 rounds.[4] Following the defence Olusegun won three non-title fights with the intention of staying busy whilst calling out the likes of former WBC champion Junior Witter.[5] In February 2009 he made the second defence of his title, beating former English champion Scott Haywood at the Barnsley Metrodome.[6]

British champion

On 13 June 2009 Olusegun challenged former opponent

MEN Arena in Manchester. The fight was to be a further defence of the Commonwealth title which he still held and pitched him against Colin Lynes, a man he had been scheduled to fight once before. The defence on 3 April 2010 saw him retain the belt for the fourth time against Lynes who was also a former British champion and who had also held the European belt.[10] On 12 February 2011 Olusegun competed in a non-title six round fight beating Polish journeyman Arek Malek with a World title eliminator still not having come to fruition.[2]

WBC World title eliminator

Olusegun finally became the mandatory challenger for the WBC light welterweight title on 30 September 2011 with a win over Frenchman Ali Chebah in California. The fight, which went the 12 round distance, saw Olusegun put his opponent down twice in the 3rd round to line up a potential fight against current champion Erik Morales for the full title.[11]

Interim WBC Light Welterweight title

After winning a WBC World title eliminator, Olusegun was then out of the ring for over a year. He was then set to fight hard hitting Argentinian Lucas Matthysse on 8 September 2012. The first few rounds were good exchanges for the two brawlers. However, on the tenth round the hard punches from the Argentinian proved too much for the unbeaten Nigerian and therefore the referee stopped the fight via 10th Round TKO.

Professional record

32 Wins (14 Knockouts), 2 Defeats, 0 Draws
Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
Win 32–2 Latvia Ivans Levickis PTS 6 2014-12-06 United Kingdom York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
Loss 31–2
Henry Lundy
 UD 10 2013-07-19 United States Rockingham Park, Salem, New Hampshire, USA
Win 31–1 United States Rynell Griffin UD 8 2013-04-20 United States Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, Indiana, USA
Loss 30–1 Argentina Lucas Matthysse TKO 10 (12) 2012-09-08 United States Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA For vacant Interim WBC Light Welterweight title
Win 30–0 France Ali Chebah UD 12 2011-09-30 United States Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California, USA

References

  1. ^ Ajose Olusegun 2000 Olympic results
  2. ^ a b c Boxrec | Ajose Olusegun professional record
  3. ^ Eastside boxing | Ajose : The best don't want to fight me
  4. ^ BBC Sports | Proud Wright beaten by Olusegun
  5. ^ Sky Sports | Ajose gunning for Witter
  6. ^ Random Hits. "Olusegun-Haywood, Cleverly-Onyango, Mahir Oral Extends". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  7. ^ The Boxing Bulletin | Ajose Olusegun vs Nigel Wright preview
  8. ^ BBC sport | Olusegun eases to British title
  9. ^ "Next Sports | I relinquished British title for World bout - Olusegun". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  10. ^ Sky Sports | Ajose leaves Lynes lagging Archived 2010-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Eastside boxing | Olusegun and Chebah go to war in American debut
Preceded by
Light Welterweight Champion

15 June 2007 – 3 April 2010
Vacated 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Light Welterweight Champion

13 June 2009 –Sept 18, 2009
vacated 		Succeeded by
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