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Billy Famous | |
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| Born | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | light/light welterweight |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 31 |
| Wins | 24 (KO 18) |
| Losses | 6 (KO 4) |
| Draws | 1 |
Billy Famous (born in Lagos), is a Nigerian professional light/light welterweight boxer of the 1970s and '80s who won Nigerian lightweight title, Nigerian light welterweight title, African Boxing Union (ABU) light welterweight title, and Commonwealth lightweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb), i.e. lightweight to 139+1⁄2 lb (63.3 kg; 9 st 13.5 lb), i.e. light welterweight. [1]
John "Big Joe" Sichula, was a Zambian amateur featherweight and professional super feather/light/light welterweight boxer of the 1970s and '80s who as an amateur qualified for the Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, won a bronze medal at featherweight at the 1978 All-Africa Games, won the silver medal at featherweight in the Boxing at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada losing the final against Azumah Nelson of Ghana, and as a professional won the African Boxing Union (ABU) lightweight title, ABU super featherweight title, and Commonwealth Super featherweight title (3-occasions), and was a challenger for the All African Super Featherweight Title against Sam Akromah, his professional fighting weight varied from 127+3⁄4 lb, i.e. super featherweight to 135+1⁄2 lb, i.e. light welterweight.
Michael Muiya is a Kenyan professional light/light welter/welterweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s who won the Kenya welterweight title, and Commonwealth lightweight title, and was a challenger for the Kenya light welterweight title against Kevin Onyango, his professional fighting weight varied from 133+3⁄4 lb, i.e. lightweight to 140 lb, i.e. light welterweight.
Ray Minus was a Bahamian professional bantam/super bantam/feather/super feather/light/light welterweight boxer of the 1980s, '90s and 2000s who won the Bahamas lightweight title, Bahamas light welterweight title, World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas bantamweight title, World Boxing Association (WBA) Inter-Continental super bantamweight title, and Commonwealth bantamweight title, and was a challenger for the World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas super bantamweight title against César Soto, World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas lightweight title against Leavander Johnson, World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight title against Israel Contreras, and International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight title against Orlando Canizales, his professional fighting weight varied from 117 lb, i.e. bantamweight to 140 lb, i.e. light welterweight.
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