Millicent Agboegbulem | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 June 1983 Nigeria | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | Middleweight | ||||||||||||||
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Millicent 'Milli' Agboegbulem (born 18 June 1983) is a Nigerian amateur boxer based in Australia. An Australian Super Welterweight champion, she also won a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Millicent competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She won a bronze medal in the middleweight event against Caitlin Parker. [1] [2] [3]
In March 2023 Agboegbulem defeated Desley Robinson to claim the vacant Australian Super Welterweight Champion title. In July 2023 as the headliner for the first televised all-female fight card in Australian boxing, Agboegbulem defended her title from fancied challenger Tayla Harris. [4] Harris was larger and had previously been undefeated, but lost in an eight round majority decision. Commentators praiased Agboegbulem for her supreme fitness and "big overhand right hand". [5]
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