Peter Oboh | |
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Born | Lagos, Nigeria | 6 September 1968
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Statistics | |
Weight(s) | |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
Stance | Southpaw |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 19 |
Wins | 14 |
Wins by KO | 12 |
Losses | 5 |
Peter Oboh (born 6 September 1968 in Lagos) is a Nigerian born British former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2004. He held the British, Commonwealth and WBA Inter-Continental light heavyweight titles between 2002 and 2004. [1]
19 fights | 14 wins | 5 losses |
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By knockout | 12 | 2 |
By decision | 2 | 3 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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19 | Win | 14–5 | Andrew Lowe | RTD | 10 (12) | 12 May 2004 | Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, England | Retained WBA Inter-Continental, British, and Commonwealth light heavyweight titles |
18 | Win | 13–5 | Elvis Mihailenko | TKO | 11 (12) | 14 Nov 2003 | York Hall, London, England | Won WBA Inter-Continental light heavyweight title |
17 | Win | 12–5 | Neil Simpson | TKO | 11 (12) | 8 Mar 2003 | AT7 Centre, Coventry, England | Retained Commonwealth light heavyweight title; Won vacant British light heavyweight title |
16 | Win | 11–5 | George Adipo Odour | KO | 1 (12) | 6 Sep 2002 | York Hall, London, England | Won vacant Commonwealth light heavyweight title |
15 | Win | 10–5 | Chris Davies | TKO | 8 (10) | 29 Jan 2001 | Bushfield Leisure Centre, Peterborough, England | |
14 | Win | 9–5 | Ray Kane | TKO | 2 (6) | 21 Jul 1999 | Royal National Hotel, London, England | |
13 | Win | 8–5 | Thomas Hansvoll | TKO | 2 (6) | 18 Jun 1999 | Idrattens Hus, Vejle, Denmark | |
12 | Loss | 7–5 | Terry Dunstan | PTS | 8 | 21 Nov 1998 | Elephant & Castle Centre, London, England | |
11 | Win | 7–4 | Ole Klemetsen | KO | 1 (8) | 26 Sep 1998 | Barbican Centre, York, England | |
10 | Loss | 6–4 | Johnny Nelson | RTD | 6 (8) | 18 Jul 1998 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England | |
9 | Loss | 6–3 | Scott Welch | PTS | 6 | 1 Nov 1997 | Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland | |
8 | Loss | 6–2 | Garry Delaney | DQ | 8 (10) | 4 Mar 1997 | Elephant & Castle Centre, London, England | |
7 | Win | 6–1 | Andy Lambert | KO | 1 (6) | 3 Dec 1996 | Everton Sports Centre, Liverpool, England | |
6 | Loss | 5–1 | Mohamed Siluvangi | TKO | 6 (10) | 27 Aug 1996 | Blazers Night Club, Windsor, England | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Yuri Yelistratov | PTS | 6 | 9 Jul 1996 | York Hall, London, England | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Tim Redman | RTD | 2 (6) | 16 Oct 1995 | Marriott Hotel, London, England | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Antonio Pasqualino | TKO | 2 | 13 May 1994 | Avellino, Italy | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Ridha Soussi | PTS | 6 | 14 Jan 1994 | Tagliacozzo, Italy | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Antonio Russo | TKO | 5 | 12 May 1993 | Cassino, Ital | |
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