Innocent Anyanwu

Innocent Anyanwu (born 25 September 1982) is a Dutch professional boxer from Amsterdam, Netherlands. He currently holds the Dutch and BeNeLux Super Featherweight titles.

Innocent Anyanwu
Statistics
Real nameInnocent Anyanwu
Weight(s)Super Featherweight
Nationality Dutch / Nigerian
Born (1982-09-25) 25 September 1982
Ekwerazu, Nigeria
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights41
Wins22
Wins by KO13
Losses16
Draws3

Biography

Innocent Anyanwu was born in Ekwerazu, Imo State, Nigeria. When he was 12 his mother died and Innocent quit school. Shortly thereafter he started to work as a car mechanic in his brother's garage. However, he had a dream to practise sports in Germany, even though he did not know which sport. He left Nigeria when he was 16 and went to Cameroon without a passport because he did not have one. Once in Cameroon (a French-speaking country), the language barrier proved a problem. Still, after that, he went to another French-speaking country, Gabon, where a brother of his was living. Through German tourists, Innocent learned that he needed several visas in order to compete in sports there. Since he did not have a passport, Innocent never went to Europe.

Boxing career

Innocent started his boxing career in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 2001. After promising his trainer Martin Jansen total dedication to the sport, an intense training regime started and the cooperation continued until today. After three months Innocent participated in his first boxing match which he won. The victory parade of Innocent continued through the amateur ranks in national and international boxing matches in The Netherlands. Innocent fought against boxers from not only the Netherlands but also from Belgium, Russia and Germany. With only 3 losses (early in his boxing career) in 36 contests, and many wins by (T)KO, Innocent wanted to represent the Netherlands at the Olympics in Athens but was denied because he did not hold Dutch nationality. Innocent then went back to his native country Nigeria where he captured the national amateur title and Champion of Champions trophy at super-featherweight. That enabled Innocent to return to the Netherlands and reunite in 2005 with his longtime boxing trainer Martin Jansen to continue his professional boxing career.

In 2005, Innocent made his pro debut. He fought 20 times up to October 2009 in and outside the Netherlands and never lost a fight. He captured the Dutch national and smaller European (BeNeLux) crown. Innocent's goal is to support his people in Ekwerazu, Nigeria through his boxing career. His results as a sportsman and social human being were awarded by the Dutch Queen with a Dutch passport (with a radio chip and coil), which enables him to participate on short notice in a European championship fight.

Innocent is ranked in September 2009 as the number 1 with the ABU (African Boxing Union), the number 40 with the WBC (World Boxing Council) and in Europe (EBU/EU and EBA) ranked as an official challenger for the European crown.

From the start of 2010, Martin Jansen stopped working as the trainer for Innocent, but Raymond Joval stepped in as the new trainer.

Professional boxing record

22 Wins (13 KO), 13 Loss (4 KO), 3 Draws
Result Record Opponent Date Location Notes
Loss 11-5-1 Ahmed El Hamwi UD 8 2014-02-01 Ingelmunster, Belgium
Loss 20-0-0 Edis Tatli KO 5 2013-08-17 Savonlinna, Finland
Loss 13-0-0 Steve Jamoye UD 8 2013-06-29 Liege, Belgium
Draw 6-0-1 Arnaud Dimidschtein MD 8 2013-03-23 Hainaut, Belgium
Loss 9-2-0 Hedi Slimani UD 8 2013-02-02 Ingelmunster, Belgium
Loss 25-0-1 Jean Pierre Bauwens UD 8 2012-02-18 Izegem, Belgium
Loss 24-23-3 Ruddy Encarnacion UD 8 2012-10-15 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Loss 25-2-0 Gary Buckland PTS 8 2012-07-21 Wales, United Kingdom
Loss 21-8-2 Arash Usmanee UD 8 2012-02-18 Quebec, Canada
Loss 23-4-0 Ermano Fegatilli UD 8 2011-12-23 Liege, Belgium
Loss 22-22-3 Ruddy Encarnacion TKO 8 2011-11-11 Antwerpen, Belgium
Win 2-24-0 Pascal Bouchez UD 6 2010-05-16 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Loss 21-8-2 Antonio João Bento KO10 2010-05-16 Hilversum, Netherlands Vacant EBA super featherweight title
Win 0-8-0 Tahir Celic RTD 4 2009-11-28 Hoyer's Gym, Heerlen
Win 21-3-0 Sergio Palomo TKO 3 2009-10-26 Carré, Amsterdam
Win 14–3-0 Herve De Luca TKO 3 2009-04-19 Bussum De Luca down twice in round 2, and once in round 3.
Draw 14–4-0 Hovhannes Zhamkochyan MD 10 2008-12-25 Izegem, West-Vlaanderen BeNeLux lightweight title
Win 7–2-0 Karen Boyadjyan TKO 6 2008-11-01 Izegem, West-Vlaanderen Defended BeNeLux super featherweight title
Win 10–3-0 Mhand Boukedim TKO 6 2008-10-13 Carré, Amsterdam
Win 4–4-1 Nico Schroeder TKO 3 2008-09-20 Rotterdam
Win 6–32-0 Zsolt Botos KO 3 2008-05-12 Deinze, Oost-Vlaanderen
Win 0–12-0 Pascal Bouchez UD 6 2008-04-19 Rotterdam
Win 9–2-0 Araik Sachbazjan UD 10 2008-04-13 Den Haag Won vacant Dutch super featherweight title
Win 0–4-0 Felician Trif TKO 2 2008-02-17 Den Haag
Win 5–9-0 Younes Amrani UD 8 2007-06-09 Antwerp
Win 9–0-1 Herve De Luca KO 7 2007-05-01 Bruges, West-Vlaanderen Won vacant BeNeLux super featherweight title
Win 5–10-0 Lubos Priehradnik PTS 8 2006-12-16 Bruxelles-Capitale
Win 9–40-0 Bela Sandor PTS 6 2006-09-30 Stadskanaal
Win 1–10-0 Josef Holub KO 5 2006-05-20 Purmerend Holub not able to beat the count after a body-shot. No suspension required by the doctor.
Draw 4-4-2 Erik Nazarian PTS 8 2006-05-01 Bruges, West-Vlaanderen 77-75 76-77 76-76
Win 0–5-0 Zsolt Botos PTS 6 2006-09-30 Barneveld
Win 0–1-0 Josef Holub PTS 4 2006-02-25 Spakenburg Referee: Hennie De Rijk 40-37
Win 3–0 Daniel Chitu TKO 3 2005-11-12 Helmond
Win 2–0 Chad Bisschop PTS 6 2005-11-12 Amersfoort Referee: Hennie De Rijk 59-56
Win 0-1–0 Tomas Berki TKO 2 (4) 2005-10-01 Hilversum

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