Ajose Olusegun

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ajose Olusegun
Occupation	Boxer
Date Of Birth	Dec 6, 1979(1979-12-06)
Age	45
Birthplace	Nigeria
Country	Nigeria
Birth City	Nigeria
Horoscope	Aquarius

Ajose Olusegun Biography

Ajose Olusegun is one of the most popular and richest Boxer who was born on December 6, 1979 in Nigeria, Nigeria, Nigeria. 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. 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.

On 13 June 2009 Olusegun challenged former opponent Nigel Wright for the vacant British light welterweight title, a contest that was only able to take place following the granted of British citizenship to Olusegun on the grounds of residency. Also on the line was the Commonwealth title that the two boxers had previously fought for in February 2008. Olusegun again won the contest with a unanimous points decision to become a two-belt champion. Rather than defending the British belt however Olusegun gave it up choosing to take the opportunity to fight in a World title eliminator instead against undefeated Romanian boxer Ionut Dan in a bout which was scheduled take place on 9 October

2009. The bout against Dan however never materialized and in the intervening period the title was won by Lenny Daws. Olusegun, now the WBC’s number 2 ranked boxer next fought on the undercard of David Haye’s heavyweight title defence against John Ruiz at the 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. 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.

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.

The first defence of his title was made in February 2008 when Ajose beat Nigel Wright in Peterlee, Durham again over 12 rounds. 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. In February 2009 he made the second defence of his title, beating former English champion Scott Haywood at the Barnsley Metrodome.

Ajose Olusegun Net Worth

Ajose Olusegun is one of the richest Boxer from Nigeria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ajose Olusegun 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ajose Olusegun is a British-Nigerian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2014. He challenged once for the WBC interim 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.

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.

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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

Ajose Ranked on the list of most popular Boxer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Nigeria. Ajose Olusegun celebrates birthday on December 6 of every year.

Top Facts about Ajose Olusegun

1. Ajose Olusegun is a Nigerian-British professional boxer.
2. He was born on April 30, 1980 in Lagos, Nigeria.
3. Olusegun has a record of 28 wins and 3 losses.
4. He competed in the light welterweight division (140 lbs).
5. Olusegun won the British light welterweight title in 2010.
6. He also held the WBC Silver light welterweight title in 2012.
7. Olusegun’s last fight was in December 2018 against Mohamed Kani.
8. He retired from boxing with an impressive career record.
9. Olusegun is known for his speed and technical skills in the ring.
10. He currently resides in London, England with his family.