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From a family of
accomplished boxers, his father
is Charles Nwokolo, AKA Young Dick Tiger,
who represented Nigeria in the 1984 Olympics and
won several titles as a pro between 1984 and
1996. His great uncle is Hall-of-Famer Dick
Tiger.
Boxing is
in his blood, to say the least, and its not an
exaggeration to claim that he is a descendant
of greatness. But never
the less, it was not always in the cards that he
would himself be a successful fighter.
Born in
Nigeria, he excelled in soccer and when he left
Nigeria in 2016 as a 23-year-old to join his
father in Los Angeles, it was with the intention
of pursuing a professional soccer career.
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In 2020
Nwokolo gave up soccer. He helped train boxers in
his fathers gym in L.A., but boxing was never
really a passion of his. But during Covid he
started sparring his dad, and slowly but surely
something changed.
He found a
big passion for boxing, and a year later, in
August of 2021 he made his pro debut in Mexico.
His father was in his corner, of course, as his
trainer.
Nwokolo´s
first ten fights, nine victories and just one
defeat, took place inside only sixteen months in
Mexico and Colombia, and in December of 2022 he
won his first title, the WBF International.
In June of
2023 he boxed in the US for the first time,
defeating the experienced Donald Ward (18-11-1),
who was on a run of seven straight wins, for the
ABF Mid America title in Saint Petersburg,
Florida.
He returned
to Mexico last December where he scored a routine
victory, putting himself in position to fight for,
and win, the UBO International title this past
January, stopping Clinton Chavez (7-1) at the
Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
Now thirty
years old, he has been on a fast-track to make up
for the fact that he turned pro late. With
determination and commitment, not to mention his
genes, Nwokolo has what it takes to make it even
further in boxing.
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