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Later in 2003
he travelled to Denmark, where he scored a draw
against prospect Jadgar Abdulla (7-0). In the
rematch Osiobe was awarded a TKO injury victory,
which was later overturned to a technical draw.
Staying in
Denmark, Osiobe was matched against world-ranked
former European Champion Spend Abazi (28-1) only
two weeks later and again showed his qualities,
but lost a split decision.
Three months
on he drew with another Danish prospect, Martin
Kristjansen (10-0), and despite not winning any of
those four bouts in Denmark, he had made a name
for himself in Scandinavia.
Unfortunately
three years of inactivity followed before Osiobe
returned with a draw against Swedish-based Ugandan
Olympian Sam Rukundo (9-0). He then scored two
routine victories, setting up a Rukundo rematch
with the vacant UBO World Super Lightweight title
on the line.
Rukundo was
the better man in the second go-around, and won a
deserved unanimous decision. Osiobe rebounded with
three low-profile wins in Denmark, before
relocating to Las Vegas in 2012.
During his
USA-campaign he defeated excellent opponents Jose
Hernandez (13-5-1) and Jose Roman (14-0-1), but
also lost decisions to future world champions
Evgeny Gradovich (11-0), Rances Barthelemy (15-0)
and Jamael James (9-0).
Osiobe is one
of those boxers who, had he had the right backing
early on, he could have achieved much more. A very
talented and tough competitor, he retired with a
14-10-4 (6) record in 2014.
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