Innocent Anyanwu

Innocent Anyanwu
Born	Innocent Anyanwu (1982-09-25) September 25, 1982 Ekwerazu, Nigeria
Nationality	Dutch / Nigerian
Statistics
Weight(s)	Super Featherweight
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	22
Wins	20
Wins by KO	13
Losses	0
Draws	2

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

Biography

Innocent has a remarkable life story. He 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 carmechanic in his brother's garage. However he had a dream to practise sports in Germany, even though he did not knew 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 he learned that he needed several visas in order to compete in sports there. Because he did not even have a passport, he never tried to head to Germany.

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 long time 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. Because of his unbelievable intensity as a boxer-fighter, he captured not only the Dutch national and smaller European (BeNeLux) crown, but also the hearts of the people of the BeNeLux. 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, which enables him to participate on short notice in a European championship fight.

Innocent is ranked in September 2009 as the no. 1 with the ABU (African Boxing Union), the no. 40 with the WBC (World Boxing Council) and in Europe (EBU/EU and EBA) ranked as a 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

Record
20 Wins (13 KO), 1 Loss, 2 Draws Result Record Opponent Date Location Notes 14-3-0 Simone Califano 2010-10-18 Carré, Amsterdam 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 References Innocent Anyanwu: Kippenbakker en profbokser BN DeStem External links Professional boxing record from boxrec beinnocent.com iaminnocent.org See also Category:Boxing Category:Amateur boxing