Eddie Ndukwu

Eddie Ndukwu
Born	Edward Ndukwu (1950-06-01) 1 June 1950 Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
Statistics
Weight(s)	bantam/super bantam/featherweight
Boxing record
Total fights	16
Wins	14 (KO 10)
Losses	2 (KO 2)

Eddie Ndukwu (born 1 June 1950) is a Nigerian amateur and professional bantam/super bantam/featherweight boxer of the 1960s, '70s and '80s who as an amateur won the gold medal at bantamweight in the Boxing at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, won the silver medal at featherweight at the 1973 All-Africa Games, won the featherweight class at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, and represented Nigeria in the 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships losing to eventual gold medal winner Howard Davis, Jr. of the United States. As a professional, he won the Nigerian Featherweight title, and Commonwealth featherweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 118 lb (54 kg; 8 st 6 lb), i.e. bantamweight to 124+3⁄4 lb (56.6 kg; 8 st 12.8 lb), i.e. featherweight.

External links

• Boxing record for Eddie Ndukwu from BoxRec (registration required)
• Article - The Death of Nigerian Sports And A Walk Down Memory Lane