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Larry 36, from a humble background and a graduate of the University of Lagos, started boxing since age 12 and at seventeen he was ready to represent Nigeria in the 1999 All African Games in South Africa as the 1998 Nigerian Amateur Bantamweight champion but unfortunately he didn’t meet up with certain requirements for the All African Games.
His career took a new twist in 2006 and 2007, when he emerged as the London Regional Amateur Boxing Association (ABA) champion. Larry’s professional boxing career took off in 2012 when he defeated three boxers in one night to become the Light Middleweight Prize-fighter champion in London and he made history to became the first boxer in the competition to be given a £2,000 knockout bonus for the first time.
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Just like many others, Larry had faced a lot of challenges in life as a young man. Larry started boxing at the age of 12 just for self-defence and with no parents around, boxing was the only thing that kept him going through hard times. Now that he is doing very well, Larry said he is trying to bring more sporting glory to Nigeria and inspire the youth to hold on to their dreams and belief to never give up as he always says: “You just never know what comes tomorrow.”
