Nationality Nigerian Height 1.6 m Ethnicity Efik Martial art Boxing | Name Hogan Bassey Division Featherweight Role Boxer | |
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Died January 26, 1998, Apapa, Nigeria | ||
Title fight boxing hogan bassey v percy lewis
Hogan "Kid" Bassey MBE (3 June 1932 – 26 January 1998) was a Nigerian-British boxer, he was the first man of Nigerian descent to become a world boxing champion.
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- Title fight boxing hogan bassey v percy lewis
- Hogan bassey winning nigerias first ever boxing world title
- Boxing career
- Life after boxing
- References
He was born Okon Asuquo Bassey on the banks of the Cross River, Creek Town, Calabar, Nigeria, and became naturalised British when he moved to the UK, where he spent most of his life in Liverpool. He took the name Kid Bassey when he turned professional as a boxer. He was managed by and trained by George Biddles and Jimmy August.
Hogan bassey winning nigerias first ever boxing world title
Boxing career
After 14 contests in Nigeria, Bassey went to Liverpool in 1952.
After winning the Empire featherweight championship, he won the world crown by defeating French Algerian Cherif Hamia in Paris in 1957. He lost the title to US fighter Davey Moore on 18 March 1959. Other opponents include Billy "Spider" Kelly, Percy Lewis, Tommy Profitt, Sammy McCarthy, Ricardo Moreno, and Willie Pep.
Life after boxing
In 1959 he was awarded the MBE following his world title win and went on to become a coach in Nigeria who awarded him the country's highest honour in 1973. He died on 26 January 1998 at his home in Apapa, Lagos.