Fatai Ayinla Explained

Fatai Ayinla-Adekunle (6 May 1939  - 12 October 2016) was an amateur boxer from Nigeria, who won the gold medal in the men's heavyweight division (+ 81 kg) at the 1973 All-Africa Games in Lagos, Nigeria. He was born in Ibadan, Oyo. Ayinla represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1968 and 1972. He claimed a bronze medal at the first World Amateur Boxing Championships in Havana, Cuba (1974).

1972 Olympic results

Below is the record of Fatai Ayinla, a Nigerian heavyweight boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics:

• Round of 16: lost to Carroll Morgan (Canada) by decision, 2-3

References

• Fatai Ayinla . https://web.archive.org/web/20120113110819/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ay/fatai-ayinla-adekunle-1.html . 2012-01-13 . dead.
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• Web site: Legendary African Boxing Champion is Dead: Adieu to Fatai Ayinla . 14 October 2016 . Gbedu Magazine . 30 March 2019 . 26 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210726041355/https://www.gbedumagazine.com/legendary-african-boxing-champion-is-dead-adieu-to-fatai-ayinla/?v=3e8d115eb4b3 . dead .