notable victories against Timo Hoffman, Ed Mahone, Cisse Salif and Anton Nel, all for the IBF Intercontinental Title, as well as Curt Paige, Sam Ubokane, Raman Sukhaterin, Alexander Vasiliev and Tipton Walker. In late 2006 he dropped a split decision to Oleg Platov, a bout in which Akinwande received a point deduction in 8th round for holding, and Platov received a point deduction in 9th for head butt. After that fight he won another fight against Andriy Oleinyk in 2007 before losing to top prospect Ondřej Pála from the Czech Republic by unanimous decision on 4 July 2008, which turned out to be his last fight. Professional boxing record References External links BoxingRecords 1965 births Living people Boxers from Greater London English male boxers English people of Nigerian descent English people of Yoruba descent Yoruba sportspeople Heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Great Britain World heavyweight boxing champions World Boxing Organization champions England Boxing champions European Boxing Union champions Commonwealth Boxing Council champions