Henry Adetokunboh Akinwande (born 12 October 1965) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2008. He held the WBO heavyweight title from 1996 to 1997, as well as the Commonwealth heavyweight title in 1993, and the European heavyweight title from 1993 to 1994. Early years Akinwande was born in London, England but went to live in his parents homeland of Nigeria as a 4-year-old and returned to England in 1986 aged 21, and he began boxing soon after. Amateur career As an amateur boxing out of the Lynn amateur boxing club in Camberwell, SE London, he was ABA heavyweight champion in both 1988 and 1989, beating another fellow Nigerian and future WBO heavyweight champion Herbie Hide and represented Great Britain in the heavyweight division at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. ABA Championships record at the 1986 ABA Championships, heavyweight: Preliminaries: Defeated D. Stewart on points 1/32: Defeated A. Denham on points 1/16: Defeated I. Joseph on points 1/8: Defeated D. Simmonds on points 1/4: Defeated R. Flanagan KO 1 1/2: Defeated L. Maxwell on points Finals: Lost to E. Cardouza DQ 3 at the 1987 ABA Championships, heavyweight: Preliminaries: Defeated Roger Mc Kenzie on points 1/32: Defeated T. Denham KO 1 1/16: Defeated A. Kerrick on points 1/8: Defeated M. Stevens ab.1 1/4: Defeated G. Sanderson on points 1/2: Defeated K. Mc Cormack KO 1 Finals: Lost to Jim Moran on points at the 1988 ABA Championships, heavyweight: 1/32: Defeated T. Denham KO 1 1/16: Defeated M. Stevens on points 1/8: Defeated Darren Westover on points 1/4: Defeated S. Henry on points 1/2: Defeated R. Martin KO 1 Finals: Defeated H. Hylton on points at the 1989 ABA Championships, heavyweight: 1/32: Defeated J. Lewis on points 1/16: Defeated M. Lynch KO 1 1/8: Defeated B. Auckett KO 1 1/4: Defeated D. Abbott KO 2 1/2: Defeated Chris Coughlin KO 1 Finals: Defeated Herbie Hide on points. Olympic results 1988 Olympic Games, Seoul, heavyweight: 1/4: Lost to Arnold Vanderlyde (Netherlands) on points Professional career Akinwande made his professional debut in 1989 against Carlton Headley in London and won all of his first 18 bouts, including a second-round KO victory over former World Light Heavyweight Champion J.B. Williamson, and relatively well known fringe fighters such as Marshall Tillman, Eddie Taylor, Kimmuel Odum and John Fury. Akinwande then challenged Axel Schulz for the vacant European heavyweight