Etinosa Oliha

Etinosa Godwin Oliha (born 13 June 1998) is an Italian professional boxer who competes in the middleweight division. He held the International Boxing Organisation (IBO) middleweight title from 2023 to 2024.

Early and personal life Etinosa Oliha was born on 13 June 1998 in Turin to Patricia and Murphy Oliha, both of whom immigrated from Nigeria. When he was five years old, the family moved to Asti. Oliha has an older brother and two older sisters.

In his amateur career, Oliha amassed 59 fights, including 45 wins, 12 losses and two draws. 2016 Italian youth champion. His personal highlight was the gold medal at the Italian championship. He successfully defended the championship twice before relinquishing it to fight Sofiane Khati for the vacant International Boxing Organization (IBO) Mediterranean middleweight title. He defeated the Frenchman by retirement in the fifth round.

Agon Sports & Events invited Oliha as a sparring opponent for its middleweight and super middleweight boxers. Oliha convinced the AGON management with his performance and signed a contract with the Berlin boxing promotion in November 2022. In his stable debut on 24 February 2023, he defeated Rafael Amarillas Ortiz and became Intercontinental Middleweight Champion of the WBO.

IBO middleweight champion Five months later, on 1 July 2023, the IBO's Intercontinental Championship against the Chilean Julio Álamos, originally planned by AGON, was declared a world title fight by the IBO, because the reigning champion Gennady Golovkin had relinquished his world title. Oliha defeated Alamos on points and was thus the Berlin boxing stable's first world title holder. With his victory he also closed the gap between Italian world champions in the upper weight classes. Prior to this, Giovanni De Carolis had been most recently the world title holder of the GBU and WBA, who handed over both titles to Tyron Zeuge in November 2016.

In his first title defense, Oliha faced Faton Vukshinaj on 25 November 2023. He won the bout by unanimous decision.

On 14 September 2024, Oliha faced German Alexander Pavlov in a bid of an IBF middleweight eliminator in AGON Sport Park in Berlin, Germany. He won via third round technical knockout.

Oliha fought undefeated Aaron McKenna for the vacant IBF middleweight title at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, on 8 August 2026, losing by unanimous decision.

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