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Unable to locate a report, but Henry Akinwande (either 41 or 43 dependent on which birth certificate you trust) dropped a split decision to unknown Oleg Platov out in Germany.

Looks like its time to hang em up old boy.

FYI Oleg Platov is hardly unknown and was the experts fave to beat Akinwande

hopefully now Henry can join Johnny Nelson in a long long long retirement

Now the path is clear for Akinwande vs Harrison.

KOJOE90 wrote:Now the path is clear for Akinwande vs Harrison.

I'd prefer Harrison-Greenburg myself. There's a "title" I think we can bestow upon the loser of that one

Hardly unknown? Who the hell knows him outside a hardcore boxing forum of brits and Europeans my tragically named fellow poster? He's had 22 fights mostly out in Belgium over unknowns so i think i'll stick with my unknown tag.

However he now has a scalp over a high profile name in the UK or US, though i doubt anyone will take it seriously due to Henrys age & bad rep.

But im trying to find out what happened in the fight.

Was it broadcast in the UK?

PS a fight between Henry & Audley/or/Danny would be awesome!

Has anyone seen this fight yet?

I must know how this platov character harpooned The Octopus??!

Or did his three German buddys at ringside 'help him out'..?

overhand_right wrote:Hardly unknown? Who the hell knows him outside a hardcore boxing forum of brits and Europeans my tragically named fellow poster? He's had 22 fights mostly out in Belgium over unknowns so i think i'll stick with my unknown tag.

However he now has a scalp over a high profile name in the UK or US, though i doubt anyone will take it seriously due to Henrys age & bad rep.

But im trying to find out what happened in the fight.

Was it broadcast in the UK?

PS a fight between Henry & Audley/or/Danny would be awesome!

Are you mentally ill, a fight between any combination of those three would be dreadful.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

overhand_right wrote:Hardly unknown? Who the hell knows him outside a hardcore boxing forum of brits and Europeans my tragically named fellow poster? He's had 22 fights mostly out in Belgium over unknowns so i think i'll stick with my unknown tag.

However he now has a scalp over a high profile name in the UK or US, though i doubt anyone will take it seriously due to Henrys age & bad rep.

But im trying to find out what happened in the fight.

Was it broadcast in the UK?

PS a fight between Henry & Audley/or/Danny would be awesome!

Are you mentally ill, a fight between any combination of those three would be dreadful.

It actually came into my head just now that Ruiz-Akinwande would make a good cross-roads fight How many Hail Mary's do I need to recite for that sinful thought?

It actually came into my head just now that Ruiz-Akinwande would make a good cross-roads fight How many Hail Mary's do I need to recite for that sinful thought?[/quote]


Instead of punch stats we could have a new one. Clinch stats. Who clinched the longest, and who iniated the most clinches.

jomothepure wrote:How many Hail Mary's do I need to recite for that sinful thought?

You couldn't do enough to save you for that Jomo

appaling prospect - akinwande stunk the place out wherever he went.
danny stinks the place out now that hes shot and audley just stinks

harrygreb wrote:appaling prospect - akinwande stunk the place out wherever he went.
danny stinks the place out now that hes shot and audley just stinks

Henry versus Nelson was an example of two stinkers doing what they do best...

Anyone know what happened? Your going off track?

Very few of Akinwandes fights were boring, your being unfair on him.

I was ringside the night a young Akinwande KO'd Tucker Richards on a early Richie Woodhall undercard in the freezing cold Ice Rink in Telford, Shropshire.

http://www.boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=4302

Akinwande looked so tall but very thin, even then there was talk of him fighting old amateur rival Herbie Hide. The thing I remember most about that fight was as a dejected Tucker Richards left the ring a few Telford cavemen started shouting abuse at him. Big Tucker started to make his way towards the drunken idiots untill his cornermen pulled him away. You should have seen the look on the Cavemens faces when Big Tucker started looming towards them, you could almost smell their fear.

Sadly Tucker Richards died shortly after due to a heart condition.

we are being unfair to henry akinwande?????????????????????????
henry, i want my money back!!

Good story Joe, never knew you had seen the legendary Octopus in the flesh. As for those fans, no real boxing fan would ever shout abuse at a losing fighter as he left the ring, im glad Richards scared those cowards. I also always wondered why Richards died.

Why Akinwande and Hide have never boxed as pro's always pissed me off. A promoter could still put these two against each other in a 'Crossroads' fight in some London arena & make a nice payday. Come on Derek Williams get your arse in gear!

Looks like its time for Scott Weltch to come back!.... how about Welch vs Williams... who can throw the less punches in the fight!..

akinwande in a crossroads fight?
i reckon he'd have trouble with meg richardson or even miss diane

i understand a lot of people will not get that joke

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

overhand_right wrote:Hardly unknown? Who the hell knows him outside a hardcore boxing forum of brits and Europeans my tragically named fellow poster? He's had 22 fights mostly out in Belgium over unknowns so i think i'll stick with my unknown tag.

However he now has a scalp over a high profile name in the UK or US, though i doubt anyone will take it seriously due to Henrys age & bad rep.

But im trying to find out what happened in the fight.

Was it broadcast in the UK?

PS a fight between Henry & Audley/or/Danny would be awesome!

Are you mentally ill, a fight between any combination of those three would be dreadful.

not if they were sent up on a space rocket without any film cameras

I disagree i think watching a 43 year old Akinwande bombing out Audley in a few rds would be very entertaining.

i would explain the joke livingstone but i'm laughing my socks off at the post above re akinwande and audley.

ok. long, long ago there was a tv soap opera called "crossroads" - by popular opinion the worst soap ever (even worse than eastenders, so thatll show you how bad it was). the whole thing was set in a motel in the midlands and the action took place among the staff of this motel. the owner was one MEG RICHARDSON played by .....oh man what was her name..NOEL GORDON thats it, she wasnt to be messed about hence the jape and the play on words "crossroads" i hope this enlightens you, you young whippersnapper.
i wont bother explaining about miss diane

overhand_right wrote:Unable to locate a report, but Henry Akinwande (either 41 or 43 dependent on which birth certificate you trust) dropped a split decision to unknown Oleg Platov out in Germany.

Looks like its time to hang em up old boy.

All Boxing News says is Platov got the better of Akinwande.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

didnt even realise henry was still active.thought he retired in the states a while ago.

KOJOE90 wrote:Now the path is clear for Akinwande vs Harrison.

That's not even funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just imagine how that one would go???

Harrison & Akinwande would have to pay people to go & watch them, just to have an audience & even then, there'd hardly be anyone there!!!!!