Funso Banjo

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Name: Funso Banjo
Alias: Baba
Birth Name: Koyote Babafunso Banjo
Hometown: West Ham, London, United Kingdom
Birthplace: Nigeria
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 196cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record


As an amateur Banjo won the Eastern Counties Heavyweight Title in 1978, and was the runner-up in 1980. Reportedly, the son of a Nigerian prince.

He has sons named Ashley and Jordan Banjo who are well known in the UK for winning a talent show in 2009 called Britains Got Talent with a dance troop called 'Diversity' and both regularly appear on TV in celebrity type TV shows.