1. Cornelius Boza-Edwards was born on Cornelius Bbosa; 27 May 1956 and is a former professional boxer who is the former WBC Super Featherweight champion of the world.
24 Facts About Cornelius Boza-Edwards
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Cornelius Boza-Edwards emigrated from Uganda to England, where he lived for a long period.
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Cornelius Boza-Edwards moved to England with his mentor Jack Edwards and continued to box firstly with the New Enterprise club in Tottenham and then the Fitzroy Lodge club in South London.
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Cornelius Boza-Edwards boxed for England but was overlooked for selection for the Olympic team after being beaten on points by Pat Cowdell in the 1976 ABA championships.
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Cornelius Boza-Edwards was given another opportunity when he was scheduled to compete as a featherweight boxer for Uganda in the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
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In 1976, Cornelius Boza-Edwards turned professional with Mickey Duff as his manager and George Francis as his trainer.
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Cornelius Boza-Edwards changed his surname to Boza on the recommendation of Mickey Duff.
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Cornelius Boza-Edwards won his first nine fights before suffering a loss to Des Gwilliam when he suffered a cut eye.
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Cornelius Boza-Edwards then went on an 18-fight winning streak and was offered a fight as a substitute against Alexis Arguello.
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Cornelius Boza-Edwards put up a spirited performance before being retired by his corner at the end of the eighth round.
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Arguello praised Cornelius Boza-Edwards and said that he thought that he would become the champion after he had moved up in weight to the lightweight division.
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Cornelius Boza-Edwards was actually boxing in the lightweight division at the time but moved down to the super-featherweight division.
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In 1981, Cornelius Boza-Edwards won the WBC World Super-Featherweight Title from Rafael "Bazooka" Limon with a fifteen-round decision at Stockton, California.
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Cornelius Boza-Edwards defeated Bobby Chacon after he retired at the end of the thirteenth round in his first and only successful defence.
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Cornelius Boza-Edwards lost the title three months later in an upset to Rolando Navarrete, by knockout in round five.
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Navarrete had come in as a late substitute for Limon and shocked Cornelius Boza-Edwards by knocking him down three times, the final time he was counted out.
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In 1982, Cornelius Boza-Edwards won the European Super-featherweight title by defeating Carlos Hernandez of Spain after he retired in the fourth round.
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Cornelius Boza-Edwards then based himself in the United States and became a favourite on the television networks with his aggressive style of fighting.
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Cornelius Boza-Edwards was meant to fight Bobby Chacon for the WBC World Super-Featherweight Title in 1983 but boxing politics meant that the WBC withdrew recognition of the fight, which went ahead anyway.
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Cornelius Boza-Edwards moved up to the lightweight division and earned a title shot against Hector Camacho in 1986 for the WBC World Lightweight Title which he lost by decision over twelve rounds.
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Cornelius Boza-Edwards's final shot at the title was in 1987 against Jose Luis Ramirez in Paris and he was knocked out in the fifth round of a fight for the WBC World Lightweight Title.
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Cornelius Boza-Edwards was nearly lost to the sport of boxing as a result of his grief but decided to continue.
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Cornelius Boza-Edwards remarried after relocating to the US and he and his wife Rumiko have two daughters, Dominique and Jenna.
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Cornelius Boza-Edwards was inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of fame in 2014.