5 Celebrities Who You Might Not Know Were Once Boxers Before Making Fame(Photos)

Indeed, the Nigerian Entertainment Industry have grown many outstanding celebrities who were once making waves as a boxers.

Most of these celebrities were more specialized and outstanding as a boxers but centralized their success as musicians, comedians, and actors to make names for themselves in the entertainment industry.

In this article, I will be sharing with us the 5 Nigerian celebrities who were once a boxer before making names for themselves in the entertainment industry.

#1. Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (Burna Boy);

Burna Boy is a Nigerian-born professional musician who ventured into music after spending quality time in his former career as a boxer.

 He told the public that he was once a boxer before becoming a musician in a conversation with a Nigerian-born New Zealand martial artist, Isreal Adesanya in an online zoom call.

#2. Martins Imhangbe;

Martins Imhangbe is a Nigerian-born Hollywood actor who is popularly recognized after playing a major role in the TV show, Bridgerton. On the TV show, he was featured alongside Mondrich who was a boxer, revealing his real identity as a former boxer who later ventured into acting as a Hollywood actor.

#3. Taiwo Hassan;

Taiwo Hassan is a Nigerian actor who is popularly known as Ogogo. He was once a full time boxer before he become an actor. Lately, he revealed the secret behind his young-looking physique even in his sixties in an interview with Punch News, he said that he use to be a boxer but currently practise boxing in his house to maintain a good shape.

#4. Willie XO;

Willie XO happens to be famous Nigerian musicians popularly known by the songs, ”Comfort Me”, and ”Krase”. Lately, he told the public in an interview with the Saturday Trubune that he was once active in boxing, working with the Ultimate Fighting Championship(UFC) before signing Silent Billionaire Music Group(SBMG) as a musician.

#5. John Okafor (Ibu);

Ibu is a well-known Nigeria actor and comedian who has practically made the Nollywood movies interesting and entertaining due to his roles as a funny actor.

He was considered as one of the Nigerian celebrities who were boxers after stating his ordeal as a former boxer to the public in an interview with Premium Time. Nevertheless, he started that, he was making names for himself as a boxer until he was badly humilated and whacked in a championship contest with a rival who left him with a severe punch close to his eyes in Delta State.

With this piece of information, I hope I have been able to show you the 5 celebrities who were once boxers before making fames.