Nigeria’s knockout specialist Idris Gbadamosi has extended his professional career winning streak to seven after he earned a unanimous decision win on Sunday at the Agenda Avenue, Dubai Media City, Dubai.
The bout on Sunday against his fellow Nigerian Oluwaseun Emmanuel was his first professional fight to go the distance as he had won all his previous six fights by knockouts.
Gbadamosi, who now holds a record of seven wins and no losses, said it was easy work for him to secure the win against Emmanuel in Dubai and is eager for his next fight.
“I am not tired at all, I am very good. I trained very hard for this, I was in camp since November and it was easy work, very easy,” he said.
“Who’s next? Let’s go. Let’s continue to chase greatness.”
Born and raised in Bariga, Lagos State, Gbadamosi is a featherweight boxer who leaves knockout victims in his wake as he carves out a record in Dubai, 5,677 miles away from home.
Gbadamosi made the move to Dubai in 2021 after getting support from a Good Samaritan, Nathaniel Olajide, who came across the 22-year-old on social media.
As an amateur in Nigeria, Gbadamosi boasted a record of 74 fights, 70 wins, and four losses. Since turning professional, he has maintained a perfect record of wins and knockouts.
On his professional debut, he faced Filipino, Shandle Eduardo, on October 23, 2021, and secured a first-round knockout win, showing promise of his potential from the early days. In his next fight against Fahad Mulindwa on January 15, 2022, he knocked out the Ugandan boxer in the third round.
Gbadamosi would go on to win his next four fights in Dubai all by knockouts, with only one lasting till the fourth round as he knocked out Ugandan Daniel Ssebunya in the first round on July 16, 2022, then UAE native, Bashir Kigozi, in the third round on December 9, 2022, while Indian boxer, Manikandan Venugopal, made it to the fourth round before going down in their bout on January 28, 2023.
On October 14, 2023 he maintained his dominance against Mohammed Abdelghany by dispatching the Egyptian in the first round.
When asked if he intentionally looks for the KO win against his opponents, Gbadamosi told PUNCH Sports Extra, “Boxing is unpredictable, you can’t just say you want to go for a knockout, it’s not that easy.
“The opponent is also training, knockouts happen unexpectedly. I never go for a knockout but I train very hard like six, eight hours.”
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