Joshua Onyango
Kenyan boxer
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Joshua "Poison" Onyango (born 1 December 1975 in Kisumu) is a Kenyan professional welter/light middle/middleweight boxer of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s who won the Kenya welterweight title, East & Central African Professional Boxing Federation welterweight title, and Commonwealth light middleweight title, and was a challenger for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) Inter-Continental light welterweight title against Sergey Bashkirov, his professional fighting weight varied from 144 lb (65 kg; 10 st 4 lb), i.e. Welterweight to 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb), i.e. Middleweight.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | Poison (alias) |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Born | 1 December 1975 Kisumu, Kenya |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
| Weight | welter/light middle/middleweight |
| Boxing career | |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 35 |
| Wins | 15 (KO 12) |
| Losses | 19 (KO 9) |
| Draws | 1 |
