Contest-Tell is about your favorite Boxer || Israel Adesanya ||15% goes to @steem.sports

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Good day guys ,
It’s another interesting contest in the @steem.sports community and I’m very happy to participate .

Boxing 🥊 is known to be one of the oldest and efficient sports in the world.I’m actually a fan of football but quite recently the display in Boxing and Kick boxing catches my eyes .today I’ll like to use this opportunity to talk about my Favorite boxer ,Israel Adesanya.

Background

Israel Mobolaji Temitayo Odunayo Oluwafemi Owolabi Adesanya nicknamed “The Last Stylebender” is a Nigerian Born New Zealand
Mixed martial artist a boxer and a former kickboxer.Born on the 2nd of July 1989 (Lagos Nigeria).He is currently middleweight champion in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and a former tittle Contender in the kick boxing glory middleweight championship.He’s currently ranked Third behind Jon Jones and Usman Kamari in the UFC men’s pound-for-pound ranking.Ranking

Height:6ft 4in tall
Weight:185lb(83.9146)

Early life
Born in Lagos Nigeria, At the early ages Adesanya enrolled in the Taekwondo club of his school until he was removed by his mother due to injury.
At the age of ten he moved to New Zealand where he attended school. During his high school days he wasn’t fond of sports but rather interested in Japanese Anime.Being bullied back at high school is attributed to the reason he decided to join martial arts later in life.
After high school he furthered his education to pursue BSc. In Computer Science in the the Universal College of Learning in Whanganui in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand.

Career
At 18 years, Adesanya Enrolled in Kickboxing training after being inspired by Thollywood actor
Muay Thai in the movie (Ong bak).At the age of 20 (2009) Stopped his education and decided to pursue a career in kick boxing. As an amateur boxer he had an outstanding record of 32 wins to 0 losses before becoming a professional kickboxer.
At The age of 25 (November 2014) Adesanya had his first professional boxing match against Daniel Amman(two time Australian champion) where he acquired a wildcard to enter an annual super 8 boxing tournament, the tournament didn’t end well for his as he lost . He re entered the super 8 boxing tournament the following year where he won his first professional fight against Asher Derbyshire . This time round Adesanya won the tournament.

Professional Boxing records
Total matches: 6
Matches won : 5
Wins by Knockouts:1
Losses: 1

Professional kickBoxing records

Total matches: 80
Matches won : 75
Wins By Knockouts:29
Losses: 5
Losses by Knockouts:1

Mixed martial arts records

Total matches: 22
Matches won : 21
Wins By Knockouts: 15
Losses: 1

Achievements

Ultimate Fighting Championship
UFC Middleweight Championship (One time, current)
Three successful title defenses
Interim UFC Middleweight Championship (One time)
Performance of the Night (Five times) vs. Rob Wilkinson, Brad Tavares, Derek Brunson, Robert Whittaker and Paulo Costa
Fight of the Night (Two times) vs. Anderson Silva and Kelvin Gastelum
Most Knockdowns in a UFC Title Fight (4)
Australian Fighting Championship
AFC Middleweight Champion (one time)
Hex Fighting Series Middleweight
Hex Fighting Series Middleweight Champion (one time)
MMAJunkie.com
2018 Newcomer of the Year
2019 April Fight of the Month vs. Kelvin Gastelum[115]
2019 Fight of the Year vs. Kelvin Gastelum
2019 Male Fighter of the Year
MMA Fighting
2018 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
2019 Fight of the Year vs. Kelvin Gastelum
2019 Fighter of the Year
CombatPress.com
2018 Breakout Fighter of the Year
2019 Male Fighter of the Year
2019 Fight of the Year vs. Kelvin Gastelum
CagesidePress.com
2019 Fighter of the Year
2019 Fight of the Year vs. Kelvin Gastelum
MMADNA.nl
2018 Rising Star of the Year.
The Body Lock
2019 Fighter of the Year
World MMA Awards
2018 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year
2019 – July 2020 Charles 'Mask' Lewis Fighter of the Year
2019 – July 2020 International Fighter of the Year
MMAMania.com
2019 Fighter of the Year
2019 Fight of the Year vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Halberg Awards
2019 New Zealand Sportsman of the Year
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Most Outstanding Fighter of the Year (2019, 2020)
MMA Match of the Year (vs. Kelvin Gastelum, 2019)
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Conclusion
All this achievements are the reason why I choose Israel Adesanya(The last style bender) as my favorite Boxer.

Thank you all for your time
Keep on blogging!!