Thomas Essomba (born 2 December 1987) is a Cameroonian-British professional boxer who held the Commonwealth flyweight *le from 2015 to 2017. As an amateur he represented Cameroon at the 2012 Olympics, reaching the round of 16 of the light-flyweight bracket.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Achievements
• 3 Professional boxing record
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Career

Essomba fought in two Olympic games for the Cameroon boxing team; at the 2012 Olympics in London, he was captain of the team and reached the last 16 of the light-flyweight division, being defeated by Paddy Barnes. He defected in London, was given political asylum and indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom, and became a British citizen soon after. He resettled in Sunderland, where he has trained at the Olympian Gym. In his professional career, he won the Commonwealth flyweight *le in October 2015 and the English bantamweight *le in March 2018.

Achievements

• 2019 WBA Continental bantamweight *le
• 2018 English bantamweight *le
• 2015 Commonwealth flyweight *le
• 2015 International Masters Bronze super-flyweight *le
• 2012 Second Olympic participation, London, England
• 2012 Cameroon champion, best sportsman, first Cameroon Award.
• 2011 AIBA World Championship ranking: 20
• 2011 African Confederation ranking: 1
• 2009 AIBA World Championship participation in Milan.
• 2008 First Olympic participation, Beijing, China.

Professional boxing record

See also

• Cameroon at the 2008 Summer Olympics#Boxing

References

External links

• Boxing record for Thomas Essomba from BoxRec (registration required)
• Data
• All Africa 2007
• First qualifier results
• 2nd Qualifier