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Total Fights | 43 |
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Wins | 38 |
Losses | 5 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 2 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 28 |
KO Losses | 0 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 22 years, Joseph Agbeko fought 43 times with 38 wins and 5 losses.
Agbeko retired from professional boxing with a record of 38-5, which included two bantamweight world-title wins and two successful title defense fights. He had a 65.1% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 28 of his total 43 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. Agbeko never lost via knockout.
His last fight was a 5th round TKO victory over Albert Commey on December 26, 2020.
Some of Agbeko's best fights and notable victories include wins over Luis Alberto Pérez, Vic Darchinyan, Yonnhy Pérez, Juanito Rubillar, William Gonzalez, Sabin Bornei, and Martin Ahiadekey.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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43 | Dec 26, 2020 | 40 | Albert Commey | Win | TKO5 |
42 | Nov 2, 2019 | 39 | Gabriel Ochieng | Win | TKO9 |
41 | Apr 19, 2019 | 39 | Hashimu Zuberi | Win | UD |
40 | Sep 8, 2018 | 38 | Ekow Wilson | Win | TKO10 |
39 | Mar 30, 2018 | 38 | Frank Kiwalabye | Win | UD |
38 | Nov 3, 2017 | 37 | Abdul Malik Jabir | Win | TKO10 |
37 | Oct 14, 2017 | 37 | Martin Ahiadekey | Win | TKO7 |
36 | Oct 28, 2016 | 36 | Haji Juma | Win | UD |
35 | May 30, 2015 | 35 | Juanito Rubillar | Win | TKO4 |
34 | Dec 7, 2013 | 33 | Guillermo Rigondeaux | Loss * | UD |
33 | Mar 22, 2013 | 33 | Luis Melendez | Win | UD |
32 | Dec 3, 2011 | 31 | Abner Mares | Loss * | UD |
31 | Aug 13, 2011 | 31 | Abner Mares | Loss * | MD |
30 | Dec 11, 2010 | 30 | Yonnhy Pérez | Win * | UD |
29 | Oct 31, 2009 | 29 | Yonnhy Pérez | Loss * | UD |
28 | Jul 11, 2009 | 29 | Vic Darchinyan | Win * | UD |
27 | Dec 11, 2008 | 28 | William Gonzalez | Win * | MD |
26 | Sep 29, 2007 | 27 | Luis Alberto Pérez | Win * | RTD7 |
25 | Aug 9, 2007 | 27 | Fidencio Reyes | Win | TKO4 |
24 | Mar 23, 2007 | 27 | Baba Nsor | Win | TKO4 |
23 | Oct 29, 2004 | 24 | Sumaila Badu | Win | UD |
22 | May 18, 2004 | 24 | Volodymyr Sydorenko | Loss | MD |
21 | Jun 13, 2003 | 23 | Cedric Conway | Win | TKO6 |
20 | Oct 4, 2002 | 22 | Charlemagne Agbotomey | Win | TKO4 |
19 | May 10, 2002 | 22 | Sabin Bornei | Win | TKO6 |
18 | Sep 8, 2001 | 21 | Michael Kizza | Win | TKO2 |
17 | Jul 27, 2001 | 21 | Faustin Rostand | Win | TKO2 |
16 | Jun 6, 2001 | 21 | Ganiyu Olafimihan | Win | KO2 |
15 | May 4, 2001 | 21 | Moses Kennedy | Win | KO2 |
14 | Mar 24, 2001 | 21 | Mike Orlando | Win | KO4 |
13 | Mar 20, 2001 | 20 | Chris Bandel | Win | KO2 |
12 | Nov 14, 2000 | 20 | Johannes Maisa | Win | UD |
11 | Oct 7, 2000 | 20 | Arouma Yessoufou | Win | KO1 |
10 | Aug 29, 2000 | 20 | Laurent Zakpo | Win | KO2 |
9 | May 5, 2000 | 20 | Ola Balougon | Win | TKO2 |
8 | Oct 16, 1999 | 19 | Friday Fatunji Felix | Win | KO1 |
7 | Sep 19, 1999 | 19 | Freddy Mutala | Win | KO7 |
6 | Jul 30, 1999 | 19 | Abdul Malik Jabir | Win | KO1 |
5 | Jun 4, 1999 | 19 | Patrice Owai | Win | PTS |
4 | May 1, 1999 | 19 | Roland Igbafei | Win | TKO2 |
3 | Apr 4, 1999 | 19 | Ray Medoza | Win | KO8 |
2 | Mar 13, 1999 | 18 | Laurent Zakpo | Win | KO2 |
1 | Dec 16, 1998 | 18 | Agaitor Yao | Win | KO1 |
* World-title fight
Joseph Agbeko (King Kong) is a 44-year old retired Ghanaian professional boxer. He was born in Accra, Ghana on March 22, 1980. He is a former bantamweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 22 years — from 1998 to 2020.
Agbeko made his professional boxing debut against Agaitor Yao at the age of 18 on December 16, 1998, defeating Yao via 1st round KO. He went on to win 20 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 18 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 27 on September 29, 2007 after 25 professional fights, against Luis Alberto Pérez for the bantamweight IBF title. He defeated Pérez via 7th round RTD to become the bantamweight champion of the world.
Agbeko has won two world titles at bantamweight. For all the details about Agbeko's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Agbeko had a total of five losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Albert Commey on December 26, 2020. Agbeko won the fight via 5th round TKO. It's been 3 years, 3 months, and 29 days since this fight.
Agbeko had a total of eight world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and two successful title defenses. He won four of these fights and lost four.
Joseph Agbeko fought for bantamweight world titles in four fights and won two of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won two bantamweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Dec 11, 2010 | Yonnhy Pérez | Bantamweight | IBF | UD |
Sep 29, 2007 | Luis Alberto Pérez | Bantamweight | IBF | RTD |
Joseph Agbeko had four bantamweight world-title defense fights. He won two of them and lost two times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Jul 11, 2009 | Vic Darchinyan | Bantamweight | IBF | UD |
Dec 11, 2008 | William Gonzalez | Bantamweight | IBF | MD |
Joseph Agbeko lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Aug 13, 2011 | Abner Mares | Bantamweight | IBF | MD |
Oct 31, 2009 | Yonnhy Pérez | Bantamweight | IBF | UD |
Agbeko fought a total of 43 times during his professional career, which includes 8 world-title fights at two weight divisions. These two fights are the highlight of his career.
September 29, 2007: Agbeko wins his first world title by defeating Luis Alberto Pérez via 7th round RTD. He is now the IBF bantamweight world champion.
July 11, 2009: Agbeko successfully defends the IBF bantamweight title against Vic Darchinyan, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
Agbeko knocked out 28 of his 43 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 65.1%. Of his total 38 wins, 28 of them were via KO (73.7%).
Agbeko's first world-title win was the IBF belt at bantamweight. He defeated Luis Alberto Pérez via 7 round RTD to win the title.
Agbeko won two world titles at bantamweight.
Agbeko had a total of four title defense fights. He was successful two times and lost two times.