Fatai Ayinla’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Nigerian boxer
Is Athlete
Boxer
From Nigeria
Type Sports
Gender male
Birth

6 May 1939, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Age 81 years

Fatai Ayinla-Adekunle (born May 6, 1939 in Ibadan, Oyo) is a retired amateur boxer from Nigeria, who is best known for winning the gold medal in the men’s heavyweight division (+ 81 kg) at the 1973 All-Africa Games in Lagos, Nigeria.

Ayinla represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1968 and 1972. He claimed a bronze medal at the first World Amateur Boxing Championships in Havana, Cuba (1974).

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