In 2003 he had captured the silver medal in his weight division at the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria when he lost the final to local Emmanuel Izonritei.
[1] At the Olympics he made it to the semi-finals, but was stopped when a medical test revealed that he had a broken arm.
[1][2] He did receive a bronze medal.
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