Obisia “Golden Gloves” Nwankpa[1] (born 19 May 1950 in Lagos) is a Nigerian professional light/light welterweight boxer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s who won Nigerian lightweight title, African Boxing Union light welterweight title, and Commonwealth lightweight title, and was a challenger for World Boxing Council (WBC) light welterweight title against Saoul Mamby, his professional fighting weight varied from 135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb), i.e. lightweight to 139+1⁄4 lb (63.2 kg; 9 st 13.3 lb), i.e. light welterweight.
[2] He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
[3] At the 1972 Summer Olympics, he lost in his first fight to Laudiel Negron of Puerto Rico.
He won the gold medal, defeating Issake Dabore of Niger in the final.
[4] He also won the gold medal in the light-welterweight category at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, defeating Anthony Martey of Ghana in the final.