Thomas Essomba

Thomas Essomba (born 2 December 1987) is a Cameroonian-British professional boxer who has held the European bantamweight and Commonwealth flyweight titles.

As an amateur, he represented Cameroon at the 2012 Olympics, reaching the round of 16 of the light-flyweight bracket.

Essomba fought in two Olympic games for the Cameroon boxing team;[2] 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.

[3] He defected in London, was given political asylum and indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom, and became a British citizen soon after.

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