Omalicha Slim History Blog

On August 10, 1963, the Liberty Stadium in Ibadan hosted the first ever boxing world title fight in Africa. The match was initially slated for July 13, 1963. This was for the Middleweight Championship of the World belt and was fought between Nigeria's own Dick Tiger and Gene Fullmer of the USA.⠀ ⠀ Nigeria's Dick Tiger won the fight in the 7th round.⠀ ⠀ #boxinghistory #nigeria #omalichahistory

Killi-we Nwachukwu, born in 1941, a native of Mbaitolu in Imo state. He was for more than 25 years celebrated as a homegrown Nigerian superman. Some of his feats of strength included pulling moving cars, lifting buses, getting run over by cars, e.t.c. #omalichahistory