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Sakio "The Scorpion" Bika (born April 18, 1979, in Douala

Douala

Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Province. Home to Cameroon's largest port and its major international airport, Douala International Airport, it is the commercial capital of the country...

, Cameroon

Cameroon

Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...

), is a professional boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

in the super middleweight

Super middleweight

Super Middleweight is a boxing and Muay Thai weight division that has a weight limit of 168 pounds .- 1960s–1983 :There was interest in a division between Middleweight and Light Heavyweight in the late 1960s, the mid-1970s, and the early 1980s...

(168lb

Pound (mass)

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) division. He is the former IBO super middleweight world champion.

Amateur career

As an amateur, Bika was a member of the 2000 Cameroonian Olympic Team as a Light middleweight

Light middleweight

Light Middleweight , is a weight division in professional boxing, above 147 pounds and up to 154 pounds ....

. He lost to Scott MacIntosh of Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Bika did not capture a Gold Medal but he did find a new city, since the 2000 Olympics Bika fights out of Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

Professional career

Sakio took the opportunity to fight the German champion Marcus Beyer for the WBC Super Middleweight world title in Germany in May 2005. After an accidental head clash in round 4 the doctor ruled Beyer unable to continue. Under WBC rules the bout was declared a technical draw. Sakio was awarded all 4 rounds on one judges score card, and the stoppage was considered controversial.

Bika On 14 October 2006 Bika challenged Joe Calzaghe

Joe Calzaghe

Joseph William Calzaghe, CBE, MBE is a Welsh former professional boxer. He is the former WBO, WBA, WBC, IBF, The Ring & British super middleweight champion and The Ring light heavyweight champion....

at the MEN Arena

Manchester Evening News Arena

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in Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

for the IBF

International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

and WBO titles. He was defeated unanimously by a wide margin.

Bika's then fought undefeated Lucian Bute

Lucian Bute

Lucian Bute is a Romanian-Canadian professional boxer, currently based in Montreal, Canada. Bute is the current IBF Super Middleweight champion...

at the Bell Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada. Bute won by unanimous decision in a fight that was an IBF

IBF

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super middleweight

Super middleweight

title eliminator.

Sakio obtained his Australian citizenship in 2006. Whilst, he bases himself in Sydney, Australia; Sakio - is very content and proud of dual citizenship status and his status as an African Australian

African Australian

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specifically a Cameroonian Australian.

He was one of the featured boxers on the 3rd season of the boxing reality TV series, The Contender

The Contender 3

The Contender 3 is a reality television show based on the sport of boxing, but with an element of the competitor's lives and relationships with each other within the show's living quarters, based in Pasadena, California. The first episode aired September 4 on ESPN, with a live finale on November 6...

, which premiered September 4, 2007 on ESPN. After wins against Donny McCrary

Donny McCrary

Donny McCrary is an Irish-American professional boxer.-Professional career:Known as "The Savage", McCrary began his professional career in 2003, and has lost to contenders Lucian Bute, Kofi Jantuah, Allan Green, and Yuri Foreman. In 2007 he won via stunning 1st round TKO against Eric Regan...

and in a rematch with Sam Soliman

Sam Soliman

Sam Soliman is an Australian boxer of Coptic Egyptian descent. Soliman began his boxing career after studying multiple forms of martial arts, such as Tae Kwon Do, Karate, and Kick-Boxing.-Amateur Boxing Career:...

(the only fighter to defeat Bika other than Calzaghe and Bute), Bika earned a place in the final against Jaidon Codrington

Jaidon Codrington

Jaidon "The Don" Codrington is a professional boxer. He fights at Light Heavyweight out of Queens, New York and had a record of 20 wins and 2 losses, with 16 wins by knockout....

at the TD Banknorth Garden

TD Banknorth Garden

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in Boston

Boston

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on November 6.

On Tuesday, November 6, 2007, Bika knocked out Jaidon Codrington

Jaidon Codrington

Jaidon "The Don" Codrington is a professional boxer. He fights at Light Heavyweight out of Queens, New York and had a record of 20 wins and 2 losses, with 16 wins by knockout....

in the championship bout to win The Contender 3

The Contender 3

. The fight was wild, with both fighters being knocked down in the first round. In the end, Bika stopped Codrington in the eighth round by referee stoppage (TKO). Bika walked away with $750,000 in prize money.

After the Codrington fight, Bika returned to the ring in Australia with a first round KO of Argentinians Gustavo Javier Kapusi. Bika won the fight right at the end of the round with a body shot.

Bika returned to the ring on November 13, 2008, in a fight with former The Contender 1 contestant Peter Manfredo Jr at the Dunkin Donuts Center. Bika won by TKO in round 3. With the win, Bika became the International Boxing Organization

International Boxing Organization

The International Boxing Organization is a for-profit organization that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships.- Origins :...

super middleweight champion.

Bika fought Jean Paul Mendy on July 31 in Las Vegas, for an IBF

International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

#1 spot and a shot at the title. Bika lost the fight by disqualification in the 1st round after he hit Mendy following a knockdown and while Mendy was still on his knees.

After the Mendy fight Bika was given a shot at unbeaten WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward, A voluntary defence by Ward after he defeated Allan Green.
Bika used a fast pace a threw a total of 612 punches (400 of which were power shots) landing 201, however this was not enough to ruffle the champion who used defence and counter punching to land clean and effecive blows throughout. Winning on all three scorecards Ward took a dominant decision with scores of 120-108, 118-110, 118-110. Handing Bika his fifth loss.

Professional boxing record (incomplete)

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Andre Ward

Andre Ward is an American professional boxer and the current WBA super middleweight champion.Currently, Ward is rated among the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. He is rated #6, #7 and #10 by Yahoo! Sports, Sports Illustrated, and The Ring...

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