Wayne Alwan-Arab is a British professional boxer, born 28 February 1982 in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

, now residing in Hackney

London Borough of Hackney

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, London. He competes in the middleweight

Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...

 division.

Since turning pro he has been predominantly self-trained and works as a fitness instructor. However, he did spend eight weeks training at Freddie Roach's Wildcard gym in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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. Alwan-Arab also trained with Floyd Mayweather, senior in 2009 in the U.S.A.
alongside close friend Eder Kurti

Eder Kurti

Eder Kurti is an Albanian Professional boxer who competes in the supper middleweight division currently residing in Woolwich, London....

. He is managed by London promoter

Promoter (entertainment)

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 Michael Helliet.

On 2nd October 2008 Alwan Arab defeated Matt Scriven at a Dinner Show hosted by the Mayfair Sporting Club

Mayfair Sporting Club

Mayfair Sporting Club organises professional black tie boxing dinner events at venues such as the Cafe Royal in Regent Street, Millennium Hotel in Mayfair, the Savoy, The Marriott in Grosvenor Square and other five star venues...

 at the Café Royal

Café Royal

The Café Royal was a restaurant and meeting place on 68 Regent Street in London's Piccadilly.-History:The establishment was originally conceived and set up in 1865 by Daniel Nicholas Thévenon, who was a French wine merchant. He had to flee France due to bankruptcy, arriving in Britain in 1863 with...

, Piccadilly, and on 23 April 2009 (St George's Day), Alwan Arab defeated Paul Royston at a Dinner Show at the Millennium Hotel Mayfair

Millennium Hotel Mayfair

Millennium Hotel Mayfair is a luxury 5-star hotel in London, England. It is located at 44 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair to the east of Hyde Park and northeast of the Knightsbridge centre. The deluxe rooms to the hotels are a minimum 36 sq metres in size and are decorated in traditional...

.

Philanthropy

In 2009 Alwan-Arab donated 10% of his purse from his fight against Wayne Downing at the Troxy

Troxy

The Troxy is an art deco theatre and concert venue at 490 Commercial Road in Stepney, in the East End borough of Tower Hamlets, London, UK.-History:...

on a Micky Helliet promotion to
Aids charities in Africa. Furthermore he helps in the running of Righteous Fighters, an organisation that helps troubled youngsters through boxing.