Rogers Mtagwa
Rogers Mtagwa | |
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Statistics | |
Nickname(s) | The Tiger |
Weight(s) | |
Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) |
Reach | 72 in (183 cm) |
Nationality | Tanzanian |
Born | Dodoma, Tanzania | 22 March 1979
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 47 |
Wins | 27 |
Wins by KO | 19 |
Losses | 17 |
Draws | 2 |
No contests | 1 |
Rogers Mtagwa (born March 22, 1979) is a Tanzanian former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2014. He challenged three times for a world title; the WBO junior featherweight title in 2009, the WBA (Regular) featherweight title in 2010, and the WBC featherweight title in 2011.
Professional career
Mtagwa began his professional career on February 10, 1997, gaining a points victory over Alfred Mgaromba in Dar es Salaam. Mtagwa tasted defeat for the first time when he travelled to Kenya to face Joseph Waweru, losing a six rounds points decision. However, this loss was avenged when he scored a knockout over Waweru in the rematch.
Mtagwa left Tanzania and relocated to Philadelphia, United States. His first fight in his new home city was on May 2, 2000, losing an eight round decision to Debind Thapa.[1]
On October 10, 2009 Mtagwa challenged for the WBO super bantamweight title against the undefeated Puerto Rican fighter Juan Manuel López in what was considered a fight of the year candidate.[2] Although Lopez won the fight by a unanimous decision, he was hurt badly by Mtagwa in the later rounds and struggled to stay on his feet to hear the final bell.[3]
On 23 January 2010 Mtagwa stepped up to featherweight to unsuccessfully challenge the Cuban Yuriorkis Gamboa for the WBA featherweight title. Mtagwa did not perform as well as he did in his previous title challenge, he was knocked down three times before the referee called a stop to the action in round two.[4]
Professional boxing record
47 fights | 27 wins | 17 losses |
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By knockout | 19 | 5 |
By decision | 8 | 12 |
Draws | 2 | |
No contests | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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47 | Loss | 27–17–2 (1) | ![]() |
MD | 6 | May 1, 2014 | ![]() |
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46 | Loss | 27–16–2 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (8), 1:10 | Feb 21, 2014 | ![]() |
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45 | Loss | 27–15–2 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (12), 2:15 | Sep 15, 2011 | ![]() |
For WBC featherweight title |
44 | Win | 27–14–2 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 8 | Aug 13, 2011 | ![]() |
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43 | Loss | 26–14–2 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (12), 2:35 | Jan 23, 2010 | ![]() |
For WBA (Regular) featherweight title |
42 | Loss | 26–13–2 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 12 | Oct 10, 2009 | ![]() |
For WBO junior featherweight title |
41 | Win | 26–12–2 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | May 1, 2009 | ![]() |
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40 | Win | 25–12–2 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 10 (10), 1:20 | Nov 7, 2008 | ![]() |
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39 | Win | 24–12–2 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Mar 7, 2008 | ![]() |
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38 | Loss | 23–12–2 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 8 | Nov 10, 2007 | ![]() |
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37 | NC | 23–11–2 (1) | ![]() |
SD | 12 | Jul 20, 2007 | ![]() |
Vacant NABF featherweight title at stake; Originally a SD win for Mtagwa, later ruled an NC after he failed a drug test |
36 | Win | 23–11–2 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (8), 1:35 | Apr 11, 2007 | ![]() |
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35 | Loss | 22–11–2 | ![]() |
SD | 12 | Nov 10, 2006 | ![]() |
Lost USBA featherweight title |
34 | Win | 22–10–2 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (12), 3:06 | Aug 2, 2006 | ![]() |
Retained USBA featherweight title |
33 | Win | 21–10–2 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (12), 1:58 | Jun 16, 2006 | ![]() |
Retained USBA featherweight title |
32 | Loss | 20–10–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (12), 3:00 | Mar 18, 2006 | ![]() |
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31 | Win | 20–9–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 10 (12), 1:58 | Jul 8, 2005 | ![]() |
Won vacant USBA featherweight title |
30 | Win | 19–9–2 | ![]() |
SD | 10 | Mar 18, 2005 | ![]() |
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29 | Loss | 18–9–2 | ![]() |
MD | 10 | Oct 14, 2004 | ![]() |
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28 | Win | 18–8–2 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (8) | May 14, 2004 | ![]() |
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27 | Loss | 17–8–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (10), 2:36 | Jan 3, 2004 | ![]() |
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26 | Win | 17–7–2 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Aug 22, 2003 | ![]() |
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25 | Win | 16–7–2 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (6), 1:56 | Jun 27, 2003 | ![]() |
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24 | Win | 15–7–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (6), 2:08 | Jan 31, 2003 | ![]() |
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23 | Loss | 14–7–2 | ![]() |
SD | 8 | Oct 11, 2002 | ![]() |
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22 | Draw | 14–6–2 | ![]() |
SD | 10 | Jul 12, 2002 | ![]() |
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21 | Loss | 14–6–1 | ![]() |
MD | 10 | May 25, 2002 | ![]() |
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20 | Draw | 14–5–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | Mar 15, 2002 | ![]() |
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19 | Win | 14–5 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (6) | Sep 21, 2001 | ![]() |
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18 | Win | 13–5 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 | Jun 15, 2001 | ![]() |
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17 | Win | 12–5 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (6) | Feb 21, 2001 | ![]() |
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16 | Loss | 11–5 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Oct 6, 2000 | ![]() |
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15 | Loss | 11–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Sep 22, 2000 | ![]() |
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14 | Win | 11–3 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (8), 2:39 | Sep 12, 2000 | ![]() |
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13 | Loss | 10–3 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | May 2, 2000 | ![]() |
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12 | Win | 10–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Apr 8, 2000 | ![]() |
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11 | Win | 9–2 | ![]() |
KO | 12 (12) | Dec 31, 1999 | ![]() |
Won vacant African junior featherweight title |
10 | Win | 8–2 | ![]() |
KO | 2 | Sep 4, 1999 | ![]() |
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9 | Win | 7–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Aug 15, 1999 | ![]() |
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8 | Win | 6–2 | ![]() |
KO | 5 | Dec 19, 1998 | ![]() |
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7 | Loss | 5–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Oct 18, 1998 | ![]() |
For vacant African Zone 5 junior featherweight title |
6 | Win | 5–1 | ![]() |
KO | 2 | Sep 12, 1998 | ![]() |
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5 | Win | 4–1 | ![]() |
KO | 4 | Sep 5, 1998 | ![]() |
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4 | Loss | 3–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Aug 29, 1998 | ![]() |
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3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Aug 25, 1997 | ![]() |
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2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (4) | Jul 23, 1997 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | Alfred Mgaromba | PTS | 4 | Feb 10, 1997 | ![]() |
References
- ^ "boxer: Rogers Mtagwa". Boxrec. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ^ "Is Lopez/Mtagwa Fight of the Year?". SportingNews.com, The Rumble. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ^ "Lopez shows heart, power". ESPN. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ^ "Cuban Gamboa smokes Mtagwa in 2". ESPN. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
External links
- Boxing record for Rogers Mtagwa from BoxRec (registration required)