Thomas Essomba

Thomas Essomba (born 2 December 1987) is a Cameroonian amateur boxer, two-time African champions and participants of the 2008 Olympic Games. He fights in the light flyweight.

Career

His first international competition was the World Military Championships ( CISM ) in 2005 in Pretoria, where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals. He reached the same result in the same year at the African Championships in Casablanca. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the following year he left in the first fight against the Pakistani Muhammad Nisar.

In the All Africa Games 2007 he lost only in the semi-final against the two-time African champions Suleiman Bilali. At the box world championships 2007 he took no part.

The first African Olympic Qualification tournament in 2008 in Algiers, he won the first fight against the South Africans Lebogang Pilane, but lost in the second against Manyo Plange. He got a second chance at the second African Olympic Qualification tournament in Windhoek and was able to use impressive. By his final victory against the Moroccans Redouane Bouchtouk he secured a qualification spot at the 2008 Olympics in light flyweight. In the same year he also took part in the inaugural Presidents Cup AIBA and lost here in the final against Harry Tañamor of the Philippines. In the second Africa Cup of Nations in 2008, he could barely penetrated in the final against the Namibians Japheth Uutoni on points and thereby won this pre-Olympic tournament.

For its first participation in the Olympic Games Essomba difference already in the first fight against the Armenian Hovhannes Danielyan from a defeat on points ( 9:3 ).

2009 Essomba was the first time African champions, but had to be at the World Championships in Milan in the first battle the Bulgarians Alexandr Alexandrov beaten.

2011 Essomba could repeat his success at the African Championships in 2009. The All Africa Games in the same year he won. In the world Most machinations In 2011 he was again unsuccessful and retired in the second fight against Mongols Pürewdordschiin Serdamba from. The so missed direct Olympic qualification, he reached across the African Olympic Qualification Tournament 2012 in Casablanca by reaching the semi-finals.