On July 4, 2008, a 52-year-old Henry Akinwande (50-3-1, 30 KOs) and Ondřej Pála met in the ring.
Akinwande came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year and 4 days.
Henry Akinwande lost to Ondřej Pála via unanimous decision in the 6-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 50-4-1.
On November 4, 2006, a 51-year-old Henry Akinwande (49-2-1, 30 KOs) and Oleg Platov met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Akinwande came in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months.
Henry Akinwande lost to Oleg Platov via split decision in the 12-round heavyweight fight, and adds a loss to his record at 49-3-1.
On November 17, 2001, a 46-year-old Henry Akinwande (40-1-1, 26 KOs) and a 36-year-old American boxer Oliver McCall (38-7, 28 KOs) met in the ring.
Akinwande came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 1 day. McCall was on a 10-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 19 days.
Oliver McCall stopped Henry Akinwande via KO in the 10th round. McCall improves his record to 39-7 (29 KOs), while Akinwande adds a loss to his record at 40-2-1.
On July 12, 1997, a 41-year-old Henry Akinwande (32-0-1, 19 KOs) got a shot at the heavyweight WBC title held by 31-year-old fellow British boxer Lennox Lewis (30-1, 25 KOs).
Akinwande came in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 1 day. Lewis was on a 5-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 5 days.
Lennox Lewis defeated Henry Akinwande via disqualification and successfully defended his WBC heavyweight title. Lewis improves his record to 31-1, while Akinwande adds a loss to his record at 32-1-1.