Anwar Oshana was an ethnic Assyrian

Assyrian people

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 boxer in the Super Middleweight

Super middleweight

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 division between 1994 and 2005. He fought 28 times, winning 23 and losing 5.

In 1997 he won the Illinois

Illinois

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 State Super Middleweight Title and the IBF Great Lakes Regional Super Middleweight Title. After compiling a 20 fight unbeaten run Oshana suffered a defeat to world rated Thomas Tate

Thomas Tate

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. His poor defence let him down at the very highest level and he suffered further losses to Omar Shieka, Jeff Lacy

Jeff Lacy

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 and Joe Spina

Joe Spina

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before retiring in 2005.