Career
Efetobor Apochi entered international boxing competition at the 2011 All-Africa Games, where he surprised the boxing world by taking second. Apochi then represented Nigeria at the 2013 World Championships, winning his first match before falling to the eventual gold medalist, Teymur Mammadov. In January 2014, Apochi joined the Mexico Guerreros of the World Series of Boxing.
At the 2014, Efetobor Apochi captained the Nigerian boxing team
In the semi-finals, Apochi lost to the eventual gold medalist, Samir El Mais. Apochi studied microbiology at the Federal University of Technology Owerri.