By Jim Dower: 36-year-old former world title challenger Ola Afolabi (22-5-4, 11 KOs) has reportedly retired from the sport as of his birthday on March 15.
Afolabi lost his last fight to former WBO cruiserweight Marco Huck by a 10th round knockout last February at the Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle, Germany. Afolabi’s left eye swelled up badly, and that was the reason why the fight was halted.
Afolabi wanted to get out of the sport while he still had his mental faculties in order.
“When you get old, the first things you lose are timing and reflexes. Although I tried my very best and worked really hard, I lost the fight,” he wrote, referring to his fourth meeting with Huck,” Afolabi said via ESPN.com.
By Paul Lam: On Saturday 27th February, one of contemporary boxing’s most underrated rivalries came to a conclusive end in Halle, Germany as Ola Afolabi was retired on his stool at the end of the tenth round of his fourth meeting with former WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck. It marked the first time that Afolabi had been stopped in his career. 
By Jeff Aranow: Fighting each other for the fourth time, former WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (39-3-1, 26 KOs) stopped #4 IBF Olab Afolabi (22-5-4, 11 KOs) at the end of the 10th round on Saturday night to capture the 35-year-old Afolabi’s IBO cruiserweight title at the Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle, Germany. 
By Allan Fox: #3 IBF Ola Afolabi (21-3-4, 10 KOs) will be challenging International Boxing Federation cruiserweight champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (29-1, 14 KOs) for his title on December 6th at a still to be determined venue in Germany. 
By Allan Fox: IBF cruiserweight champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (29-1, 14 KOs) has got a very tough fight ahead of him in Ola Afolabi (21-3-4, 10 KOs), who the International Boxing Federation [IBF] had made the 29-year-old Hernandez’s IBF cruiserweight mandatory challenger.