David Defiagbon
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David Defiagbon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | David Dejiro Defiagbon 12 June 1970 Sapele, Delta State, Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 November 2018 , U.S. | (aged 48)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other names | The Dream | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight(s) | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boxing record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total fights | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Draws | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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David Dejiro Defiagbon (12 June 1970 – 24 November 2018) was a Nigerian
heavyweight silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics
.
Amateur
Born in
Summer Olympics
he represented Nigeria and was eliminated in the first round of the light middleweight division (7 to 8 against Raúl Márquez).
Defiagbon went on to fight for Canada for whom he won the
heavyweight silver medal (limit 201 lbs) at the 1996 Summer Olympics beating Nate Jones, losing to Félix Savón
.
Results
1990 Commonwealth Games
- Defeated James Pender (Scotland) RSCH-3
- Defeated Alfred Ankamah (Ghana) 5–0
- Defeated Anthony Mwamba (Zambia) 4–1
- Defeated Greg Johnson (Canada) 5–0
1992 Summer Olympics
- Lost to Raúl Márquez (United States) 7–8
1996 Summer Olympics
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Omar Ahmed (Kenya) 15–4
- Defeated Christophe Mendy (France) DQ 3 (1:01)
- Defeated Nate Jones (United States) 10–16
- Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba) 2–20
Professional
Defiagbon began his professional career that same year and won his first 21 fights against limited competition, and was a significantly undersized heavyweight with little power although he was 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) tall. In his first step up, he took on comebacking
Juan Carlos Gomez
, who scored a TKO stoppage win at heavyweight over Defiagbon in the third round, ending Defiagbon's career.
Professional boxing record
Death
Defiagbon died of heart complications in Las Vegas, Nevada on 24 November 2018.[2] He was 48.
References
- ^ "Nigeria Boxing Competitions". Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ Former Olympic boxer David Defiagbon dead at 48
External links
- Boxing record for David Defiagbon from BoxRec (registration required)
- David Defiagbon at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- David Defiagbon at Olympics.com
- David Defiagbon at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)