David Defiagbon

David Dejiro Defiagbon (12 June 1970 – 24 November 2018) was a Nigerian boxer. Nicknamed "The Dream", Defiagbon fought for Canada and won the heavyweight silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

David Defiagbon
Statistics
Real nameDavid Dejiro Defiagbon
Nickname(s)The Dream
Weight(s)Heavyweight
Height6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Reach82 in (208 cm)
Nationality Nigerian, Canadian
Born(1970-06-12)12 June 1970
Sapele, Delta State, Nigeria
Died24 November 2018(2018-11-24) (aged 48)
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights23
Wins21
Wins by KO12
Losses2
Draws0
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Heavyweight
Representing  Nigeria
Commonwealth Games
1990 Auckland Welterweight
All-Africa Games
1991 Cairo Light-middleweight

Amateur

Born in Sapele, Nigeria, Defiagbon won gold in the welterweight (– 67 kg) division at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. As a light-middleweight, he won a bronze medal in the 1991 All-Africa Games in Cairo.[1] In 1992 in Barcelona at the 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

1996 Summer Olympics

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 Oleg Maskaev, who defeated Defiagbon via split decision. In his final bout, Defiagbon fought Cuba's former world cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez, who scored a TKO stoppage win at heavyweight over Defiagbon in the third round, ending Defiagbon's career.

Professional boxing record
21 Wins (12 knockouts, 9 decisions), 2 Losses (1 knockout, 1 decision)
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Loss 37-1 "Black Panther" Juan Carlos Gomez TKO 3 15/01/2005 Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany Referee stopped the bout at 2:58 of the third round.
Loss 28-5 Oleg "The Big O" Maskaev SD 10 23/07/2004 Atlantic City, New Jersey, US 92-98, 93-96, 95-94.
Win 16-10-3 Ron "El Tejanito" Guerrero TKO 5 12/06/2004 Devonshire Parish, Bermuda WBA Fedecentro Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:09 of the fifth round.
Win 19-14-2 Ken Murphy UD 6 13/03/2004 Columbus, Ohio, US
Win 11-17-3 Joe Lenhart UD 6 26/04/2003 Las Vegas, Nevada, US 60-54, 60-54, 58-56.
Win 7-14-1 Ramon "The Panther" Hayes UD 6 29/09/2002 Lemoore, California, US 60-54, 60-54, 59-55.
Win 25-5 Gary "The Bull" Winmon TKO 2 16/02/2002 Las Vegas, Nevada, US Referee stopped the bout at 1:45 of the second round.
Win 16-8 Reynaldo "The Terminator" Minus TKO 4 28/09/2001 Las Vegas, Nevada, US Referee stopped the bout at 2:41 of the fourth round after Minus had been knocked down twice in the round.
Win 14-8-2 Harold "Hard Roc" Sconiers KO 5 06/07/2001 Reno, Nevada, US
Win 11-21-3 Louis "The Facelifter" Monaco UD 8 04/10/2000 Canyonville, Oregon, US
Win 8-8-3 Agustin Corpus UD 6 24/08/2000 Worley, Idaho, US 59-55, 59-56, 60-54.
Win 6-6-2 Tim Pollard TKO 1 05/05/2000 Las Vegas, Nevada, US Referee stopped the bout at 2:10 of the first round.
Win 5-0 James "Hard to Beat" Jones UD 6 01/07/1999 Tunica, Mississippi, US 60-54, 60-54, 60-54.
Win 14-21-4 John "The Killer" Kiser UD 8 06/05/1999 Tacoma, Washington, US
Win 8-21-2 Terry Verners TKO 1 20/03/1999 Tacoma, Washington, US Referee stopped the fight at 2:24 of the first round.
Win 9-14-6 Wesley "The Wild Wild Wes" Martin UD 6 18/02/1999 Bossier City, Louisiana, US
Win 2-4 Ritchie Goosehead KO 3 06/08/1998 Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada
Win 4-8 Anthony Moore TKO 3 27/06/1998 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Win 3-4-1 Dean Storey KO 1 08/05/1998 Red Deer, Alberta, Canada Storey knocked out at 2:14 of the first round.
Win 3-9-1 Don Laliberte KO 2 13/02/1998 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Win 0-1 Dwight Staten TKO 1 23/01/1998 Las Vegas, Nevada, US Referee stopped the bout at 2:03 of the first round.
Win 3-5-1 Alonzo Hollis UD 6 04/03/1997 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Win 0-1 Bill Dorsch TKO 1 19/10/1996 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Referee stopped the bout at 2:34 of the first round.

Death

Defiagbon died of heart complications in Las Vegas, Nevada on 24 November 2018.[2] He was 48.

References
  1. "Nigeria Boxing Competitions". Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  2. Former Olympic boxer David Defiagbon dead at 48


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.