David Defiagbon

David Defiagbon
Data
Birth Name	David Dejiro Defiagbon
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	Nigerian - Canadian
birthday	June 12, 1970
place of birth	Sapele
Date of death	November 24, 2018
Place of death	Las Vegas , Nevada , United States
size	1.96 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	23
Victories	21st
Knockout victories	12
Defeats	2

David Defiagbon (born June 12, 1970 in Sapele , Nigeria , † November 24, 2018 in Las Vegas , Nevada , United States ) was a Nigerian-Canadian heavyweight boxer.

amateur

In 1990 he won the Commonwealth Games in Auckland in the welterweight division. In 1991 he took part as a light middleweight at the World Cup in Sydney and was eliminated there in the quarterfinals against the eventual winner Juan Carlos Lemus .

In 1992, as a representative of Nigeria at the Olympic Games in Barcelona in the light middleweight division, he did not get beyond the first round, he lost a wafer-thin 7 to 8 against Raúl Márquez from the USA .

His participation in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta was more successful , where he won the silver medal. Meanwhile (kg 91) in the heavyweight division and for the Canadian antretend team, he reached in the Olympic boxing tournament by a controversial Disqualifikationssieg against Christophe Mendy and one point victory over the Americans Nate Jones the final and had there only of Cuban legend Felix Savón but significantly beat with 2 to 20. His record was 180-20.

professional

Defiagbon turned pro in 1996, but never really got going. He remained undefeated for a long time until he lost on points in his 22nd professional match against Oleg Maskayev in 2004 . Against Juan Carlos Gómez he had no chance in January 2005 and went into the third knockout. After this fight, he ended his career.

Web links

• David Defiagbon in the BoxRec database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Former Olympic boxer David Defiagbon dead on November 48th, 28th 2018 (English).