Nojim Maiyegun

Nojim Maiyegun
Data
Birth Name	Nojim Maiyegun
Weight class	medium weight
nationality	Nigerian
birthday	February 21, 1944
place of birth	Lagos
Combat Statistics
Struggles	16
Victories	12
Knockout victories	10
Defeats	4th

Nojim Maiyegun (born February 21, 1944 in Lagos ) is a retired Nigerian middleweight boxer.

career

Before his professional career, he won the bronze medal in the light middleweight division at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 , and lost in the semifinals to Joseph Gonzales from France . He achieved another success in 1966 when he finished third at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston .

In 1971 Maiyegun turned professional and fought almost exclusively in Germany and Austria . His career went without any major highlights. His match record is positive - twelve wins and four point defeats - but his career did not really get going. Primarily he boxed against lower-class opponents. Three of his opponents can be described as important: Jorge Fernández from Argentina , to whom he lost in June 1972; Denny Moyer of the USA , whom he defeated on points in January 1973; and in his last fight in December 1973 Domenico Tiberia from Italy , against whom he was defeated on points. Maiyegun later went blind. Doctors suspect this was due to violent boxing beatings.

Web links

• Nojim Maiyegun in the BoxRec database