- David Defiagbon
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David Defiagbon Personal information Born June 12, 1970 Medal recordMen's Boxing Olympic Games Competitor for Canada
Silver 1996 Atlanta Heavyweight Commonwealth Games Competitor for Nigeria
Gold 1990 Auckland Welterweight David Dejiro Defiagbon (born June 12, 1970 in Sapele, Nigeria) was a Nigerian boxer. Nicknamed "The Dream", Defiagbon fought for Canada and won the heavyweight silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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Amateur
Defiagbon won gold in the welterweight division at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. 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
- 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
Pro
Defiagbon began his pro 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 6'5". In his first step up, he took on comebacking Oleg Maskaev, who defeated Defiagbon via split decision. In his next fight, he took on Cuban former cruiserweight champ Juan Carlos Gomez, who TKO'd Defiagbon in the 3rd. He has not fought since this devastating loss.
External links
- Professional boxing record for David Defiagbon from BoxRec
Commonwealth Boxing Champions in Men's Welterweight 1930 – 2002: up to 67 kg • 2006: up to 69 kg 1930: Leonard Hall (RSA) • 1934: Dave McCleave (ENG) • 1938: Bill Smith (AUS) • 1950: Terry Ratcliffe (ENG) • 1954: Nicholas Gargano (ENG) • 1958: Joseph Greyling (RSA) • 1962: Wallace Coe (NZL) • 1966: Eddie Blay (GHA) • 1970: Emma Ankudey (GHA) • 1974: Mohamed Muruli (UGA) • 1978: Mike McCallum (JAM) • 1982: Chris Pyatt (ENG) • 1986: Darren Dyer (ENG) • 1990: David Defiagbon (NGR) • 1994: Neil Sinclair (NIR) • 1998: Jeremy Molitor (CAN) • 2002: Daniel Geale (AUS) • 2006: Bongani Mwelase (RSA)
Categories:- Nigerian boxers
- Canadian boxers
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers of Canada
- Olympic boxers of Nigeria
- Olympic silver medalists for Canada
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- African boxing biography stubs
- Nigerian sportspeople stubs
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