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David Defiagbon

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David Defiagbon
Born
David Dejiro Defiagbon

(1970-06-12)12 June 1970
Died24 November 2018(2018-11-24) (aged 48)
Nationality
Other namesThe Dream
Statistics
Weight(s)Heavyweight
Height6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Reach82 in (208 cm)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights23
Wins21
Wins by KO12
Losses2
Draws0
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Heavyweight
Representing  Nigeria
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1990 Auckland Welterweight
All-Africa Games
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Cairo Light-middleweight

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.

Amateur

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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

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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

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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

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21 Wins (12 knockouts, 9 decisions), 2 Losses (1 knockout, 1 decision) [1]
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Loss 37–1 Cuba Juan Carlos Gomez TKO 3 2005-01-15 Germany Magdeburg, Germany Referee stopped the bout at 2:58 of the third round.
Loss 28–5 United States Oleg Maskaev SD 10 2004-07-23 United States Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
Win 16–10–3 United States Ron Guerrero TKO 5 2004-06-12 Bermuda Devonshire Parish, Bermuda WBA Fedecentro Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:09 of the fifth round.
Win 19–14–2 United States Ken Murphy UD 6 2004-03-13 United States Columbus, Ohio, US
Win 11–17–3 United States Joe Lenhart UD 6 2003-04-26 United States Las Vegas, Nevada, US
Win 7–14–1 United States Ramon Hayes UD 6 2002-09-29 United States Lemoore, California, US
Win 25–5 United States Gary Winmon TKO 2 2002-02-16 United States Las Vegas, Nevada, US Referee stopped the bout at 1:45 of the second round.
Win 16–8 The Bahamas Reynaldo Minus TKO 4 2001-09-28 United States 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 United States Harold Sconiers KO 5 2001-07-06 United States Reno, Nevada, US
Win 11–21–3 United States Louis Monaco UD 8 2000-10-04 United States Canyonville, Oregon, US
Win 8–8–3 Mexico Agustin Corpus UD 6 2000-08-24 United States Worley, Idaho, US
Win 6–6–2 United States Tim Pollard TKO 1 2000-05-05 United States Las Vegas, Nevada, US Referee stopped the bout at 2:10 of the first round.
Win 5–0 United States James Jones UD 6 1999-07-01 United States Tunica, Mississippi, US
Win 14–21–4 United States John Kiser UD 8 1999-05-06 United States Tacoma, Washington, US
Win 8–21–2 United States Terry Verners TKO 1 1999-03-20 United States Tacoma, Washington, US Referee stopped the fight at 2:24 of the first round.
Win 9–14–6 United States Wesley Martin UD 6 1999-02-18 United States Bossier City, Louisiana, US
Win 2–4 Canada Ritchie Goosehead KO 3 1998-08-06 Canada Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada
Win 4–8 United States Anthony Moore TKO 3 1998-06-27 Canada Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Win 3–4–1 Canada Dean Storey KO 1 1998-05-08 Canada Red Deer, Alberta, Canada Storey knocked out at 2:14 of the first round.
Win 3–9–1 Canada Don Laliberte KO 2 1998-02-13 Canada Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Win 0–1 United States Dwight Staten TKO 1 1998-01-23 United States Las Vegas, Nevada, US Referee stopped the bout at 2:03 of the first round.
Win 3–5–1 United States Alonzo Hollis UD 6 1997-03-04 Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Win 0–1 United States Bill Dorsch TKO 1 1996-10-19 Canada Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Referee stopped the bout at 2:34 of the first round.

Death

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

References

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