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Sounaila Sagnon

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Sounaila Sagnon
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Born4 June 1966 (1966-06-04) (age 58)
Sport
SportBoxing

Sounaila Sagnon (born 4 June 1966) is a Burkinabé boxer who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]

Sagnon entered the light-middleweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics and received a bye in the first round, in the second round bout he beat Ugandan boxer John Bosco Waigo when the referee stopped the fight after 1 minute 51 seconds of the first round, his next fight was against Soviet Union boxer Yevgeni Zaytsev, the Russian was too strong for Sagnon and the fight was stopped in the second round.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Sounaila Sagnon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Seoul Olympic Games Official Report" (PDF). la84.org. p. 320. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
Olympic Games
Preceded by
First
Flagbearer for  Burkina Faso
1988 Seoul
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