David Defiagbon

David Defiagbon
David Defiagbon
Born	David Dejiro Defiagbon; 12 June 1970; Sapele, Delta State, Nigeria
Died	24 November 2018 (aged 48); Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Nationality	Nigerian; Canadian;
Other names	The Dream
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Reach	82 in (208 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
	Boxing record
Total fights	23
Wins	21
Wins by KO	12
Losses	2
Draws	0
Men's boxing
Representing Canada
Olympic Games
Representing Nigeria
Commonwealth Games
All-Africa Games

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

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

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

Professional

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

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

Death

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

References

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

External links

Boxing record for David Defiagbon from BoxRec (registration required)
David Defiagbon at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
David Defiagbon at Olympics.com
David Defiagbon at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

[1] "Nigeria Boxing Competitions". Retrieved 21 February 2019.

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