David Izonritei

David Izonritei
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing Nigeria
Olympic Games
All-Africa Games

David Izon
David Izon
Born	David Izonritei; 29 April 1968 (age 56); Lagos, Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Reach	83 in (211 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
	Boxing record
Total fights	33
Wins	27
Wins by KO	23
Losses	6
Draws	0

David Izonritei (born 29 April 1968) is a Nigerian former boxer. Also known as David Izon, Izonritei won the Heavyweight silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. During his professional career, he defeated world title challengers Derrick Jefferson and Lou Savarese.

Amateur career

Izon had an amateur record that included a silver medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. On his way to the silver medal Izon beat the highly regarded pair of David Tua of New Zealand, and Kirk Johnson of Canada. He lost to Félix Savón of Cuba in the final.

Professional career

Izon began his pro career with 18 consecutive victories prior to being upset by Maurice Harris. In his next fight Izon took on David Tua, and after 11 rounds of action, Tua knocked out Izon.^[1] Izon notably defeated Lou Savarese before losing to Michael Grant, who was undefeated at the time of the fight. Izon then put together a streak of wins before losing his last three fights and retiring from boxing in 2003.

Professional boxing record

27 Wins (23 knockouts, 4 decisions), 6 Losses (4 knockouts, 2 decisions) [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	27-6	Al Cole	UD	8	01/03/2003	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Loss	27-5	Joe Mesi	KO	9	18/10/2002	Buffalo, New York, U.S.	Izon knocked out at 0:09 of the ninth round.
Loss	27-4	Fres Oquendo	TKO	3	01/12/2001	New York City, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 2:54 of the third round.
Win	27-3	Mike Sedillo	TKO	3	20/10/2000	Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 0:24 of the third round.
Win	26-3	Reynaldo Minus	TKO	2	20/05/2000	Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 0:33 of the second round.
Win	25-3	Derrick Jefferson	TKO	9	15/01/2000	New York City, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 0:11 of the ninth round.
Win	24-3	Garing Lane	UD	8	28/08/1999	Tunica, Mississippi, U.S.
Win	23-3	Terrence Lewis	KO	5	04/06/1999	Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.	Lewis knocked out at 1:38 of the fifth round.
Win	22-3	Darroll Wilson	KO	4	14/11/1998	Mashantucket, Connecticut, U.S.
Win	21-3	Marion Wilson	UD	8	18/07/1998	New York City, U.S.
Loss	20-3	Michael Grant	TKO	5	17/01/1998	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.	IBC heavyweight title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:07 of the fifth round.
Win	20-2	Lou Savarese	KO	5	01/11/1997	New York City, U.S.	Savarese knocked out at 2:44 of the fifth round.
Win	19-2	Harry Daniels	KO	1	11/09/1997	Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
Loss	18-2	David Tua	TKO	12	21/12/1996	Uncasville, Connecticut, U.S.	WBC International heavyweight title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:54 of the 12th round.
Loss	18-1	Maurice Harris	UD	8	15/03/1996	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win	18-0	Brian Morgan	TKO	8	15/12/1995	Sedan, Ardennes, France
Win	17-0	Cleveland Woods	TKO	8	04/11/1995	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Win	16-0	Kimmuel Odum	TKO	5	24/10/1995	Levallois-Perret, France
Win	15-0	Marion Wilson	DQ	5	23/08/1995	Le Cannet, France
Win	14-0	Dan Kosmicki	TKO	5	02/07/1995	Dublin, Ireland	Referee stopped the bout at 1:47 of the fifth round.
Win	13-0	Arturo Lopez	KO	2	11/04/1995	Levallois-Perret, France
Win	12-0	Bill Corrigan	KO	1	01/04/1995	Levallois-Perret, France
Win	11-0	Ali Allen	KO	2	04/03/1995	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.	Allen knocked out at 1:48 of the second round.
Win	10-0	Mike Robinson	TKO	5	04/02/1995	Beziers, France
Win	9-0	William Campudani	KO	1	03/12/1994	Salta, Argentina
Win	8-0	Isaac Poole	KO	2	16/11/1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	7-0	Rick Sullivan	PTS	6	29/10/1994	Menucourt, France
Win	6-0	Krishna Wainwright	TKO	6	14/07/1994	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Win	5-0	Laszlo Paszterko	TKO	3	17/04/1994	Clermont-Ferrand, France
Win	4-0	Phillipe Houyvet	TKO	5	19/03/1994	Levallois-Perret, France
Win	3-0	Jean Michel Vauquelin	TKO	2	12/02/1994	Cergy-Pontoise, France
Win	2-0	Earl Talley	KO	1	16/10/1993	Levallois-Perret, France
Win	1-0	Carlos Guerreiro	TKO	1	06/03/1993	Levallois-Perret, France

Personal

David's brothers, Roger and Emmanuel Izonritei, are also professional boxers.^[2] David lives in Pensacola, FL with his wife, Laurence (French) and two children, Melissa and Ian.

References

^ "Showtime - Boxing Boxers - Stats and Profiles". www.sho.com. Archived from the original on 29 December 2003. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ (6 April 2004) Boxer Izonritei aims a step higher than brother, Sports Illustrated, Retrieved 28 October 2010

External links

Boxing record for David Izonritei from BoxRec (registration required)

[1] "Showtime - Boxing Boxers - Stats and Profiles". www.sho.com. Archived from the original on 29 December 2003. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

[1stsource-2] (6 April 2004) Boxer Izonritei aims a step higher than brother, Sports Illustrated, Retrieved 28 October 2010

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v t e All-Africa Boxing Champions in Men's Heavyweight
1965 – 2007: over 81 kg 1987 – 2019: up to 91 kg
1965: Talaat el-Dahsan (EGY) 1973: Fatai Ayinla (NGR) 1978: Joseph Mensah (GHA) 1987: Fred Kaddu (UGA) 1991: David Izonritei (NGR) 1995: Omar Ahmed (KEN) 1999: Mohamed Azzaoui (ALG) 2003: Emmanuel Izonritei (NGR) 2007: Mourad Sahraoui (TUN) 2011: Chouaib Bouloudinat (ALG) 2015: Kennedy St-Pierre (MRI) 2019: Abdelhafid Benchabla (ALG)