David Izonritei
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Born | David Izonritei 29 April 1968 Lagos, Nigeria |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
| Weight | Heavyweight |
| Boxing career | |
| Reach | 83 in (211 cm) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 33 |
| Wins | 27 |
| Win by KO | 23 |
| Losses | 6 |
| Draws | 0 |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Boxing | ||
| Representing File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver medal – second place | 1992 Barcelona | Heavyweight |
| All-Africa Games | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1991 Cairo | Heavyweight |
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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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
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Personal
[edit | edit source]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
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- ^ (6 April 2004) Boxer Izonritei aims a step higher than brother, Sports Illustrated, Retrieved 28 October 2010
External links
[edit | edit source]- Boxing record for David Izonritei from BoxRec (registration required) Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers for Nigeria
- Olympic silver medalists for Nigeria
- Boxers from Lagos
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Nigerian male boxers
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- African Games gold medalists for Nigeria
- African Games gold medalists in boxing
- Boxers at the 1991 All-Africa Games
- Heavyweight boxers
- 20th-century Nigerian sportsmen