David Defiagbon

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.

David Defiagbon

Personal information
Nickname	The Dream
Nationality	Nigerian Canadian
Born	David Dejiro Defiagbon (1970-06-12)12 June 1970 Sapele, Delta State, Nigeria
Died	24 November 2018(2018-11-24) (aged 48) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight	Heavyweight
Boxing career
Reach	82 in (208 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	23
Wins	21
Win by KO	12
Losses	2
Draws	0
Medal record Men's boxing Representing  Canada Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Heavyweight Representing  Nigeria Commonwealth Games 1990 Auckland Welterweight All-Africa Games 1991 Cairo Light-middleweight

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] At the 1992 Summer Olympics, he 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 boxing record

21 Wins (12 knockouts, 9 decisions), 2 Losses (1 knockout, 1 decision)
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.