Richard Igbineghu

Richard Igbineghu-Bango (born 21 April 1968) is a Nigerian boxer. At the 1992 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's super heavyweight (+ 91 kg) category.

Richard Igbineghu

Personal information
Full name	Richard Igbineghu-Bango
Nationality	Nigeria
Born	(1968-04-21) 21 April 1968 (age 57) Ibadan, Oyo State
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Super Heavyweight
Medal record Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Super Heavyweight All-Africa Games 1991 Cairo Super Heavyweight

Olympic results

• Defeated Gytis Juškevičius (Lithuania), KO 2
• Defeated Svilen Rusinov (Bulgaria), 9–7
• Lost to Roberto Balado (Cuba), 2–13

Professional career

Fighting under the name Richard Bango, Igbineghu turned pro in 1994 with moderate success. Although he began his career 16–0, Bango took three years off, from 1996 to 1999. At the advanced age of 36, Bango took on his first real challenge, goliath Nikolay Valuev. Bango was TKO'd in the 6th round. In 2006, Bango dropped his second loss, to a young Alexander Povetkin, via a 2nd-round KO.

Professional boxing record

17 Wins (13 knockouts, 4 decisions), 2 Losses (2 knockouts, 0 decisions)
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	5–0	Alexander Povetkin	KO	2	04/03/2006	Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany	Bango knocked out at 2:20 of the second round.
Win	4–7–1	Marian Tudor	TKO	2	20/05/2005	Tres Cantos, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
Loss	36–0	Nikolay "Russian Giant" Valuev	TKO	6	24/07/2004	Frankfurt, Brandenburg, Germany	WBA Intercontinental Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:50 of the sixth round.
Win	1–1	Gerson Domingos	PTS	6	16/04/2004	Leganés, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
Win	17–13	Armando Grueso	TKO	8	21/06/2003	Albufeira, Portugal
Win	18–1	Adewale "Tiger" Abbey	KO	6	29/03/2003	Ibadan, Nigeria	Nigeria Heavyweight Title.
Win	15–55–1	Roy Bedwell	TKO	1	24/06/2000	Covington, Tennessee, United States
Win	14–101–5	Frankie Hines	KO	2	20/04/2000	Virginia, United States
Win	7–10	Rodney McSwain	UD	6	15/04/2000	Bayboro, North Carolina, United States
Win	7–2	Marcus Johnson	UD	6	20/07/1999	Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Win	2–34	George Harris	KO	2	26/06/1999	Gallatin, Tennessee, United States
Win	--	Willard Lockhart	KO	1	17/07/1996	New York City, United States
Win	3–2	Mark Johnson	TKO	2	19/06/1996	Newark, New Jersey, United States
Win	3–3	Jihad Abdulaziz	TKO	3	27/04/1996	New York City, United States
Win	0–3	Roy "Chicken" Little	KO	1	21/11/1995	Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States	Little knocked out at 0:50 of the first round.
Win	7–7–2	Dennis "The Menace" Bailey	TKO	1	17/02/1995	Cumbernauld, Scotland, United Kingdom
Win	3–0	Archie Perry	PTS	4	05/11/1994	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	2–5–1	John Pierre	TKO	3	25/10/1994	Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Win	19–20–1	Steve Garber	KO	1	30/07/1994	Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom

External links

• Boxing record for Richard Igbineghu from BoxRec (registration required)
• sports-reference