David Dejiro Defiagbon was a Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

n boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

. Nicknamed "The Dream", Defiagbon fought for Canada and won the heavyweight silver medal

Olympic medalists in boxing

This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in boxing from 1904 to 2008.-Light flyweight:*1968 - : up to 48 kg.-Flyweight:*1904: up to 105 lb *1920-1936: up to 112 lb *1948-1964: up to 51 kg...

 at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

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Amateur

Defiagbon won gold in the welterweight division at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

Boxing at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand, from January 24 to February 3.- Light Flyweight :- Flyweight :- Bantamweight :...

. In 1992 in Barcelona

Barcelona

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 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

Olympic medalists in boxing

This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in boxing from 1904 to 2008.-Light flyweight:*1968 - : up to 48 kg.-Flyweight:*1904: up to 105 lb *1920-1936: up to 112 lb *1948-1964: up to 51 kg...

 (limit 201 lbs) at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

 beating Nate Jones

Nate Jones

Nathaniel Henry Jones was a boxer. Nicknamed "The Snake", Jones won the National Golden Gloves 1994 and 1995 and the Heavyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.- Amateur career:...

, losing to Félix Savón

Félix Savón

Félix Savón Fabre is a Cuban heavyweight boxer, a winner of three gold medals at the Olympic Games. Savón is considered a legend in amateur boxing and has won six world titles....

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Results

1990 Commonwealth Games

• Defeated James Pender (Scotland) RSCH-3
• Defeated Alfred Ankamah
  Alfred Ankamah
  Alfred Addo Ankamah is a Ghanaian professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.-Amateur career:...
  
   (Ghana) 5-0
• Defeated Anthony Mwamba (Zambia) 4-1
• Defeated Greg Johnson (Canada) 5-0

1992 Summer Olympics

• Lost to Raúl Márquez
  Raul Marquez
  Raúl Márquez is a former American professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division and is the former IBF Light Middleweight Champion. Márquez also represented the U.S...
  
   (United States) 7-8

1996 Summer Olympics

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Omar Ahmed
  Omar Ahmed
  Omar Ahmed is an amateur boxer from Kenya, who is also known as Ahmed Rajab Omari. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's heavyweight division at the 1995 All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe.Ahmed represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia,...
  
   (Kenya) 15-4
• Defeated Christophe Mendy
  Christophe Mendy
  Christophe Mendy is a retired boxer who competed for France in the heavyweight division during the 1990s. He won the bronze medal at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, Germany, where he was defeated in the semifinals by Cuban legend Félix Savón...
  
   (France) DQ 3 (1:01)
• Defeated Nate Jones
  Nate Jones
  Nathaniel Henry Jones was a boxer. Nicknamed "The Snake", Jones won the National Golden Gloves 1994 and 1995 and the Heavyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.- Amateur career:...
  
   (United States) 10-16
• Lost to Félix Savón
  Félix Savón
  Félix Savón Fabre is a Cuban heavyweight boxer, a winner of three gold medals at the Olympic Games. Savón is considered a legend in amateur boxing and has won six world titles....
  
   (Cuba) 2-20

Pro

Defiagbon began his pro 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 6'5". In his first step up, he took on comebacking Oleg Maskaev

Oleg Maskaev

Oleg Alexandrovich Maskaev is a Russian professional boxer and a former WBC heavyweight champion. He is an ethnic Mordvin.-Boxing career:Maskaev, a former mine worker, began his career in the 1980s as an amateur boxer in the Soviet Union, where he held a victory over world champion Vitali...

, who defeated Defiagbon via split decision. In his next fight, he took on Cuban former cruiserweight champ Juan Carlos Gomez

Juan Carlos Gomez

Juan Carlos Gómez is a professional boxer. A former Cuban amateur star, he is also a former WBC Cruserweight Champion and a devout Muslim. He lives in and boxes out of Orlando, Florida, USA.-Early years and defection:...

, who TKO'd Defiagbon in the 3rd. He has not fought since this devastating loss.

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