David Defiagbon

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Olympic medal record
Silver	Atlanta 1996	Heavyweight

David Dejiro Defiagbon (born June 12, 1970, Sapele, Nigeria) was a Nigerian boxer. Nicknamed "The Dream", Defiagbon fought for Canada and won the heavyweight silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Amateur

He won Gold at welter 1990 at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. In 1992 in Barcelona at the Summer Olympics, he represented Nigeria, and was eliminated in the first round of the light middleweight division (7 to 8 agains Raul Marquez).

Now fighting for Canada he won the heavyweight silver medal (limit 201 lbs) at the 1996 Summer Olympics beating Nate Jones ,losing to Felix Savon.

[edit] 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, who defeated Defiagbon via split decision. In his next fight, he took on Cuban former cruiserweight champ Juan Carlos Gomez, who TKO'd Defiagbon in the 3rd. He has not fought since this devastating loss.