David Izonritei

David Izonritei

Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Nigeria
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	Heavyweight
All-Africa Games
	1991 Cairo	Heavyweight

David Izonritei (born April 29, 1968 in Lagos) is a former Nigerian boxer. Also known as David Izon, Izonritei won the Heavyweight silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Amateur career

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 in the finals.

Professional career

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 . Izon became a popular HBO fighter, and after a victory over Lou Savarese, Izon took on the young, undefeated prospect Michael Grant, and was taken out in less than five rounds. Izon hit the comeback trail, and rang out seven consecutive victories against slight opposition, including a TKO victory over prospect Derrick Jefferson.

He was inactive for most of 2001, as fights with Lennox Lewis (for the heavyweight title), Mike Tyson, and Wladimir Klitschko all fell apart.

By the time he finally returned to the ring he looked a spent force as undefeated Fres Oquendo took him out in three rounds. After the loss to Oquendo, Izon was KO'd by Joe Mesi, and then dropped a decision over Al Cole, proving not only that Izon's days as a legitimate contender were effectively over, but that Izon himself had taken far too much punishment in his career, as is evidenced by his current speech difficulties and slow movements.

Professional boxing record

27 Wins (23 knockouts, 4 decisions), 6 Losses (4 knockouts, 2 decisions)
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	32-11-3	Alfred "Ice" Cole	UD	8	01/03/2003	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	73-79, 73-79, 75-77.
Loss	23-0	"Baby" Joe Mesi	KO	9	18/10/2002	Buffalo, New York, United States	Izon knocked out at 0:09 of the ninth round.
Loss	21-0	Fres "Big O" Oquendo	TKO	3	01/12/2001	New York City, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:54 of the third round.
Win	33-24-3	Mike "Nikki" Sedillo	TKO	3	20/10/2000	Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:24 of the third round.
Win	15-5	Reynaldo "Terminator" Minus	TKO	2	20/05/2000	Biloxi, Mississippi, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:33 of the second round.
Win	22-0-1	Derrick "D-Train" Jefferson	TKO	9	15/01/2000	New York City, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:11 of the ninth round.
Win	17-23-2	Garing "Freight Train" Lane	UD	8	28/08/1999	Tunica, Mississippi, United States	79-75, 78-74, 77-75.
Win	26-4	Terrence "K.O." Lewis	KO	5	04/06/1999	Biloxi, Mississippi, United States	Lewis knocked out at 1:38 of the fifth round.
Win	21-2-2	Darroll "Doin Damage" Wilson	KO	4	14/11/1998	Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States
Win	11-26-3	Marion "The Creep" Wilson	UD	8	18/07/1998	New York City, United States	79-73, 80-72, 80-72.
Loss	26-0	"Big" Michael Grant	TKO	5	17/01/1998	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	IBC World Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:07 of the fifth round.
Win	36-1	Lou Savarese	KO	5	01/11/1997	New York City, United States	Savarese knocked out at 2:44 of the fifth round.
Win	15-20-1	Harry "Heatwave" Daniels	KO	1	11/09/1997	Tallahassee, Florida, United States	79-75, 78-74, 77-75.
Loss	25-0	David Tua	TKO	12	21/12/1996	Uncasville, Connecticut, United States	WBC International Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:54 of the 12th round.
Loss	5-6-2	Maurice "Mo Bettah" Harris	UD	8	15/03/1996	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	75-76, 75-76, 75-78.
Win	4-22-1	Brian "The Lion" Morgan	TKO	8	15/12/1995	Sedan, Ardennes, France
Win	13-6	Cleveland Woods	TKO	8	04/11/1995	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	15-17	Kimmuel Odum	TKO	5	24/10/1995	Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Win	7-15-3	Marion "The Creep" Wilson	DQ	5	23/08/1995	Le Cannet, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Win	12-8	Dan Kosmicki	TKO	5	02/07/1995	Dublin, Ireland	Referee stopped the bout at 1:47 of the fifth round.
Win	9-7	Arturo Lopez	KO	2	11/04/1995	Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Win	9-9-1	Bill Corrigan	KO	1	01/04/1995	Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Win	3-1	Ali Allen	KO	2	04/03/1995	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Allen knocked out at 1:48 of the second round.
Win	7-20-1	Mike Robinson	TKO	5	04/02/1995	Beziers, Herault, France
Win	3-10	William "Gladiator" Campudani	KO	1	03/12/1994	Salta, Argentina
Win	0-5	Isaac Poole	KO	2	16/11/1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	3-4	Rick Sullivan	PTS	6	29/10/1994	Menucourt, Val-d'Oise, France
Win	4-8-1	Krishna Wainwright	TKO	6	14/07/1994	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Win	3-11-2	Laszlo Paszterko	TKO	3	17/04/1994	Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dome, France
Win	4-1	Phillipe Houyvet	TKO	5	19/03/1994	Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Win	4-3	Jean Michel Vauquelin	TKO	2	12/02/1994	Cergy-Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France
Win	4-5	Earl Talley	KO	1	16/10/1993	Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Win	3-2	Carlos Guerreiro	TKO	1	06/03/1993	Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Personal

David's brothers, Roger and Emmanuel Izonritei, are also professional boxers.^[1] David lives in Pensacola, FL with his wife, Laurence (French) and two children, Melissa and Ian.

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for David Izonritei from BoxRec