David Izonritei (born 29 April 1968) is a Nigerian former

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. Also known as David Izon, Izonritei won the Heavyweight silver medal at the

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. During his professional career, he defeated world title challengers

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Lou Savarese Lou Savarese (born July 14, 1965) is an American former professional boxer from Greenwood Lake, New York. On April 26, 1997, he challenged for the Lineal Heavyweight Championship, and lost by a controversial split decision to the Lineal World He ...

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

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of Canada. He lost to Félix Savón of Cuba in the final.

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 notably defeated Lou Savarese before losing to Michael Grant, who was undefeated at the time of the fight. Izon then put together a streak of wins before losing his last three fights and retiring from boxing in 2003.

Professional boxing record

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Personal

David's brothers, Roger and

Emmanuel Izonritei Emmanuel Weingkro Izonritei (Izon-Eritei) (born 31 October 1978) is a boxer from Bayelsa State of Nigeria.Boxer at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games India (Gold Medallist). He was an athlete in the 2004 Summer Olympics for Nigeria, where he lost ...

, are also professional boxers.(6 April 2004
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'', Retrieved 28 October 2010 David lives in Pensacola, FL with his wife, Laurence (French) and two children, Melissa and Ian.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Izonritei, David 1963 births Living people Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Nigeria Olympic silver medalists for Nigeria Sportspeople from Lagos Olympic medalists in boxing Nigerian male boxers Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 1991 All-Africa Games Heavyweight boxers