Richard_Igbineghu
Richard Igbineghu
Nigerian boxer (born 1968)
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.
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| Full name | Richard Igbineghu-Bango | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Nigeria | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1968-04-21) 21 April 1968 (age 55) Ibadan, Oyo State | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Super Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Close
- Defeated Gytis Juškevičius (Lithuania), KO 2
- Defeated Svilen Rusinov (Bulgaria), 9–7
- Lost to Roberto Balado (Cuba), 2–13
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.
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Win | 17–13 |  Armando Grueso |
TKO | 8 | 21/06/2003 | Albufeira, Portugal |
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| 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 |
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| Win | 14–101–5 | Frankie Hines |
KO | 2 | 20/04/2000 |  Virginia, United States |
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| Win | 7–10 | Rodney McSwain |
UD | 6 | 15/04/2000 |  Bayboro, North Carolina, United States |
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| Win | 7–2 | Marcus Johnson |
UD | 6 | 20/07/1999 |  Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
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| Win | 2–34 | George Harris |
KO | 2 | 26/06/1999 | Gallatin, Tennessee, United States |
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| Win | -- | Willard Lockhart | KO | 1 | 17/07/1996 |  New York City, United States |
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| Win | 3–2 | Mark Johnson |
TKO | 2 | 19/06/1996 |  Newark, New Jersey, United States |
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| Win | 3–3 | Jihad Abdulaziz |
TKO | 3 | 27/04/1996 | New York City, United States |
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| 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 |
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| Win | 3–0 | Archie Perry |
PTS | 4 | 05/11/1994 |  Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
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| Win | 2–5–1 | John Pierre |
TKO | 3 | 25/10/1994 | Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 19–20–1 | Steve Garber |
KO | 1 | 30/07/1994 | Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom |
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- Boxing record for Richard Igbineghu from BoxRec (registration required)
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