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Richard Igbineghu

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Richard Igbineghu
Personal information
Full nameRichard Igbineghu-Bango
Nationality Nigeria
Born (1968-04-21) 21 April 1968 (age 56)
Ibadan, Oyo State
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classSuper Heavyweight
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Super Heavyweight
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 1991 Cairo Super Heavyweight

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.

Olympic results

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Professional career

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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.

Professional boxing record

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17 Wins (13 knockouts, 4 decisions), 2 Losses (2 knockouts, 0 decisions)[1]
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Loss 5–0 Russia Alexander Povetkin KO 2 04/03/2006 Germany Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany Bango knocked out at 2:20 of the second round.
Win 4–7–1 Romania Marian Tudor TKO 2 20/05/2005 Spain Tres Cantos, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
Loss 36–0 Russia Nikolay "Russian Giant" Valuev TKO 6 24/07/2004 Germany Frankfurt, Brandenburg, Germany WBA Intercontinental Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:50 of the sixth round.
Win 1–1 Portugal Gerson Domingos PTS 6 16/04/2004 Spain Leganés, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
Win 17–13 Colombia Armando Grueso TKO 8 21/06/2003 Portugal Albufeira, Portugal
Win 18–1 Nigeria Adewale "Tiger" Abbey KO 6 29/03/2003 Nigeria Ibadan, Nigeria Nigeria Heavyweight Title.
Win 15–55–1 United States Roy Bedwell TKO 1 24/06/2000 Tennessee Covington, Tennessee, United States
Win 14–101–5 United States Frankie Hines KO 2 20/04/2000 Virginia Virginia, United States
Win 7–10 United States Rodney McSwain UD 6 15/04/2000 North Carolina Bayboro, North Carolina, United States
Win 7–2 United States Marcus Johnson UD 6 20/07/1999 Canada Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Win 2–34 United States George Harris KO 2 26/06/1999 Tennessee Gallatin, Tennessee, United States
Win -- Willard Lockhart KO 1 17/07/1996 New York (state) New York City, United States
Win 3–2 United States Mark Johnson TKO 2 19/06/1996 New Jersey Newark, New Jersey, United States
Win 3–3 United States Jihad Abdulaziz TKO 3 27/04/1996 New York (state) New York City, United States
Win 0–3 United States Roy "Chicken" Little KO 1 21/11/1995 Michigan Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States Little knocked out at 0:50 of the first round.
Win 7–7–2 United Kingdom Dennis "The Menace" Bailey TKO 1 17/02/1995 Scotland Cumbernauld, Scotland, United Kingdom
Win 3–0 United States Archie Perry PTS 4 05/11/1994 Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win 2–5–1 United Kingdom John Pierre TKO 3 25/10/1994 United Kingdom Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Win 19–20–1 United Kingdom Steve Garber KO 1 30/07/1994 United Kingdom Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
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