Richard Igbineghu

Richard Igbineghu

Personal information
Full name	Richard Igbineghu-Bango
Nationality	Nigeria
Born	(1968-04-21) 21 April 1968 Ibadan, Oyo State
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Super Heavyweight
Medal record Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Super Heavyweight All-Africa Games 1991 Cairo Super Heavyweight

Richard Igbineghu (born April 21, 1968 in Ibadan) 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

• Defeated Gytis Juškevičius (Lithuania), KO 2
• Defeated Svilen Rusinov (Bulgaria), 9-7
• Lost to Roberto Balado (Cuba), 2-13

Professional career

Fighting under the name Richard Bango, Igbineghu turned pro in 1994 and has had limited success. Although he began his career 16-0, Bango took three years off, from 1996-99. 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

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
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
Win	17-13	Armando Grueso	TKO	8	21/06/2003	Albufeira, Portugal
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
Win	14-101-5	Frankie Hines	KO	2	20/04/2000	Virginia, United States
Win	7-10	Rodney McSwain	UD	6	15/04/2000	Bayboro, North Carolina, United States
Win	7-2	Marcus Johnson	UD	6	20/07/1999	Windsor, Ontario, Canada	59-53, 59-55, 58-54.
Win	2-34	George Harris	KO	2	26/06/1999	Gallatin, Tennessee, United States
Win	--	Willard Lockhart	KO	1	17/07/1996	New York City, United States
Win	3-2	Mark Johnson	TKO	2	19/06/1996	Newark, New Jersey, United States
Win	3-3	Jihad Abdulaziz	TKO	3	27/04/1996	New York City, United States
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
Win	3-0	Archie Perry	PTS	4	05/11/1994	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	2-5-1	John Pierre	TKO	3	25/10/1994	Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Win	19-20-1	Steve Garber	KO	1	30/07/1994	Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom

External links

• Professional boxing record for Richard Igbineghu from BoxRec
• sports-reference