David Izonritei

David Izonritei (born 29 April 1968) is a Nigerian former boxer. Also known as David Izon, Izonritei won the Heavyweight silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. During his professional career, he defeated world title challengers Derrick Jefferson and Lou Savarese.

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 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

Loss

UD 8 1 Mar 2003

Loss

KO 9 18/10/2002

Loss

TKO 3 01/12/2001

Win

TKO 3 20/10/2000

Win

TKO 2 20/05/2000

Win

TKO 9 15/01/2000

Win

UD 8 28/08/1999

Win

KO 5 04/06/1999

Win

KO 4 14 Nov 1998

Win

UD 8 18 Jul 1998

Loss

TKO 5 17/01/1998

Win

KO 5 01/11/1997

Win

KO 1 11/09/1997

Loss

TKO 12 21/12/1996

Loss

UD 8 15/03/1996

Win

TKO 8 15/12/1995

Win

TKO 8 04/11/1995

Win

TKO 5 24/10/1995

Win

DQ 5 23/08/1995

Win

TKO 5 02/07/1995

Win

KO 2 11/04/1995

Win

KO 1 01/04/1995

Win

KO 2 04/03/1995

Win

TKO 5 04/02/1995

Win

KO 1 03/12/1994

Win

KO 2 16/11/1994

Win

PTS 6 29/10/1994

Win

TKO 6 14/07/1994

Win

TKO 3 17/04/1994

Win

TKO 5 19/03/1994

Win

TKO 2 12/02/1994

Win

KO 1 16/10/1993

Win

TKO 1 06/03/1993

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