naptu2: Innocent Egbunike

This guy looks like Natty Bruce(??), that guy that sang 'ewa jo' and 'Baby girl' back in the late 90s

Ishilove:
This guy looks like Natty Bruce(??), that guy that sang 'ewa jo' and 'Baby girl' back in the late 90s

Gosh! You just tasked my brain! You know how bad it is when you've got a name in the corner of your mind, but you just can't seem to remember?

Ewa jo was sung by an artist from Benin Republic, but I couldn't completely remember his name. It's Nell Oliver. He had a hit in the late '80s, disappeared and reappeared in the late '90s.

Innocent Egbunike was one of Nigeria's best athletes in the early '80s. He won bronze in the relay (4x100 I think) @ Los Angeles 84. He now works as a coach.

Hogan "Kid" Bassey (MBE)



Nigeria's first world boxing champion (became world champion in 1957).

DDick Tiger (Richard Ihetu).


DDick Tiger & Gene Fullmer (remember Tafawa Balewa's conversation with J.F Kennedy? He mention the Nigerian, Ddick Tiger beating the American Gene Fullmer)


At the age of 33, he travelled to San Francisco to challenge the formidably powerful Gene Fullmer for the world middleweight title in (October) 1962. At the end of 15 rounds, Tiger had outmuscled the strongman, and outboxed him too, winning a wide, unanimous decision.

In the return match Fullmer was considered fortunate to be granted a draw. The pair fought for a third time in Liberty Stadium in Ibadan, Nigeria on August the 10th 1963. This was the first ever world title fight in Africa outside of apartheid South Africa. This time Tiger beat Fullmer to a standstill. He forced the American to retire to his corner at the end of the seventh round. After the fight, Tiger was hailed as a Nigerian sporting hero.

Dick Tiger celebrates after defeating Gene Fullmer


Dick Tiger in New York

He became the "in house boxer" @ Madison Square Garden in New York.

Peter Konyegwachie (NIG) vs Meldrick Taylor (USA). Los Angeles 1984 Olympics boxing men's featherweight (54-57 kg) category final.



My dad was furious when the result was announced. Apparently, everybody (including Taylor) except the judges could see that Konyegwachie won.

Taylor got the gold, while Konyegwachie got Nigeria's first olympic silver medal in boxing.

Jeremiah Okorodudu (tribute to Isaac Ikhouria, Davidson Andeh, etc)

Unfortunately, I couldn't get an older pic of him (with his greasy jheri curl).

Bash Ali


Bash Ali vs Joe Lasisi was probably the biggest boxing match in Nigeria in the late 80's/early 90's. It was won by Bash Ali, but Lasisi protested the decision because during the match he saw 2 Bash Ali & he believed that Ali should have been disqualified for using juju (Bendel Insurance). (Obviously he got hit one too many times).

Joe Lasisi

Richard Igbineghu (Nig. in Blue) VS Roberto Balado (Cuba in Red). Final of the Super-Heavyweight (over 91 kilograms) Boxing event at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. Balado won.



I remember that Igbineghu destroyed all his opponents on his way to the final, but Balado was like Mohammed Ali. You couldn't catch him standing still. He was able to avoid Igbineghu's huge fists & land some clean punches of his own.

David Izonritei (a.k.a David Izon)


Heavyweight silver medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

David Defiagbon


Defiagbon won gold in the welterweight division at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland. He later defected to Canada & won the heavyweight silver medal (limit 201 lbs) for them at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta

Duncan Dokiwari


He won a Men's Super Heavyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Henry Akinwande vs Lennox Lewis


Akinwande (former WBO heavyweight champion) was disqualified for excessive holding.

Herbie Hide (Herbert Okechukwu Maduagwu)

Samuel "The Nigerian Nightmare" Peter

@Naptu, this is really good! Thumbs up!

Bronze 1984 Los Angeles 4x400 m relay

World Championships
Silver 1987 Rome 400 m

All-Africa Games
Gold 1987 Nairobi 400 m

Summer Universiade
Gold 1983 Edmonton 200 m



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J021pNZnlw

Recent interview with Egbunike


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuAEZsB8UtM

naptu2:


Innocent Egbunike was one of Nigeria's best athletes in the early '80s. He won bronze in the relay (4x100 I think) @ Los Angeles 84. He now works as a coach.

Biggyd2: @Naptu, this is really good! Thumbs up!

Thanks

GenBuhari: Bronze 1984 Los Angeles 4x400 m relay

World Championships
Silver 1987 Rome 400 m

All-Africa Games
Gold 1987 Nairobi 400 m

Summer Universiade
Gold 1983 Edmonton 200 m



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J021pNZnlw

Recent interview with Egbunike


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuAEZsB8UtM

Thanks bro

Daniel Igali

Daniel Igali was captain of the Nigerian wrestling team at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. He sought political asylum in Canada after the games.

At the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, Igali won a gold medal for Canada in the Men's 69 kg freestyle wrestling. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Igali won a gold medal in the Men's 74 kg freestyle wrestling.

He is currently the coach of Nigeria's national wrestling team.

Power Mike (Michael Okpalla)


Legendary Nigerian professional wrestler.

Killwe Nwachukwu (wrestler & strongman). Did he defeat Power Mike?

Power Uti (Continental Wrestling Alliance Champion)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpg-ZIA2hoY

I remember the great wrestling events at the National Stadium.

Power Uti vs DDick "The Bulldog" Brower.

Power Uti vs Kamala The Ugandan Giant.

Power Uti vs Johnny Kwango

Power Uti vs Ox Baker, etc.

I know Mills Mascaras and Gentleman Chris Adams also wrestled at the National Stadium, but I can't remember who their opponents were.

Ultimate Commander


Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of Mike Bamidele, Ben LionHeart & Elephando Bassey.

naptu2: Bash Ali


Bash Ali vs Joe Lasisi was probably the biggest boxing match in Nigeria in the late 80's/early 90's. It was won by Bash Ali, but Lasisi protested the decision because during the match he saw 2 Bash Ali & he believed that Ali should have been disqualified for using juju (Bendel Insurance). (Obviously he got hit one too many times).

Hey naptu, who was the guy that Bash Ali fought around 1999/2000 when he made this statement " I will intimidate him in the first round; break him down physically in the second round, and knock him out in the third round"? I will never forget that statement. Me and my friends back in secondary school used to have a laugh over that statement. By the way, great job with the this thread; it has been most educative.

OzReal:

Hey naptu, who was the guy that Bash Ali fought around 1999/2000 when he made this statement " I will intimidate him in the first round; break him down physically in the second round, and knock him out in the third round"? I will never forget that statement. Me and my friends back in secondary school used to have a laugh over that statement. By the way, great job with the this thread; it has been most educative.

Thanks bro. That's the promo for the fight against Terry Ray (Sept. 2000).

Peters Emmanuel Oghenejobo


Silver medallist (Taekwondo) @ the Barcelona 1992 Olympics

Chika Chukwumerije


Bronze medallist, Taekwondo Men's +80 kg, @ the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Yeah Terry Ray, that was the guy. lol! But Bash Ali could really run his mouth then; whatever happened to him?

OzReal: Yeah Terry Ray, that was the guy. lol! But Bash Ali could really run his mouth then; whatever happened to him?

He's still trying to break the record for the oldest world champion. He tried to get funding from President Obasanjo to stage the fight in Nigeria. Obasanjo bought the idea at first, but pulled out after Bash Ali performed badly in a warm up fight (he didn't want to sponsor a suicide attempt).

Presidents Yar'Adua and Jonathan ignored him, so he turned to Ghaddafi for funding. He was in Libya when the crisis started and was one of the Nigerians that were evacuated by the Federal Government.

naptu2:

He's still trying to break the record for the oldest world champion. He tried to get funding from President Obasanjo to stage the fight in Nigeria. Obasanjo bought the idea at first, but pulled out after Bash Ali performed badly in a warm up fight (he didn't want to sponsor a suicide attempt).

Presidents Yar'Adua and Jonathan ignored him, so he turned to Ghaddafi for funding. He was in Libya when the crisis started and was one of the Nigerians that were evacuated by the Federal Government.

LOllll.

naptu2: Samuel "The Nigerian Nightmare" Peter

'The Nigerian Nightmare' my black asss. More like the 'The Nigerian Joke'.