Izu Ugonoh
Izuagbe Ugonoh | |
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Statistics | |
Nickname(s) | Izu |
Rated at |
Cruiserweight Heavyweight |
Height | 6 ft 3.5 in (1.92 m) |
Reach | 84 in (213 cm) |
Nationality | Polish |
Born |
Szczecin, West Pomerania Poland | 2 November 1986
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 17 |
Wins | 17 |
Wins by KO | 14 |
Losses | 0 |
Izuagbe Ugonoh (born November 2, 1986 in Szczecin, Poland) is a Polish professional boxer and kickboxer. He graduated from the Jędrzej Śniadecki University School of Physical Educations and Sport in Gdańsk. Ugonoh is currently ranked as the WBO number 12 and IBF number 13 heavyweight boxer in the world.
Biography
Izuagbe was born to Nigerian parents in the Polish city of Szczecin. He trained kick boxing at Gdańsk club GKSK Corpus. Due to his similarity in appearance and fighting style he is sometimes called the Polish Remy Bonjasky. He has also been inspired by Gökhan Saki.
In 2009, in the Austrian city of Villach, he won the Kickboxing World Championships gold medal in the formula K-1 Rules to 91 kg.[1] In 2010, he became European champion in the same formula in Baku. He met the local Azeri Zamika Atakisziwa in the final.[2][3]
On October 16, 2010, he made his debut as a boxer in Legionowo beating by a first round KO Igoris Papunia from Lithuania.[4] He fought his second professional fight on November 20, 2010, in a show in Nysa, during which he defeated Pavel Habra by technical KO in the first round.
Ugonoh also played a wrestling cameo in the Polish movie Afonia and the bees (2009) directed by Jan Jakub Kolski.
He calls himself a "black Pole" and says that he proudly represents Poland on international arena. He often jokes that when he looks into mirror, he doesn't know "what happened", according to his skin color as ethnic Poles are Caucasian.[5]
Professional boxing record
Professional record summary | ||
17 fights | 17 wins | 0 losses |
By knockout | 14 | 0 |
By decision | 3 | 0 |
By disqualification | 0 | 0 |
No contests | 0 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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17 | Win | 17–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (10) | 01 Oct 2016 | ![]() |
Won vacant IBF Mediterranean heavyweight title |
16 | Win | 16–0 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (10), 1:47 | 21 Jul 2016 | ![]() |
Retained WBO Africa interim heavyweight title |
15 | Win | 15–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10), 1:11 | 05 Dec 2015 | ![]() |
Retained WBO Africa interim heavyweight title |
14 | Win | 14–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (10), 2:38 | 15 Oct 2015 | ![]() |
Won WBA Oceania & WBO Africa interim heavyweight titles |
13 | Win | 13–0 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10), 2:14 | 01 Aug 2015 | ![]() |
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12 | Win | 12–0 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | 13 Jun 2015 | ![]() |
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11 | Win | 11–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (6), 1:15 | 05 Mar 2015 | ![]() |
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10 | Win | 10–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (6), 1:04 | 16 Oct 2014 | ![]() |
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9 | Win | 9–0 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | 23 Feb 2013 | ![]() |
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8 | Win | 8–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (6) | 08 Dec 2012 | ![]() |
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7 | Win | 7–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (6), 1:05 | 17 Mar 2012 | ![]() |
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6 | Win | 6–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (6), 1:50 | 03 Dec 2011 | ![]() |
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5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() |
RTD | 3 (4), 3:00 | 12 Nov 2011 | ![]() |
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4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (4), 2:08 | 15 Oct 2011 | ![]() |
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3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
UD | 4 | 02 Apr 2011 | ![]() |
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2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (4), 2:47 | 20 Nov 2010 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (4), 1:29 | 16 Oct 2010 | ![]() |
Professional debut |
References
- ↑ "World Light Contact, Low Kick, K -1 Villach, Austria 19-26.10.2009 Rules". Polish Association of Kickboxing. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
- ↑ "Bałanda and European champions Ugonoh". trojmiasto.pl. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
- ↑ "Description of the championship fights Izu website GKSK Corpus". gkskcorpus.pl. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
- ↑ "Impressive victory 'Izu' in debut". ringpolska.pl. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
- ↑ "Ugonoh: Z dumą reprezentuję Polskę". sport.dziennik.pl. 24 March 2010.