Izu Ugonoh

Izuagbe Ugonoh
Statistics
Nickname(s) Izu
Rated at Cruiserweight
Heavyweight
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Reach 84 in (213 cm)
Nationality Polish
Born (1986-11-02) 2 November 1986
Szczecin, West Pomerania
Poland
Boxing record
Total fights 15
Wins 15
Wins by KO 12
Losses 0

Izuagbe Ugonoh (born November 2, 1986 in Szczecin, Poland) is a Polish professional boxer and kickboxer of Nigerian descent. He graduated from the Jędrzej Śniadecki University School of Physical Educations and Sport in Gdańsk. Ugonoh is currently ranked as the WBO number 15 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 look into mirror, he doesn't know “what happened”, according to his skin color as ethnic Poles are Caucasian.[5]

Professional boxing record

15 fights, 15 wins (12 knockouts), 0 losses[6]
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
15 Win 15–0 Mexico Vincente Sandez KO 1 (10), 1:11 05 Dec 2015 New Zealand Claudelands Arena, Hamilton, Waikato Retained interim WBO Africa Heavyweight title.
14 Win 14–0 Ghana Ibrahim Labaran TKO 1 (10), 2:38 15 Oct 2015 New Zealand Trusts Stadium, Henderson, Auckland Won interim WBA Oceania & WBO Africa Heavyweight titles.
13 Win 13–0 New Zealand Will Quarrie KO 2 (10), 2:14 01 Aug 2015 New Zealand Stadium Southland, Invercargill, Southland
12 Win 12–0 New Zealand Julius Long UD 8 13 Jun 2015 New Zealand Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North, Manawatu
11 Win 11–0 New Zealand Thomas Peato TKO 2 (6), 1:15 05 Mar 2015 New Zealand Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau, Auckland
10 Win 10–0 New Zealand Junior Maletino Iakopo TKO 2 (6), 1:04 16 Oct 2014 New Zealand Trusts Stadium, Henderson, Auckland
9 Win 9–0 Poland Lukasz Rusiewicz UD 6 23 Feb 2013 Poland Ergo Arena, Gdańsk, Pomeranian
8 Win 8–0 France Mathieu Monnier TKO 5 (6) 08 Dec 2012 Poland Spodek, Katowice, Silesian
7 Win 7–0 Germany Björn Blaschke TKO 6 (6), 1:05 17 Mar 2012 Poland MOSiR Ice Rink, Krynica-Zdrój, Lesser Poland
6 Win 6–0 Latvia Florians Strupits TKO 1 (6), 1:50 03 Dec 2011 Poland Hilton Warsaw Hotel and Convention Centre, Warsaw, Masovian
5 Win 5–0 Turkey Fatih Ceyhan RTD 3 (4), 3:00 12 Nov 2011 Poland Gdynia Sports Arena, Gdynia, Pomeranian
4 Win 4–0 Austria Patrick Berger TKO 2 (4), 2:08 15 Oct 2011 Poland Spodek, Katowice, Silesian
3 Win 3–0 Germany Rashid Raad UD 4 02 Apr 2011 Poland Łuczniczka, Bydgoszcz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian
2 Win 2–0 Czech Republic Pavel Habr TKO 1 (4), 2:47 20 Nov 2010 Poland AZS PWSZ Nysa, Nysa, Opole
1 Win 1–0 Lithuania Igor Papunia KO 1 (4), 1:29 16 Oct 2010 Poland Arena Legionowo, Legionowo, Masovian Professional debut.

References

  1. ↑ "World Light Contact, Low Kick, K -1 Villach, Austria 19-26.10.2009 Rules". Polish Association of Kickboxing. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Bałanda and European champions Ugonoh". trojmiasto.pl. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Description of the championship fights Izu website GKSK Corpus". gkskcorpus.pl. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Impressive victory 'Izu' in debut". ringpolska.pl. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ "Izu Ugonoh - Boxer". BoxRec.

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