Richard Igbineghu-Bango (born 21 April 1968) is a Nigerian boxer. At the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

he won the

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, e ...

in the men's super heavyweight (+ 91 kg) category.

Olympic results

*Defeated

Gytis Juškevičius Gytis Juškevičius (born 22 February 1966) is a Lithuanian boxer. He competed in the men's super heavyweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'esti ...

(Lithuania), KO 2 *Defeated

Svilen Rusinov Svilen Aldinov Rusinov ( bg, Свилен Алдинов Русинов; born February 29, 1964 in Teteven) is a Bulgarian boxer, who twice competed at the Summer Olympics for his native country. He won a bronze medal in the super heavyweight ...

(Bulgaria), 9-7 *Lost to Roberto Balado (Cuba), 2-13

Professional career

Fighting under the name Richard Bango, Igbineghu turned pro in 1994 with moderate success. Although he began his career 16–0, Bango took three years off, from 1996 to 1999. 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 Alexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" Povetkin (russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Пове́ткин; born 2 September 1979) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2021. He held the WBA (Regular) heav ...

, via a 2nd-round KO.

Professional boxing record

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Igbineghu, Richard 1968 births Living people Super-heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers for Nigeria Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Nigeria Sportspeople from Ibadan Olympic medalists in boxing Nigerian male boxers Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 1991 All-Africa Games