Peter Konyegwachie
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Peter Konyegwachie was a Nigeria
n boxer
.He hails from Ogwashi-Uku,the town that also produced another sport(football) great,Austin "Jay Jay"Okocha.The town is the head quarters of Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State,Nigeria.He attended Adaigbo Secondary School.At the 1984 Summer Olympics
he won Nigeria's first ever silver medal in the men's Featherweight (54-57 kg) category.
Konyegwachie turned pro in 1986 and won his first 15 fights prior to getting stopped by a journeyman in 1990. He retired after the bout at 15-1-0.
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
n boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
.He hails from Ogwashi-Uku,the town that also produced another sport(football) great,Austin "Jay Jay"Okocha.The town is the head quarters of Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State,Nigeria.He attended Adaigbo Secondary School.At the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
he won Nigeria's first ever silver medal in the men's Featherweight (54-57 kg) category.
Konyegwachie turned pro in 1986 and won his first 15 fights prior to getting stopped by a journeyman in 1990. He retired after the bout at 15-1-0.
Olympic results
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Ali Faki (Malawi) 5-0
- Defeated Rafael ZuñigaRafael ZuñigaRafael Zuñiga Medrano is a retired Colombian boxer, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in the Men's Featherweight division. Zuñiga won the bronze medal in the same weight category a year earlier at the 1983 Pan American Games.-References:*...
(Colombia) 4-1 - Defeated Charles Lubulwa (Uganda) 5-0
- Defeated Türgüt AykaçTürgüt AykaçTürgüt Aykaç is a former boxer from Turkey. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division , alongside with Omar Catari of Venezuela...
(Turkey) 5-0 - Lost to Meldrick TaylorMeldrick TaylorMeldrick Taylor is a former Olympic gold medalist and world boxing champion in two weight classes.-Amateur career:...
(United States) 0-5