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Emeka Okafor
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Tunji Awojobi
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Michael "The Kandi Man" Olowokandi
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Olumide Oyedeji
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Mactabene Amachree
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Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwan
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Bronze medalist, African Basketball Championship (1979)

Ime Udoka
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Mfon Udoka
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Ishilove: LWKMD!! Pyguru eh!!! Or is it the NL word censor at work here?? Which one be 'manliness' again?

I typed Ddick, not 'manliness' o!!

rofl

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.

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

Peters Emmanuel Oghenejobo
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Silver medallist (Taekwondo) @ the Barcelona 1992 Olympics

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).

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

I just saw the video.

One of the suspects said he hit the boys twice. He also said two policemen came to the scene. One of the policemen pleaded with the mob to let the students go, but the mob refused. The second policeman hit the students a few times, then asked the mob to hand the students over to the police, but the mob refused.

Another suspect said he's a taxi driver. He said he was trying to prevent the mob from beating the students. He said he even put up his hands to try and defend the students.

Police did not allow journalists to interview the Chief.

Power Uti (Continental Wrestling Alliance Champion)
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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.

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

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Power Mike (Michael Okpalla)
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Legendary Nigerian professional wrestler.

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.

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



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Recent interview with Egbunike


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Thanks bro

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

Thanks

Wow! I just listened to their statements on radio. Some of the arrested people were trying to absolve themselves. One said he only hit the boys twice, while another said he told the mob to leave the boys alone.


Some of them said the policemen who were present at the scene joined in beating the students.

Samuel "The Nigerian Nightmare" Peter
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Herbie Hide (Herbert Okechukwu Maduagwu)

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Henry Akinwande vs Lennox Lewis
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Akinwande (former WBO heavyweight champion) was disqualified for excessive holding.

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

David Defiagbon
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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

David Izonritei (a.k.a David Izon)
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Heavyweight silver medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

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.

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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.

Joe Lasisi
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Bash Ali
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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).

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

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