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Dick Tiger (born Richard Ihetu; August 14, 1929 – December 14, 1971) was a Nigerian professional boxer who held the undisputed middleweight and light-heavyweight championships. Tiger emigrated to Liverpool, England to pursue his boxing career and later to the United States.
Webb was down once in the 2nd, and twice in the 6th. Mercante and Rossi gave all five rounds to Tiger, Recht scored one even and gave the rest to Tiger. Armstrong was knocked down in the 3rd and 7th round. After he was knocked down again in the 9th and rose unsteady, referee Ruby Goldstein chose to stop the bout.
Apr 25, 2024 · Dick Tiger (born August 14, 1929, Amaigbo, Orlu, Nigeria—died December 14, 1971, Nigeria) was a Nigerian professional boxer, world middleweight (160 pounds) and light heavyweight (175 pounds) champion during the 1960s. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.)
Aug 8, 2022 · Height: 173cm. Reach: 180cm. Pro Boxer: Record. Manager: Lew Burston. Trainers: Jimmy August, Chickie Ferrera. Cutman: Freddie Brown. Dick Tiger Photo Gallery. Professional record. 4 opponents (2 by KO) beaten for World Title. 2 opponents * (1 by KO) for World Light Heavyweight Title. 3 opponents * (1 by KO) for World Middleweight Title.
Dec 16, 1971 · Dick Tiger, twice the world middleweight boxing champion and once the light‐heavyweight titleholder, died of a liver ailment Monday night at his home in Aba, Nigeria. He was 42 years old....
Boxing Biographies. The Dutch Destroyer: Dick Tiger’s Biography. If you’re interested in learning about the life and career of the legendary boxer Dick Tiger, then look no further.
He died forty two years later in Nigeria. In between he established himself as one of the best pound for pound fighters of the 1960′s. He was known to the boxing world as Dick Tiger. It was a very fitting moniker for the man who was crowned world champion on three occasions. Dick turned professional in 1952 after a brief amateur career.
Dick Tiger (born Richard Ihetu; August 14, 1929 – December 14, 1971) was a Nigerian-born professional boxer who held the World Middleweight and World Light Heavyweight Championships. Tiger emigrated to Liverpool, England to pursue his boxing career and later to the United States.
Tiger was an aggressive counterpuncher. He would move forward and try to draw his opponent into an exchange. Tiger would then try to counter his opponents punches with bombs of his own. The African was an extremely hard puncher, relying on a devastating left hook to render foes unconscious. In 1962, Tiger exploded onto the American boxing scene ...
Mar 6, 2017 · If Nigeria ever had a boxer with uncommon re silience - the ability to move from punishing defeats to major title victories - that boxer un doubtedly was Dick Ihetu. The story ofhow he came to be nicknamed Tiger, an animal that does not existanywhere in his native Africa, has….
