Izu Ugonoh
| Izuagbe Ugonoh | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Nickname(s) | Izu |
| Rated at |
Cruiserweight Heavyweight |
| Height | 6 ft 3.5 in (1.92 m) |
| Reach | 84 in (213 cm) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Born |
2 November 1986 Szczecin, West Pomerania Poland |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 18 |
| Wins | 17 |
| Wins by KO | 14 |
| Losses | 1 |
Izuagbe Ugonoh (born November 2, 1986 in Szczecin, Poland) is a Polish professional boxer and kickboxer. He graduated from the Jędrzej Śniadecki University School of Physical Educations and Sport in Gdańsk. Ugonoh is currently ranked as the WBO number 12 and IBF number 13 heavyweight boxer in the world.
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 K-1 Rules to 91 kg, defeating Vladimir Mineev. In 2010, he became European champion in the same formula in Baku. He met the local Zamig Athakishiyev in the final.
On October 16, 2010, he made his debut as a boxer in Legionowo beating by a first round KO Igoris Papunia from Lithuania. 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 looks into mirror, he "doesn't know what happened", referring to his skin color as ethnic Poles are White.
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