Sport & Note

Dick TIGER

Male

(Richard Ihetu)
Middleweight - Light-Heavyweight, Nigeria
Based in Liverpool, England and New York City, USA
Born: August 14, 1929, Ubahu village, Amaigbo, Nigeria
Died: December 15, 1971, Amaigbo, Nigeria
(died of liver cancer)
Height: 5ft 8in, mt 1,72
Weight: 158-168 lbs

By July, 1971 Dick Tiger was diagnosed with cancer of the liver in New York City.
He came back to Nigeria on 18th July, 1971. His international passport was confiscated
and the Government refused his request to go out of Nigeria to undergo radical treatment for his cancer.

Tiger was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991.
The Ring magazine named him Fighter of the Year in 1962 and 1965.
The Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) named him Fighter of the Year in 1962 and 1966.
Was voted in 2002 by The Ring magazine as the 31st greatest fighter of the last 80 years.

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1952
+ Jan. 1	Simon Eme	Aba, Nigeria	KO 2
+ Sept. 1	Koko Kid	Port Harcourt, Nigeria	W 8
+ Oct. 1	Easy Dynamite	Port Harcourt, Nigeria	KO 1
- Dec. 13	Tommy West	Lagos, Nigeria	L 10
1953
+ Jan. 1	Lion Ring	Lagos, Nigeria	TKO 6
+ Jan. 30	Blackie Power	Lagos, Nigeria	W 6
+ Feb. 1	Simon Eme	Lagos, Nigeria	W 8
- May 20	Tommy West	Lagos, Nigeria	TKO by 7
(For Nigerian Middleweight Title)
1954
- Jan. 29	Tommy West	Lagos, Nigeria	L 6
+ Feb. 1	Robert Nwanne	Lagos, Nigeria	KO 2
+ June 12	Mighty Joe	Aba, Nigeria	W 6
+ July 18	Super Human Power	Aba, Nigeria	W 8
+ Nov. 1	Peter Okptra	Lagos, Nigeria	KO 8
1955
+ Jan. 1	Koko Kid	Amaigbo, Nigeria	KO 6
+ Jan. 31	Raheem Fagbemi	Lagos, Nigeria	W 8
+ May 1	John Ama	Lagos, Nigeria	KO 2
+ Aug. 31	Bolaji Johnson	Lagos, Nigeria	W 8
- Dec. 8	Alan Dean	Liverpool, Great Britain	L 6
1956
- Jan. 27	Gerry McNally	Blackpool, Great Britain	L 8
- Mar. 1	Jimmy Lynas	Blackpool, Great Britain	L 8
- Mar. 22	George Roe	Liverpool, Great Britain	L 8
+ May 3	Dennis Rowley	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO 1
+ May 10	Alan Dean	Liverpool, Great Britain	W 8
+ May 28	Wally Scott	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	TKO 4
+ July 2	Jimmy Lynas	Blackpool, Great Britain	W 8
- Oct. 18	Alan Dean	Liverpool, Great Britain	L 6
+ Nov. 9	Alan Dean	Blackpool, Great Britain	W 8
1957
+ Apr. 29	Johnny Read	Piccadilly, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ May 14	Terry Downes	Shoreditch, Great Britain	TKO 5
+ June 4	Marius Dori	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO 7
- July 15	Willie Armstrong	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	L 8
+ July 25	Alan Dean	Liverpool, Great Britain	W 8
+ Sept. 9	Phil Edwards	Cardiff, Great Britain	W 10
+ Oct. 21	Jean Claude Poisson	Cardiff, Great Britain	W 10
= Nov. 11	Pat McAteer	Cardiff, Great Britain	Draw 10
+ Nov. 28	Paddy Delargy	Birmingham, Great Britain	KO 6
1958
+ Jan. 13	Jean Ruellet	Hull, Great Britain	W 8
+ Feb. 3	Jimmy Lynas	Manchester, Great Britain	KO 7
+ Feb. 25	Johnny Read	Harringay, Great Britain	KO 6
+ Mar. 27	Pat McAteer	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO 9
(Won Commonwealth Middleweight Title)
+ May 1	Billy Ellaway	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO 2
- June 24	Spider Webb	Kensington, Great Britain	L 10
+ Oct. 14	Yolande Pompey	Wembley, Great Britain	W 10
1959
- Mar. 19	Randy Sandy	Liverpool, Great Britain	L 10
+ May 12	Randy Sandy	Wembley, Great Britain	W 10
= June 5	Rory Calhoun	New York, USA	Draw 10
- July 17	Rory Calhoun	Syracuse, USA	L 10
+ Sept. 2	Gene Armstrong	Camden, USA	W 10
+ Sept. 30	Joey Giardello	Chicago, USA	W 10
- Nov. 4	Joey Giardello	Cleveland, USA	L 10
+ Dec. 30	Holly Mims	Chicago, USA	W 10
1960
+ Feb. 24	Gene Armstrong	Chicago, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 1	Victor Zalazar	Boston, USA	W 10
- June 22	Wilf Greaves	Edmonton, Canada	L 15
(Lost Commonwealth Middleweight Title)
+ Nov. 30	Wilf Greaves	Edmonton, Canada	TKO 9
(Regained Commonwealth Middleweight Title)
1961
+ Feb. 18	Gene Armstrong	New York, USA	TKO 9
+ Apr. 15	Spider Webb	New York, USA	KO 6
+ May 15	Hank Casey	New Orleans, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 16	William Pickett	New York, USA	W 10
1962
+ Jan. 20	Florentino Fernandez	Miami Beach, USA	TKO 6
+ Mar. 31	Henry Hank	New York, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 23	Gene Fullmer	San Francisco, USA	W 15
(Won vacant WBA Middleweight Title)
1963
= Feb. 23	Gene Fullmer	Las Vegas, USA	Draw 15
(Retained World Middleweight Title)
+ Aug. 10	Gene Fullmer	Ibadan, Nigeria	TKO 7
(Retained World Middleweight Title)
- Dec. 7	Joey Giardello	Atlantic City, USA	L 15
(Lost World Middleweight Title)
1964
+ July 31	Jose Monon Gonzalez	New York, USA	TKO 6
+ Sept. 11	Don Fullmer	Cleveland, USA	W 10
- Oct. 16	Joey Archer	New York, USA	L 10
1965
+ Mar. 12	Juan Carlos Rivero	New York, USA	TKO 6
+ May 20	Rubin Carter	New York, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 21	Joey Giardello	New York, USA	W 15
(Regained World Middleweight Title)
1966
+ Feb. 18	Peter Mueller	Dortmund, Germany	KO 3
- Apr. 25	Emile Griffith	New York, USA	L 15
(Lost World Middleweight Title)
+ Dec. 16	Jose Torres	New York, USA	W 15
(Won World Light-Heavyweight Title)
1967
+ Feb. 5	Abraham Tomica	Port Harcourt, Nigeria	TKO 5
+ May 16	Jose Torres	New York, USA	W 15
(Retained World Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 17	Roger Rouse	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 12
(Retained World Light-Heavyweight Title)
1968
- May 24	Bob Foster	New York, USA	KO by 4
(Lost World Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 25	Frank DePaula	New York, USA	W 10
1969
+ May 26	Nino Benvenuti	New York, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 14	Andy Kendall	New York, USA	W 10
1970
- July 15	Emile Griffith	New York, USA	L 10

Summary

Total bouts: 82, Won: 60 (27 inside the limit), Lost: 19 (2 inside the limit), Draw: 3, NC: 0