Izu Ugonoh

Izuagbe Ugonoh
Izuagbe Ugonoh
Statistics
Nickname(s)	Izu
Rated at	Cruiserweight; Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Reach	84 in (213 cm)
Nationality	Polish
Born	2 November 1986 (age 37); Szczecin, West Pomerania; Poland
Boxing record
Total fights	15
Wins	15
Wins by KO	12
Losses	0

Izuagbe Ugonoh (born November 2, 1986 in Szczecin, Poland) is a Polish professional boxer and kickboxer of Nigerian descent. He graduated from the Jędrzej Śniadecki University School of Physical Educations and Sport in Gdańsk. Ugonoh is currently ranked as the WBO number 15 heavyweight boxer in the world.

Biography

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.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009, in the Austrian city of Villach, he won the Kickboxing World Championships gold medal in the formula K-1 Rules to 91 kg.^[1] In 2010, he became European champion in the same formula in Baku. He met the local Azeri Zamika Atakisziwa in the final.^[2]^[3]

On October 16, 2010, he made his debut as a boxer in Legionowo beating by a first round KO Igoris Papunia from Lithuania.^[4] 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 look into mirror, he doesn't know “what happened”, according to his skin color as ethnic Poles are Caucasian.^[5]

Professional boxing record

15 fights, 15 wins (12 knockouts), 0 losses^[6]
No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
15	Win	15–0	Vincente Sandez	KO	1 (10), 1:11	05 Dec 2015	Claudelands Arena, Hamilton, Waikato	Retained interim WBO Africa Heavyweight title.
14	Win	14–0	Ibrahim Labaran	TKO	1 (10), 2:38	15 Oct 2015	Trusts Stadium, Henderson, Auckland	Won in. WBA Oceania & WBO Africa Heavyweight titles.
13	Win	13–0	Will Quarrie	KO	2 (10), 2:14	01 Aug 2015	Stadium Southland, Invercargill, Southland
12	Win	12–0	Julius Long	UD	8	13 Jun 2015	Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North, Manawatu
11	Win	11–0	Thomas Peato	TKO	2 (6), 1:15	05 Mar 2015	Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau, Auckland
10	Win	10–0	Junior Maletino Iakopo	TKO	2 (6), 1:04	16 Oct 2014	Trusts Stadium, Henderson, Auckland
9	Win	9–0	Lukasz Rusiewicz	UD	6	23 Feb 2013	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk, Pomeranian
8	Win	8–0	Mathieu Monnier	TKO	5 (6)	08 Dec 2012	Spodek, Katowice, Silesian
7	Win	7–0	Björn Blaschke	TKO	6 (6), 1:05	17 Mar 2012	MOSiR Ice Rink, Krynica-Zdrój, Lesser Poland
6	Win	6–0	Florians Strupits	TKO	1 (6), 1:50	03 Dec 2011	Hilton Warsaw Hotel, Warsaw, Masovian
5	Win	5–0	Fatih Ceyhan	RTD	3 (4), 3:00	12 Nov 2011	Gdynia Sports Arena, Gdynia, Pomeranian
4	Win	4–0	Patrick Berger	TKO	2 (4), 2:08	15 Oct 2011	Spodek, Katowice, Silesian
3	Win	3–0	Rashid Raad	UD	4	02 Apr 2011	Łuczniczka, Bydgoszcz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian
2	Win	2–0	Pavel Habr	TKO	1 (4), 2:47	20 Nov 2010	AZS PWSZ Nysa, Nysa, Opole
1	Win	1–0	Igor Papunia	KO	1 (4), 1:29	16 Oct 2010	Arena Legionowo, Legionowo, Masovian	Professional debut.