Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each. Five judges scored the fighters in real time and the boxer with the most points at the end was the winner.
Nigeria competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics, except the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, because of the African boycott. Nigerian Olympic Committee sent a total of 72 athletes, 24 men and 48 women, to the Games to compete in 10 sports. For the first time in its Olympic history, Nigeria was represented by more female than male athletes. Women's basketball and women's football were the only team-based sports in which Nigeria had its representation at these Games. There was only a single competitor in men's freestyle wrestling.
Sunday Ogochukwu Oliseh is a Nigerian football manager and former player. In his active playing career he played as a defensive midfielder. Physical yet technically gifted, he played for top European clubs including Ajax, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus. He is widely regarded as one of the best African midfielders of all time.
Ahmed Sadiq is a Nigerian boxer who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for Nigeria. There he was outscored in the first round of the Lightweight (60 kg) division by Cuba's eventual winner Mario César Kindelán Mesa. One year earlier, he won the gold medal in his weight division at the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria.
Emmanuel Weingkro Izonritei (Izon-Eritei) is a boxer from Bayelsa State of Nigeria.Boxer at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games India. He was an athlete in the 2004 Summer Olympics for Nigeria, where he lost in the round of 16 to Naser Al Shami of Syria, who eventually won the bronze. In 2003, he won gold against Mohamed Elsayed in the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria. His brother David won a silver model in boxing in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Served in the Nigeria Airforce 1999 - 2005, also Served in the British Army 2008 -2013, He did a tour of Afghanistan "OP Herrick 10" 2009.
Muideen Ganiyu is a boxer from Nigeria, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native West African country. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the Featherweight (57 kg) division by DPR Korea's eventual runner-up Song Guk Kim. One year earlier, he won the silver medal in the same weight division at the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria.
Aleksei Viktorovich Tishchenko is a former Russian Olympic boxer best known for dominating the lower weight classes and winning numerous titles. He was regarded as "one of the best pound for pound Olympic boxers in the world".
Davis Mwale is a boxer from Zambia.
Nasserredine Fillali is a boxer from Algeria.
Abdel Hani Kenzi is a boxer from Algeria.
Fatai Ayinla-Adekunle was an amateur boxer from Nigeria, who won the gold medal in the men's heavyweight division at the 1973 All-Africa Games in Lagos, Nigeria. He was born in Ibadan, Oyo. Ayinla represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1968 and 1972. He claimed a bronze medal at the first World Amateur Boxing Championships in Havana, Cuba (1974).
The 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Gaborone, Botswana from March 15 to March 22, 2004. It was the second and last chance for amateur boxers from Africa to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria. The number one and two earned a ticket for the Olympic Tournament in Athens, Greece, except for the heavyweight and super heavyweight division.
Nigeria Olympic football team represents Nigeria in international football competitions in Olympic Games. The selection is limited to male players under the age of 23, except during the Olympic Games where the use of three overage players is allowed. The team is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation. In four appearances at the Olympic games, the team won gold in 1996, silver in 2008 and bronze in 2016.
Fred Jessey is a retired amateur Nigerian freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's welterweight category. He represented his nation Nigeria at the 2004 Summer Olympics and produced a remarkable tally of four career medals, including a bronze in the 66-kg division at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England and a welterweight title at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja. Jessey also trained for his native Bayelsa State's wrestling club under his personal coach Jackson Bidei.
Efetobor Wesley Apochi is the captain of the Nigerian boxing team and has represented Nigeria in several international tournaments as a heavyweight.
Endalkachew Kebede is a retired amateur Ethiopian boxer. He claimed a silver medal in the light flyweight division at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria, and also represented his nation Ethiopia at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Efe Ajagba is a Nigerian professional boxer who holds the record for the fastest victory in boxing history after his opponent was disqualified for leaving the ring one second after the opening bell. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the 2015 African Games and bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Rund Kanika is a boxer from Zaire, who competed in the light-heavyweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Danika lost his opening bout to Osmond Imadiyi of Nigeria. Kanika won the gold medal in the light-heavyweight division at the 1987 All-Africa Games, defeating Mustapha Moussa of Algeria in the final.
Clotilde Essiane aka Junior is a Cameroonian boxer, mixed martial artist and a retired footballer, who currently lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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