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Listen to Dick Tiger Radio Documentary on BBC

July 29, 2006

29.07.06 – Forty years have passed since Nigerian boxer Dick Tiger pulled off one of the greatest feats in African sporting history. The 37-year-old veteran shocked the boxing world when he became the first-ever world middleweight boxing champion to rise in weight and win the world light heavyweight title. The year was 1966. For many Nigerians, he was more than just a fighter, but for nearly two decades Dick Tiger was largely forgotten..

Gavin Evans in this week’s African Perspective explores how such an illustrious boxing career became overshadowed by the turmoil of Nigeria’s politics.

Featuring:

Jose Torres (Former World Light Heavyweight Champion)

Ron Lipton (World Championship Referee & Tiger’s sparring partner)

Richard Ihetu Jnr ( Dick Tiger’s eldest son)

Adeyinka Makinde (Biographer of Dick Tiger)

To Listen to this programme go to the following link

Then click on the audio to launch a stand alone player

Note: The programme is available to listen to until 19:06hrs on Saturday, August 5th 2006.





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