BOXER

Dick Tiger

1929 - 1971

Dick Tiger

Richard Ihetu GCOI (August 14, 1929 – December 14, 1971), professionally known as Dick Tiger was a Nigerian professional boxer who held the undisputed middleweight and light-heavyweight championships. Tiger emigrated to Liverpool, England to pursue his boxing career and later to the United States. Tiger was Igbo and served as a Lieutenant in the Biafran army during the Nigerian Civil War, primarily training soldiers in hand-to-hand combat. Tiger was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dick Tiger is the 152nd most popular boxer (down from 109th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 45th in 2019) and the most popular Nigerian Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Dick Tiger ranks 152 out of 496. Before him are Rodrigo Valdez, Anders Petersen, Andy Ruiz Jr., Abel Laudonio, Horacio Accavallo, and Emanuel Steward. After him are Naseem Hamed, James J. Jeffries, Manfred Wolke, Washington Rodríguez, Salvador Sánchez, and Claudio Barrientos.

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Rodrigo Valdez
1946 - 2017
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 146
Anders Petersen
1899 - 1966
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 147
Andy Ruiz Jr.
1989 - Present
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 148
Abel Laudonio
1938 - 2014
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 149
Horacio Accavallo
1934 - 2022
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 150
Emanuel Steward
1944 - 2012
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 151
Dick Tiger
1929 - 1971
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 152
Naseem Hamed
1974 - Present
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 153
James J. Jeffries
1875 - 1953
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 154
Manfred Wolke
1943 - 2024
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 155
Washington Rodríguez
1944 - 2014
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 156
Salvador Sánchez
1959 - 1982
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 157
Claudio Barrientos
1936 - 1982
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 158

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Dick Tiger ranks 451. Before him are Kazimierz Kutz, Ivor Allchurch, James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, Nirmal Verma, and Josef Kloimstein. After him are Betty Carter, John Davies, J. B. Lenoir, Toimi Alatalo, Jiří Hledík, and Antonina Seredina. Among people deceased in 1971, Dick Tiger ranks 208. Before him are Basil Dearden, Fernando Quiroga Palacios, Ángel Médici, Wolfgang Krull, Frederick Sheffield, and Louis Armand. After him are Leo Burnett, Betty Bronson, Diana Lynn, Jimmy Gallagher, Lil Hardin Armstrong, and Jadwiga Smosarska.

Others Born in 1929

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Kazimierz Kutz
FILM DIRECTOR
1929 - 2018
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 445
Ivor Allchurch
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 1997
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 446
James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife
NOBLEMAN
1929 - 2015
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 447
Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro
MATHEMATICIAN
1929 - 2009
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 448
Nirmal Verma
WRITER
1929 - 2005
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 449
Josef Kloimstein
ATHLETE
1929 - 2012
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 450
Dick Tiger
BOXER
1929 - 1971
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 451
Betty Carter
SINGER
1929 - 1998
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 452
John Davies
JUDGE
1929 - 2020
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 453
J. B. Lenoir
MUSICIAN
1929 - 1967
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 454
Toimi Alatalo
ATHLETE
1929 - 2014
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 455
Jiří Hledík
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 2015
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 456
Antonina Seredina
ATHLETE
1929 - 2016
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 457