Podcast appearances and mentions of dick tiger

He was twice champion of the world. He gave away everything he owned for a country that lasted three years. He died at 42 working as a museum guard, and his grave lies in weeds.Richard Ihetu - Dick Tiger - was born in Amaigbo in 1929. He sold empty bottles in Aba market. He fought his way to two world titles and brought the first world championship ever contested on African soil home to Ibadan. Then Biafra happened, and he chose his people over everything he had built.CHAPTERS00:00 Intro01:46 The name02:50 Amaigbo04:23 My father dies05:26 Bottles, Aba06:13 The tap07:01 Becoming a fighter08:01 Liverpool11:29 Liberty Stadium, Ibadan13:53 Abigail, and the eight14:44 What I built17:17 Biafra17:40 The medal19:49 What the war took20:39 I can't complain21:20 The museum22:12 The grave23:00 The adviceThis is the second episode in the Age 2 Age historical strand, where I take someone from our history and answer my own questions in their voice, the same questions I ask every guest on this show.A note on how this is made: this is a reconstruction, not a recording. Every fact you hear is sourced. The sentences themselves are mine, written from that research. Where the record is silent or sources disagree, I say so in the episode rather than filling the gap.---SOURCES & FURTHER READINGPRIMARY SOURCESAdeyinka Makinde, "Dick Tiger: The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal" (Word Association Publishers, 2005). The first full biography of Tiger and the backbone of this episode. It is required reading on a Modern African Sports History course at the University of Florida.BBC World Service, "African Perspective: Dick Tiger" (produced by Gavin Evans, broadcast August 2006). Radio documentary featuring Adeyinka Makinde, Tiger's eldest son Richard Ihetu Jr., sparring partner Ron Lipton, and Jose Torres, plus archival audio of Tiger himself.Dave Anderson, "Dick Tiger, 42, Nigerian Boxer Who Won World Titles, Dead," The New York Times, 16 December 1971. The contemporary obituary, and the source for his career earnings, his properties in Aba, and his own words on losing them.Justina Ihetu, "In Africa's Honor." Written by Tiger's daughter.Daily Trust, "48 years after, Dick Tiger's grave lies desolate" and "Dick Tiger: Not A Befitting Tomb For A Champion." Reported from Amaigbo. He is buried beside his wife Abigail.ADDITIONAL SOURCESEncyclopaedia Britannica — Dick TigerBoxRec — career record and biographical notesOxford African American Studies Center — Dick TigerIkenna Okoli, "Remembering Dick Tiger; Once The Pride Of Nigeria," Sahara Reporters, 12 August 2012Steve Bunce, "Dick Tiger was a champion at war," Boxing News, 5 March 2022A.J. Liebling's contemporary boxing writing on TigerPeter Walsh, "Men of Steel: The Lives and Times of Boxing's Middleweight Champions" (Robson, 1993)A NOTE ON ACCURACYSome details of Tiger's life are genuinely disputed between sources, and I've flagged the significant ones in the episode rather than picking whichever version sounded best. If you know something I've got wrong - particularly if you're family, or from Amaigbo or Aba - tell me in the comments and I'll correct it.Dick Tiger was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991, the first African boxer to receive the honour. He has never been officially honoured by the Nigerian state.---ABOUT AGE 2 AGEAge 2 Age exists to bridge the gap between generations. I started it after my father died, when I realised how much I'd never asked him. Most episodes are conversations with African men and women over 60, at home and in the diaspora. Some, like this one, are with people who are already gone.There is somebody in your family right now who knows things nobody has written down. Go and ask them.Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts.age2agepodcast@gmail.com#DickTiger #Nigeria #NigerianHistory #Biafra #Boxing #AfricanHistory #BlackHistory #Age2Age #NaijaHistory #Igbo

Dwyer discusses the 1968 fight between HOFers Bob Foster and Dick Tiger.

Welcome to Ring Talk with Lou Eisen! This week, we're going to be talking about the classic light-heavyweight title fight between Dick Tiger and Bob Foster at Madison Square Garden on May 24th, 1968. This was a fight that had it all – two of the greatest light-heavyweights of all time going toe-to-toe in the Big Apple. We'll be talking about the strategies employed by both fighters, the background to the fight, and the energy that filled the air in MSG that night. We'll also be looking at the legacy of this fight and why it's still remembered vividly by boxing fans today. So, join us as we take a trip back in time to one of the most exciting and iconic fights in boxing history. Subscribe on SubStack

Programa dedicado al boxeador africano Dick Tiger, uno de los más grandes campeones de su época. Conoceremos sus complicados comienzos en Nigeria, su paso por Liverpool y todas las vicisitudes que tuvo que superar hasta llegar a convertirse en ídolo del Madison Square Garden. La vida de Dick Tiger estuvo llena de obstáculos, que el valiente guerrero fue superando con tesón, esfuerzo y trabajo. Hacia el final de su carrera, Tiger acabó perdiéndolo todo por su decidido y valiente apoyo a la causa de la independencia de la República de Biafra, de la que se convirtió en principal embajador y propagandista. Le costó muy caro. Dick Tiger fue un ejemplo como boxeador y además un ser humano generoso y comprometido al máximo con su pueblo. Corte 1: “Smooth Operator”, Sade Corte 2: “Point and Kill”, Little Simz Corte 3: “Heygana”, Ali Farka Toure Corte 4: “Sawale”, Cardinal Rex Lawson Corte 5: “It's highlife time” Fela Kuti Corte 6: “Africa Unite”, Bob Marley

CANELO ALVAREZ and Gennadiy Golovkin look set to renew their hostilities on September 17. Alex Steedman and Matt Christie examine the appeal of their trilogy bout and make some early predictions.Last weekend, Joshua Buatsi overcame a spirited Craig Richards in a terrific domestic dust-up while Danny Dignum fell badly when he made a gigantic leap in Las Vegas. We ponder if Buatsi is on track to rule the world while examining why Dignum's flattering world ranking ultimately did him few favours.The next instalment of the Gervonta Davis story is previewed and, in This Week, we go back to Bob Foster's brain-shuddering KO of Dick Tiger.Please rate, review and subscribe if you have time. Thanks for your support, and for listening to The Opening Bell.

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Champions league in full force, the conclusion of the NBA "regular season", and the legend of DICK TIGER!!! A few of the things we talk about on today's podcast. -Max Williams and John Blake --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/section423/message

GREATEST PERFORMANCES #69: DICK TIGER

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Today's guest hold the informal title of "greatest living sportswriter," Robert Lipsyte. Lipsyte distinguished himself with multiple stints at the New York Times, covering Muhammad Ali when he was still known as Cassius Clay. He is also noted for his recent tenure as an unflinching Ombudsman at ESPN. The author of celebrated books such as "SportsWorld: An American Dreamland" and his memoir “An Accidental Sportswriter,” Lipsyte offers Dave Zirin unvarnished opinions on the likes of Muhammad Ali, Billie Jean King, Bill Simmons and ‘Grantland,’ Derek Jeter and ‘The Player’s Tribune,’ the delays besetting ESPN’s ‘The Undefeated,’ Donald Trump, and his most indelible memory in sports: helping a Nigerian boxer named Dick Tiger mail his medal back to the Queen of England in protest.“Superbowling” by Robert Lipsyte, New York Times (January 18, 1969) http://nyti.ms/264VMclRobert Lipsyte New York Times archive http://nyti.ms/23AhWVgRobert Lipsyte website http://robertlipsyte.comRobert Lipsyte in The Nation http://thenation.com/authors/robert-lipsyteRobert Lipsyte's current column 'Codger' http://shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com/author/rlipsytehttp://edgeofsportspodcast.com | http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@slate.comMusic by ctkrecording http://soundcloud.com/ctkrecording

Greatest performances of Bob Foster Foster vs Dick Tiger 5/24/68 http://youtu.be/f95k0taKVYo Foster vs Vincente Rondon 4/7/72 http://youtu.be/o8_RKrws5c4 Foster vs Mike Quarry 6/27/72 part one http://youtu.be/eH0XsGz1IT8 Foster vs Quarry part two http://youtu.be/SQgA41C3fCs