Jerry Okorodudu

Nigerian middleweight boxer Jerry Okorodudu first came to prominence when he won the gold medal at the 1979 National Sports Festival in Ibadan. Three years later at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane Okorodudu won bronze. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics he recorded victories over Pekka Laasanen and Tommy Corr before losing to the eventual gold medallist Sin Jun-Seop in the quarter-finals. From 1985 to 1992 Okorodudu had 21 professional fights, winning seven but losing in 12. He died in hospital in Lagos from a stroke brought on by an infected foot ulcer.