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Kevin Lueshing

2026-08-01T19:29:51Z

Dawudboxer:

[[File:Kevin Lueshing.jpg|200px|left]]
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Saunders claims a record of 78 wins and 11 defeats in the amateurs. At one point he was rated 3rd in the country.

https://hannibalboxing.com/finding-the-will-kevin-leushing-on-fighting-for-survival/

Peter Jackson

2026-07-21T13:16:20Z

Dawudboxer:

[[File:Peter Jackson 57.JPG|left|thumb|300px|Peter Jackson]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 1990 Old Timer Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/jacksonpeter.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
<boxer>010543</boxer>
'''Managers:''' [[Larry Foley]], [[Charles Edward (Parson) Davies]] 
'''Trainer:''' [[Henry (Pop) Blanken]] 
[[:File:Peter Jackson.jpeg|Photo #2]], [[:Image:Peter.jpg|Photo #3]], [[:File:Peter Jackson 1899 513422711.jpg|Photo #4]], [[:File:Peter Jackson 1899.jpg|Photo #5]]
 

'''Peter Jackson''', nicknamed the Black Prince, was one of the top heavyweights of the late 1880s and early 1890s. The [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|''Cyber Boxing Zone'']] called him "one of the greatest boxers who ever fought in the ring." However, Jackson was never given a chance to fight for the world title because he was black.

"Jackson was more scientific than [[Jack Johnson]], was faster and smoother than [[Joe Louis]] but hit just as hard, and possessed footwork similar to [[Muhammad Ali]]," stated boxing historian [[Tracy Callis]]. "In the opinion of this writer, Jackson was one of the greatest fighters in the history of the heavyweight division and deserves to be ranked among the all-time best men in this weight class."

Jackson was born on a sugar plantation near the town of Christiansted on the island of St. Croix, one of the main islands comprising the Danish West Indies (now the United States Virgin Islands). His date of birth is usually listed as July 3, 1861, but it has also been listed as July 6 and July 16. Jackson biographer Bob Petersen claims Jackson was born on September 23, 1860. "Dr. George Tyson [president of the Virgin Islands Social History Associates] has a photocopy of the baptismal register, where Peter's name and details were entered in the clergyman's neat handwriting, his birth date being written as September 23," Petersen stated.

Jackson started boxing in Australia. There are different stories as to how he arrived in the Land Down Under. Jackson told the ''Louisville Commercial'' in 1890 that he moved to Australia with his family in 1866. Bob Peterson claims that is not true, as census records show that Jackson and his family were still living in the Danish West Indies in 1870. Petersen wrote that Jackson arrived in Australia on February 19, 1879, via a cargo ship, on which he had been working as a seaman.

Jackson's first professional fight was in 1882. He fought for the Australian Heavyweight Championship two years later and lost to [[Bill Farnan]] by a fourth-round knockout. Jackson challenged for the title again on September 25, 1886, and stopped [[Human:39896|Tom Lees]] in 30 rounds to become the Australian Heavyweight Champion.

In 1888, Jackson left Australia for the United States. On August 24, 1888, he stopped [[George (Old Chocolate) Godfrey|George Godfrey]] in 19 rounds to win the [[World Colored Heavyweight Championship]] in San Francisco, California. Jackson hoped to challenge [[John L. Sullivan]] for the [[World Heavyweight Champion|World Heavyweight Championship]], but Sullivan refused to fight him. "I will not fight a Negro," Sullivan said. "I never have and I never will."

Jackson set sail for Great Britain in 1889 for a series of bouts. He returned to the United States in 1890 and won several bouts before heading back to Australia. While there, he successfully defended the Australian Heavyweight Championship with an eight-round draw against [[Joe Goddard]] on October 20, 1890.

On May 21, 1891, Jackson fought future World Heavyweight Champion [[Jim Corbett]] to a [[James J. Corbett vs. Peter Jackson|61-round no contest]] in San Francisco, California. Tracy Callis called it "one of the ring’s greatest battles." Corbett, who would knock out John L. Sullivan in [[John L. Sullivan vs. James J. Corbett|21 rounds]] to win the World Heavyweight Championship on September 7, 1892, later said Jackson was one of the most intelligent pugilists that ever stepped into the ring. He often said Jackson could defeat any fighter he had ever seen.

On May 30, 1892, Jackson knocked out [[Frank Slavin]], a bitter rival from Australia, in [[Peter Jackson vs. Frank Paddy Slavin|10 rounds]] to win the Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight Championship in London, England. Slavin later said Jackson was "unbeatable . . . the greatest of all masters."

Jackson toured the United States during 1893 and 1894, portraying Uncle Tom in a play of Harriet Beecher Stowe's ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' and boxing exhibitions with [[Joe Choynski]] between acts. Jim Corbett said Choynski couldn't lay a glove on Jackson.

In July 1896, Jackson boxed an exhibition with future World Heavyweight Champion [[Bob Fitzsimmons]] in London, England. Jim Corbett said it was like a professor giving a pupil a lesson. In his 1938 book ''Black Dynamite'', [[Nat Fleischer]] wrote that Fitzsimmons called Jackson the greatest fighter who ever breathed and refused to meet him in an official fight.

Jackson opened a boxing gym in London, England, in 1897.

On March 22, 1898, Jackson fought future World Heavyweight Champion [[Jim Jeffries]] in San Francisco, California. It was Jackson's first proper fight since he battled Frank Slavin six years earlier. In the meantime, drink and indulgence had taken a toll on him. "I will allow that since my contest with Slavin I have enjoyed myself," he told the ''San Francisco Call'' five days before the bout. A shell of his former self, Jackson was stopped in [[James J. Jeffries vs. Peter Jackson|three rounds]] by Jeffries. Jackson finished with a record of (including newspaper decisions, 57-5-15 with 28 no decisions and 29 wins by knockout.

Jackson returned to Australia in 1900 and was diagnosed as having tuberculosis shortly afterward. He died at a sanitarium in Roma, Australia, on July 13, 1901.

Jackson was inducted into [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame|''The Ring'' Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1957, the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990 (its inaugural year), the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1999 and the [[Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2004.

== Titles ==
Australian Heavyweight Championship (1886) 
World Colored Heavyweight Championship (1888) 
Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight Championship (1892)

== External Links ==
*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/Article-PeterJackson.htm "Peter Jackson . . . 'Faster and Smoother Than Joe Louis' " By Tracy Callis]
*[https://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/the_drama_review/v044/44.1clark.html "Up Against the Ropes: Peter Jackson as 'Uncle Tom' in America" By Susan F. Clark]
*[http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JSH/JSH1985/JSH1202/jsh1202d.pdf "Peter Jackson and the Elusive Heavyweight Championship: A Black Athlete’s Struggle Against the Late Nineteenth Century Color-Line" By David K. Wiggins]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=NM67TaIvgjUC&pg=PA303&lpg=PA303&dq=peter+jackson++tuberculosis+jeffries&source=bl&ots=O1T8Z_Uczu&sig=WsrGvaE62B-H0RBzmcJvfljMMg4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBWoVChMIia_ssJjexwIVR6seCh1eCQbO#v=onepage&q=peter%20jackson%20%20tuberculosis%20jeffries&f=false ''A Question of Manhood: A Reader in U.S. Black Men's History and Masculinity, Volume 2'' By Darlene Clark Hine and Earnestine Jenkins]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=z5iMals-Cj0C&pg=PA33&dq=peter+jackson+h.j.+libby&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAWoVChMIspOPqN3cxwIViZANCh3X_QVc#v=onepage&q=peter%20jackson%20h.j.%20libby&f=false ''The First Black Boxing Champions: Essays on Fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s'' By Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=8Jl23AofMNMC&pg=PA5&dq=peter+jackson+dr.+george+tyson&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAGoVChMI86jei_DWxwIVQRo-Ch0SwQiI#v=onepage&q=peter%20jackson%20dr.%20george%20tyson&f=false ''Peter Jackson: A Biography of the Australian Heavyweight Champion, 1860-1901'' By Bob Petersen]
*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/jackson.htm Peter Jackson's ''Cyber Boxing Zone'' page]
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7365587 Peter Jackson's ''Find A Grave'' page]

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John L. Sullivan

2026-07-17T06:38:13Z

Dawudboxer: /* Bare-Knuckle & Exhibition Record */

[[File:JLSullivan2.jpg|left|250px|]]
{{ibhof |url=http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/pioneer/sullivan.html}}
<boxer>010547</boxer>
*'''Trainers''': [[William Muldoon]] / [[Prof. Jim Kelly]]
*'''Manager''': [[Billy Madden]]
*'''[[:Category:John L. Sullivan Gallery|John L. Sullivan Gallery]]'''
== Biography ==
'''John L. Sullivan''' was a boxing immortal, the link between bare knuckles and glove fighting, and the first great American sports idol.

From an early age, Sullivan showed great proficiency with his fists. As a teenager, he would fight in Boston barrooms, issuing a challenge that he “could lick any man in the house.”

In 1882, Sullivan fought Paddy Ryan, the American Heavyweight Champion, in Mississippi City, Mississippi. It was a bare-knuckle contest. Sullivan dominated the fight and won by a ninth-round knockout. Sullivan reigned as champion for the next ten years, but he refused to fight any black boxer and drew what came to be known as boxing's "color line." Sullivan said, "I will not fight a Negro. I never have, and I never shall."

In 1892, Sullivan faced James J. Corbett in New Orleans. They fought under the Queensberry Rules and wore five-ounce gloves. The contrast in styles was obvious. The powerful, steadfast Sullivan had little use for ring trickery or defense, while Corbett was known for his peerless boxing ability. Young and agile, Corbett outboxed Sullivan, who was out of condition as a result of his indulgent lifestyle. Corbett stayed clear of the champion for twelve rounds and by the seventeenth, Corbett’s forays were wearing Sullivan down and he had a clear advantage. Corbett knocked out Sullivan in the 21st round.

Sullivan never fought again. He did some acting and, surprisingly, swore off alcohol. Previously known for his prodigious drinking, Sullivan became a temperance lecturer. He retired to a Massachusetts farm, having depleted most of the $1 million he had earned in his public career.

Sullivan died from a heart attack on February 2, 1918. When Sullivan was buried, the ground was frozen so hard that they had to blast out the grave with dynamite. Jake Kilrain, who served as a pallbearer, said, "Old John L. would have approved."

Sullivan was inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990, as a member of the hall's original class.

In an article run in the San Francisco Call June of 1905, Sullivan claimed the only man to knock him down in the ring was one Jack Hogan, a former blacksmith, in a fight in Providence, Rhode Island. He declined to mention the date.

== Bare-Knuckle & Exhibition Record ==
[[BoxRec.com|BoxRec]] does not include bouts under the rules of the London Prize Ring in its database. Sullivan had hundreds of exhibitions and barnstorming matches. Below are some of his fights under the bare-knuckle/London Prize Ring rules:

* 1882-2-7, KO 9 [[Paddy Ryan]], Mississippi City, MS. Sullivan claimed the American Heavyweight Championship.

* 1882-7-17, W 4 [[Tug Wilson]], New York, NY. Wilson went to the floor 24 times to avoid being knocked out.

* 1888-01-05 W TKO 3/3 [[William Samuels]] Philharmonic Hall. Cardiff, Wales (Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), Friday, January 6, 1888)

* 1888-03-10, D 39 [[Charlie Mitchell]], Baron Rothschild's Training Groung, Chantilly, Oise, France. Referee: Bernard J Angle. Stakes: £1000. Some sources report this bout as a World Heavyweight Championship contest.

* 1889-07-07 KO 75 [[Jake Kilrain]], Marion County, MS. This would be the last time that a bare-knuckle title was on the line. The battle was Sullivan's greatest accomplishment in the bare-knuckle world. Sullivan stopped the outmatched wrestler in the 75th round. In the opening frame, Kilrain ended the round early by throwing "The Boston Strong Boy" to the ground (according to the London Prize Fighting Rules, which they were using, wrestling and throwing was allowed and the first time a fighter went to the ground, regardless of a punch or throw, the round would end). Though Kilrain drew "first blood" in the seventh round, class was beginning to show and Sullivan's experience and cobalt-breaking power were becoming a little to much for the game challenger. Kilrain resorted to running from his feared opponent, though when Sullivan got near Kilrain, it usually resulted in a knockdown. Sullivan was becoming very frustrated by his opponents survival tactics and even asked the referee to force Kilrain to "stand and fight". It didn't come off. After the seventy-fifth round ended, the ringside physician told Kilrain's corner that "Kilrain will die if you keep sending out there". The fight was stopped and Sullivan retained his Bare-knuckle Heavyweight Championship. It was a great finale to bare-knuckle championship boxing. Sullivan, already a Marquess of Queensberry Heavyweight Champion (Marquess of Queensberry rules are very similar to the rules that are used today), had closed the book on bare-knuckle boxing and in his very next bout, he closed the book on his career when he was knocked out by [[James J. Corbett]].

*1896-08-31, EX 3 [[Tom Sharkey]], New York City, NY

For a more detailed view of Sullivan's record, go to [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/sully.htm Cyber Boxing Zone].
*Israeli American historian, Adam Pollack has Sullivan’s record as 48-1-3-1 (41 KO)

== Marriages ==
Sullivan married Annie Bates Bailey, a chorus girl, on May 1, 1883. A son, John Jr., was born in 1884, but the child died of diphtheria in 1886. John L. and Annie separated in 1885, but were not divorced until 1908.

According to the February 2, 1908, edition of the ''Telegraph-Herald'' (Dubuque, IA, USA), Sullivan had secretly married Miss Nellie Revelle of Chicago several weeks previously. She was the drama critic for ''The Show World'' and a vaudeville actress.

After Sullivan renounced liquor, he began spending time with a woman named Katherine Harkins. They married on February 7, 1910, and moved to a small house twenty miles south of Boston. According to wire reports, she died of cancer at Abingdon, MA, on May 29, 1916.

== External Links ==
*''Topics in Chronicling America - John L. Sullivan, The Boston Strong Boy'': [http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/jsullivan.html]
*Find-a-Grave: [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1002]
*''[[John L. Sullivan and His America]]''
*"Jolts" article by John L. Sullivan (9 July 1905): [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1905-07-09/ed-1/seq-10/]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sullivan, John L.}}
[[Category:Irish American Boxers]]
[[Category:Bare-knuckle Boxers]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members]]
[[Category: Actors]]

John L. Sullivan

2026-07-17T04:47:56Z

Dawudboxer: /* Bare-Knuckle & Exhibition Record */

[[File:JLSullivan2.jpg|left|250px|]]
{{ibhof |url=http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/pioneer/sullivan.html}}
<boxer>010547</boxer>
*'''Trainers''': [[William Muldoon]] / [[Prof. Jim Kelly]]
*'''Manager''': [[Billy Madden]]
*'''[[:Category:John L. Sullivan Gallery|John L. Sullivan Gallery]]'''
== Biography ==
'''John L. Sullivan''' was a boxing immortal, the link between bare knuckles and glove fighting, and the first great American sports idol.

From an early age, Sullivan showed great proficiency with his fists. As a teenager, he would fight in Boston barrooms, issuing a challenge that he “could lick any man in the house.”

In 1882, Sullivan fought Paddy Ryan, the American Heavyweight Champion, in Mississippi City, Mississippi. It was a bare-knuckle contest. Sullivan dominated the fight and won by a ninth-round knockout. Sullivan reigned as champion for the next ten years, but he refused to fight any black boxer and drew what came to be known as boxing's "color line." Sullivan said, "I will not fight a Negro. I never have, and I never shall."

In 1892, Sullivan faced James J. Corbett in New Orleans. They fought under the Queensberry Rules and wore five-ounce gloves. The contrast in styles was obvious. The powerful, steadfast Sullivan had little use for ring trickery or defense, while Corbett was known for his peerless boxing ability. Young and agile, Corbett outboxed Sullivan, who was out of condition as a result of his indulgent lifestyle. Corbett stayed clear of the champion for twelve rounds and by the seventeenth, Corbett’s forays were wearing Sullivan down and he had a clear advantage. Corbett knocked out Sullivan in the 21st round.

Sullivan never fought again. He did some acting and, surprisingly, swore off alcohol. Previously known for his prodigious drinking, Sullivan became a temperance lecturer. He retired to a Massachusetts farm, having depleted most of the $1 million he had earned in his public career.

Sullivan died from a heart attack on February 2, 1918. When Sullivan was buried, the ground was frozen so hard that they had to blast out the grave with dynamite. Jake Kilrain, who served as a pallbearer, said, "Old John L. would have approved."

Sullivan was inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990, as a member of the hall's original class.

In an article run in the San Francisco Call June of 1905, Sullivan claimed the only man to knock him down in the ring was one Jack Hogan, a former blacksmith, in a fight in Providence, Rhode Island. He declined to mention the date.

== Bare-Knuckle & Exhibition Record ==
[[BoxRec.com|BoxRec]] does not include bouts under the rules of the London Prize Ring in its database. Sullivan had hundreds of exhibitions and barnstorming matches. Below are some of his fights under the bare-knuckle/London Prize Ring rules:

* 1882-2-7, KO 9 [[Paddy Ryan]], Mississippi City, MS. Sullivan claimed the American Heavyweight Championship.

* 1882-7-17, W 4 [[Tug Wilson]], New York, NY. Wilson went to the floor 24 times to avoid being knocked out.

* 1888-01-05 W TKO 3/3 [[William Samuels]] Philharmonic Hall. Cardiff, Wales (Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), Friday, January 6, 1888)

* 1888-03-10, D 39 [[Charlie Mitchell]], Baron Rothschild's Training Groung, Chantilly, Oise, France. Referee: Bernard J Angle. Stakes: £1000. Some sources report this bout as a World Heavyweight Championship contest.

* 1889-07-07 KO 75 [[Jake Kilrain]], Marion County, MS. This would be the last time that a bare-knuckle title was on the line. The battle was Sullivan's greatest accomplishment in the bare-knuckle world. Sullivan stopped the outmatched wrestler in the 75th round. In the opening frame, Kilrain ended the round early by throwing "The Boston Strong Boy" to the ground (according to the London Prize Fighting Rules, which they were using, wrestling and throwing was allowed and the first time a fighter went to the ground, regardless of a punch or throw, the round would end). Though Kilrain drew "first blood" in the seventh round, class was beginning to show and Sullivan's experience and cobalt-breaking power were becoming a little to much for the game challenger. Kilrain resorted to running from his feared opponent, though when Sullivan got near Kilrain, it usually resulted in a knockdown. Sullivan was becoming very frustrated by his opponents survival tactics and even asked the referee to force Kilrain to "stand and fight". It didn't come off. After the seventy-fifth round ended, the ringside physician told Kilrain's corner that "Kilrain will die if you keep sending out there". The fight was stopped and Sullivan retained his Bare-knuckle Heavyweight Championship. It was a great finale to bare-knuckle championship boxing. Sullivan, already a Marquess of Queensberry Heavyweight Champion (Marquess of Queensberry rules are very similar to the rules that are used today), had closed the book on bare-knuckle boxing and in his very next bout, he closed the book on his career when he was knocked out by [[James J. Corbett]].

*1896-08-31, EX 3 [[Tom Sharkey]], New York City, NY

For a more detailed view of Sullivan's record, go to [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/sully.htm Cyber Boxing Zone].
*Israeli American historian, Adam Pollack has Sullivan’s record as 48-1-3

== Marriages ==
Sullivan married Annie Bates Bailey, a chorus girl, on May 1, 1883. A son, John Jr., was born in 1884, but the child died of diphtheria in 1886. John L. and Annie separated in 1885, but were not divorced until 1908.

According to the February 2, 1908, edition of the ''Telegraph-Herald'' (Dubuque, IA, USA), Sullivan had secretly married Miss Nellie Revelle of Chicago several weeks previously. She was the drama critic for ''The Show World'' and a vaudeville actress.

After Sullivan renounced liquor, he began spending time with a woman named Katherine Harkins. They married on February 7, 1910, and moved to a small house twenty miles south of Boston. According to wire reports, she died of cancer at Abingdon, MA, on May 29, 1916.

== External Links ==
*''Topics in Chronicling America - John L. Sullivan, The Boston Strong Boy'': [http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/jsullivan.html]
*Find-a-Grave: [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1002]
*''[[John L. Sullivan and His America]]''
*"Jolts" article by John L. Sullivan (9 July 1905): [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1905-07-09/ed-1/seq-10/]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sullivan, John L.}}
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[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members]]
[[Category: Actors]]

Danny Williams

2026-07-10T21:05:30Z

Dawudboxer: /* Comeback & End of Career - The journeyman years */

[[File:6522.jpeg|left|250px]]
<boxer>006522</boxer>
'''Trainers:''' [[Jim McDonnell]], [[David Pereira]], [[Ian Allcock]]
Danny Williams is a former 2 x British and Commonwealth heavyweight title holder. He holds notable wins over Kali Meehan, Julius Francis, Michael Sprott, Audley Harrison, Matt Skelton and Mike Tyson.

== Amateur Career ==
Danny Williams started boxing out of the famous Lynn AC boxing gym in SE London on the insistence of his father. Williams at first didn’t show much interest in boxing and would wet his t-shirt to make it look like he had been training hard when his dad came to pick him up from the gym. Once he started to take boxing seriously, Williams learned his trade quickly, often sparring with the likes of club mates Henry Akinwande and Derek Angol. In 1991 Williams won the PLA tournament and won a gold medal in Sardinia multi-nation tournament and a gold medal in a Greek multi-nations tournament. In a Finland multi-nations in 1992 he won a bronze medal.

Williams won a bronze medal at the European Championships 1993 at heavyweight in the 91 kg/201 lbs limit [http://www.the-sports.org/amateur-boxing-european-men-s-boxing-championships-1993-results-men-s21-c0-b0-g87-t3849-u28-v1.html#132788] and bronze at super heavyweight at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/CommonwealthGames1994.html] Williams also won a gold medal at the 1994 Liverpool multi-nations tournament. His amateur record was 29-6. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Williams_%28boxer%29]

== Professional Career ==
Williams turned pro in 1995 knocking out Vance Ideans in two rounds. He fought routinely on Frank Warren undercards and compiled a 15–0 (12 knockouts) record. He took his first big step up in April 1999 to challenge Julius Francis for his British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles. A hot favourite, Williams was outboxed and lost a points decision to the 34 year old veteran. Williams admits that the occasion got to him.

Francis would later vacate the Commonwealth title for a big money fight with Mike Tyson. Williams won the title with a closely contested split decision over respected British contender (and former amateur clubmate) Harry Senior.

== British and Commonwealth Champion ==
In 2000 Williams put together four knockouts before fighting Mark Potter for the Commonwealth title and the vacant British title. In a dramatic fight, Williams suffered a grotesque dislocated right arm, yet very bravely fought on with one arm and knocked Potter out with a left uppercut.

After an eight month lay off for key hole surgery and recovery, Williams returned to bomb out Kali Meehan in 32 seconds with the right hand, proving it was in perfect working order and that the surgery had been a success. Williams would then avenge his defeat to Julius Francis, stopping the 36 year old on an eye injury in the 4th round. Afterwards he was signed by Don King and ended 2001 knocking out US journeyman Shaun Robinson in two rounds on the undercard of Evander Holyfield vs John Ruiz 2 in the states. His tenure under King would prove to be uneventful, and he did not renew his contract at the end of 2002, a year that saw Williams retain his British and Commonwealth titles with a knockout of late sub Michael Sprott and a points win over Keith Long. As this was Williams' third defence of the British title, he won the Lonsdale belt outright, before dropping out of a fight in America with hard hitting South African southpaw Corrie Sanders, because it coincided with Ramadan.

== European Title shot ==
In February 2003 Williams travelled to Germany to fight the Turk Sinan Samil Sam for his European heavyweight title. A hot favourite, Williams was surprisingly dropped three times and stopped in six rounds. In the UK, his local rivals Audley Harrison and Herbie Hide derided him in the press. After it was revealed that Williams was ill with shingles and didn't feel at his best going in.

Williams returned with a fourth round stoppage of Australian Bob Mirovic to retain his Commonwealth title, then knocked out Michael Sprott in five rounds to defend his British & Commonwealth titles.

To begin 2004, Williams re-signed with Frank Warren then lost his British and Commonwealth in a third meeting with Michael Sprott via a highly disputed points decision.

== Tyson vs Williams ==
After two comeback knockout wins, Williams boxed former World champion Mike Tyson in Freedom Hall State Fairground, Louisville, Kentucky in July 2004. After staggering Williams numerous times in the first round, Tyson suffered ligament damage to his knee towards the end of the round. Williams battled back in to the fight, pushing him back and showing no fear. As Tyson began to tire in the fourth round, Williams threw a torrent of over 20 punches, forcing Tyson to go down. Tyson was counted out sitting with his back to the ropes.

== WBC Title shot ==
In December he finally challenged for a World heavyweight title, but Vitali Klitschko proved too much, as Williams was stopped in the 8th round on his feet after having been floored 4 times throughout the fight.

== Return to domestic level ==
In December Williams regained his old Commonwealth belt by beating undefeated 19-0 Olympic gold medallist Audley Harrison by split decision. Williams retained the Commonwealth title with a close points win over undefeated 19-0 Matt Skelton in March 2006. The winner of this bout was supposed to get a shot at WBA world champion John Ruiz according to their promoter Frank Warren. Having now beaten the top two heavyweights in Britain Williams expected his promised second shot at the world title, but instead got journeyman Adnan Serin who he defeated by a third round retirement. He was then made to rematch Skelton. Williams lost his Commonwealth title by unanimous decision in the rematch after coming in at over 20 stone. Williams admits he found it very difficult getting motivated to fight at domestic level again, especially fighting men he had already beaten. After the bout, Skelton stated that he'd been fighting with a fractured right hand, while Williams stated he had hurt his back a few weeks before the fight.

In December 2006 when Skelton dropped out of a fight with Audley Harrison, Williams stepped in at a weeks notice. He lost by TKO in the 3rd round, suffering a broken nose. In March 2007 Williams regained the British title in Wales with a 9th round knockout of unbeaten Scott Gammer. Williams came in at the lightest he had been since his pro debut 16 stones 4 pounds {4 stones lighter than his previous fight} after training himself for the fight just with a piece of paper that contained a conditioning program given to him by Joe Dunbar who had worked with Lennox Lewis. Williams later admitted that the scales were most likely off though he was in much better shape than he had been for the Skelton and Harrison rematches. Coming in to the Gammer fight, Williams had said if he lost he would likely retire and even if he won but looked bad he would still retire.

Meanwhile, in his next fight Audley Harrison would lose by a stunning one punch knockout to former sparring partner Michael Sprott and Skelton would then beat Sprott for a second time. This earned him a 2008 shot at newly crowned champion Ruslan Chagaev which he would lose widely on points. Williams would never fight for a world title again.

== Home cooking ==
After he had watched the tape of his fight with Gammer, Williams decided he would continue boxing and took a fight with 26–1 22 KOs Ukrainian prospect Oleg Platov. He came in again at 270 lbs. Both fighters were engaged in wild exchanges from the first bell on. The Ukrainian picked up a badly-bleeding cut above the left eye following an accidental headbutt in the second round and he continued to swing wild punches but not without taking some huge shots from Williams. Platov took a knee in the second and was on the verge of being knocked out. After 2:15 in the fourth, the referee waved the fight off. According to the rules of the IBF, it was declared a no contest. Sauerland managing director Chris Meyer defended the decision. "The rules are clear," he said. "We had an accidental headbutt and the referee, who consulted the doctor several times, ruled he could not continue to protect his health. Speaking exclusively to SecondsOut after the fight a disappointed Williams said: “He (Platov) was looking for a way out and he got it. He knew the rules and worked them. He was starting to tire and knew it was only a matter of time before I knocked him out. ...I found it slow in the early rounds but I when I got going I started to get on top. He knew I was gonna knock him out and he was looking for a way out. I’m not sure whether or not it was a punch or a head clash that cut him in the second round. It took me a little while to get going but I really enjoyed it, it was a great fight while it lasted. But he was looking for a way out. He kept falling to the floor and it was only a matter of time before I knocked him out.” The home fighter escaped with a no contest even though the cut hadn't worsened since the second round. It was a clear hometown decision where the promoter stopped their prospect from an almost guaranteed loss.

== Airich controversy ==
On 30 May 2008 Williams defeated unbeaten German, Konstantin Airich in a highly controversial fight. Williams had a total of 3 points deducted in rounds 2 and 5 creating a feeling afterwards that the referee was blatantly on the side of the German. In addition he was given 2 standing 8 counts by the referee in round 3 despite not actually being knocked down or touching the canvas, and was also counted after slipping in round 4. After managing to fight back and score a knockdown himself in round 5, in the 6th round Williams unleashed a series of extremely punishing blows on his opponent sending him reeling across the ring.

At this point Airich's promoter Ahmet Oner unbelievably ran over and rang the timekeeper's bell to end the round and save his fighter, even though there was still 1:28 left to go in the round. Despite this confusion the fight continued after the shortened 6th round and after seeing his man absorb more heavy punishment in the next round Oner eventually threw in the towel handing Williams a 7th round TKO victory.

In the aftermath of the fight Williams was extremely critical of the performance of both the referee and fight promoter, and called for the British Boxing Board of Control to conduct an immediate investigation into the fight.

== Back to Britain ==
Williams faced John McDermott at Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham on 18 July 2008. Despite being deducted three points in rounds eleven and twelve, he defeated McDermott in a majority points decision.

He was due to face John McDermott in a rematch at York Hall on 8 November 2008, but McDermott withdrew due to a rib injury. Williams also faced a bout with Francois Botha on 30 November 2008 in Egypt. Polish fighter Albert Sosnowski was called in as a late replacement for McDermott.

Williams suffered a shock defeat by 8th round TKO and as a result the Botha fight was called off. The McDermott rematch was finally arranged for the 2 May 2009 in a defence of the British Heavyweight Championship belt that Williams held. Williams won the match on split decision.

== Prizefighter ==
Williams took part in the Prizefighter tournament on 2 October 2009. In the run up to the tournament Williams said he would knock out Audley Harrison and show himself as the best British heavyweight. In his first bout on the night, Carl Baker from Sheffield beat Williams on points after knocking him down twice in the opening round. Williams battled back to look on the verge of stopping Baker but ran out of time, and in a 3 round fight he was unable to get enough points back to get the verdict.

== The end of an era - Williams vs Chisora ==
Williams defended his British title for a third and final time against Dereck Chisora on 15 May 2010. Williams lost by TKO in round two. Before the fight he promised this would be his last fight, win or lose. The fight was originally due to take place against Sam Sexton in February but was put back to May after Sexton injured his hand. Sexton withdrew from the fight again after his mother suffered a brain aneurysm and Chisora stepped in as a replacement. Williams announced his retirement immediately afterwards.

== Comeback & End of Career - The journeyman years==
Williams returned to boxing after nearly a year of inactivity with a 2nd round TKO victory over German journeyman Frank Kary Roth in Bielefeld on 5 March 2011. He was now being licensed to fight by the Baltic League of Professional Boxing, with the British Boxing Board of Control stating they had concerns about Williams's decline in ability to box. On 9 April, he scored his second KO win since his comeback. He won by a 1st round KO against Hungarian Laszlo Toth. On 25th June Williams suffered a TKO defeat against Manuel Charr. The fight was controversially stopped in round 7 after a barrage from Williams was returned by a short flurry from Charr. It appeared that the referee stopped the fight in Charr's favour as soon as it looked like he may be in trouble. He then won a 6 round SD against former Cruiserweight World champion Alfred Cole on 3 September, in Sweden, Cole returning after two years away from the sport.

A fight with unbeaten Alexander Ustinov was set to take place in October 2011, but Williams withdrew due to a viral infection. Williams fought the Norwegian heavyweight boxer Leif Olve Dolonen Larsen in Pabellon Municipal, Silla, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain on Friday 2 December 2011. Williams was dropped several times by the former NFL footballer and the fight was stopped in the second round. Williams announced his retirement once again shortly afterwards, but a return to boxing was scheduled against 0–3 middleweight Marvin Meyer, leading to various hoax articles claiming that Williams was moving down to middleweight. This fight never happened, and neither did a rematch with Zoltan Petranyi for the Universal Boxing Organisation (UBO) European title, which was called off on the day of the fight after Williams was cut when he fell over in the shower. The two fighters entered the ring on fight night to apologise to the crowd for the incident. A second rescheduling of the fight, which had already been postponed from 2011 due to "personal problems" for Williams, was promised but was never rescheduled.

Williams had two unsuccessful title challenges in September 2012, being outpointed in Finland by Janne Katajisto for the obscure Baltic Boxing Union belt and then being stopped in the 4th round against Christian Hammer in a WBO European heavyweight title fight. Williams refused to take a drugs test after the fight, claiming there was no point as he was going to retire, and that he was shot. However, although causing controversy, Williams has never tested positive for PEDS and it is highly doubtful he would start taking them for such a meaningless fight.

Just days after announcing yet another retirement, Williams called out Mark Potter for a rematch of their famous clash in 2000 when Williams knocked out Potter despite having a dislocated shoulder. Potter responded saying he was very keen on the fight. The fight most likely would have been unlicensed as Potter's BBBofC license was taken away after suffering a detached retina, while the BBBofC have already announced their reservations against licensing Williams. Williams later claimed he had been told to call out Potter on camera, and that he was not being serious.

Once again, Williams' retirement proved to be short-lived as he fought Denis Bakhtov in Podolsk, Russia on 8 December 2012, losing a close but unanimous decision over 10 rounds. 13 days later his career hit a new low as he was outpointed by 12–19–1 journeyman Werner Kreiskott over 8 rounds. The contest was unsanctioned due to Williams' refusal to take a drugs test after the Hammer fight preventing him from being sanctioned in Germany. In March 2013 he boxed an exhibition vs cruiserweight Mairis Briedis in Riga, Latvia and went over in two rounds as agreed beforehand. This fight was of course unsanctioned though somehow has been counted as a genuine loss on his record. Danny fought American Kelvin Price on the 18th of May 2013 losing a controversial 10 round decision in Russia. Next he fought English hard man Dominic Negus in an unlicensed bout in London, England as a farewell to his British fans, stopping Negus in the 4th round. Next up was 9-0 Marcin Rekowski who stopped Williams in the 4th, followed by a close ten round decision loss to former WBC champion Oleg Maskaev. In December 2013 Williams would fight in Abu Dhabi where he stopped Mazur Ali in 6 rounds. 11 days later Williams would lose a 6 round split decision to 8-45-6 Tomas Mrazek in Prague. 2 months later he got stopped for the first time in his career in the 1st round by 27-1 Polish heavyweight Andrzej Wawrzyk (who was coming off a ko loss to Alexander Povetkin). After 2 knockdowns the referee rightly stopped the fight. 3 months later Williams returned to the win column with a 1st round ko of his own vs Martin Stensky in Czech Republic. Remaining in the Czech Republic, just 7 days later Danny would lose a 4 round decision to 3-4 journeyman Frantisek Kynkal then 3 months later he lost a 4 rounder to debutant Pavel Doroshilov in Russia. In October 2014, Swedish prospect Adrian Granat would stop Williams in the second by TKO in Germany and in December 7-0 Romanian Zsolt Bogdan beat him on a controversial 10 round decision in Budapest.

Starting off 2015, Williams scored 3 wins over Radek Varak (pts 4), Edgars Kalnars (pts 4) (not counted on boxrec) and Pavel Siska (pts 4). In late 2015 Williams boxed an exhibition for charity vs Luan Krasniqi and went over in 4 rounds as agreed beforehand. His only fight of 2016 he lost on cuts to Andreas Sidon in 5 rounds. In 2017 Williams again beat Pavel Siska (pts 4) and then lost a 5 round decision in an unlicensed bout to Hari Miles. In 2018 he again returned to the ring and recorded his 50th win by 1st round stoppage in March vs Rudolf Balaz then he stopped Martin Stensky for the second time in a round in April. Danny scored a third successive 1st round stoppage in May against Jozsef Kormany. His last appearance of the year was an unlicensed bout vs former lightweight Lee McAllister. Williams’ corner threw in the towel in round 10. Danny Williams retired again afterwards only to return for a licensed bout in February 2019 against 42 year old, 24-0 Boban Filipovic. Filipovic signalled to his corner to stop the fight in the 3rd due to exhaustion. In April 2019 he was scheduled to fight a rematch with Balkan heavyweight Ratko Draskovic but Draskovic pulled out at the last minute. He then boxed 5-0 Ruslan Myrsatayev and was knocked out for the count of ten for the first time in his career losing by KO in 4. He was then stopped for the second time in his career in the first round vs 6-1-2 Latvian Kristaps Zutis. Williams followed that up two months later with a first round KO win over 0-8 Mehmed Crnalic. In September 2020 Williams lost by 2nd round TKO to 40 year old former MMA fighter Sergey Kharitonov in his pro boxing debut. He had another bout on the 8th December 2021 losing a 4 round decision against the 11-0 (11 KO's) Serdar Avci in Kiev, Ukraine who held an amateur win over the only man to defeat Vasyl Lomachenko as an amateur, Albert Selimov. Avci was also the promoter of the event and the bout was originally scheduled for 8 rounds but was mysteriously cut short when Avci was struggling with the pace and Williams was taking over. Of course he won the decision. Williams next fought 14-0 (13 ko’s) Syrian Djuar El Scheich on and retired in the 3rd round due to an eye injury. He then lost to 4-0 Nelson Hysa via a 6 round decision in Albania. In 2023 Danny scored another win, this time via a 1st round bodyshot knockout against journeyman Vadims Tihomirovs. On the 26th August he lost to unbeaten 43 year old 8-0 (8 ko's) fighter Louison Loizou taking Loizou the distance for the first time in his career. October 26th, 2025, Williams retired to the ring for an unlicensed bout with former British Cruiserweight champion, Tony Conquest. Williams was hurt in the 1st round and chose not to come out for the 2nd round.

Williams’ current boxrec record is 55-33-0-1 (42 KO’s). His record with unsanctioned/unlicensed bouts included is 57-36-0-1 (43 KO’s) as he is currently 1-3 (1 KO) in unlicensed bouts and 1-0 in unsanctioned bouts. His points win vs Edgars Kalnars and ko win vs Dominic Negus along with the losses to Harry Miles, Lee McAllister and Tony Conquest not being included on his boxrec tally. The only bout that shouldn’t be on his record is his exhibition with cruiserweight Mairis Briedis.

Williams works in security and is looking to get more roles in the film industry and occasionally takes fights for extra money.

== Championships ==
* 2x British Heavyweight Champion (Outright Winner)
* 2x Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion
* WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Champion
* WBU International Heavyweight Champion
* Global Boxing Federation Heavyweight Champion

*8-3 (5 KO) in British Title fights.
*10-3 (6 KO) in Commonwealth Tile fights.

== Titles Held ==
* [[Global Boxing Federation]] Heavyweight Title (2018)
* [[WBU]] International Heavyweight Title (2004)
* [[BBBofC]] British Heavyweight Title (2000-2004, 2007-10)
* Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight Title (1999-2004, 2005-06)
* [[WBO]] Inter-Continental Heavyweight Title (1998)

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[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:BBBoC British Title Outright Winners]]

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2026-07-05T13:37:18Z

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This bout was an exhibition, the first bout of a 4 fight exhibition tour prior to Louis’ bout with [[Primo Carnera]]. The contract Louis signed for the Carnera bout stated that they would not be able to take part in any sanctioned bouts in the build up to their fight at Madison Square Garden. Therefore this bout was an exhibition and shouldn’t be included on his record.

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2026-07-05T13:34:58Z

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This bout was an exhibition as the first bout of a 4 part exhibition tour prior to Louis’ bout with [[Primo Carnera]]. The contract Louis signed for the Carnera bout stated that they would not be able to take part in any sanctioned bouts in the build up to their fight at Madison Square Garden. Therefore this bout was an exhibition.

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Jack Sharkey vs. Primo Carnera (2nd meeting)

2026-06-20T21:56:24Z

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[[File:Carnera v. Sharkey II 1933.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Carnera puts Sharkey down for the count.]]
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*'''Ring Announcer:''' [[Harry Bellow]]
*'''World Heavyweight Championship''' (1st defense by Sharkey)
*[[:File:F84206b.jpg|Photo #2]], [[:Image:Jack Sharkey vs. Primo Carnera . Fasan.jpg|Photo #3]], [[:Image:F84206.jpeg|Photo #4]]

==Notes==
*Pre-fight comment: "With the fight for the world's heavyweight championship but a day away, the atmosphere at Pompton Lakes, Orangeburg and Madison Square Garden is heavy with rumors that the bout between Jack Sharkey and Primo Carnera is "in the bag." The rumors are pretty well divided on if the champion will roll over and play dead or if there will be high-diving tactics from Primo. As far as anyone knows the rumors are without foundation. Placed under examination, the rumors don't make sense. There isn't enough ready money around to make it worth either party's worthwhile." -Henry McLemore, UP correspondent.
*This was the second fight between Sharkey and Carnera. They first fought on [[Jack Sharkey vs. Primo Carnera (1st meeting)|October 12, 1931]], with Sharkey winning by a 15-round unanimous decision at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. The Associated Press reported: "Before the Boston sailor's hand was raised in token of victory after 15 rounds of spectacular milling, Sharkey had floored Carnera for one nine-count, closed one of the Italian's eyes and had given him so savage a beating that Primo was on the verge of a knockout on a half dozen occasions."
* In the 20 months from their first fight, Sharkey had won just one fight against Schmeling, whilst Carnera had gone 27-1.
*The fight took place at the [[Madison Square Garden Bowl]]. It was nicknamed "The Graveyard of Champions" because no titleholder had ever successfully defended his title there.
*The Associated Press reported that there was a "scant crowd of 40,000."
*The United Press reported that the gross gate was $202,279.50 and the net was $163,772.80.
*Introduced in the ring prior to the bout were former World Heavyweight Champions [[Jack Dempsey]] and [[Gene Tunney]].
*Carnera knocked out Sharkey with a right uppercut to the chin.
*Some believe the fight was fixed. The Associated Press reported: "Skeptics pointed to the shift in betting odds to 6 to 5 in Carnera's favor, shortly before the fight, marking the first time a title challenger ever had crawled through the ropes a favorite." However, according to the New York Times, the late money was actually skewed toward Sharkey. The Times reported that Carnera was a 6 to 5 favorite when Broadway bookies closed shop at 6 P.M. An hour later, bookies working the crowd were quoting Sharkey the favorite at odds of 7 to 5.
*The unofficial UP scorecard through 5 completed rounds read 3-1-1 in favour of Sharkey.
*A few hours before the bout an execution of judgement obtained by a London waitress named Emilia Tersini in the amount of $14,616 was served to Primo Carnera. However, the Deputy Sheriff serving the execution stated he doubted its effectiveness as Carnera had recently filed for bankruptcy.
*Purses - Sharkey - $69,603.44 (42 1/2% of the gate), Carnera - $16,377.28 (10% of the gate).

:Officials from the [[New York State Athletic Commission]] said they saw no reason to doubt the genuineness of the outcome. Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney and [[Max Baer]] were ringside for the fight, and they all stated their belief that Carnera won legitimately. Of all the sportswriters at ringside—including [[Wikipedia:Damon Runyon|Damon Runyon]], [[Wikipedia:Westbrook Pegler|Westbrook Pegler]] and [[Wikipedia:Francis Wallace (writer)|Frank Wallace]]—the only one who expressed doubts about the legitimacy of the fight was Bill Cunningham of the Boston Post. "It looked questionable to me," he said.

:Sharkey always denied that he threw the fight. "I’d never have done anything like that. I was raised Catholic. I was raised to be honest," he said late in life. He added, "I was on top of the world. Why would I purposefully lose?"

Post fight comments

* "Am I going to hang up my gloves? No, I'm not. I'm going to fight again in a couple of weeks. When I'm not so rusty. That's what is wrong with me now. I gave Carnera two chances and I feel he should give me a chance." -Jack Sharkey

* "I fight Baer. I fight anybody. I whip all of them. You'll see. Primo is champ." -Primo Carnera

==Sources==
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19330629&id=lNFXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4_QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5107,6410353&hl=en "Primo's Secret Punch Crowns Him Champion" By Alan Gould, Associated Press, June 29, 1933]
*[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=MT19330630.2.44 "Primo Carnera New Champion" United Press, June 30, 1933]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=DoEeAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=sharkey+carnera&source=bl&ots=UUwBVlE4sU&sig=Zz-wQYdpTlEsgSEMnqx2tZC31-U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi63brjxuTLAhWsu4MKHdVbB_U4FBDoAQgzMAQ#v=onepage&q=sharkey%20carnera&f=false "Prizefighting: An American History" By Arne K. Lang, McFarland, 2008]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=EX3YWFUYQBkC&pg=PA200&lpg=PA200&dq=sharkey+carnera&source=bl&ots=C7VYVKYoSf&sig=_wV8W3H6IUJ_chybckuC_ITgcH0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiH1ePZxuTLAhXsw4MKHUb4DJg4ChDoAQhFMAY#v=onepage&q=sharkey%20carnera&f=false "Primo Carnera: The Life and Career of the Heavyweight Boxing Champion" By Joseph S. Page, McFarland, 2011]
*[http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/403581-literary-notes-jack-sharkey-a-heavyweight-champions-untold-story "Literary Notes: Jack Sharkey" By Thomas Hauser, RingTV.com, November 9, 2015]

Rydell Booker

2026-06-15T20:05:09Z

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Rydell " Rock 'n Rye" Booker made his professional boxing debut on August 10, 2001 at Cobo Hall in Detroit, along with the other members of TEAMCANNON. Born, February 17, 1981, Rydell stands 6 feet 3 inches tall and fought at 205 pounds for his first pro fight. Rydell scored a knockout at 1 minute, 10 seconds of the first round, securing his first win in a style he hopes to continue.

Rydell?s debut was the culmination of an amateur boxing career that began at the age of seven at Cannon Recreation in the City of Detroit. Rydell won the Junior Olympics Michigan State Championship in 1989, but because of his age, was not allowed to advance to the regionals.

In 1990, Rydell won the Michigan State Silver Gloves Championship as well as the Michigan State Junior Olympics, but once again was too young to go to the regionals. In 1991, Rydell again won both State Championships he had won the previous year and was allowed to advance to the Regional Competition, which he won. Rydell won Michigan State and Regional championships every year from 1992 through 2000. Rydell won his first national title in 1999.

In 2001, Rydell Booker became the #1 ranked heavyweight in the United States when he defeated Devin Vargas at the U.S. Challenge. As the # 1 rated Heavyweight in the United States, Rydell represented the USA at the World Championship in Ireland. During Training at Lake Placid, N.Y., Rydell decided to turn Professional and left the USA team to join TEAMCANNON.

Booker scored six first-round KO's in his first seven fights. On June 21, 2002, in a fight many thought was premature, Rydell fought a 10 rounder against Ka-Dy King 24-7 (16 KO's). Those ten rounds more than doubled his experience in the ring as a professional. Booker won 9 of the 10 rounds and became the Michigan State Cruiserweight Champion.

Shortly after his first professional loss to [[James Toney]], Booker (22-1) was arrested for possession of cocaine with intent to deliver over 1000 grams. He was sentenced to 12 to 30 years in prison. Upon release, Booker won three comeback bouts of six rounds duration, before losing a ten rounder in Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall to undefeated Jermaine Franklin. He would go 5-6-1 in his ill advised comeback. After a 3 year retirement he came back again and has gone 0-9, now with a record of 27-16-1 with no signs of retirement.

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Gene Tunney

2026-05-21T18:44:38Z

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*'''Trainers:''' [[Lou Fink]], [[Dan Florio]]
*'''Managers:''' [[Billy Jacobs]] (1915-1918), [[Billy Roche]] and [[Sammy Kelly]] (1919-1920), [[Frank (Doc) Bagley]] (1920-1922) and [[Billy Gibson]] (1923-1928) 
*'''[[:Category:Gene Tunney Gallery|Gene Tunney Image Gallery]]
==Career Overview==
Dethroning a legendary heavyweight champion sometimes is not all it is cracked up to be. '''Gene Tunney''', one of the most skilled of all heavyweight champions, received little more than begrudged respect from sports fans after his two signature performances against [[Jack Dempsey]]. Fast, powerful, resilient, intelligent and virtually flawless in technique, Tunney had all the tools for greatness in the ring, but lacked the ferocious style and rugged charisma of the man from whom he wrested the championship. But even Tunney's detractors couldn't deny that he was a first class fighter, one who had risen from middleweight to heavyweight and fought a generation of quality opponents on the way. Like Dempsey, he cast his own unique shadow over the sport as an accomplished student of the sweet science and one of the greatest athletes of his generation.
===The Fighting Marine===
Born James Joseph Tunney, the son of an Irish immigrant longshoreman, Tunney grew up on the mean streets of New York City, where he learned to fight. He became affectionately known in his family as "Gene" because his baby sister had trouble pronouncing his given name. Tunney quit school when he was 15 years old and went to work as a typist for a steamship company to help support his family. It was during this period that he gravitated toward boxing, venturing nightly to the Greenwich Village Athletic Club to train, spar and make valuable connections with people involved in the sport. It soon became his ambition to compete professionally, and he made his pro debut in July 1915 as a middleweight against [[Bobby Dawson]], whom he stopped in eight rounds.

During Tunney's career, official decisions in boxing were outlawed in numerous states, including New York, as a means to avoid corrupt influences in the sport. Fans relied upon newspaper reporters to give them accurate accounts as to who deserved to win the fights. According to the International Boxing Hall of Fame, 19 of Tunney's fights officially resulted in a no-decision.

On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war on the German Empire and entered World War I. Tunney enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on May 2, 1918, 23 days before his 21st birthday. Though he never saw action during his tenure in the Marines, his enlistment would later serve as a source of patriotic pride for many fans and would become a successful promotional tool for his future career.

Tunney continued to box while he was stationed in France during the war. He won a four-round decision against [[Fighting Bob Martin]], the heavyweight champion of the American Expeditionary Forces, and defeated 20 opponents in an elimination series to win the American Expeditionary Forces light heavyweight title.

With the end of World War I in 1919, Tunney returned to civilian life. Between December 1919 and October 1920, he scored eleven consecutive knockout victories. Ten of bouts were in New Jersey and one was in New York. Although Tunney's opposition was mediocre at best, the success led to his appearance on the undercard of the highly anticipated fight between World Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey and World Light Heavyweight Champion [[Georges Carpentier]] at Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City, New Jersey, on July 2, 1921. The fight, which attracted a crowd of more than 80,000, was boxing's first $1 million gate. Tunney's opponent was [[Soldier Jones (boxer)|Soldier Jones]], an overmatched light heavyweight whom Tunney dominated for seven rounds until the referee stopped the fight.

Another six consecutive wins led to a fight with former World Light Heavyweight Champion [[Battling Levinsky]]—Tunney's first internationally known opponent—at [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York City on January 13, 1922. Levinsky, who entered the fight as the American Light Heavyweight Champion, was a veteran of more than 200 bouts and, like Tunney, was known for his defensive skills. Tunney won by a twelve-round decision to win the American Light Heavyweight Championship, which was considered a major title at the time and greatly increased his stature within the boxing community.
===The Greb Fights===
Tunney's next fight against a big-name opponent was at Madison Square Garden on May 23, 1922, against future Hall of Fame inductee [[Harry Greb]], a rugged and relentless slugger from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Known as the "Human Windmill," Greb would later win the World Middleweight Championship. The opening ten rounds of the fight between the ultimate slugger and the ultimate boxer proved closely fought, despite Greb's constant fouling. A head-butt in round one broke Tunney's nose, understandably disrupting his concentration. Later in the round, a punch from Greb opened a gash above Tunney's left eye. In the third, a cut over the right eye opened. By the middle rounds, Tunney's face was a red mask of blood, but he continued to hold his own. As the fight entered the championship rounds, however, the effect of the punishment and blood loss on Tunney became obvious, prompting Greb to lay on even more pressure. Though Tunney never went down and lasted the entire fifteen-round distance, the judge awarded Greb the fight. Tunney, losing his American championship, had also suffered his first professional defeat. After the fight, he collapsed in his dressing room.

Left to rebuild his record in order to secure a rematch with Greb, Tunney took on the highly skilled [[Tommy Loughran]]—the future World Light Heavyweight Champion and Hall of Fame inductee—in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 24, 1922. He put Loughran down with a right hand in the first round, but Loughran rose to fight on and staggered Tunney in the third. The bout went the twelve-round scheduled distance and was ruled a no-decision. The ''Philadelphia Inquirer'' thought Loughran won the bout, while the ''Philadelphia Record'', ''Philadelphia Public Ledger'' and ''New York Times'' gave it to Tunney.

The fight against Loughran was between two fights with heavyweight [[Charley Weinert]]. The first match took place on August 17 in Newark, New Jersey, and ended in a no-decision after twelve rounds. According to all three Newark newspapers and all reporting New York City newspapers (except one), Tunney won the fight handily. The second match was held at Madison Square Garden on November 29. Tunney had an easier time in the rematch, winning by a fourth-round knockout.

After nine consecutive fights without a loss, Tunney faced Greb for a second time. Before a crowd of 15,000 at Madison Square Garden on February 23, 1923, Tunney and Greb engaged in a closely contested fight. Tunney, who utilized a punishing body attack to try and slow Greb down, was awarded a fifteen-round split decision. However, the verdict was hotly disputed. 19 of 23 newspapermen at ringside believed Greb deserved the win. A third match occurred on December 10, 1923, again at the Garden. The fight was more of the same, with Tunney going to the body and Greb brawling away. After fifteen rounds, Tunney was declared the winner by a unanimous decision. The consensus was that Tunney won 9 rounds, Greb four and two were even.

The pair met twice more. They fought a ten-round no-decision bout in Brooklyn, Ohio, on September 17, 1924. The ''New York Times'' reported that the bout was fought on "fairly even terms." The last match between Tunney and Greb took place in St. Paul, Minnesota, on March 27, 1925. Although it was officially ruled a no-decision after ten scheduled rounds, Tunney clearly got the better of the action. The Associated Press reported: "Tunney gave Greb as thorough a beating as he has ever received."
===The Road to Dempsey===
By the mid-1920s, Tunney was increasingly venturing into heavyweight territory. On June 26, 1924, he knocked out fringe contender [[Erminio Spalla]] at Yankee Stadium and then dropped back down to light heavyweight to face the aging [[Georges Carpentier]] at the Polo Grounds in New York City on July 24, 1924. Carpentier was an experienced, quick, skillful, tough and hard-hitting opponent, but he was past his prime. Tunney dominated the match, flooring the Frenchman three times in the tenth round and once in the fourteenth. In the fifteenth, the referee decided that Carpentier could take no more and stopped the contest.

On June 5, 1925, Tunney faced [[Tommy Gibbons]], who had never been knocked out. Gibbons had even gone a full fifteen rounds with the feared Dempsey just two years earlier. Although he was thought to be at the tale end of his career, Gibbons was still regarded as the first true test for Tunney in the heavyweight division. The "Fighting Marine" passed the test with flying colors, winning the fight by a twelfth-round knockout. It would be the only knockout loss for Gibbons in 106 professional fights. Tunney followed the Gibbons victory with knockout wins over heavyweights [[Jack Herman]] [[Bartley Madden]] and [[Dan O'Dowd]], and he won a 12-round [[newspaper decision]] against [[Johnny Risko]].

With Tunney now considered among the top contenders in the division, fans wanted to see him matched with African-American [[Harry Wills]], [[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] magazine's No. 1-rated heavyweight contender. Tunney, however, refused to participate in an interracial prizefight (a stance that detracts from his legacy in the eyes of some historians). Because Dempsey's handlers also refused to put their man in with Wills, a Dempsey-Tunney fight became the next logical match-up.
===The Dempsey Fights===
The first of the two Dempsey-Tunney fights took place on September 23, 1926, at Sesquicentennial Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was Dempsey's first professional bout in three years. In preparation, Tunney used the then-new technique of studying the films available on Dempsey to determine the champion's strengths, weaknesses and vulnerabilities.

Some 120,557 people turned out—despite a vicious rain storm—to view the much anticipated bout. They were surprised to see the underdog challenger give the highly regarded champion a boxing lesson. For ten rounds, Tunney put on a boxing clinic, never allowing Dempsey into the fight and walking away with a well-deserved 10-round unanimous decision. ''The Ring'' magazine later dubbed Tunney's win the "Upset of the Decade."

Tunney stayed out of the ring for nearly a year after winning the championship. An intelligent, well-spoken and well-read man, Tunney established friendships among some of the day's top literary figures, including author George Bernard Shaw. But the public yearned for the days when the less bookish and more brutal Dempsey held the crown. Thus promoter [[Tex Rickard]] arranged a rematch.

On September 22, 1927, almost a year to the day after their first match, Tunney did battle with Dempsey one more time at [[:File:SoldiersField27.JPG|Soldiers Field]] in Chicago, Illinois. Tunney again exhibited supreme technical skills and remarkable conditioning in continually circling Dempsey, using his jab to keep the former champion at bay and taking a clear lead on the score cards. In the seventh, a flurry of punches by Dempsey floored Tunney for the first time in his career. Under a then-new Illinois rule, a fighter scoring a knockdown had to go to the farthest neutral corner before the referee could start counting over the fallen opponent. However, Dempsey went to Tunney's corner. By the time Referee [[Dave Barry]] got Dempsey to go to a neutral corner and started his count at one, Tunney had been down for several seconds. Taking full advantage of the extra time, Tunney got up at Barry's count of nine—14 seconds after he had been dropped. Tunney later said he could have arisen at Barry's count of three, when he first looked up at the referee. Tunney survived the round and came back to score a [[flash knockdown]] against Dempsey in the eighth, dropping the former champion to one knee with a right hand. Tunney clearly won the last three rounds and retained his title with a 10-round unanimous decision. However, the "long count" tainted the fight in the minds of many fans.

Tunney was often asked if he could have survived the seventh round without the aid of a long count. Tunney always insisted that he could have arisen at Barry's count of three, when he first looked up at the referee. "When I regained consciousness after the brief period of blackout, I felt that I could have jumped up immediately and matched my legs against Jack's, just as I did," he once said.
===Retirement===
Tunney's second title defense came on July 26, 1928, against [[Tom Heeney]] of New Zealand, who had shown himself to be a viable world-class opponent through recent wins over [[Jim Maloney]], [[Johnny Risko]] and [[Jack Delaney]], as well as a draw with future World Heavyweight Champion [[Jack Sharkey]]. However, Heeney was no match for the "Fighting Marine." Even the fact that Jack Dempsey himself worked in Heeney's corner proved no help; he was outclassed from the start. In the eleventh round, the referee decided that the challenger could take no more and stopped the fight. For his win against Heeney, Tunney was given the inaugural [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|''Ring'' magazine Fighter of the Year]] award.

Five days after the Heeney fight, Tunney announced his retirement from boxing. "There is no contender at the present time who appears capable of attracting real public interest," he said. "If there were I might delay my retirement long enough to face him in the ring, but it looks as if it might take two or three years before a dangerous opponent is developed. That is too long to stand and wait."

Although they had never truly embraced Tunney, the public was nonetheless stunned; no heavyweight champion had permanently retired with the title. Undefeated as a heavyweight, with only one pro loss, Tunney cut his losses and walked away for good with a record of 80-1-3 (48 KO) with 1 no contest.

Following his boxing career, Tunney embarked upon an immensely fruitful career in business and real estate. A chairman or director of several companies and corporations, Tunney made millions after leaving the sport. He passed away an enormously wealthy man at age 81 on November 7, 1978. "I feel like a part of me is gone," Dempsey said when his former foe died. "As long as Gene was alive, I felt we shared a link with that wonderful period of the past. Now I feel alone."

Tunney wrote two autobiographies: ''A Man Must Fight'' in 1932 and ''Arms for Living'' in 1941.

Tunney was inducted into the [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame|''The Ring'' magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1955. He was honored as one of the inaugural inductees into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1980 and as an inaugural inductee into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990. And, in 2001, Tunney was an inductee into the [[United States Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame]].

In March 2011, the Tunney family donated to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History several objects from his career, including the boxing gloves he had worn during the infamous "Long Count" fight. "The Tunney family is honored that this museum, so much a part of our national heritage, will become the permanent home of a pair of brown, leather boxing gloves worn in one of my father’s—indeed one of the 20th century’s—most historic fights," said Jay Tunney, the late champion's youngest son. "He would be immensely proud, as we are."

==Family==
Tunney married [[Polly Lauder Tunney|Mary Josephine (Polly) Lauder]] in Rome, Italy, on October 3, 1928. Lauder was a Connecticut socialite and Carnegie Steel Company heiress. The Tunneys would have four children: Gene L. (1931-2009), [[Wikipedia:John V. Tunney|John V.]] (born 1934), Jonathon R. "Jay" (born 1936) and Joan (1939-2008).

Representing the state of California, John V. served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1971 and the U.S. Senate from 1971 to 1977.

In August 1969, Joan was reported missing in Norway. She was found alive two months later in a French hospital suffering from amnesia. The following May, she was charged with murdering her husband, Lynn Carter Wilkinson, in England. A psychiatrist told the court that she had suffered from schizophrenia for nine years. Joan pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and was committed to a mental hospital.

In 2010, Jay Tunney wrote a book chronicling the relationship between his father and George Bernard Shaw titled ''The Prizefighter and the Playwright''.

== Rankings ==
*All-Time Light Heavyweight Ranking
**1st [[Tracy Callis]]
**2nd [[Monte Cox]]
**4th [[IBRO]]
*All-Time Cruiserweight Ranking
**4th Tracy Callis
*All-Time Heavyweight Ranking
**5th [[Bill Brennan]], John Durant, Arthur Harris and [[Bert Sugar]]
**6th Tracy Callis, [[Nat Loubet]] and [[Charley Rose]]
**7th [[World Boxing Magazine|''World Boxing'']] magazine 1974 readers poll
**8th [[Nat Fleischer]]
**11th IBRO

==Sources==
Fleischer, Nat. ''The Heavyweight Championship'' (1961) 
Jarrett, John. ''[[Gene Tunney: The Golden Guy Who Licked Jack Dempsey Twice]]'' (2003) 
Johnston, Alexander. ''[[Ten and Out]]'' (1943) 
Kahn, Roger. ''[[A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s]]'' (1999) 
Myler, Patrick. ''A Century of Boxing Greats'' (1998) 
Roberts, James B. and Alexander G. Skutt. ''[[The Boxing Register]]'' (4th ed., 2006) 
Cavanaugh, Jack. ''Tunney: Boxing's Brainiest Champ and His Upset of the Great Jack Dempsey'' (2006) 
''Gene Tunney: The King of Cool'' by Mike Casey: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IBRO98.29-35.pdf] 
''Gene Tunney: American Warrior'' by Kelly Nicholson: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IBRO116.9-33.pdf] 
''Gene Tunney – "The Fighting Marine”'' by Tracy Callis: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ibro-journal-70.15-19.pdf] 

== Links ==
*[http://www.genetunney.org/ Tunney's Official Web site]
*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/tunney-g.htm Cyber Boxing Zone - Gene Tunney]
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4082 Gene Tunney - Find A Grave Memorial]

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Sugar Ray Robinson

2026-04-30T15:56:08Z

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*'''Managers:''' [[Curt Horrmann]], [[George Gainford]]
*'''Trainers:''' [[Soldier Jones]], [[Harry Wiley]], [[Pee Wee Beale]]
*'''[[:Category:Sugar Ray Robinson Gallery|Sugar Ray Robinson Gallery]]
'''Sugar Ray Robinson''' is considered by many boxing historians and enthusiasts to be the greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all-time. Robinson is frequently ranked among the top three boxers ever in both the welterweight and middleweight classes.

==International Boxing Hall of Fame Record==
Has a record of 21-7-1 (8 KO) against [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductees:

*[[Bobo Olson]] (4(3)-0)
*[[Fritzie Zivic]] (2(1)-0)
*[[Sammy Angott]] (3-0)
*[[Rocky Graziano]] (1(1)-0)
*[[Kid Gavilan]] (2-0)
*[[Henry Armstrong]] (1-0)
*[[Jake LaMotta]] (5(1)-1)
*[[Randy Turpin]] (1(1)-1)
*[[Carmen Basilio]] (1-1)
*[[Gene Fullmer]] (1(1)-2-1)
*[[Joey Giardello]] (0-1)
*[[Joey Maxim]] (0-1(1))

== Amateur Achievements ==
Robinson's amateur record is usually listed as 85-0 with 69 knockouts, 40 in the first round. However, he lost to [[Billy Graham]] and [[Patsy Pesca]] under his given name, Walker Smith Jr. He also has been recently found to have lost and drew against [[Charlie Baginski]] and also lost to [[Harvey LaCelle]]. Out of the 57 wins boxrec has found of his claimed 85 wins, only 25 were by knockout, so the 69 knockouts claim with 40 in the first round are clearly not correct. If he did have another 28 wins, and for arguments sake won them all by knockout, it still wouldn't add up to 69 knockouts.

*Won the 1938 New York Metropolitan [[AAU]] Open Championship at bantamweight vs. [[Ed Cappelli]].
*Golden Gloves Titles won in 1939:
**[[New York Golden Gloves|New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions]] at featherweight vs. [[Armand Dascenza]]
**[[Intercity Golden Gloves|Intercity Golden Gloves Tournament]] at featherweight vs. [[Tony Ancona]]
**[[New York Daily News Golden Gloves Champions|New York Daily News Golden Gloves Tournament]] at featherweight vs. [[Louis Valentine]]
*Golden Gloves Titles won in 1940:
**[[New York Golden Gloves|New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions]] at lightweight vs. [[Jimmy Butler (of Atlanta, GA)|Jimmy Butler]]
**[[Intercity Golden Gloves|Intercity Golden Gloves Tournament]] at lightweight vs. [[Tony Ancona]]
**[[New York Daily News Golden Gloves Champions|New York Daily News Golden Gloves Tournament]] at lightweight vs. [[Andy Nonella]] [[Category:Boxers with more than 200 bouts|Robinson, Ray]]
*View: [[Sugar Ray Robinson's Golden Gloves Record]]

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== Awards & Recognition ==
*Named [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] for 1942 and 1951 by [[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']].
*Named [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] for 1950 by the [[Boxing Writers Association of America]].
*Named Fighter of the Decade for the 1950s by ''The Ring''.
*Inducted into [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame|''The Ring'' Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1967.
*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990.
*Named Welterweight Fighter of the Century, Middleweight Fighter of the Century, and Fighter of the Century by the Associated Press in 1999.
*''The Ring'' ranked Robinson as the [[The 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years|best fighter of the last 80 years]] in 2002.
*''The Ring'' ranked Robinson as the 11th [[The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!|greatest puncher of all-time]] in 2003.
*Inducted into the [[Georgia Sports Hall of Fame]] in 2006.
*The United States Postal Service honored Robinson with a [[:Image:Sugarraystamp.jpg|stamp]] in 2006.
*Historian [[Bert Sugar]] ranked Robinson #1 in his 2006 book ''[[Boxing's Greatest Fighters]]''.
*[[ESPN]] ranked Robinson as the greatest fighter in history in 2007.

== Notes ==
*Robinson was born Walker Smith Jr. He got his boxing name when he used the AAU card of an ex-boxer named Ray Robinson.
*According to Robinson's autobiography, [[Sugar Ray (Book)|''Sugar Ray'']], sportswriter Jack Case, after seeing one of Robinson’s amateur performances, said he “sure was a sweet fighter.” Chase called him “Sugar Ray” in one of his sports columns and the now-famous moniker was born.
*Robinson was a coach for the 1941 New York Golden Gloves Team at the Intercity Golden Gloves Tournament held in Chicago.
*Robinson won his first 40 professional fights before losing to [[Jake LaMotta]] on [[Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake LaMotta (2nd meeting)|February 5, 1942]]. Robinson then went unbeaten in his next 91 fights.
*Robinson had six fights with Jake LaMotta and won five of them. LaMotta said, "I fought Sugar Ray so often, I almost got diabetes."
*Height dispute: Robinson's height is usually listed as 5'11", but he was often listed as 6'0" early in his career. He was reported as being 5'11½" at the weigh-in for his bout with [[Robert Villemain]] in 1950.
*Madison Square Garden announced on November 14, 1941 that world welterweight champion Freddie (Red) Cochrane would be defending his title against Sugar Ray in early February 1942. However, the announcement was slightly premature because Cochrane's manager, Willie Gilzenberg had been suspended by the NYSAC (for instructing Cochrane to hold back in the early rounds of his non-title 10-rounder with Lew Jenkins) and stated there would be no contract signed until his suspension was lifted. The controversy became academic within 3 weeks as the U.S. entered into World War II, which froze all titles as boxers and champions alike enlisted. Robinson would not receive a title shot until 5 years later.
*On February 27, 1943, Robinson was inducted into the United States Army. He toured Army camps with [[Joe Louis]] and boxed exhibitions for soldiers.
*On March 29, 1944, shortly before he was scheduled to set sail for Europe, Robinson disappeared from his barracks at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, New York. Robinson said he fell down the stairs in his barracks and didn't remember anything from the time of the fall until he woke up in a hospital on April 5. According to his file, a stranger found him in the street on April 1 and helped him to a hospital. Robinson received an honorable discharge from the Army as a sergeant on June 3, 1944.
*Robinson won the vacant World Welterweight Championship in his 76th professional fight, defeating [[Tommy Bell]] by a [[Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Tommy Bell (2nd meeting)|15-round unanimous decision]] on December 20, 1946. Robinson would defend the title five times before relinquishing it to fight as a middleweight.
*Robinson defeated Robert Villemain by a 15-round unanimous decision to win the vacant Pennsylvania World Middleweight Championship on June 5, 1950. The state withdrew recognition from World Middleweight champion Jake LaMotta for failure to defend. Robinson stopped LaMotta in 13 rounds to win the undisputed title on [[Jake LaMotta vs. Sugar Ray Robinson (6th meeting)|February 14, 1951]].
*Robinson lost the World Middleweight Championship to [[Randy Turpin]] by a 15-round decision on [[Randy Turpin vs. Sugar Ray Robinson (1st meeting)|July 10, 1951]]. He regained the title from Turpin with a 10th-round knockout on [[Randy Turpin vs. Sugar Ray Robinson (2nd meeting)|September 12, 1951]].
*Robinson unsuccessfully challenged [[Joey Maxim]] for the World Light Heavyweight Championship on [[Joey Maxim vs. Sugar Ray Robinson|June 25, 1952]]. Robinson, way ahead on points, couldn't come out for the 14th round due to heat exhaustion. The temperature at ringside was 103 degrees. It was the only stoppage loss of Robinson's career.
*After losing to Maxim, Robinson retired with a record of 132-3-2.
*Robinson, who once owned an entire block of shops and businesses in Harlem, returned to the ring in 1955 because he needed money.
*Robinson would win and lose the World Middleweight Championship three times between 1955 and 1960.
*Robinson retired for good in 1965 with a record of 174-19-6.
*Robinson defeated fifteen former, reigning or future world champions during his professional career.
*When his boxing career ended, Robinson dabbled in acting. He appeared in such films as ''The Detective'' (starring [[Frank Sinatra]]) and ''Candy'' (starring Marlon Brando). He also appeared on the television shows ''Mission: Impossible'', ''The Mod Squad'' and ''Fantasy Island''.
*In 1969, Robinson founded the Sugar Ray Robinson Youth Foundation in Los Angeles.
*View: [[Sugar Ray Robinson's Exhibition Bouts]]

==Professional Record==
*Has defeated 12 opponents (7 by KO) in world title fights.
**6 opponents (5 by KO) in World Middleweight Title fights.
**6 opponents (2 by KO) in World Welterweight Title fights.
*Has a record of 14-7-1 (7 KOs) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 30-11-1 (11 KOs) against former, current, and future world champions:
**Won against [[Sammy Angott]] (3 times), [[Marty Servo]] (twice), [[Fritzie Zivic]] (twice), [[Maxie Berger]], [[Jake LaMotta]] (5 times), [[Izzy Jannazzo]] (4 times), [[Henry Armstrong]], [[Kid Gavilan]] (twice), [[Bobo Olson]] (4 times), [[Randy Turpin]], [[Rocky Graziano]], [[Gene Fullmer]], [[Carmen Basilio]], [[Denny Moyer]], [[Ralph Dupas]].
**Lost against [[Jake LaMotta]], [[Randy Turpin]], [[Joey Maxim]], [[Gene Fullmer]] (twice), [[Carmen Basilio]], [[Paul Pender]] (twice), [[Denny Moyer]], [[Terry Downes]], [[Joey Giardello]].
**Drew against [[Gene Fullmer]].

== Death Info ==
*Robinson died at Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, California. He was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and diabetes.
*Robinson is listed as Sugar Ray Robinson by the California Death Records database and the Social Security Death Records database. His Social Security number was 080-28-1189.
*The California Death Records database list his place of birth as Michigan, and Robinson states in his autobiography that he was born in Detroit. However, his birth certificate list his place of birth as Ailey, Georgia. Robinson said his mother was pregnant with him when she moved from Georgia to Detroit.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.cmgww.com/sports/robinson/about/bio.html Official Website]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=oevGluP5VkkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=sugar+ray+robinson&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sy9UVJTREsKsyASKuYGQDA&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=sugar%20ray%20robinson&f=false ''Sugar Ray'' by Sugar Ray Robinson with Dave Anderson, Publisher: Da Capo Press, 1969]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=qRAFvgU2WjsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=boxing%27s+greatest+fighters&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Pl5UVLeRMZScygTQ-YCADA&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=boxing%27s%20greatest%20fighters&f=false ''Boxing's Greatest Fighters'' By Bert Randolph Sugar, Publisher: Lyons Press, 2006]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=Q_nfLUMzlM0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=sugar+ray+robinson&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sy9UVJTREsKsyASKuYGQDA&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=sugar%20ray%20robinson&f=false ''Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson'' By Wil Haygood, Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0733124/ Robinson's film credits at IMDb]

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[[Category:World Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]
[[Category:Two Division World Champions]]
[[Category:New York Daily News Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:New York Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:Intercity Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:World War II Veterans]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members]]
[[Category:African American Boxers]]
[[Category:Actors]]

Sugar Ray Robinson

2026-04-30T15:49:30Z

Dawudboxer: /* Amateur Achievements */

Sugar Ray Robinson

2026-04-30T15:40:29Z

Dawudboxer: /* Amateur Achievements */

[[File:Sugar Ray Robinson.jpeg|left|250px]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|right|140px]]
<boxer>009625</boxer>
*'''Managers:''' [[Curt Horrmann]], [[George Gainford]]
*'''Trainers:''' [[Soldier Jones]], [[Harry Wiley]], [[Pee Wee Beale]]
*'''[[:Category:Sugar Ray Robinson Gallery|Sugar Ray Robinson Gallery]]
'''Sugar Ray Robinson''' is considered by many boxing historians and enthusiasts to be the greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all-time. Robinson is frequently ranked among the top three boxers ever in both the welterweight and middleweight classes.

==International Boxing Hall of Fame Record==
Has a record of 21-7-1 (8 KO) against [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductees:

*[[Bobo Olson]] (4(3)-0)
*[[Fritzie Zivic]] (2(1)-0)
*[[Sammy Angott]] (3-0)
*[[Rocky Graziano]] (1(1)-0)
*[[Kid Gavilan]] (2-0)
*[[Henry Armstrong]] (1-0)
*[[Jake LaMotta]] (5(1)-1)
*[[Randy Turpin]] (1(1)-1)
*[[Carmen Basilio]] (1-1)
*[[Gene Fullmer]] (1(1)-2-1)
*[[Joey Giardello]] (0-1)
*[[Joey Maxim]] (0-1(1))

== Amateur Achievements ==
Robinson's amateur record is usually listed as 85-0 with 69 knockouts, 40 in the first round. However, he lost to [[Billy Graham]] and [[Patsy Pesca]] under his given name, Walker Smith Jr. He also has been recently found to have lost and drew against [[Charlie Baginski]] and also lost to [[Harvey LaCelle]].

*Won the 1938 New York Metropolitan [[AAU]] Open Championship at bantamweight vs. [[Ed Cappelli]].
*Golden Gloves Titles won in 1939:
**[[New York Golden Gloves|New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions]] at featherweight vs. [[Armand Dascenza]]
**[[Intercity Golden Gloves|Intercity Golden Gloves Tournament]] at featherweight vs. [[Tony Ancona]]
**[[New York Daily News Golden Gloves Champions|New York Daily News Golden Gloves Tournament]] at featherweight vs. [[Louis Valentine]]
*Golden Gloves Titles won in 1940:
**[[New York Golden Gloves|New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions]] at lightweight vs. [[Jimmy Butler (of Atlanta, GA)|Jimmy Butler]]
**[[Intercity Golden Gloves|Intercity Golden Gloves Tournament]] at lightweight vs. [[Tony Ancona]]
**[[New York Daily News Golden Gloves Champions|New York Daily News Golden Gloves Tournament]] at lightweight vs. [[Andy Nonella]] [[Category:Boxers with more than 200 bouts|Robinson, Ray]]
*View: [[Sugar Ray Robinson's Golden Gloves Record]]

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title= [[New York Golden Gloves|New York Daily News Golden Gloves]] Open Lightweight Champion |
years= 1940 |
after= [[Willie Smith (of New York, NY)|Willie Smith]]}}
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{{succession box |
before= [[Johnny Pleasant]]|
title= [[Intercity Golden Gloves|Intercity Golden Gloves]] Lightweight Champion |
years= 1940 |
after= [[Johnny Green]]}}
{{end box}}
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== Awards & Recognition ==
*Named [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] for 1942 and 1951 by [[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']].
*Named [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] for 1950 by the [[Boxing Writers Association of America]].
*Named Fighter of the Decade for the 1950s by ''The Ring''.
*Inducted into [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame|''The Ring'' Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1967.
*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990.
*Named Welterweight Fighter of the Century, Middleweight Fighter of the Century, and Fighter of the Century by the Associated Press in 1999.
*''The Ring'' ranked Robinson as the [[The 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years|best fighter of the last 80 years]] in 2002.
*''The Ring'' ranked Robinson as the 11th [[The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!|greatest puncher of all-time]] in 2003.
*Inducted into the [[Georgia Sports Hall of Fame]] in 2006.
*The United States Postal Service honored Robinson with a [[:Image:Sugarraystamp.jpg|stamp]] in 2006.
*Historian [[Bert Sugar]] ranked Robinson #1 in his 2006 book ''[[Boxing's Greatest Fighters]]''.
*[[ESPN]] ranked Robinson as the greatest fighter in history in 2007.

== Notes ==
*Robinson was born Walker Smith Jr. He got his boxing name when he used the AAU card of an ex-boxer named Ray Robinson.
*According to Robinson's autobiography, [[Sugar Ray (Book)|''Sugar Ray'']], sportswriter Jack Case, after seeing one of Robinson’s amateur performances, said he “sure was a sweet fighter.” Chase called him “Sugar Ray” in one of his sports columns and the now-famous moniker was born.
*Robinson was a coach for the 1941 New York Golden Gloves Team at the Intercity Golden Gloves Tournament held in Chicago.
*Robinson won his first 40 professional fights before losing to [[Jake LaMotta]] on [[Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake LaMotta (2nd meeting)|February 5, 1942]]. Robinson then went unbeaten in his next 91 fights.
*Robinson had six fights with Jake LaMotta and won five of them. LaMotta said, "I fought Sugar Ray so often, I almost got diabetes."
*Height dispute: Robinson's height is usually listed as 5'11", but he was often listed as 6'0" early in his career. He was reported as being 5'11½" at the weigh-in for his bout with [[Robert Villemain]] in 1950.
*Madison Square Garden announced on November 14, 1941 that world welterweight champion Freddie (Red) Cochrane would be defending his title against Sugar Ray in early February 1942. However, the announcement was slightly premature because Cochrane's manager, Willie Gilzenberg had been suspended by the NYSAC (for instructing Cochrane to hold back in the early rounds of his non-title 10-rounder with Lew Jenkins) and stated there would be no contract signed until his suspension was lifted. The controversy became academic within 3 weeks as the U.S. entered into World War II, which froze all titles as boxers and champions alike enlisted. Robinson would not receive a title shot until 5 years later.
*On February 27, 1943, Robinson was inducted into the United States Army. He toured Army camps with [[Joe Louis]] and boxed exhibitions for soldiers.
*On March 29, 1944, shortly before he was scheduled to set sail for Europe, Robinson disappeared from his barracks at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, New York. Robinson said he fell down the stairs in his barracks and didn't remember anything from the time of the fall until he woke up in a hospital on April 5. According to his file, a stranger found him in the street on April 1 and helped him to a hospital. Robinson received an honorable discharge from the Army as a sergeant on June 3, 1944.
*Robinson won the vacant World Welterweight Championship in his 76th professional fight, defeating [[Tommy Bell]] by a [[Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Tommy Bell (2nd meeting)|15-round unanimous decision]] on December 20, 1946. Robinson would defend the title five times before relinquishing it to fight as a middleweight.
*Robinson defeated Robert Villemain by a 15-round unanimous decision to win the vacant Pennsylvania World Middleweight Championship on June 5, 1950. The state withdrew recognition from World Middleweight champion Jake LaMotta for failure to defend. Robinson stopped LaMotta in 13 rounds to win the undisputed title on [[Jake LaMotta vs. Sugar Ray Robinson (6th meeting)|February 14, 1951]].
*Robinson lost the World Middleweight Championship to [[Randy Turpin]] by a 15-round decision on [[Randy Turpin vs. Sugar Ray Robinson (1st meeting)|July 10, 1951]]. He regained the title from Turpin with a 10th-round knockout on [[Randy Turpin vs. Sugar Ray Robinson (2nd meeting)|September 12, 1951]].
*Robinson unsuccessfully challenged [[Joey Maxim]] for the World Light Heavyweight Championship on [[Joey Maxim vs. Sugar Ray Robinson|June 25, 1952]]. Robinson, way ahead on points, couldn't come out for the 14th round due to heat exhaustion. The temperature at ringside was 103 degrees. It was the only stoppage loss of Robinson's career.
*After losing to Maxim, Robinson retired with a record of 132-3-2.
*Robinson, who once owned an entire block of shops and businesses in Harlem, returned to the ring in 1955 because he needed money.
*Robinson would win and lose the World Middleweight Championship three times between 1955 and 1960.
*Robinson retired for good in 1965 with a record of 174-19-6.
*Robinson defeated fifteen former, reigning or future world champions during his professional career.
*When his boxing career ended, Robinson dabbled in acting. He appeared in such films as ''The Detective'' (starring [[Frank Sinatra]]) and ''Candy'' (starring Marlon Brando). He also appeared on the television shows ''Mission: Impossible'', ''The Mod Squad'' and ''Fantasy Island''.
*In 1969, Robinson founded the Sugar Ray Robinson Youth Foundation in Los Angeles.
*View: [[Sugar Ray Robinson's Exhibition Bouts]]

==Professional Record==
*Has defeated 12 opponents (7 by KO) in world title fights.
**6 opponents (5 by KO) in World Middleweight Title fights.
**6 opponents (2 by KO) in World Welterweight Title fights.
*Has a record of 14-7-1 (7 KOs) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 30-11-1 (11 KOs) against former, current, and future world champions:
**Won against [[Sammy Angott]] (3 times), [[Marty Servo]] (twice), [[Fritzie Zivic]] (twice), [[Maxie Berger]], [[Jake LaMotta]] (5 times), [[Izzy Jannazzo]] (4 times), [[Henry Armstrong]], [[Kid Gavilan]] (twice), [[Bobo Olson]] (4 times), [[Randy Turpin]], [[Rocky Graziano]], [[Gene Fullmer]], [[Carmen Basilio]], [[Denny Moyer]], [[Ralph Dupas]].
**Lost against [[Jake LaMotta]], [[Randy Turpin]], [[Joey Maxim]], [[Gene Fullmer]] (twice), [[Carmen Basilio]], [[Paul Pender]] (twice), [[Denny Moyer]], [[Terry Downes]], [[Joey Giardello]].
**Drew against [[Gene Fullmer]].

== Death Info ==
*Robinson died at Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, California. He was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and diabetes.
*Robinson is listed as Sugar Ray Robinson by the California Death Records database and the Social Security Death Records database. His Social Security number was 080-28-1189.
*The California Death Records database list his place of birth as Michigan, and Robinson states in his autobiography that he was born in Detroit. However, his birth certificate list his place of birth as Ailey, Georgia. Robinson said his mother was pregnant with him when she moved from Georgia to Detroit.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.cmgww.com/sports/robinson/about/bio.html Official Website]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=oevGluP5VkkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=sugar+ray+robinson&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sy9UVJTREsKsyASKuYGQDA&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=sugar%20ray%20robinson&f=false ''Sugar Ray'' by Sugar Ray Robinson with Dave Anderson, Publisher: Da Capo Press, 1969]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=qRAFvgU2WjsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=boxing%27s+greatest+fighters&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Pl5UVLeRMZScygTQ-YCADA&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=boxing%27s%20greatest%20fighters&f=false ''Boxing's Greatest Fighters'' By Bert Randolph Sugar, Publisher: Lyons Press, 2006]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=Q_nfLUMzlM0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=sugar+ray+robinson&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sy9UVJTREsKsyASKuYGQDA&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=sugar%20ray%20robinson&f=false ''Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson'' By Wil Haygood, Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0733124/ Robinson's film credits at IMDb]

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{{Succession box|
before=[[Marty Servo]] Vacated|
title=[[World Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Johnny Bratton]] Recognized by [[National Boxing Association|NBA]]|
years=1946 Dec 20 – 1951 Feb 14 '''Vacated'''
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{{Succession box|
before=[[Jake LaMotta]]|
title=[[World Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Randy Turpin]]|
years=1951 Feb 14 – 1951 Jul 10
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before=[[Randy Turpin]]|
title=[[World Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Carl (Bobo) Olson]]|
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title=[[World Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Gene Fullmer]]|
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title=[[World Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Carmen Basilio]]|
years=1957 May 1 – 1957 Sep 23
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before=[[Carmen Basilio]]|
title=[[World Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Paul Pender]]|
years=1958 Mar 25 – 1960 Jan 22 Robinson was recognized only by New York and Massachusetts when he lost the title. He had been stripped by the [[National Boxing Association|NBA]] due to inactivity.}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Sugar Ray}}
[[Category:World Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]
[[Category:Two Division World Champions]]
[[Category:New York Daily News Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:New York Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:Intercity Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:World War II Veterans]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members]]
[[Category:African American Boxers]]
[[Category:Actors]]

Jamie Moore

2026-03-21T14:24:36Z

Dawudboxer: /* The Michael Jones trilogy */

[[File:14793.jpg|left|250px|]]
<human>014793</human>
*'''Trainer:''' [[Oliver Harrison]]
*'''Manager:''' [[Steve Wood]]

'''Jamie Moore''' (born 4 November 1978 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England) is a professional boxer from Walkden, Salford. Moore fights at Light Middleweight division but has competed in the divisions either side.

He is a former two-time British Light Middleweight Champion and a former Commonwealth Champion. He vacated the British crown in December 2007 to concentrate on the European title for which he is the mandatory challenger.

===Background===
Moore boxed as an amateur compiling a 24-8 record. With just 8 fights under his belt, Moore boxed [[Ricky Hatton]] who was far more experienced and the schoolboy champion with over 30 fights to his name. Moore was stopped in the first round after being floored then set upon by Hatton. Moore’s corner threw the towel in to save him from further punishment. This defeat was followed by a long winning streak for Moore. After suffering a few controversial points defeats he chose to turn professional in October 1999. He won his professional debut against [[Clive Johnson]] scoring a knockout in the third round on a card that included [[Ricky Hatton]], [[Anthony Farnell]], [[Thomas McDonagh]] and journeyman [[Peter Buckley]].

Moore's first opportunity to fight for a title belt, the [[WBU]] Intercontinental Light Middleweight Title, was in July 2001. However, Moore suffered the first defeat of his career when [[Scott Dixon]] stopped Moore in the fifth of the scheduled twelve rounds to take the title, despite Moore having Dixon down in the third round.

===The Michael Jones trilogy===
In 2003, Moore fought Liverpool's [[Michael Jones]] for both the British and Commonwealth Light Middleweight Title at the Everton Park Sports Centre in north Liverpool. Moore won this tough fight on points to win his first professional title. Moore retained the British title in subsequent fights and became the first Salford Fighter in over 100 years to win the [[Lonsdale Belt]]. However, this was not the last that Moore was to see of Liverpudlian Michael Jones, the pair fought again in November 2004 again at the Altrincham Leisure Centre in Cheshire for the British title. In his previous bout, Moore had fought for the Commonwealth title against [[Ossie Duran]] and been stopped in the 3rd round due to a hip injury. The rematch with Jones was Moore’s chance to get back to winning ways. Moore lost the bout after being disqualified in the third round due to hitting on the break. The pair again faced each other for the final time in July 2005 at the same venue and for the same British Light Middleweight title but this time Moore avenged the defeat he suffered the previous year by stopping Jones in the sixth round of an absolute barn burner! Moore was down two times in the 3rd, but battled back to floor Jones twice in 5th and then ended matters once and for all by putting Jones down for a final time in the 6th.

===The Matthew Macklin barnstormer===
Moore most high profile fight so far in his professional career came in September 2006 when he fought [[Matthew Macklin]] at the George Carnell Leisure Centre, Davyhulme, Manchester. Macklin, a Birmingham Irish fighter, is a a former Irish Middleweight Title holder and is trained and fights out of the [[Billy Graham]]'s Gym across the city from Moores gym also in Manchester which increased the rivalry in the fight. Moore defeated Macklin in a "fight of the year" contender bout to take the the British Light Middleweight Title.

==Fighters Trained==
*[[Jack Catterall]] (2018-)
*[[Tommy Coyle]] (2013-)
*[[Conrad Cummings]] (2016-)
*[[Rocky Fielding]] (2017-)
*[[Carl Frampton]] (2017-)
*[[Martin Murray]] (2016-)
*[[Steven Ward]] (2016-)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Jamie}}
[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Light Middleweight Champions]]

Jamie Moore

2026-03-21T14:21:51Z

Dawudboxer: /* The Michael Jones trilogy */

[[File:14793.jpg|left|250px|]]
<human>014793</human>
*'''Trainer:''' [[Oliver Harrison]]
*'''Manager:''' [[Steve Wood]]

'''Jamie Moore''' (born 4 November 1978 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England) is a professional boxer from Walkden, Salford. Moore fights at Light Middleweight division but has competed in the divisions either side.

He is a former two-time British Light Middleweight Champion and a former Commonwealth Champion. He vacated the British crown in December 2007 to concentrate on the European title for which he is the mandatory challenger.

===Background===
Moore boxed as an amateur compiling a 24-8 record. With just 8 fights under his belt, Moore boxed [[Ricky Hatton]] who was far more experienced and the schoolboy champion with over 30 fights to his name. Moore was stopped in the first round after being floored then set upon by Hatton. Moore’s corner threw the towel in to save him from further punishment. This defeat was followed by a long winning streak for Moore. After suffering a few controversial points defeats he chose to turn professional in October 1999. He won his professional debut against [[Clive Johnson]] scoring a knockout in the third round on a card that included [[Ricky Hatton]], [[Anthony Farnell]], [[Thomas McDonagh]] and journeyman [[Peter Buckley]].

Moore's first opportunity to fight for a title belt, the [[WBU]] Intercontinental Light Middleweight Title, was in July 2001. However, Moore suffered the first defeat of his career when [[Scott Dixon]] stopped Moore in the fifth of the scheduled twelve rounds to take the title, despite Moore having Dixon down in the third round.

===The Michael Jones trilogy===
In 2003, Moore fought Liverpool's [[Michael Jones]] for both the British and Commonwealth Light Middleweight Title at the Everton Park Sports Centre in north Liverpool. Moore won this tough fight on points to win his first professional title. Moore retained the British title in subsequent fights and became the first Salford Fighter in over 100 years to win the [[Lonsdale Belt]]. However, this was not the last that Moore was to see of Liverpudlian Michael Jones, the pair fought again in November 2004 again at the Altrincham Leisure Centre in Cheshire for the British title. In his previous bout, Moore had fought for the Commonwealth title against [[Ossie Duran]] and been stopped in the 3rd round due to a hip injury. The rematch with Jones was Moore’s chance to get back to winning ways. Moore lost the bout after being disqualified in the third round due to hitting on the break. The pair again faced each other for the final time in July 2005 at the same venue and for the same British Light Middleweight title but this time Moore avenged the defeat he suffered the previous year by stopping Jones in the sixth round of an absolute barn burner! Moore was down two times in 3rd, but Moore battled back to floor Jones twice in 5th and then ended matters once and for all by putting Jones down for a final time in 6th.

===The Matthew Macklin barnstormer===
Moore most high profile fight so far in his professional career came in September 2006 when he fought [[Matthew Macklin]] at the George Carnell Leisure Centre, Davyhulme, Manchester. Macklin, a Birmingham Irish fighter, is a a former Irish Middleweight Title holder and is trained and fights out of the [[Billy Graham]]'s Gym across the city from Moores gym also in Manchester which increased the rivalry in the fight. Moore defeated Macklin in a "fight of the year" contender bout to take the the British Light Middleweight Title.

==Fighters Trained==
*[[Jack Catterall]] (2018-)
*[[Tommy Coyle]] (2013-)
*[[Conrad Cummings]] (2016-)
*[[Rocky Fielding]] (2017-)
*[[Carl Frampton]] (2017-)
*[[Martin Murray]] (2016-)
*[[Steven Ward]] (2016-)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Jamie}}
[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Light Middleweight Champions]]

Jamie Moore

2026-03-21T14:17:56Z

Dawudboxer: /* The Michael Jones trilogy */

[[File:14793.jpg|left|250px|]]
<human>014793</human>
*'''Trainer:''' [[Oliver Harrison]]
*'''Manager:''' [[Steve Wood]]

'''Jamie Moore''' (born 4 November 1978 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England) is a professional boxer from Walkden, Salford. Moore fights at Light Middleweight division but has competed in the divisions either side.

He is a former two-time British Light Middleweight Champion and a former Commonwealth Champion. He vacated the British crown in December 2007 to concentrate on the European title for which he is the mandatory challenger.

===Background===
Moore boxed as an amateur compiling a 24-8 record. With just 8 fights under his belt, Moore boxed [[Ricky Hatton]] who was far more experienced and the schoolboy champion with over 30 fights to his name. Moore was stopped in the first round after being floored then set upon by Hatton. Moore’s corner threw the towel in to save him from further punishment. This defeat was followed by a long winning streak for Moore. After suffering a few controversial points defeats he chose to turn professional in October 1999. He won his professional debut against [[Clive Johnson]] scoring a knockout in the third round on a card that included [[Ricky Hatton]], [[Anthony Farnell]], [[Thomas McDonagh]] and journeyman [[Peter Buckley]].

Moore's first opportunity to fight for a title belt, the [[WBU]] Intercontinental Light Middleweight Title, was in July 2001. However, Moore suffered the first defeat of his career when [[Scott Dixon]] stopped Moore in the fifth of the scheduled twelve rounds to take the title, despite Moore having Dixon down in the third round.

===The Michael Jones trilogy===
In 2003, Moore fought Liverpool's [[Michael Jones]] for both the British and Commonwealth Light Middleweight Title at the Everton Park Sports Centre in north Liverpool. Moore won this tough fight on points to win his first professional title. Moore retained the British title in subsequent fights and became the first Salford Fighter in over 100 years to win the [[Lonsdale Belt]]. However, this was not the last that Moore was to see of Liverpudlian Michael Jones, the pair fought again in November 2004 again at the Altrincham Leisure Centre in Cheshire for the British title. In his previous bout, Moore had fought for the Commonwealth title against [[Ossie Duran]] and been stopped in the 3rd round due to a hip injury. The rematch with Jones was Moore’s chance to get back to winning ways. Moore lost the bout after being disqualified in the third round due to hitting on the break. The pair again faced each other for the final time in July 2005 at the same venue and for the same British Light Middleweight title but this time Moore avenged the defeat he suffered the previous year by stopping Jones in the sixth round.

===The Matthew Macklin barnstormer===
Moore most high profile fight so far in his professional career came in September 2006 when he fought [[Matthew Macklin]] at the George Carnell Leisure Centre, Davyhulme, Manchester. Macklin, a Birmingham Irish fighter, is a a former Irish Middleweight Title holder and is trained and fights out of the [[Billy Graham]]'s Gym across the city from Moores gym also in Manchester which increased the rivalry in the fight. Moore defeated Macklin in a "fight of the year" contender bout to take the the British Light Middleweight Title.

==Fighters Trained==
*[[Jack Catterall]] (2018-)
*[[Tommy Coyle]] (2013-)
*[[Conrad Cummings]] (2016-)
*[[Rocky Fielding]] (2017-)
*[[Carl Frampton]] (2017-)
*[[Martin Murray]] (2016-)
*[[Steven Ward]] (2016-)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Jamie}}
[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Light Middleweight Champions]]

Jamie Moore

2026-03-21T14:16:45Z

Dawudboxer: /* The Michael Jones trilogy */

[[File:14793.jpg|left|250px|]]
<human>014793</human>
*'''Trainer:''' [[Oliver Harrison]]
*'''Manager:''' [[Steve Wood]]

'''Jamie Moore''' (born 4 November 1978 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England) is a professional boxer from Walkden, Salford. Moore fights at Light Middleweight division but has competed in the divisions either side.

He is a former two-time British Light Middleweight Champion and a former Commonwealth Champion. He vacated the British crown in December 2007 to concentrate on the European title for which he is the mandatory challenger.

===Background===
Moore boxed as an amateur compiling a 24-8 record. With just 8 fights under his belt, Moore boxed [[Ricky Hatton]] who was far more experienced and the schoolboy champion with over 30 fights to his name. Moore was stopped in the first round after being floored then set upon by Hatton. Moore’s corner threw the towel in to save him from further punishment. This defeat was followed by a long winning streak for Moore. After suffering a few controversial points defeats he chose to turn professional in October 1999. He won his professional debut against [[Clive Johnson]] scoring a knockout in the third round on a card that included [[Ricky Hatton]], [[Anthony Farnell]], [[Thomas McDonagh]] and journeyman [[Peter Buckley]].

Moore's first opportunity to fight for a title belt, the [[WBU]] Intercontinental Light Middleweight Title, was in July 2001. However, Moore suffered the first defeat of his career when [[Scott Dixon]] stopped Moore in the fifth of the scheduled twelve rounds to take the title, despite Moore having Dixon down in the third round.

===The Michael Jones trilogy===
In 2003, Moore fought Liverpool's [[Michael Jones]] for both the British and Commonwealth Light Middleweight Title at the Everton Park Sports Centre in north Liverpool. Moore won this tough fight on points to win his first professional title. Moore retained the British title in subsequent fights and became the first Salford Fighter in over 100 years to win the [[Lonsdale Belt]]. However, this was not the last that Moore was to see of Liverpudlian Michael Jones, the pair fought again in November 2004 again at the Altrincham Leisure Centre in Cheshire for the British title. In his previous bout, Moore had fought for the Commonwealth title and been stopped in the 3rd round due to a hip injury. The rematch with Jones was Moore’s chance to get back to winning ways. Moore lost the bout after being disqualified in the third round due to hitting on the break. The pair again faced each other for the final time in July 2005 at the same venue and for the same British Light Middleweight title but this time Moore avenged the defeat he suffered the previous year by stopping Jones in the sixth round.

===The Matthew Macklin barnstormer===
Moore most high profile fight so far in his professional career came in September 2006 when he fought [[Matthew Macklin]] at the George Carnell Leisure Centre, Davyhulme, Manchester. Macklin, a Birmingham Irish fighter, is a a former Irish Middleweight Title holder and is trained and fights out of the [[Billy Graham]]'s Gym across the city from Moores gym also in Manchester which increased the rivalry in the fight. Moore defeated Macklin in a "fight of the year" contender bout to take the the British Light Middleweight Title.

==Fighters Trained==
*[[Jack Catterall]] (2018-)
*[[Tommy Coyle]] (2013-)
*[[Conrad Cummings]] (2016-)
*[[Rocky Fielding]] (2017-)
*[[Carl Frampton]] (2017-)
*[[Martin Murray]] (2016-)
*[[Steven Ward]] (2016-)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Jamie}}
[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Light Middleweight Champions]]

Jamie Moore

2026-03-21T14:09:49Z

Dawudboxer: /* The Michael Jones trilogy */

[[File:14793.jpg|left|250px|]]
<human>014793</human>
*'''Trainer:''' [[Oliver Harrison]]
*'''Manager:''' [[Steve Wood]]

'''Jamie Moore''' (born 4 November 1978 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England) is a professional boxer from Walkden, Salford. Moore fights at Light Middleweight division but has competed in the divisions either side.

He is a former two-time British Light Middleweight Champion and a former Commonwealth Champion. He vacated the British crown in December 2007 to concentrate on the European title for which he is the mandatory challenger.

===Background===
Moore boxed as an amateur compiling a 24-8 record. With just 8 fights under his belt, Moore boxed [[Ricky Hatton]] who was far more experienced and the schoolboy champion with over 30 fights to his name. Moore was stopped in the first round after being floored then set upon by Hatton. Moore’s corner threw the towel in to save him from further punishment. This defeat was followed by a long winning streak for Moore. After suffering a few controversial points defeats he chose to turn professional in October 1999. He won his professional debut against [[Clive Johnson]] scoring a knockout in the third round on a card that included [[Ricky Hatton]], [[Anthony Farnell]], [[Thomas McDonagh]] and journeyman [[Peter Buckley]].

Moore's first opportunity to fight for a title belt, the [[WBU]] Intercontinental Light Middleweight Title, was in July 2001. However, Moore suffered the first defeat of his career when [[Scott Dixon]] stopped Moore in the fifth of the scheduled twelve rounds to take the title, despite Moore having Dixon down in the third round.

===The Michael Jones trilogy===
In 2003, Moore fought Liverpool's [[Michael Jones]] for both the British and Commonwealth Light Middleweight Title at the Everton Park Sports Centre in north Liverpool. Moore won this tough fight on points to win his first professional title. Moore retained the British title in subsequent fights and became the first Salford Fighter in over 100 years to win the [[Lonsdale Belt]]. However, this was not the last that Moore was to see of Liverpudlian Michael Jones as the pair fought again in November 2004 again at the Altrincham Leisure Centre in Cheshire for the British title and this time Moore lost after being disqualified in the third round to hitting on the break. The pair again faced each other for the final time in July 2005 at the same venue and for the same British Light Middleweight title but this time Moore avenged the defeat he suffered the previous year by stopping Jones in the sixth round.

===The Matthew Macklin barnstormer===
Moore most high profile fight so far in his professional career came in September 2006 when he fought [[Matthew Macklin]] at the George Carnell Leisure Centre, Davyhulme, Manchester. Macklin, a Birmingham Irish fighter, is a a former Irish Middleweight Title holder and is trained and fights out of the [[Billy Graham]]'s Gym across the city from Moores gym also in Manchester which increased the rivalry in the fight. Moore defeated Macklin in a "fight of the year" contender bout to take the the British Light Middleweight Title.

==Fighters Trained==
*[[Jack Catterall]] (2018-)
*[[Tommy Coyle]] (2013-)
*[[Conrad Cummings]] (2016-)
*[[Rocky Fielding]] (2017-)
*[[Carl Frampton]] (2017-)
*[[Martin Murray]] (2016-)
*[[Steven Ward]] (2016-)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Jamie}}
[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Light Middleweight Champions]]

Jamie Moore

2026-03-21T14:08:56Z

Dawudboxer: /* Background */

[[File:14793.jpg|left|250px|]]
<human>014793</human>
*'''Trainer:''' [[Oliver Harrison]]
*'''Manager:''' [[Steve Wood]]

'''Jamie Moore''' (born 4 November 1978 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England) is a professional boxer from Walkden, Salford. Moore fights at Light Middleweight division but has competed in the divisions either side.

He is a former two-time British Light Middleweight Champion and a former Commonwealth Champion. He vacated the British crown in December 2007 to concentrate on the European title for which he is the mandatory challenger.

===Background===
Moore boxed as an amateur compiling a 24-8 record. With just 8 fights under his belt, Moore boxed [[Ricky Hatton]] who was far more experienced and the schoolboy champion with over 30 fights to his name. Moore was stopped in the first round after being floored then set upon by Hatton. Moore’s corner threw the towel in to save him from further punishment. This defeat was followed by a long winning streak for Moore. After suffering a few controversial points defeats he chose to turn professional in October 1999. He won his professional debut against [[Clive Johnson]] scoring a knockout in the third round on a card that included [[Ricky Hatton]], [[Anthony Farnell]], [[Thomas McDonagh]] and journeyman [[Peter Buckley]].

Moore's first opportunity to fight for a title belt, the [[WBU]] Intercontinental Light Middleweight Title, was in July 2001. However, Moore suffered the first defeat of his career when [[Scott Dixon]] stopped Moore in the fifth of the scheduled twelve rounds to take the title, despite Moore having Dixon down in the third round.

===The Michael Jones trilogy===
In 2003, Moore fought Liverpool's [[Michael Jones]] for both the British and Commonwealth Light Middleweight Title at the Everton Park Sports Centre in north Liverpool. Moore won this tough fight on points to win his first professional title. Moore retained the British title in subsequent fights and became the first Salford Fighter in over 100 years to win the [[Lonsdale Belt]]. However, this was not the last that Moore was to see of Liverpudlian Michael Jones as the pair fought again in November 2004 again at the Altrincham Leisure Centre in Cheshire for the British title and this time Moore lost after being disqualified in the third round to hitting on the break. The pair again faced each other for the final time in July 2005 at the same venue and for the same British Light Middleweight title but this time Moore avenged the defeat he suffer the previous year by stopping Jones in the sixth round.

===The Matthew Macklin barnstormer===
Moore most high profile fight so far in his professional career came in September 2006 when he fought [[Matthew Macklin]] at the George Carnell Leisure Centre, Davyhulme, Manchester. Macklin, a Birmingham Irish fighter, is a a former Irish Middleweight Title holder and is trained and fights out of the [[Billy Graham]]'s Gym across the city from Moores gym also in Manchester which increased the rivalry in the fight. Moore defeated Macklin in a "fight of the year" contender bout to take the the British Light Middleweight Title.

==Fighters Trained==
*[[Jack Catterall]] (2018-)
*[[Tommy Coyle]] (2013-)
*[[Conrad Cummings]] (2016-)
*[[Rocky Fielding]] (2017-)
*[[Carl Frampton]] (2017-)
*[[Martin Murray]] (2016-)
*[[Steven Ward]] (2016-)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Jamie}}
[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Light Middleweight Champions]]

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

2026-02-22T07:03:20Z

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*'''Trainers:''' [[Floyd Mayweather|Floyd Mayweather Sr.]] (1977-2000, 2006, 2013-2017), [[Roger Mayweather]] (2000-2013)
*'''Managers:''' [[Floyd Mayweather|Floyd Mayweather Sr.]] (1996-1999), [[James Prince]] (1999-2003), [[Al Haymon]] (2004-2017)
*'''Promoters:''' [[Top Rank Boxing Promotions|Top Rank]] (1996-2006), [[Goossen Tutor Promotions]] (2006), [[Golden Boy Promotions]] (2007-2014), Mayweather Promotions (2014-2017)
*'''[[:Category:Floyd Mayweather Jr. Gallery|Floyd Mayweather Jr. Gallery]]

== International Boxing Hall of Fame Record ==
*Has a record of 8-0 (3 KO) against [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductees:
**Won against
[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/corrales.html Diego Corrales],
[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/gatti.html Arturo Gatti], [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/delahoya.html Oscar De La Hoya],
[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/hatton.html Ricky Hatton],
[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/marquez.html Juan Manuel Marquez], [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/mosley.html Shane Mosley], [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/cottom.html Miguel Cotto], and
[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/pacquiao.html Manny Pacquiao]

== Amateur Highlights ==
[[File:Mayweather-Sanchez 293616.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather against Augie Sanchez at the 1996 United States Olympic Box-offs.]]
[[File:Mayweather wins a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather's hand is raised after defeating Bakhtiyar Tilegenov at the 1996 Olympics.]]
[[File:Floydgallbpg-vertical.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather against Lorenzo Aragon in the quarterfinals of the 1996 Olympics.]]
[[File:Floyd-mayweather-bronze-1996-atlanta.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather reacts to losing a controversial decision to Serafim Todorov in the semifinals of the 1996 Olympics.]]
*Amateur Record: Usually recorded as [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.geocities.ws/pedrinet/mayweather.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dwww.geocities.ws/pedrinet/mayweather.html%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DF1u%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official 84-6] but 3 more defeats have since been found so he was 84-9.
*1992 National PAL L DQ Pheotis Upshaw (Courtesy of Bob Yalen)
*1993 National [[Golden Gloves]] Light Flyweight Champion. Results:
**Salvador Casillas W 3
**Domenic Filane W 3
**Willie Seenn W 3
**Juan Anzures W 3
**[[Eric Morel]] W 3
*1994 National [[Golden Gloves]] Flyweight Champion. Results:
**[[Isidro Garcia]] W 3
**Julian Stevens W 3
**Juan Anzures W 3
**Nick Molinari W 3
**Linton Nichols W 3
*1994 United States Junior National Championships. Results:
**Nick Molinari W 3
**[[Arnulfo Bravo]] L 3
*Lost on points to [[Martin Castillo]] at a 1994 United States vs. Mexico dual meet in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
*Lost on points to [[Carlos Navarro]] at the 1995 United States Pan American Games Trials.
*Lost on points to [[Juan Carlos Ramirez]] at a 1995 United States vs. Mexico dual meet at Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA.
*1995 United States featherweight representative at the World Championships in Berlin, Germany. Results:
**1st Round - Defeated Marian Leondraliu (Romania) (8-7)
**2nd Round - Lost to Noureddine Medjihoud (Algeria) (6-8)
*1995 [[United States Amateur Featherweight Champions|United States Amateur Featherweight Champion]]. Results:
**Jesse Byers W 3
**Raul Basulto W 3
**[[Augie Sanchez]] W 3
**James Baker WO
*1995 National Police Athletic League Featherweight Champion. Results:
**Ernest Rodriguez W 3
**Shavonn Price RSC 1
**Elizondo Gilbert RSC 3
**[[Carlos Navarro]] W 3
**Carmello Ramos W 3
*Dec 1995 Moscow Russia Trigran Ouzlian (Geo) L WO
*1996 National [[Golden Gloves]] Featherweight Champion. Results:
**[[Jose Hernandez]] W 3
**Hector Cruz W 3
**Chad Jaquillard W 3
**Adriel Pebenito W 3
**[[Martin O'Malley]] W 3
*1996 United States [[Olympics|Olympic]] Trials. Results:
**Defeated William Jenkins (RSC-3)
**Defeated James Baker (RSCH-1)
**Lost to [[Augie Sanchez]] (11-12)
**Defeated [[Carlos Navarro]] (31-11) in Challengers Bracket
*1996 United States [[Olympics|Olympic]] Box-offs. Results:
**Defeated [[Augie Sanchez]] (12-8)
**Defeated [[Augie Sanchez]] (20-10)
*1996 Featherweight Bronze Medalist for the United States at the [[Olympics]] in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Results:
**1st Round - Defeated Bakhtiyar Tilegenov (Kazakhstan) (RSCI-2)
**2nd Round - Defeated [[Artur Gevorgyan]] (Armenia) (16-3)
**Quarterfinals - Defeated [[Lorenzo Aragon]] (Cuba) (12-11)
**Semifinals - Lost to [[Serafim Todorov]] (Bulgaria) (9-10)

== Professional Record ==
[[File:Floyd-4.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather wearing WBC and IBF title belts.]]
[[File:Box_a_mayweather-hernadez_mb_288x162.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Genaro Hernandez]]
[[File:Mayweather_corrales_275.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Diego Corrales]]
[[File:Images2 floydcastillo2.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Jose Luis Castillo I]]
[[File:Index.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Jose Luis Castillo II]]
[[File:Gatti_Mayweather_2005.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Arturo Gatti]]
[[File:9a355cf97bb655a11377730d9a2d9d8c_crop_exact.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Oscar De La Hoya]]
[[File:Article-0-02D5BC42000005DC-606_468x301.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Ricky Hatton]]
[[File:1920c3a6999b74c227a11787a9444d31-getty-88742971em034 floyd mayweat.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez]]
[[File:Mayweather.mosley.8.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Shane Mosley]]
[[File:Mayweather-Cotto-2012.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto]]
[[File:Floyd-mayweather-alvarez.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Saul Alvarez]]
[[File:Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao 472030658.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao]]
[[File:TELEMMGLPICT000138437887 trans NvBQzQNjv4Bq3XmyF3YIL3K1caQxZsZv2Ssm-UOV8 Q90I8 c5Af0yY.jpeg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor]]
*Has defeated 24 opponents (10 by KO) in world title fights.
**4 opponents'''*''' (0 by KO) in World Light Middleweight Title fights.
**8 opponents'''*''' (2 by KO) in World Welterweight Title fights.
**One opponent ([[Marcos Maidana]]) beaten for:
***World Welterweight Title (by MD)
***World Welterweight & Light Middleweight Title (by UD)
**1 opponent (1 by KO) in World Super Lightweight Title fights.
**3 opponents (1 by KO) in World Lightweight Title fights.
**9 opponents (6 by KO) in World Super Featherweight Title fights.
*Has a record of 26-0 (10 KO) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 24-0 (7 KO) against former or current world titlists:
**Won against [[Genaro Hernandez]], [[Gregorio Vargas]], [[Diego Corrales]], [[Carlos Alberto Hernandez|Carlos Hernandez]], [[Jesus Chavez]], [[Jose Luis Castillo]] (twice), [[DeMarcus Corley]], [[Arturo Gatti]], [[Sharmba Mitchell]], [[Zab Judah]], [[Carlos Manuel Baldomir|Carlos Baldomir]], [[Oscar De La Hoya]], [[Ricky Hatton]], [[Juan Manuel Marquez]], [[Shane Mosley]], [[Victor Ortiz (of California)|Victor Ortiz]], [[Miguel Cotto]], [[Robert Guerrero]], [[Saul Alvarez]], [[Marcos Maidana]] (twice), [[Manny Pacquiao]], and [[Andre Berto]].
*Has a record of 13-0 (3 KO) against former or current lineal titlists:
**Won against [[Genaro Hernandez]], [[Diego Corrales]], [[Jose Luis Castillo]] (twice), [[Zab Judah]], [[Carlos Manuel Baldomir|Carlos Baldomir]], [[Oscar De La Hoya]], [[Ricky Hatton]], [[Juan Manuel Marquez]], [[Shane Mosley]], [[Miguel Cotto]], [[Saul Alvarez]], and [[Manny Pacquiao]].

'''Variant Record'''
*Defeated 3 undefeated opponents with ten or more bouts: [[Diego Corrales]], [[Ricky Hatton]] & [[Saul Alvarez]].
*Mayweather Jr. fought all his professional fights in the United States.

== Year-By-Year Record ==
*1996: 2(1)-0
*1997: 10(9)-0
*1998: 7(5)-0
*1999: 3(2)-0
*2000: 2(1)-0
*2001: 3(2)-0
*2002: 2-0
*2003: 2(1)-0
*2004: 1-0
*2005: 3(3)-0
*2006: 2-0
*2007: 2(1)-0
*2008: Did not fight (retired)
*2009: 1-0
*2010: 1-0
*2011: 1(1)-0
*2012: 1-0
*2013: 2-0
*2014: 2-0
*2015: 2-0
*2016: Did not fight (retired)
*2017: 1(1)-0

== Regional & Minor Titles ==
*[[IBO]] Welterweight Title (April 2006; 1 defense)
*[[IBA]] Welterweight Title (November 2006; 0 defenses)
*[[WBC]] Diamond Super Welterweight Title (May 2012; 0 defenses)

== World Titles ==
*[[WBC]] Super Featherweight Title (1998-2002; 8 defenses)
*[[WBC]] Lightweight Title (2002-2004; 3 defenses)
*[[WBC]] Super Lightweight Title (2005; 0 defenses)
*[[IBF]] Welterweight Title (2006; 0 defenses)
*(2) [[WBC]] Welterweight Title (2006-2008; 1 defense, 2011-2015; 5 defenses)
*(2) [[WBC]] Super Welterweight Title (2007; 0 defenses, 2013-2015; 1 defense)
*[[WBA]] Super Welterweight Super Title (2012-2016; 1 defense)
*[[WBA]] Welterweight Super Title (2014-2016; 3 defenses)
*[[WBO]] Welterweight Title (2015; 0 defenses)

== Unified Titles ==
*Unified Junior Middleweight Title (2013-2015; [[WBA]], [[WBC]])
*(2) Unified Welterweight Title (2014-2015; [[WBC]], [[WBA]], 2015; [[WBC]], [[WBA]], [[WBO]])
*Simultaneously held [[WBC]] Welterweight Title and [[WBC]] Junior Middleweight Title (2007)
**Vacated [[WBC]] Junior Middleweight Title in 2007
**Vacated [[WBC]] Welterweight Title in 2008
*Simultaneously held [[WBC]] Welterweight Title and [[WBA]] Junior Middleweight Title (2012-2015)
*Simultaneously held [[WBC]] Welterweight Title and Unified Junior Middleweight Title ([[WBA]], [[WBC]]) (2013-2015)
*Simultaneously held Unified Welterweight Title ([[WBC]], [[WBA]]) and Unified Junior Middleweight Title ([[WBA]], [[WBC]]) (2014-2015)
*Simultaneously held Unified Welterweight Title ([[WBC]], [[WBA]], [[WBO]]) and Unified Junior Middleweight Title ([[WBA]], [[WBC]]) (2015)
**Stripped of [[WBO]] Welterweight Title in 2015
**Vacated [[WBC]] Welterweight Title and [[WBC]] Junior Middleweight Title in 2015
**Vacated [[WBA]] Welterweight Title and [[WBA]] Junior Middleweight Title in 2016

== The Ring Magazine Titles ==
*World Lightweight Title (2002-2004)
*(2) World Welterweight Title (2006-2008, 2013-2015)
*World Junior Middleweight Title (2013-2015)

== Lineal Titles ==
*World Junior Lightweight Title (1998-2002)
*World Lightweight Title (2002-2004)
*(2) World Welterweight Title (2006-2008, 2010-2015)
*World Junior Middleweight Title (2013-2015)

== Awards & Recognition ==
*(3) [[Boxing Writers Association of America]] [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (2007, 2013, 2015)
*[[Boxing Writers Association of America]] Fighter of the Decade (2010-2019)
*(2) [[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (1998, 2007)
*(5) [[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Event of the Year|Event of the Year]] (2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015)
*[[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Comeback of the Year|Comeback of the Year]] (2009)
*[[The Ring Magazine]] Fighter of the Decade (2010-2019)
*[[KO Magazine]] [[KO Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (1998)
*(6) Best Fighter ESPY Award (2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014)
*(2) [[ESPN]] Fighter of the Year (2007, 2013)
*[[Sports Illustrated]] Round of the Year (2010; 2nd round [[Shane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|vs. Shane Mosley]])
*[[Sports Illustrated]] Fighter of the Year (2015)
*[http://www.emmyonline.org/sports Sports Emmy Award] for Outstanding Edited Sports Event Coverage (2014; Executive Producer for [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saul Alvarez|Mayweather vs. Canelo]]: Epilogue)
*[http://www.emmyonline.org/sports Sports Emmy Award] for [http://cdn.emmyonline.org/sports_36th_winners.pdf Outstanding Sports Documentary Series] (2015; Executive Producer)
*[http://www.emmyonline.org/sports Sports Emmy Award] for [http://cdn.emmyonline.org/sports_37th_winners.pdf Outstanding Edited Sports Coverage] (2016; Executive Producer for [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto|Mayweather vs. Berto]]: Epilogue)
*Named the [http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/greatest/featureVideo?page=greatest4150 48th greatest boxer of all-time] by [[ESPN]] in 2007.
*Named the [http://www.boxing.com/the_100_greatest_fighters_of_all_time_part_six_50_41.html 47th greatest boxer of all-time] by [http://www.boxing.com Boxing.com] in 2013.
*Named the 12th greatest boxer since World War II by a panel of experts in [[The Ring Magazine]] in 2014.
*Named the [http://sports.yahoo.com/news/where-floyd-mayweather--manny-pacquiao-rank-amongst-all-time-boxing-greats-062113734-boxing.html 19th greatest boxer of all-time] by a panel of experts from Yahoo! Sports in 2015.
*Named the [http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/14970037/ranking-top-25-pound-pound-boxers-25-years greatest pound-for-pound boxer of the last 25 years] by a panel of experts from [[ESPN]] in 2016.
*Named the [https://www.ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/01-IBRO-Pound-for-Pound-2019.pdf 22nd greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all-time] by the [[International Boxing Research Organization]] in 2019.
*Named the [https://www.ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/09-IBRO-Junior-Lightweight-2019.pdf 3rd greatest junior lightweight of all-time] by the [[International Boxing Research Organization]] in 2019.
*Named the [https://www.ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08-IBRO-Lightweight-2019.pdf 18th greatest lightweight of all-time] by the [[International Boxing Research Organization]] in 2019.
*Named the [https://www.ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/06-IBRO-Welterweight-2019.pdf 13th greatest welterweight of all-time] by the [[International Boxing Research Organization]] in 2019.
*Named the [https://www.ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/05-IBRO-Junior-Middleweight-2019.pdf 9th greatest junior middleweight of all-time] by the [[International Boxing Research Organization]] in 2019.
*Named the [https://www.ringtv.com/628042-divsion-by-divsion-lightweight-junior-featherweight/ 2nd greatest junior lightweight of all-time] by a panel of experts in [[The Ring Magazine]] in 2021.

== Notes ==
*Started boxing shortly after he started walking.
*Fourth boxer to win a world title in at least five weight divisions ([[Thomas Hearns]], [[Sugar Ray Leonard]], [[Oscar De La Hoya]]).
*Second boxer to win a lineal title in at least four weight divisions ([[Manny Pacquiao]]).
*Holds the record for most world titles held simultaneously (5; WBC, WBA, WBO Welterweight Titles and WBA, WBC Super Welterweight Titles).
*Shares the record for most world titles won (11; [[Evander Holyfield]]).
*Holds the record for most wins without a loss or draw (50).
*Ranked #1 pound-for-pound by [[The Ring Magazine|The Ring]] from July 2005 until his first retirement in June 2008 and from December 2012 until his second retirement in September 2015.
*Retired for the first time in his career on June 6, 2008, cancelling a planned rematch against [[Oscar De La Hoya]]. Came out of retirement in 2009 to fight [[Juan Manuel Marquez]].
*Retired for the second time in his career in 2015 after defeating [[Andre Berto]]. Came out of retirement in 2017 to fight [[Conor McGregor]].
*Retired for the third time in his career in 2017 after defeating [[Conor McGregor]].
*Son of retired boxer and trainer [[Floyd Mayweather|Floyd Mayweather Sr.]]
*Nephew of retired boxers and trainers [[Roger Mayweather]] and [[Jeff Mayweather]].
*Half-brother of boxer [[Justin Mayweather Jones]].

== Career Earnings ==
*Forbes Magazine releases an annual list of the world's highest paid athletes. Mayweather's placements:
**2007: #16 with [http://www.forbes.com/2007/10/25/sports-tiger_woods-biz-sports-cz_kb_1026athletes_slide_17.html $26.5 million]
**2010: #2 with [http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/20/most-valuable-athletes-and-teams-business-sports-sportsmoney-fifty-fifty-athletes_slide_3.html $65 million]
**2012: #1 with [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mli45igdi/1-floyd-mayweather/ $85 million]
**2013: #14 with [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mli45mmlg/14-floyd-mayweather-4/ $34 million]
**2014: #1 with [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mli45eimdj/1-floyd-mayweather/ $105 million]
**2015: #1 with [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mli45fdide/1-floyd-mayweather-jr/ $300 million]
**2016: #16 with [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mli45ffmhh/16-floyd-mayweather/ $44 million]
**2018: #1 with [https://www.forbes.com/profile/floyd-mayweather/?list=athletes $285 million]
**2010s: #1 with [https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2019/12/23/the-highest-paid-athletes-of-the-decade-mayweatherronaldo-lebron-score/ $915 million]

== Live Gates ==
*The Nevada State Athletic Commission maintains a list of [http://boxing.nv.gov/results/Top_Boxing_Gates/ Nevada's top 35 largest grossing boxing gates]. Mayweather's placements:
**1. (05/02/2015) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao|W UD12 Manny Pacquiao]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $72,198,500.00
**2. (08/26/2017) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Conor McGregor|W TKO10 Conor McGregor]] (T-Mobile Arena) $55,414,865.79
**5. (09/14/2013) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saul Alvarez|W MD12 Saul Alvarez]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $20,003,150.00
**6. (05/05/2007) [[Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W SD12 Oscar De La Hoya]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $18,419,200.00
**9. (05/03/2014) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana|W MD12 Marcos Maidana]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $15,024,400.00
**10. (09/13/2014) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Marcos Rene Maidana (2nd meeting)|W UD12 Marcos Maidana]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $14,899,150.00
**18. (05/05/2012) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Miguel Cotto|W UD12 Miguel Cotto]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $12,000,150.00
**21. (05/01/2010) [[Shane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W UD12 Shane Mosley]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $11,032,100.00
**25. (12/08/2007) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton|W TKO10 Ricky Hatton]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $10,393,950.00
**26. (09/12/2015) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto|W UD12 Andre Berto]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $10,062,500.00
**27. (05/04/2013) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero|W UD12 Robert Guerrero]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $9,922,350.00
**29. (09/17/2011) [[Victor Ortiz vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W KO4 Victor Ortiz]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $9,000,000.00
**XX. (09/19/2009) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez|W UD12 Juan Manuel Marquez]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $6,811,300.00

== Pay-Per-View History ==
*1. (06/25/2005) [[Arturo Gatti vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W RTD6 Arturo Gatti]] "Thunder & Lightning" ([[HBO]] PPV) [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2098832 365,000 buys and $16,500,000 in revenue]
*2. (04/08/2006) [[Zab Judah vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W UD12 Zab Judah]] "Sworn Enemies" ([[HBO]] PPV) [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2408638 375,000 buys and $16,800,000 in revenue]
*3. (11/04/2006) [[Carlos Manuel Baldomir vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W UD12 Carlos Baldomir]] "Pretty Risky" ([[HBO]] PPV) [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2657809 325,000 buys and $16,300,000 in revenue]
*4. (05/05/2007) [[Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W SD12 Oscar De La Hoya]] "The World Awaits" ([[HBO]] PPV) [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2865349 2,480,000 buys and $136,000,000 in revenue]
*5. (12/08/2007) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton|W TKO10 Ricky Hatton]] "Undefeated" ([[HBO]] PPV) [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3158134 920,000 buys and $50,000,000 in revenue]
*6. (09/19/2009) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez|W UD12 Juan Manuel Marquez]] "Number One/Número Uno" ([[HBO]] PPV) [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4502922 1,100,000 buys and $55,600,000 in revenue]
*7. (05/01/2010) [[Shane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W UD12 Shane Mosley]] "Who R U Picking?" ([[HBO]] PPV) [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=5180941 1,400,000 buys and $78,300,000 in revenue]
*8. (09/17/2011) [[Victor Ortiz vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W KO4 Victor Ortiz]] "Star Power" ([[HBO]] PPV) [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=7160303 1,250,000 buys and $78,440,000 in revenue]
*9. (05/05/2012) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Miguel Cotto|W UD12 Miguel Cotto]] "Ring Kings" ([[HBO]] PPV) [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=7919965 1,500,000 buys and $94,000,000 in revenue]
*10. (05/04/2013) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero|W UD12 Robert Guerrero]] "May Day" ([[Showtime]] PPV) [http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/9262663/floyd-mayweather-jr-robert-guerrero-exceeds-1-million-pay-per-view-buys Showtime claims over 1,000,000 buys and $60,000,000 in revenue.] [http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxing/source--mayweather-maidana-ii-does-925-000-pay-per-view-buys-182401464.html Industry sources claim 840,000 buys.]
*11. (09/14/2013) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saul Alvarez|W MD12 Saul Alvarez]] "The One" ([[Showtime]] PPV) [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=9694996 2,200,000 buys and $150,000,000 in revenue]
*12. (05/03/2014) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana|W MD12 Marcos Maidana]] "The Moment" ([[Showtime]] PPV) Unreleased. [http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxing/source--mayweather-maidana-ii-does-925-000-pay-per-view-buys-182401464.html Industry sources claim 900,000 buys.]
*13. (09/13/2014) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Marcos Rene Maidana (2nd meeting)|W UD12 Marcos Maidana]] "Mayhem" ([[Showtime]] PPV) Unreleased. [http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxing/source--mayweather-maidana-ii-does-925-000-pay-per-view-buys-182401464.html Industry sources claim 925,000 buys.]
*14. (05/02/2015) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao|W UD12 Manny Pacquiao]] "The Fight of the Century" ([[HBO]]/[[Showtime]] PPV) [http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/12872711/floyd-mayweather-manny-pacquiao-fight-shatters-all-live-gate-record 4,600,000 buys and $410,000,000 in revenue]
*15. (09/12/2015) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto|W UD12 Andre Berto]] "High Stakes" ([[Showtime]] PPV) Unreleased. [http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/13681951/floyd-mayweather-andre-berto-fight-disappoints-pay-per-view-sales Industry sources claim 400,000 buys.]
*16. (08/26/2017) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Conor McGregor|W TKO10 Conor McGregor]] "The Money Fight" ([[Showtime]] PPV) [http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/21770652/floyd-mayweather-conor-mcgregor-43-million-domestic-ppv-buys-600-million 4,300,000 buys]
*Totals (approximate): [http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/12732/mayweather-pacquiao-on-ppv-a-perfect-storm 24,000,000 buys and $1,700,000,000 in revenue]

== Exhibitions ==
'''RIZIN.14''' 
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Tenshin Nasukawa was announced on November 5, 2018. Even though a ruleset and weight class weren't announced, Mayweather called the match a "Special Bout". Mayweather vs. Nasukawa was shades of the 1976 exhibition match between World Heavyweight Champion [[Muhammad Ali]] and Japanese professional wrestler [[Antonio Inoki]], which was fought under special rules.

On November 7, 2018, Mayweather called the fight off claiming he never agreed to an official match. Mayweather said that he had agreed to an exhibition match, which was to be put on for a small group of wealthy spectators. This exhibition match was previously arranged as a “Special Bout” purely for entertainment purposes with no intentions of being represented on an official fight card nor televised worldwide. The fight was later re-arranged as a three-round boxing exhibition match to be contested at the welterweight limit of 147 lbs.

On December 31, 2018, Mayweather faced Nasukawa at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan in the main event of RIZIN.14. Mayweather weighed 147 lbs, while Nasukawa weighed 137 lbs. Mayweather floored Nasukawa three times before the end of the first round. Nasukawa's corner threw in the towel after the third knockdown. The announced attendance was [https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2018/12/31/more-sports/boxing-2/floyd-mayweather-dominates-tenshin-nasukawa-exhibition/ 29,105].

'''Bragging Rights''' 
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. [[Logan Paul]] was announced on December 6, 2020. A location or weight class weren't announced, but Mayweather's representatives confirmed the validity of the exhibition match against social media giant and novice boxer Logan Paul (0-1).

Originally scheduled on February 20, 2021, the match was postponed and rescheduled for June 6, 2021 on Showtime PPV. The fight was arranged as an eight-round special exhibition to be contested at a maximum weight of 190 lbs. for Paul and 160 lbs. for Mayweather. The Florida State Boxing Commission didn't sanction the exhibition and didn't assign any judges for the match due to the weight and experience disparities between the combatants.

On June 6, 2021, Mayweather faced Paul at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida in the main event of a four-fight card on Showtime PPV. Mayweather weighed 155 lbs, while Paul weighed 189.5 lbs. Mayweather walked Paul down for the majority of the fight but was unable to hurt the bigger, but inexperienced opponent as Paul often held and leaned on Mayweather throughout the match. The fight went the eight-round distance without any knockdowns. No decision was rendered. Industry sources claim the event generated [https://www.sportico.com/business/media/2021/mayweather-paul-ppv-amount-1234631724/amp/ 1,000,000 pay-per-view buys and $50,000,000 in revenue].

'''Abu Dhabi Unity Boxing Event''' 
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Don Moore was announced on April 7, 2022. The matchup was originally scheduled to headline the inaugural edition of the Global Titans Fight Series titled "The Showcase in the Skies of Dubai" on May 14, 2022 in Dubai, UAE streaming on LIVENow (live-now.com). Event organizers planned to stage the card outdoors on the helipad of Burj Al Arab Hotel. On May 13, 2022, the event was cancelled due to the death of UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The following week, Mayweather rescheduled the event for May 21, 2022 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE titled "Abu Dhabi Unity Boxing Event".

On May 21, 2022, Mayweather faced Moore in the main event of a four-fight card streaming on Front Row (frontrow.io). The eight-round fight containing two-minute rounds was controlled by Mayweather who scored a knockdown in the eighth round. The fight went the distance and no decision was rendered.

'''Mayweather vs. Asakura''' 
On June 13, 2022 Mayweather announced he would be returning for another exhibition bout. The fight would be at the Rizin event scheduled on September 25, 2022 at the Saitama Super Arena. His opponent was confirmed to be Japanese mixed martial artist and YouTuber, Mikuru Asakura. Mayweather won by TKO in the 2nd round.

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title=[[WBO Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Timothy Bradley|Timothy Bradley Jr.]]|
years=2015 May 2 – 2015 July 6 '''Stripped'''|
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Fight:1734470

2026-02-13T03:26:28Z

Dawudboxer:

Anderson later tested positive for speed and blamed it on his wife who he claimed spiked his drink because she believed him to be cheating on her. Anderson never boxed again. Result still stands even though Reid was at a disadvantage against someone on a drug that gives you more energy.

Richard Bustillo

2026-01-05T09:26:36Z

Dawudboxer: Created page with "Former student of Bruce Lee, trained Brian Viloria during the early part of his career."

Former student of Bruce Lee, trained [[Brian Viloria]] during the early part of his career.

Brian Viloria

2026-01-05T09:25:56Z

Dawudboxer:

[[File:Brian Costales Viloria.jpg|220px|left]]
<boxer>043525</boxer>
'''Trainers:''' [[Richard Bustillo]], [[Al Mitchell]], [[Freddie Roach]] (former), [[Roberto Garcia]] (former), [[Mario Morales]] 
'''Manager:''' [[Gary Gittlesohn]] 
'''[[:Category: Brian Viloria Gallery|Brian Viloria Gallery]]'''

== Amateur Career ==
[[File:BrianViloria_Amateur.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Brian Viloria becomes the World Amateur Light Flyweight Champion in 1999.]]
*Amateur Record: 230-8
*'''1995''' National Junior Olympics Champion at 100 pounds
*'''1996''' International Junior Olympics Light Flyweight Champion
*'''1998''' Bronze Medalist at the US Nationals
**Lost to [[Jose Navarro]] PTS (13-14)
*'''1998''' Goodwill Games participant
**Lost to [[Maikro Romero]] (Cuba) PTS (3-11)
*'''1999''' National Amateur Light Flyweight Champion
*'''1999''' National Golden Gloves Light Flyweight Champion
*'''1999''' World Amateur Light Flyweight Champion
**Defeated [[Gary Jones]] (England) PTS (18-3)
**Defeated [[Rudolf Dydi]] (Slovakia) PTS (9-4)
**Defeated [[Brahim Asloum]] (France) PTS (4-3)
**Defeated [[Suban Punnon]] (Thailand) RSCO 4
**Defeated [[Maikro Romero]] (Cuba) PTS (9-2)
*'''2000''' US Olympic Trials Light Flyweight Champion
**Defeated [[Aaron Todd]] PTS (19-5)
**Defeated [[Glenn Donaire]] PTS (10-5)
**Defeated [[Nonito Donaire]] PTS (8-6)
*'''2000''' US Olympic Box-Offs Winner
**Defeated [[Karoz Norman]] PTS (19-5)
*'''2000''' 1st American Olympic Qualifier Bronze Medalist
**Defeated [[Patricio Calero]] (Ecuador) PTS (18-2)
**Defeated [[Liborio Romero]] (Mexico) PTS (10-8)
**Lost to [[Ivan Calderon]] (Puerto Rico) PTS (1-4)
*'''2000''' 2nd American Olympic Qualifier Light Flyweight Champion
**Defeated [[Wilfrido Valdez]] (Colombia) PTS (12-5)
**Defeated [[Domenic Filane]] (Canada) PTS (10-2)
**Defeated [[Liborio Romero]] (Mexico) PTS (8-4)
*Member of the [[2000 United States Olympians|2000 US Olympic Team]]. Results were:
**Defeated [[Sergey Kazakov]] (Russia) PTS (8-6)
**Lost to [[Brahim Asloum]] (France) PTS (4-6)

== Professional Career ==
'''Brian Viloria''', nicknamed the "Hawaiian Punch", made his professional debut on May 15, 2001 against Filipino fighter [[Benjamin Escobia]]. Viloria won his debut fight with ease, cruising to a four-round unanimous decision. Viloria would win his next six fights to amass an undefeated record of 7 wins with 5 KOs. In his eighth professional fight, he would win the vacant [[WBC]] Youth World Flyweight Title with a fifth-round technical knockout of [[Francisco Soto]]. His next fight, against [[Alberto Rossel]] of Peru, would end in a no-decision after three rounds after Rossel was unable to continue cut on the right side of his forehead from an accidental headbutt. Viloria would win the vacant [[NABF]] Flyweight Title with a unanimous decision through twelve rounds against [[Juan Javier Lagos]] in the fight following the Rossel fight. After winning the NABF title, he would defend it for the first time in a rematch against Rossel, in a fight Viloria would win through a majority decision after twelve rounds. Viloria would win his next six fights, making one defense of his WBC Youth World title and three additional defenses of his NABF title, before he gets his first shot at a world title.

On September 10, 2005, Viloria moved down in weight to the light flyweight class (108 lbs) to get a shot at the [[WBC]] Light Flyweight Title then held by world champion [[Eric Ortiz]]. In a career-defining victory, Viloria, surprisingly, won through a first-round knockout, making waves of a new-born star in the boxing world. Viloria would make one defense of the title against former world champion [[Jose Antonio Aguirre]] before losing the title in a major upset against [[Omar Nino Romero]] on August 10, 2006. A rematch between Viloria and Nino occured three months later, with Viloria knocking down Nino twice, once in each of the fifth and ninth rounds. The decision would be originally announced as a majority draw, only to be changed to a no-contest after Nino failed a post-fight drug test. Viloria would get another shot at the now-vacant title against [[Edgar Sosa]] nearly five months later after the Nino rematch, only to lose by majority decision and putting his formerly bright career in jeopardy.

Viloria moved up in weight following the Sosa fight to win his next five fights, only to move back down to light flyweight to get a shot at the then-[[IBF]] Light Flyweight Champion [[Ulises Solis]]. The fight was held in Quezon City, Philippines on April 19, 2009, in Viloria's first fight on the Philippines, the country that traces his Filipino roots. Solis would be deducted a point in each of rounds three and five for low blows before getting knocked out in dominant fashion by Viloria in the eleventh round. The win gives Viloria his second world title. Viloria would make one defense of his world title four months later against [[Jesus Iribe]], only to be stopped by [[Carlos Tamara]] of Colombia in the final round of his second defense in what was billed as another major upset.

Viloria would make a permanent move to the flyweight division (112 lbs) following the Tamara fight. He would win two fights before getting a shot at the then-[[WBO]] Flyweight Champion [[Julio Cesar Miranda]]. The fight was held on July 16, 2011 on Viloria's home turf of Honolulu, Hawaii. Viloria would knock down the champion in the first round. The fight then turned to a give-and-take affair soon after that with both fighters having their moments. In a fight that could have went either way, Viloria would be awarded a unanimous decision to win his third world title, as well as becoming a two-division world champion. Nearly five months later, Viloria would make his first defense against pound-for-pound entrant [[Giovani Segura]] of Mexico in the Philippines. Segura was moving up in weight and was considered as a solid favorite in the fight against Viloria. Viloria, in non-underdog fashion dominated the challenger from start to finish until the fight was stopped in the eighth round by the referee as Segura was suffering from major swelling on his face. Five months later, Viloria would face his rival, Omar Nino Romero, for the third time in a grudge match. Viloria started of slowly but began to dominate before stopping Nino in the ninth round to make his second successful defense of his world title.

==Professional Record==
*Has a record of 8-6 (5 KOs) and 1 no contest in world title fights.
*Has a record of 9-6 (6 KOs) and 2 no contests against former, current, and future world champions:
**Won against [[Alberto Rossel]],[[Gilberto Keb Baas]], [[Eric Ortiz]], [[Jose Antonio Aguirre]], [[Ulises Solis]], [[Julio Cesar Miranda]], [[Giovani Segura]], [[Omar Nino Romero]], and [[Hernan Marquez]].
**Lost against [[Omar Nino Romero]], [[Edgar Sosa]], [[Carlos Tamara]], [[Juan Francisco Estrada]], [[Roman Gonzalez]], and [[Artem Dalakian]].
**No Contest against [[Alberto Rossel]] and [[Omar Nino Romero]].
*Has a record of 7-2 (6 KOs) in fights outside the United States.

==Regional & Minor Titles==
*[[WBC]] Youth World Flyweight Title (June 2002; 1 defense)
*[[NABF]] Flyweight Title (August 2002-September 2005; 4 defenses)

==World Titles==
*[[WBC]] World Light Flyweight Title (September 2005-August 2006; 1 defense)
*[[IBF]] World Light Flyweight Title (April 2009-January 2010; 1 defense)
*[[WBO]] World Flyweight Title (July 2011-April 2013; 3 defenses)
*[[WBA]] Super World Flyweight Title (November 2012-April 2013; 0 defenses)

==Notes==
*Viloria is a dual citizen of the United States of America and the Republic of the Philippines.

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Scott Harrison

2025-10-24T17:06:20Z

Dawudboxer: /* Notes */

[[File:Scott Harrison.jpg|250px|left]]
<boxer>014697</boxer>
*'''Trainer:''' [[Peter Harrison]]
*'''Manager:''' [[Frank Maloney]]
*'''Promoter:''' [[Frank Warren]]

==Amateur Career==
*'''1996''' European Amateur Championships Bronze medalist in Vejle, Denmark (57kg):
**Defeated [[Toni Naskovski]] (Macedonia) RSC 3
**Defeated [[Janos Nagy]] (Hungary) 13:2
**Defeated [[Evgeniy Shestakov]] (Ukraine) 6:4
**Lost to [[Ramazan Paliani|Ramazi Paliani]] (Russia) 1:7

==Regional & Minor Titles==
*International Boxing Organization Inter-Continental featherweight title
*Commonwealth (British Empire) featherweight title
*[[BBBoC]] British featherweight title
*interim [[WBO]] World featherweight title

==Career Factoids==
*Has a record of 8-1-1 (5 KO's) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 6-1-0 (2 KO's) against former world champions.
**Won against [[Tracy Harris Patterson]], [[Tom Johnson]], [[Steve Robinson]], [[Julio Pablo Chacon]], [[Wayne McCullough]] & [[Manuel Medina]].
**Lost against [[Manuel Medina]]

==Notes==
*Son of [[Peter Harrison]], former Scottish Lightweight Champion.
*Reported to have had 28 amateur bouts, losing only a couple at international level.
*Turned pro at 19 years old.
*Stopped on cuts against [[Miguel Matthews]] after an accidental head clash. Harrison had been dominating the fight up until that point and had closed Matthews’ eye in the early rounds.
*Drew against Frenchman [[Stephane Fernandez]] in France, hometown decision.
*Withdrew from a bout with [[Gairy St. Clair]] in May of 2006 to enter a rehabilitation centre for alcohol abuse and depression, following two arrests for incidents in Glasgow pubs.
*Was arrested for five weeks in Spain on assault charges, released on November 13th, 2006.
*Pulled out of his mandatory defence against [[Nicky Cook]] scheduled for December 9th, 2006 for being too far over the Featherweight limit and vacated his belt.

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[[Category:Scottish World Champions]]
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Scott Harrison

2025-10-24T17:02:16Z

Dawudboxer: /* Notes */

[[File:Scott Harrison.jpg|250px|left]]
<boxer>014697</boxer>
*'''Trainer:''' [[Peter Harrison]]
*'''Manager:''' [[Frank Maloney]]
*'''Promoter:''' [[Frank Warren]]

==Amateur Career==
*'''1996''' European Amateur Championships Bronze medalist in Vejle, Denmark (57kg):
**Defeated [[Toni Naskovski]] (Macedonia) RSC 3
**Defeated [[Janos Nagy]] (Hungary) 13:2
**Defeated [[Evgeniy Shestakov]] (Ukraine) 6:4
**Lost to [[Ramazan Paliani|Ramazi Paliani]] (Russia) 1:7

==Regional & Minor Titles==
*International Boxing Organization Inter-Continental featherweight title
*Commonwealth (British Empire) featherweight title
*[[BBBoC]] British featherweight title
*interim [[WBO]] World featherweight title

==Career Factoids==
*Has a record of 8-1-1 (5 KO's) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 6-1-0 (2 KO's) against former world champions.
**Won against [[Tracy Harris Patterson]], [[Tom Johnson]], [[Steve Robinson]], [[Julio Pablo Chacon]], [[Wayne McCullough]] & [[Manuel Medina]].
**Lost against [[Manuel Medina]]

==Notes==
*Son of [[Peter Harrison]], former Scottish Lightweight Champion.
*Reported to have had 28 amateur bouts, losing only a couple at international level.
*Turned pro at 19 years old.
*Withdrew from a bout with [[Gairy St. Clair]] in May of 2006 to enter a rehabilitation centre for alcohol abuse and depression, following two arrests for incidents in Glasgow pubs.
*Was arrested for five weeks in Spain on assault charges, released on November 13th, 2006.
*Pulled out of his mandatory defence against [[Nicky Cook]] scheduled for December 9th, 2006 for being too far over the Featherweight limit and vacated his belt.

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Fight:3281406

2025-10-19T02:37:00Z

Dawudboxer: Created page with "Dan Rafeael: After TKO5 win vs. Danny Rosenberger on Benavidez-Morrell card Feb. 1, Jose Benavidez Jr., David's brother, tested positive for cocaine. At NSAC hearing he was suspended 9 months, fined $3,750, paid $157.04 prosecution fee & fight result was changed to no contest."

Dan Rafeael: After TKO5 win vs. Danny Rosenberger on Benavidez-Morrell card Feb. 1, Jose Benavidez Jr., David's brother, tested positive for cocaine. At NSAC hearing he was suspended 9 months, fined $3,750, paid $157.04 prosecution fee & fight result was changed to no contest.

Enriko Itauma

2025-08-18T15:11:22Z

Dawudboxer:

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*Amateur record was 22-0 (20 wins and 2 walkover wins)

Lennox Lewis

2025-08-18T14:18:02Z

Dawudboxer: /* Amateur Highlights */

[[File:LennoxLewis.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]
{{ibhof |url=http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/lewislennox.html}}
<boxer>001853</boxer>
*'''Trainers:''' [[John Davenport]] (1989-1992), [[Pepe Correa]] (1992-1994), [[Emanuel Steward]] (1995-2003)
*'''Manager:''' [[Frank Maloney]], [[Adrian Ogun]]
*'''Promoters:''' [[Panos Eliades]] and [[Frank Maloney]] ([[Panix Promotions]]) (1988-2001), [[Dino Duva]] ([[Main Events]])
*'''Cut Man:''' [[Al Gavin]]
*'''[[:Category:Lennox Lewis Gallery|Lennox Lewis Gallery]]
== Amateur Highlights ==
[[file:Lewis.lennox.am.jpg|right|frame|Lewis won Gold at the 1988 Olympics Photo: Stan Behal/Toronto Sun]]
*Record: Usually listed as being either 85-9 or 94-11. However 85-13 is closer to what the records seem to suggest. With all known Walkover results taken out and Lewis' record is likely 80-12. 5 of his defeats later being avenged. Lewis has never lost twice to the same man. He has won every rematch he has had.
*Unbeaten in first 3 years of his amateur career before losing aged 15 to 18 year Old Donovan Razor Ruddock.
*1980 Ontario '''Canada''' Junior Championships: Lost a 3:2 decision to [[Razor Ruddock|Donovan Ruddock]] in the middleweight class.
*May 1982 Lost a 3:2 decision to H. Thompson in the '''Canadian''' Junior Championships.
*Super Heavyweight Gold Medalist for '''Canada''' at the 1983 Junior World Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
*Super Heavyweight Gold Medalist at the 1984 '''Canadian''' Amateur Championships.
*'''Canadian''' Super Heavyweight representative at the 1984 [[Olympics]] in Los Angeles, California, USA.
**Defeated Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan) RSC 3
**Lost to [[Tyrell Biggs]] (United States) 0-5 (this means all 5 judges had Biggs winning)
*Super Heavyweight Gold Medalist at the 1985 '''Canadian''' Amateur Championships.
*Super Heavyweight Silver Medalist for '''Canada''' at the 1985 World Cup Championships in Seoul, South Korea.
**Defeated [[Juan Antonio Diaz]] (Argentina) RET-1
**Lost to Vyacheslav Jakovlev (Soviet Union) 0-5
*Super Heavyweight Gold Medalist at the 1986 Canadian Amateur Championships.
*'''Canadian''' Super Heavyweight representative at the 1986 World Amateur Championships in Reno, Nevada, USA. Lost 3:2 decision to [[Petar Stoymenov]] of Bulgaria in his opening round match.
*Lost a 2:1 decision to Jonathan Littles (USA) in Bay City USA in the Tope invitational. He then beat J. Davidson by RSC2 in the same tournament.
*Super Heavyweight Gold Medalist for '''Canada''' at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.
* Lost in Semi finals to Valeriy Abadzhyan (USSR) by RSC3 on a body shot in the TSC Tournament,Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle, Berlin, GDR,October 01-07, 1986.
* Forfeited bout for third Place so is recorded as a loss by walkover to Ladislav Husarik (CZE)
*Super Heavyweight Gold Medalist at the 1987 Canadian Amateur Championships.
*Super Heavyweight Silver Medalist for Canada at the 1987 Pan-American Games in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Results:
**Defeated Carlos Barcelete (Brazil) KO 2
**Lost 4:1 decision to [[Jorge Luis Gonzalez]] (Cuba).
*Super Heavyweight Gold Medalist for Canada at the 1987 North American Championships in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Defeated Jorge Luis Gonzalez of Cuba by a 2-1 decision in the final.
*Lost a disputed 3-2 decision in the Quarter finals to Ulli Kaden (East Germany) in the Amateur World Cup Oct 26th-31st 1987 Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
*Super Heavyweight Gold Medalist at the March 1988 Canadian Amateur Championships beating R. Ayotte by RET1.
*Silver medalist in the Intercup in West Germany. Lewis beat Crispine Odera (KEN) by RSC2. Then avenged a previous defeat to Petar Stojmenov (BUL) by a 3:2 decision. In the finals Lewis lost a 5:0 points decision to Aleksandr Miroshnichenko (URS).
*Won the Canada Cup by beating Elton Wright (USA) by RET1 in June 1988 in Ottawa, Canada.
*Super Heavyweight Gold Medalist for Canada at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Results:
**Defeated Chrispine Odera (Kenya) RSC 2
**Defeated [[Ulli Kaden]] (East Germany) RSC 1
**Defeated [[Janusz Zarenkiewicz]] (Poland) WO
**Defeated [[Riddick Bowe]] (United States) RSC 2

== International Boxing Hall of Fame Record ==
*Has a record of 3-0-1 (2 KO's) against [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductees:
**Won against [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/holyfield.html Evander Holyfield], [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/tyson.html Mike Tyson] and [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/klitschko.html Vitali Klitschko].
**Drew with [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/holyfield.html Evander Holyfield].

== Professional Record ==
[[File:LewisHolyfieldII.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield in 1999 to become the Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion Photo: Al Bello/Allsport]]

'''Championship Record:'''
*[[World Heavyweight Title Records and Statistics|15 opponents]] ([[Most World Heavyweight Title Bout Wins & Beaten Opponents By Stoppage|11 by KO]]) beaten for the World Heavyweight Title.
*15-2-1 (10 KO) in World Heavyweight Title fights.
*14-2-1 (9 KO) against former or current world titlists.
**Won against [[Ossie Ocasio]], [[Mike Weaver]], [[Glenn McCrory]], [[Tony Tucker]], [[Frank Bruno]], [[Tommy Morrison]], [[Ray Mercer]], [[Oliver McCall]], [[Henry Akinwande]], [[Shannon Briggs]], [[Evander Holyfield]], [[Hasim Rahman]], [[Mike Tyson]] & [[Vitali Klitschko]]
**Lost against [[Oliver McCall]] & [[Hasim Rahman]]
**Drew with [[Evander Holyfield]]

'''Variant Record'''
*Defeated 4 undefeated opponents with ten or more bouts: [[Gary Mason]], [[Henry Akinwande]], [[Zeljko Mavrovic]] & [[Michael Grant]].
*Defeated everyone he came in contest with after avenging both loses and draw.

==Major, Regional & Minor Titles==

'''Major World Titles:'''
*[[WBC]] Heavyweight Champion (1992-1994, 1997-2001, 2001-2004)
*[[WBA]] Heavyweight Champion (1999-2000)
*[[IBF]] Heavyweight Champion (1999-2001, 2001-2002)

'''Minor & Regional Titles:'''
*[[EBU|European Boxing Union]] Heavyweight Champion (1990-1992)
*[[British Boxing Board of Control]] Heavyweight Champion (1991-1992)
*[[Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion|Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight Champion]] (1990-1992)
*[[International Boxing Council|IBC]] Heavyweight Champion (1995)
*[[IBO]] Heavyweight Champion (1999-2001, 2001-2004)

== Notes ==
*'''Defeated everyone he came in contest with.'''
*Lewis was born in England and moved to Canada at the age of 12.
*In his early days, Lewis was known as "The Kitchener Thunderbolt," as he learned to box in his hometown of Kitchener, Ontario. Like Canadian Larry Gains before him, Lewis chose to advance his career in Europe where he could become a big fish in a little pond and get the British people behind him.
*Lewis won the [[Lonsdale Belt]] outright after successfully defending his British Heavyweight Championship against [[Glenn McCrory]] in 1991 and [[Derek Williams]] in 1992.
*Lewis knocked out [[Razor Ruddock]] in two rounds in a WBC title eliminator on October 31, 1992.
*Before [[Riddick Bowe]] defeated [[Evander Holyfield]] to win the Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship on November 13, 1992, he signed an agreement with the WBC to make his first title defense—if he should defeat Holyfield—against the winner of the title eliminator between Lewis and Ruddock. The WBC gave Bowe and Lewis until December 13 to reach an agreement or the fight would go to a purse bid. If Bowe refused to meet Lewis, the WBC title would be awarded to Lewis.
*[[Rock Newman]], Bowe's manager, made two offers to Lewis. The first would have guaranteed Lewis $3 million, while giving Bowe 90% of the purse and Lewis 10%. The second offer was for Lewis to refuse the WBC title, have an interim fight in the United States for $2.5 million, and then fight Bowe for $9 million or a percentage to be negotiated. [[Frank Maloney]], the manager of Lewis, rejected both offers and countered with his own proposal: a 75-25 percent split of the purse. Newman turned it down. Maloney later had a change of heart and agreed to the first offer, but Newman told him he was too late. Newman said a deal for Bowe to defend the title against an opponent other than Lewis was imminent.
*On December 14, 1992, Riddick Bowe held a news conference and dumped his WBC title into a garbage can. "If Lewis wants the belt, he has to get it out of the garbage," Bowe said. The WBC then declared Lennox Lewis the new WBC heavyweight champion.
*Lewis was the first British-born boxer to win a world heavyweight title since [[Bob Fitzsimmons]] in 1897.
*The [[Boxing Writers Association of America]] named Lewis [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] for 1999.
*[[Hasim Rahman]]'s knockout of Lewis in 2001 was named [[Ring Magazine Upset of the Year|Upset of the Year]] and [[Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year|Knockout of the Year]] by [[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']].
*Lewis was awarded the M.B.E. (Member of The Order of The British Empire) in 1999 and the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 2002.
*[[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] named Lewis' 2002 knockout of [[Mike Tyson]] [[Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year|Knockout of the Year]].
*Lewis retired as [[World Heavyweight Champion]] on February 6, 2004.
*Lewis defeated every professional opponent he faced, one of only three World Heavyweight Champions to do so, with [[Rocky Marciano]] and [[Ingemar Johansson]] being the other two. [[Gene Tunney]] and [[Riddick Bowe]] avenged their professional defeats, but Tunney had a no-contest, 4 draws and a number of [[No decision|no-decision]] fights against boxers he never defeated, and Bowe had a [[no contest|no-contest]] against [[Buster Mathis Jr.]], whom he never defeated.
*Lewis never lost twice to the same fighter, amateur or pro. Every rematch he ever had he was able to avenge his previous defeat. Lewis avenged 5 of his amateur defeats and all of his professional defeats including the draw with [[Evander Holyfield]].
*Three fighters retired after losing to Lewis: [[Andrew Gerrard]], Noel Quarless and [[Zeljko Mavrovic]].
*Lewis recorded five first-round knockouts and 15 knockouts within three rounds.
*From 2006 to 2010, Lewis worked as a ringside analyst for [[HBO]].
*Lewis was inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2009.
*Lewis has appeared in a number of television shows and movies: [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507459/ Filmography]

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Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko

2025-08-18T13:32:57Z

Dawudboxer:

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<fight>596265</fight>
*'''Promoter:''' [[Gary Shaw]]
*'''Ring Announcer:''' [[Michael Buffer]]
*'''[[World Boxing Council]] Heavyweight Title''' (2nd defense by Lewis)
*'''[[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] Heavyweight Title''' (2nd defense by Lewis)
*[[:File:Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko (poster).jpg|Program Cover]]
*[[:File:Klitschko After Lewis.jpg|Photo: Klitschko's face after the fight]]

 
== Notes ==
[[File:Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko 634x428.jpg|right|380px]]
[[File:Lennox-Lewis-Vitali-Klitschko-cropped-138658.jpg|right|380px]]
*Lewis was originally scheduled to fight [[Kirk Johnson]], who pulled out of the fight on June 6 because of a partial tear of his left pectoral muscle. Klitschko, who had been scheduled to fight [[Cedric Boswell]] on the undercard of Lewis vs. Johnson, signed the contract to fight Lewis on June 9. So with less than 2 weeks to go, Lewis had to change the tactics he had for fighting 6'3" [[Kirk Johnson]] and had to now prepare for the 6'8", 32-1 (31 KO's) Klitschko. He was unable to get a sparring partner the same proportions of Klitschko on such short notice. [https://eng.obozrevatel.com/section-sport/news-klitschkos-face-was-bleeding-the-best-fight-of-the-ukrainian-legends-career-which-left-many-questions-22-07-2023.html]
*Klitschko was the WBC's No. 1-rated heavyweight contender.
*Lewis was guaranteed $7 million and Klitschko $1.4 million.
*At 256½ pounds, Lewis was fighting at the heaviest weight of his career and coming off the longest layoff of his career, 1 year.
*Lewis was a 4-1 favorite.
*Total attendance was 15,939, and paid attendance was 8,490. The breakdown is as follows: 7,466 were sold at full price; 1,024 were sold at a discount; 4,868 were given away; and 2,581 were suite seats or part of a sponsorship package.
*The gate was $2,523,384.
*The fight aired live on [[HBO]]'s [[HBO World Championship Boxing|''World Championship Boxing'']] and was watched in 4.6 million homes. It was the network's highest rated fight since [[Oscar De La Hoya vs. Oba Carr]] on May 22, 1999.
*A right hand from Lewis opened a grotesque cut over Klitschko's left eye in the third round.
*Dr. Paul Wallace, the ringside physician, told the referee to stop the fight after the sixth round due to the cut over Klitschko's left eye.
*Klitschko required 60 stitches to repair four cuts on his face and one cut in his mouth.
*HBO's Harold Lederman had the fight scored 57-57 after 6 rounds.
*This was Lewis' last fight. He announced his retirement on February 6, 2004.
*While reflecting on the fight 15 years later, Lewis stated that Klitschko was the most difficult opponent he ever faced.<REf>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng6SnDLPJCI&t=17m09s Epic klitschko and Lennox Lewis going at it 15 years after fight].</ref>

==Quotes==
*"I was getting to him. Look at his face. Just look at the state of his face. It was only a matter of time. It was deteriorating. The referee saved his face." – Lennox Lewis
*"Right now, I feel like the people's champion. I did not want them to stop the fight. My strategy was to take it into the seventh and eighth rounds. My strategy was working. I knew his conditioning was not good." – Vitali Klitschko
*"I asked him to look at me and, when he lifted his head, his eyelid covered his field of vision. He had to move his head to see me. If he had to move his head to see me, there was no way he could defend himself. If he got hit with an overhand right, he might not be able to see it. It was a dangerous situation." – Dr. Paul Wallace on why he stopped the fight

==Articles==
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/sports/boxing-lewis-cuts-the-deepest-and-retains-his-title.html "Lewis Cuts The Deepest And Retains His Title" By Mike Freeman, ''New York Times'', June 22, 2003]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/23/sports/othersports/23fite.html "Lewis-Klitschko, Part II, Could Generate Interest" By Mike Freeman, ''New York Times'', June 23, 2003]
*[http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jun/24/sports/sp-boxing24 "Paid Attendance Light for Title Bout" By Steve Springer, ''Los Angeles Times'', June 24, 2003]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/2003/06/30/345707/cut-short-vitali-klitschko-outslugged-lennox-lewis-but-a-bloody-gash-halted-his-title-challenge "Cut Short" By Franz Lidz, ''Sports Illustrated'', June 30, 2003]

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Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko

2025-08-18T13:22:43Z

Dawudboxer: /* Notes */

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<fight>596265</fight>
*'''Promoter:''' [[Gary Shaw]]
*'''Ring Announcer:''' [[Michael Buffer]]
*'''[[World Boxing Council]] Heavyweight Title''' (2nd defense by Lewis)
*'''[[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] Heavyweight Title''' (2nd defense by Lewis)
*[[:File:Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko (poster).jpg|Program Cover]]
*[[:File:Klitschko After Lewis.jpg|Photo: Klitschko's face after the fight]]

 
== Notes ==
[[File:Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko 634x428.jpg|right|380px]]
[[File:Lennox-Lewis-Vitali-Klitschko-cropped-138658.jpg|right|380px]]
*Lewis was originally scheduled to fight [[Kirk Johnson]], who pulled out of the fight on June 6 because of a partial tear of his left pectoral muscle. Klitschko, who had been scheduled to fight [[Cedric Boswell]] on the undercard of Lewis vs. Johnson, signed the contract to fight Lewis on June 9.[https://eng.obozrevatel.com/section-sport/news-klitschkos-face-was-bleeding-the-best-fight-of-the-ukrainian-legends-career-which-left-many-questions-22-07-2023.html]
*Klitschko was the WBC's No. 1-rated heavyweight contender.
*Lewis was guaranteed $7 million and Klitschko $1.4 million.
*At 256½ pounds, Lewis was fighting at the heaviest weight of his career and coming off the longest layoff of his career, 1 year.
*Lewis was a 4-1 favorite.
*Total attendance was 15,939, and paid attendance was 8,490. The breakdown is as follows: 7,466 were sold at full price; 1,024 were sold at a discount; 4,868 were given away; and 2,581 were suite seats or part of a sponsorship package.
*The gate was $2,523,384.
*The fight aired live on [[HBO]]'s [[HBO World Championship Boxing|''World Championship Boxing'']] and was watched in 4.6 million homes. It was the network's highest rated fight since [[Oscar De La Hoya vs. Oba Carr]] on May 22, 1999.
*A right hand from Lewis opened a grotesque cut over Klitschko's left eye in the third round.
*Dr. Paul Wallace, the ringside physician, told the referee to stop the fight after the sixth round due to the cut over Klitschko's left eye.
*Klitschko required 60 stitches to repair four cuts on his face and one cut in his mouth.
*HBO's Harold Lederman had the fight scored 57-57 after 6 rounds.
*This was Lewis' last fight. He announced his retirement on February 6, 2004.
*While reflecting on the fight 15 years later, Lewis stated that Klitschko was the most difficult opponent he ever faced.<REf>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng6SnDLPJCI&t=17m09s Epic klitschko and Lennox Lewis going at it 15 years after fight].</ref>

==Quotes==
*"I was getting to him. Look at his face. Just look at the state of his face. It was only a matter of time. It was deteriorating. The referee saved his face." – Lennox Lewis
*"Right now, I feel like the people's champion. I did not want them to stop the fight. My strategy was to take it into the seventh and eighth rounds. My strategy was working. I knew his conditioning was not good." – Vitali Klitschko
*"I asked him to look at me and, when he lifted his head, his eyelid covered his field of vision. He had to move his head to see me. If he had to move his head to see me, there was no way he could defend himself. If he got hit with an overhand right, he might not be able to see it. It was a dangerous situation." – Dr. Paul Wallace on why he stopped the fight

==Articles==
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/sports/boxing-lewis-cuts-the-deepest-and-retains-his-title.html "Lewis Cuts The Deepest And Retains His Title" By Mike Freeman, ''New York Times'', June 22, 2003]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/23/sports/othersports/23fite.html "Lewis-Klitschko, Part II, Could Generate Interest" By Mike Freeman, ''New York Times'', June 23, 2003]
*[http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jun/24/sports/sp-boxing24 "Paid Attendance Light for Title Bout" By Steve Springer, ''Los Angeles Times'', June 24, 2003]
*[http://www.si.com/vault/2003/06/30/345707/cut-short-vitali-klitschko-outslugged-lennox-lewis-but-a-bloody-gash-halted-his-title-challenge "Cut Short" By Franz Lidz, ''Sports Illustrated'', June 30, 2003]

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title=[[WBC Heavyweight Title Fights|WBC Heavyweight Title Fight]] # 88|
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{{end box}}

Fight:3776

2025-08-18T09:42:48Z

Dawudboxer:

[[Steve Garber]] later claimed when interviewed for a book that “I was well up for it. I was looking for an edge, so I hit him before the bell. Lewis still talks about how angry it made him. It was all over in 12 seconds including the count. I’ve been silly twice in my life. The first time I ended up in prison. The second time was when I hit Lewis before the bell” (Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics by William Donaldson).
Up until a couple of years ago, this was the only fight of Lennox Lewis' pro career that was thought to have not been recorded. Then the ringside cameraman Eric Guy released a clip of footage of the fight. He would only sell the full fight footage for a few hundred pounds, but uploaded a clip of the fight for free on YouTube. Guy has since passed away so the full fight footage won't ever see the light of day as well as thousands of hours of footage recorded by Guy, which includes amateur bouts of the likes of [[David Haye]], [[Audley Harrison]], and many future world champions.
The short footage shows that Garber didn't in fact hit Lewis before the bell, but Garber and Lewis did get into each other's faces during the referee’s instructions, and Lewis then pushed him after it seems Garber said something he didn't like. The fight also didn't end in 12 seconds. It ended 90 seconds into the contest.

Fight:3776

2025-08-18T09:39:31Z

Dawudboxer:

Fight:3776

2025-08-18T09:26:43Z

Dawudboxer: Created page with "Steve Garber later claimed when interviewed for a book that “I was well up for it. I was looking for an edge, so I hit him before the bell. Lewis still talks about how angry it made him. It was all over in 12 seconds including the count. I’ve been silly twice in my life. The first time I ended up in prison. The second time was when I hit Lewis before the bell” (Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics by William Donaldson). Up until a couple of years ago, this..."

[[Steve Garber]] later claimed when interviewed for a book that “I was well up for it. I was looking for an edge, so I hit him before the bell. Lewis still talks about how angry it made him. It was all over in 12 seconds including the count. I’ve been silly twice in my life. The first time I ended up in prison. The second time was when I hit Lewis before the bell” (Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics by William Donaldson).
Up until a couple of years ago, this was the only fight of Lennox Lewis' pro career that was thought to have not been recorded. Then the ringside cameraman Eric Guy released a clip of footage of the fight. He would only sell the full fight footage for a few hundred pounds, but uploaded a clip of the fight for free on YouTube. Guy has since passed away so the full fight footage won't ever see the light of day as well as thousands of hours of footage recorded by Guy, which includes amateur bouts of the likes of [[David Haye]], [[Audley Harrison]], and many future world champions.
The short footage shows that Garber didn't in fact hit Lewis before the bell, but Garber and Lewis did get into each others faces and Lewis then pushed him after it seems Garber said something he didn't like.

File:LennoxLewis.jpg

2025-08-16T22:35:57Z

Dawudboxer: Dawudboxer uploaded a new version of File:LennoxLewis.jpg

Miguel Cotto

2025-08-16T22:18:19Z

Dawudboxer:

[[File:Miguel1Cotto.jpeg|left|250px|thumb|left]]
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<boxer>033535</boxer>
'''Trainers:''' [[Evangelista Cotto]] (2001-2009), [[Joe Santiago]] (2009), [[Emanuel Steward]] (2010-2011), [[Pedro Luis Diaz]] (2011-2012), [[Freddie Roach]] (2013-2017) 
'''Promoters:''' [[Golden Boy Promotions]] (-2017), [[Promociones Miguel Cotto]] (-2017) 
'''[[:Category: Miguel Angel Cotto Gallery| Miguel Angel Cotto Gallery]]

== Amateur Career ==
[[File:Cotto-Abdullaev 81713387.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Cotto (right) vs. Muhammad Abdullaev at the 2000 Olympics]]
*He started boxing when he was 11.
*Amateur record: 125-23
*'''1993''' Lost to future minimumweight and light flyweight champion [[Ivan Calderon]] on points (2-3).
*'''1997''' Lightweight Gold Medalist at the Pan American Championships in Medellin, Colombia. Results:
**Defeated [[Marcos Aceituno]] (Guatemala) on points (10-2)
**Defeated [[Aldo Moreno]] (Cuba) on points (9-8)
**Defeated [[Luis Jose]] (Dominican Republic) on points (21-5)
**Defeated [[Javier Osvaldo Alvarez]] (Argentina) on points (10-9)
*'''1998''' Lightweight Silver Medalist at the Pan American Junior Championships in Toluca, Mexico. Results:
**Defeated [[Jorge Herrera Daniel]] (Cuba) on points (5-2)
**Defeated [[Alexander Gonzalez]] (Venezuela) by [[RSC]] in round 4
**Lost to [[Dana Laframboise]] (Canada) on points (3-4)
*'''1998''' Lightweight Silver Medalist at the World Junior Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Results:
**Defeated [[Andrey Kolevin]] (Ukraine) on points (15-3)
**Defeated [[Dana Laframboise]] (Canada) on points (6-1)
**Defeated [[Darius Jasevicius]] (Lithuania) points (9-5)
**Lost to [[Anton Solopov]] (Russia) on points (8-9)
*'''1998''' Lightweight Silver Medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Results:
**Defeated [[Luis Antonio Arceo]] (Mexico) on points (+25-25)
**Defeated [[Carlos Castro]] (Dominican Republic) on points (12-4)
**Lost to [[Mario Kindelan]] (Cuba) on points (2-20)
*'''1999''' Competed as a lightweight at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. Results:
**Lost to [[Dana Laframboise]] (Canada) on points (2-5) in the quarterfinals
*'''1999''' Competed as a light welterweight at the World Championships in Houston, USA. Results:
**Lost to [[Robertas Nomeikas]] (Lithuania) on points (2-6) in the round of 16
*'''2000''' Light Welterweight Gold Medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Caracas, Venezuela. Results:
**Defeated [[Maikel Perez]] (Cuba) on points (16-6) in the final
*'''2000''' Represented Puerto Rico as a light welterweight at 2000 Sydney [[Olympic Games]]. Result was:
**Lost to [[Muhammad Abdullaev]] (Uzbekistan) on points (7-17) in the round of 16

== Professional Career ==
[[File:Cotto-Martinez 450256224.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Cotto (left) vs. Sergio Martinez in 2014]]
*Held the [[WBO]] junior welterweight title from 2004 to 2006 and successfully defended it six times. In his third title defense, Cotto stopped Muhammad Abdullaev in nine rounds to avenge his Olympic loss.
*Held the [[WBA]] welterweight title from 2006 to 2008 and successfully defended it four times.
*Cotto was 12-0 (10 KO) in his first 12 world title fights.
*Knocked out 3 of his former amateur opponents. Kelvin Pinto (TKO 6) who had beaten him twice in the amateurs, Ricardo Torres (KO 7) who Cotto had outpointed in 2000 and Muhammad Abdullaev (TKO 9) who had outpointed him in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
*Held the WBO welterweight title in 2009 and successfully defended it once.
*Won the WBA super welterweight title in 2010 and was soon afterwards upgraded to Super champion. He held the Super title until 2012 and successfully defended it twice.
*Won the [[WBC]] and [[Ring Magazine|''Ring'']] middleweight titles in 2014, becoming the first Puerto Rican boxer to win world titles in four weight divisions.
*Has defeated 20 opponents (16 by KO) for the world title.
**2 opponents (2 by KO) for the World Middleweight Title.
**4 opponents (3 by KO) for the World Light Middleweight Title.
**7 opponents (5 by KO) for the World Welterweight Title.
**7 opponents (6 by KO) for the World Light Welterweight Title.
*Has a record of 20-6 (16 KOs) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 16-6 (12 KOs) against former, current and future world titlists.
**Won against [[Cesar Bazan]], [[Carlos Maussa]], [[Lovemore N'dou]], [[Randall Bailey]], [[DeMarcus Corley]], [[Ricardo Torres]], [[Paul Malignaggi]], [[Carlos Quintana]], [[Zab Judah]], [[Shane Mosley]], [[Joshua Clottey]], [[Yuri Foreman]], [[Ricardo Mayorga]], [[Antonio Margarito]], [[Sergio Gabriel Martinez]], [[Daniel Geale]]
**Lost against [[Antonio Margarito]], [[Manny Pacquiao]], [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]], [[Austin Trout]], [[Saul Alvarez]], [[Sadam Ali]]
*Only stopped twice in his career. The first, very possibly to a fighter wearing plaster of Paris in his hand wraps, [[Antonio Margarito]], and the second, against [[Manny Pacquiao]] at a catchweight, so he was weakened by fighting 2lbs under the Welterweight limit.

== Regional & Minor Titles ==
*WBC International super lightweight title (2003-2004)
*WBO [[NABO]] junior welterweight title (2003)
*WBA Fedelatin super lightweight title (2004)
*[[World Boxing Board|WBB]] interim light middleweight title (2011)

== Pay-Per-View History ==
*1. (2006-06-10) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Paul Malignaggi|W (UD 12) Paul Malignaggi]] ([[Top Rank]] PPV) - 90,000 buys.
*2. (2007-06-09) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Zab Judah|W (TKO 11) Zab Judah]] ([[HBO]] PPV) - 225,000 buys. [https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/5/10/8581789/hbo-canelo-ko-kirkland-brings-boxing-one-step-closer-to-miguel-cotto-ppv-blockbuster]
*3. (2007-11-10) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Shane Mosley|W (UD 12) Shane Mosley]] ([[HBO]] PPV) - 400,000 buys. [https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/5/10/8581789/hbo-canelo-ko-kirkland-brings-boxing-one-step-closer-to-miguel-cotto-ppv-blockbuster]
*4. (2008-07-26) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito (1st meeting)|L (TKO 11) Antonio Margarito]] ([[HBO]] PPV) - 450,000 buys. [https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/5/10/8581789/hbo-canelo-ko-kirkland-brings-boxing-one-step-closer-to-miguel-cotto-ppv-blockbuster]
*5. (2009-02-21) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Michael Jennings|W (TKO 5) Michael Jennings]] ([[Top Rank]] PPV) - 90,000 buys.
*6. (2009-11-14) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Manny Pacquiao|L (TKO 12) Manny Pacquiao]] "Firepower" ([[HBO]] PPV) - 1,250,000 buys and $70,000,000 in revenue. [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4674275]
*7. (2011-03-12) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga|W (TKO 12) Ricardo Mayorga]] ([[Showtime]] PPV) - 250,000 buys. [https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/5/10/8581789/hbo-canelo-ko-kirkland-brings-boxing-one-step-closer-to-miguel-cotto-ppv-blockbuster]
*8. (2011-12-03) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito (2nd meeting)|W (RTD 9) Antonio Margarito]] ([[HBO]] PPV) - 600,000 buys. [https://www.boxingscene.com/fighting-words-deontay-wilder-gets-reality-check--92331][https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/5/10/8581789/hbo-canelo-ko-kirkland-brings-boxing-one-step-closer-to-miguel-cotto-ppv-blockbuster]
*9. (2012-05-05) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Miguel Cotto|L (UD 12) Floyd Mayweather Jr]] "Ring Kings" ([[HBO]] PPV) - 1,500,000 buys and $94,000,000 in revenue. [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=7919965]
*10. (2014-06-07) [[Sergio Martinez vs. Miguel Cotto|W (RTD 10) Sergio Martinez]] ([[HBO]] PPV) - 300,000-350,000 buys. [https://www.si.com/boxing/2014/06/26/miguel-cotto-sergio-martinez-pay-per-view][https://www.boxingscene.com/fighting-words-deontay-wilder-gets-reality-check--92331][https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/5/10/8581789/hbo-canelo-ko-kirkland-brings-boxing-one-step-closer-to-miguel-cotto-ppv-blockbuster]
*11. (2015-11-21) [[Saul Alvarez vs. Miguel Cotto|L (UD 12) Saul Alvarez]] ([[HBO]] PPV) - 900,000 buys and about $58,000,000 in revenue. [https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=14282398]

== External Link ==
*[http://www.promocionesmiguelcotto.com/ Promociones Miguel Cotto (Miguel Cotto Promotions) Website]

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Zab Judah]] Vacated|
title=[[WBO Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Ricardo Torres]]|
years=2004 Sep 11 – 2006 Oct 27 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Ricky Hatton]] Vacated|
title=[[WBA Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Antonio Margarito]]|
years=2006 Dec 2 – 2008 Jul 26|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Paul Williams]] Vacated|
title=[[WBO Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Manny Pacquiao]]|
years=2009 Feb 21 – 2009 Nov 14|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Yuri Foreman]]|
title=[[WBA Light Middleweight Champion]]|
years=2010 Jun 5 – 2010 '''Upgraded to Super Champion''' 2010 – 2012 May 5|
after=[[Austin Trout]] Regular Champion [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]] Super Champion|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Sergio Gabriel Martinez]]|
title=[[WBC Middleweight Champion]]|
years=2014 Jun 7 – 2015 Nov 17 '''Stripped'''|
after=[[Saul Alvarez]]|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Saul Alvarez]] Vacated|
title=[[WBO Light Middleweight Champion]]|
years=2017 Aug 2 – 2017 Dec 2 |
after=[[Sadam Ali]]|
}}
{{end box}}

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[[Category:Puerto Rican Olympians]]
[[Category:World Light Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:Four Division World Champions]]
[[Category:Puerto Rican World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]
[[Category:NABO Light Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:Promoters]]
[[Category:Cotto Family]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members]]

Miguel Cotto

2025-08-16T22:17:11Z

Dawudboxer: /* Professional Career */

[[File:Miguel1Cotto.jpeg|left|250px|thumb|left]]
{{ibhof |url=http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/cottom.html}}
<boxer>033535</boxer>
'''Trainers:''' [[Evangelista Cotto]] (2001-2009), [[Joe Santiago]] (2009), [[Emanuel Steward]] (2010-2011), [[Pedro Luis Diaz]] (2011-2012), [[Freddie Roach]] (2013-2017) 
'''Promoters:''' [[Golden Boy Promotions]] (-2017), [[Promociones Miguel Cotto]] (-2017) 
'''[[:Category: Miguel Angel Cotto Gallery| Miguel Angel Cotto Gallery]]

== Amateur Career ==
[[File:Cotto-Abdullaev 81713387.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Cotto (right) vs. Muhammad Abdullaev at the 2000 Olympics]]
*He started boxing when he was 11.
*Amateur record: 125-23
*'''1993''' Lost to future minimumweight and light flyweight champion [[Ivan Calderon]] on points (2-3).
*'''1997''' Lightweight Gold Medalist at the Pan American Championships in Medellin, Colombia. Results:
**Defeated [[Marcos Aceituno]] (Guatemala) on points (10-2)
**Defeated [[Aldo Moreno]] (Cuba) on points (9-8)
**Defeated [[Luis Jose]] (Dominican Republic) on points (21-5)
**Defeated [[Javier Osvaldo Alvarez]] (Argentina) on points (10-9)
*'''1998''' Lightweight Silver Medalist at the Pan American Junior Championships in Toluca, Mexico. Results:
**Defeated [[Jorge Herrera Daniel]] (Cuba) on points (5-2)
**Defeated [[Alexander Gonzalez]] (Venezuela) by [[RSC]] in round 4
**Lost to [[Dana Laframboise]] (Canada) on points (3-4)
*'''1998''' Lightweight Silver Medalist at the World Junior Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Results:
**Defeated [[Andrey Kolevin]] (Ukraine) on points (15-3)
**Defeated [[Dana Laframboise]] (Canada) on points (6-1)
**Defeated [[Darius Jasevicius]] (Lithuania) points (9-5)
**Lost to [[Anton Solopov]] (Russia) on points (8-9)
*'''1998''' Lightweight Silver Medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Results:
**Defeated [[Luis Antonio Arceo]] (Mexico) on points (+25-25)
**Defeated [[Carlos Castro]] (Dominican Republic) on points (12-4)
**Lost to [[Mario Kindelan]] (Cuba) on points (2-20)
*'''1999''' Competed as a lightweight at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. Results:
**Lost to [[Dana Laframboise]] (Canada) on points (2-5) in the quarterfinals
*'''1999''' Competed as a light welterweight at the World Championships in Houston, USA. Results:
**Lost to [[Robertas Nomeikas]] (Lithuania) on points (2-6) in the round of 16
*'''2000''' Light Welterweight Gold Medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Caracas, Venezuela. Results:
**Defeated [[Maikel Perez]] (Cuba) on points (16-6) in the final
*'''2000''' Represented Puerto Rico as a light welterweight at 2000 Sydney [[Olympic Games]]. Result was:
**Lost to [[Muhammad Abdullaev]] (Uzbekistan) on points (7-17) in the round of 16

== Professional Career ==
[[File:Cotto-Martinez 450256224.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Cotto (left) vs. Sergio Martinez in 2014]]
*Held the [[WBO]] junior welterweight title from 2004 to 2006 and successfully defended it six times. In his third title defense, Cotto stopped Muhammad Abdullaev in nine rounds to avenge his Olympic loss.
*Held the [[WBA]] welterweight title from 2006 to 2008 and successfully defended it four times.
*Cotto was 12-0 (10 KO) in his first 12 world title fights.
*Knocked out 3 of his former amateur opponents. Kelvin Pinto (TKO 6) who had beaten him twice in the amateurs, Ricardo Torres (KO 7) who Cotto had outpointed in 2000 and Muhammad Abdullaev (TKO 9) who had outpointed him in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
*Held the WBO welterweight title in 2009 and successfully defended it once.
*Won the WBA super welterweight title in 2010 and was soon afterwards upgraded to Super champion. He held the Super title until 2012 and successfully defended it twice.
*Won the [[WBC]] and [[Ring Magazine|''Ring'']] middleweight titles in 2014, becoming the first Puerto Rican boxer to win world titles in four weight divisions.
*Has defeated 20 opponents (16 by KO) for the world title.
**2 opponents (2 by KO) for the World Middleweight Title.
**4 opponents (3 by KO) for the World Light Middleweight Title.
**7 opponents (5 by KO) for the World Welterweight Title.
**7 opponents (6 by KO) for the World Light Welterweight Title.
*Has a record of 20-6 (16 KOs) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 16-6 (12 KOs) against former, current and future world titlists.
**Won against [[Cesar Bazan]], [[Carlos Maussa]], [[Lovemore N'dou]], [[Randall Bailey]], [[DeMarcus Corley]], [[Ricardo Torres]], [[Paul Malignaggi]], [[Carlos Quintana]], [[Zab Judah]], [[Shane Mosley]], [[Joshua Clottey]], [[Yuri Foreman]], [[Ricardo Mayorga]], [[Antonio Margarito]], [[Sergio Gabriel Martinez]], [[Daniel Geale]]
**Lost against [[Antonio Margarito]], [[Manny Pacquiao]], [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]], [[Austin Trout]], [[Saul Alvarez]], [[Sadam Ali]]
*Only stopped twice in his career. The first very possibly to a fighter wearing plaster of Paris in his hand wraps [[Antonio Margarito]], and the second, against [[Manny Pacquiao]] at a catchweight, so he was weakened by fighting 2lbs under the Welterweight limit.

== Regional & Minor Titles ==
*WBC International super lightweight title (2003-2004)
*WBO [[NABO]] junior welterweight title (2003)
*WBA Fedelatin super lightweight title (2004)
*[[World Boxing Board|WBB]] interim light middleweight title (2011)

== Pay-Per-View History ==
*1. (2006-06-10) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Paul Malignaggi|W (UD 12) Paul Malignaggi]] ([[Top Rank]] PPV) - 90,000 buys.
*2. (2007-06-09) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Zab Judah|W (TKO 11) Zab Judah]] ([[HBO]] PPV) - 225,000 buys. [https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/5/10/8581789/hbo-canelo-ko-kirkland-brings-boxing-one-step-closer-to-miguel-cotto-ppv-blockbuster]
*3. (2007-11-10) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Shane Mosley|W (UD 12) Shane Mosley]] ([[HBO]] PPV) - 400,000 buys. [https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/5/10/8581789/hbo-canelo-ko-kirkland-brings-boxing-one-step-closer-to-miguel-cotto-ppv-blockbuster]
*4. (2008-07-26) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito (1st meeting)|L (TKO 11) Antonio Margarito]] ([[HBO]] PPV) - 450,000 buys. [https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/5/10/8581789/hbo-canelo-ko-kirkland-brings-boxing-one-step-closer-to-miguel-cotto-ppv-blockbuster]
*5. (2009-02-21) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Michael Jennings|W (TKO 5) Michael Jennings]] ([[Top Rank]] PPV) - 90,000 buys.
*6. (2009-11-14) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Manny Pacquiao|L (TKO 12) Manny Pacquiao]] "Firepower" ([[HBO]] PPV) - 1,250,000 buys and $70,000,000 in revenue. [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4674275]
*7. (2011-03-12) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga|W (TKO 12) Ricardo Mayorga]] ([[Showtime]] PPV) - 250,000 buys. [https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/5/10/8581789/hbo-canelo-ko-kirkland-brings-boxing-one-step-closer-to-miguel-cotto-ppv-blockbuster]
*8. (2011-12-03) [[Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito (2nd meeting)|W (RTD 9) Antonio Margarito]] ([[HBO]] PPV) - 600,000 buys. [https://www.boxingscene.com/fighting-words-deontay-wilder-gets-reality-check--92331][https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/5/10/8581789/hbo-canelo-ko-kirkland-brings-boxing-one-step-closer-to-miguel-cotto-ppv-blockbuster]
*9. (2012-05-05) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Miguel Cotto|L (UD 12) Floyd Mayweather Jr]] "Ring Kings" ([[HBO]] PPV) - 1,500,000 buys and $94,000,000 in revenue. [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=7919965]
*10. (2014-06-07) [[Sergio Martinez vs. Miguel Cotto|W (RTD 10) Sergio Martinez]] ([[HBO]] PPV) - 300,000-350,000 buys. [https://www.si.com/boxing/2014/06/26/miguel-cotto-sergio-martinez-pay-per-view][https://www.boxingscene.com/fighting-words-deontay-wilder-gets-reality-check--92331][https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/5/10/8581789/hbo-canelo-ko-kirkland-brings-boxing-one-step-closer-to-miguel-cotto-ppv-blockbuster]
*11. (2015-11-21) [[Saul Alvarez vs. Miguel Cotto|L (UD 12) Saul Alvarez]] ([[HBO]] PPV) - 900,000 buys and about $58,000,000 in revenue. [https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=14282398]

== External Link ==
*[http://www.promocionesmiguelcotto.com/ Promociones Miguel Cotto (Miguel Cotto Promotions) Website]

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{{Succession box|
before=[[Zab Judah]] Vacated|
title=[[WBO Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Ricardo Torres]]|
years=2004 Sep 11 – 2006 Oct 27 '''Vacated'''
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before=[[Ricky Hatton]] Vacated|
title=[[WBA Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Antonio Margarito]]|
years=2006 Dec 2 – 2008 Jul 26|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Paul Williams]] Vacated|
title=[[WBO Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Manny Pacquiao]]|
years=2009 Feb 21 – 2009 Nov 14|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Yuri Foreman]]|
title=[[WBA Light Middleweight Champion]]|
years=2010 Jun 5 – 2010 '''Upgraded to Super Champion''' 2010 – 2012 May 5|
after=[[Austin Trout]] Regular Champion [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]] Super Champion|
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before=[[Sergio Gabriel Martinez]]|
title=[[WBC Middleweight Champion]]|
years=2014 Jun 7 – 2015 Nov 17 '''Stripped'''|
after=[[Saul Alvarez]]|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Saul Alvarez]] Vacated|
title=[[WBO Light Middleweight Champion]]|
years=2017 Aug 2 – 2017 Dec 2 |
after=[[Sadam Ali]]|
}}
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[[Category:Puerto Rican Olympians]]
[[Category:World Light Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:Four Division World Champions]]
[[Category:Puerto Rican World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]
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Fight:3158624

2025-08-16T15:18:31Z

Dawudboxer: Created page with "The bout was somehow sanctioned by the Texas boxing commission. Tyson, who only months before had almost died from a stomach ulcer and needed 8 blood transfusions to save his life, was sanctioned to fight a 27 year old. Tyson also had a bad knee and hadn’t boxed professionally for 19 years! Both boxers wore 14 ounce gloves and the bout was contested over 8x2 minute rounds. In no way was this a real professional bout, nor should it be counted on Mike Tyson's record."

The bout was somehow sanctioned by the Texas boxing commission. Tyson, who only months before had almost died from a stomach ulcer and needed 8 blood transfusions to save his life, was sanctioned to fight a 27 year old. Tyson also had a bad knee and hadn’t boxed professionally for 19 years! Both boxers wore 14 ounce gloves and the bout was contested over 8x2 minute rounds. In no way was this a real professional bout, nor should it be counted on Mike Tyson's record.

File:Miguel1Cotto.jpeg

2025-08-06T10:41:12Z

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John L. Sullivan

2025-08-02T16:11:23Z

Dawudboxer: /* Bare-Knuckle & Exhibition Record */

[[File:JLSullivan2.jpg|left|250px|]]
{{ibhof |url=http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/pioneer/sullivan.html}}
<boxer>010547</boxer>
*'''Trainers''': [[William Muldoon]] / [[Prof. Jim Kelly]]
*'''Manager''': [[Billy Madden]]
*'''[[:Category:John L. Sullivan Gallery|John L. Sullivan Gallery]]'''
== Biography ==
'''John L. Sullivan''' was a boxing immortal, the link between bare knuckles and glove fighting, and the first great American sports idol.

From an early age, Sullivan showed great proficiency with his fists. As a teenager, he would fight in Boston barrooms, issuing a challenge that he “could lick any man in the house.”

In 1882, Sullivan fought Paddy Ryan, the American Heavyweight Champion, in Mississippi City, Mississippi. It was a bare-knuckle contest. Sullivan dominated the fight and won by a ninth-round knockout. Sullivan reigned as champion for the next ten years, but he refused to fight any black boxer and drew what came to be known as boxing's "color line." Sullivan said, "I will not fight a Negro. I never have, and I never shall."

In 1892, Sullivan faced James J. Corbett in New Orleans. They fought under the Queensberry Rules and wore five-ounce gloves. The contrast in styles was obvious. The powerful, steadfast Sullivan had little use for ring trickery or defense, while Corbett was known for his peerless boxing ability. Young and agile, Corbett outboxed Sullivan, who was out of condition as a result of his indulgent lifestyle. Corbett stayed clear of the champion for twelve rounds and by the seventeenth, Corbett’s forays were wearing Sullivan down and he had a clear advantage. Corbett knocked out Sullivan in the 21st round.

Sullivan never fought again. He did some acting and, surprisingly, swore off alcohol. Previously known for his prodigious drinking, Sullivan became a temperance lecturer. He retired to a Massachusetts farm, having depleted most of the $1 million he had earned in his public career.

Sullivan died from a heart attack on February 2, 1918. When Sullivan was buried, the ground was frozen so hard that they had to blast out the grave with dynamite. Jake Kilrain, who served as a pallbearer, said, "Old John L. would have approved."

Sullivan was inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990, as a member of the hall's original class.

In an article run in the San Francisco Call June of 1905, Sullivan claimed the only man to knock him down in the ring was one Jack Hogan, a former blacksmith, in a fight in Providence, Rhode Island. He declined to mention the date.

== Bare-Knuckle & Exhibition Record ==
[[BoxRec.com|BoxRec]] does not include bouts under the rules of the London Prize Ring in its database. Sullivan had hundreds of exhibitions and barnstorming matches. Below are some of his fights under the bare-knuckle/London Prize Ring rules:

* 1882-2-7, KO 9 [[Paddy Ryan]], Mississippi City, MS. Sullivan claimed the American Heavyweight Championship.

* 1882-7-17, W 4 [[Tug Wilson]], New York, NY. Wilson went to the floor 24 times to avoid being knocked out.

* 1888-01-05 W TKO 3/3 [[William Samuels]] Philharmonic Hall. Cardiff, Wales (Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), Friday, January 6, 1888)

* 1888-03-10, D 39 [[Charlie Mitchell]], Baron Rothschild's Training Groung, Chantilly, Oise, France. Referee: Bernard J Angle. Stakes: £1000. Some sources report this bout as a World Heavyweight Championship contest.

* 1889-07-07 KO 75 [[Jake Kilrain]], Marion County, MS. This would be the last time that a bare-knuckle title was on the line. The battle was Sullivan's greatest accomplishment in the bare-knuckle world. Sullivan stopped the outmatched wrestler in the 75th round. In the opening frame, Kilrain ended the round early by throwing "The Boston Strong Boy" to the ground (according to the London Prize Fighting Rules, which they were using, wrestling and throwing was allowed and the first time a fighter went to the ground, regardless of a punch or throw, the round would end). Though Kilrain drew "first blood" in the seventh round, class was beginning to show and Sullivan's experience and cobalt-breaking power were becoming a little to much for the game challenger. Kilrain resorted to running from his feared opponent, though when Sullivan got near Kilrain, it usually resulted in a knockdown. Sullivan was becoming very frustrated by his opponents survival tactics and even asked the referee to force Kilrain to "stand and fight". It didn't come off. After the seventy-fifth round ended, the ringside physician told Kilrain's corner that "Kilrain will die if you keep sending out there". The fight was stopped and Sullivan retained his Bare-knuckle Heavyweight Championship. It was a great finale to bare-knuckle championship boxing. Sullivan, already a Marquess of Queensberry Heavyweight Champion (Marquess of Queensberry rules are very similar to the rules that are used today), had closed the book on bare-knuckle boxing and in his very next bout, he closed the book on his career when he was knocked out by [[James J. Corbett]].

*1896-08-31, EX 3 [[Tom Sharkey]], New York City, NY

For a more detailed view of Sullivan's record, go to [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/sully.htm Cyber Boxing Zone].

== Marriages ==
Sullivan married Annie Bates Bailey, a chorus girl, on May 1, 1883. A son, John Jr., was born in 1884, but the child died of diphtheria in 1886. John L. and Annie separated in 1885, but were not divorced until 1908.

According to the February 2, 1908, edition of the ''Telegraph-Herald'' (Dubuque, IA, USA), Sullivan had secretly married Miss Nellie Revelle of Chicago several weeks previously. She was the drama critic for ''The Show World'' and a vaudeville actress.

After Sullivan renounced liquor, he began spending time with a woman named Katherine Harkins. They married on February 7, 1910, and moved to a small house twenty miles south of Boston. According to wire reports, she died of cancer at Abingdon, MA, on May 29, 1916.

== External Links ==
*''Topics in Chronicling America - John L. Sullivan, The Boston Strong Boy'': [http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/jsullivan.html]
*Find-a-Grave: [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1002]
*''[[John L. Sullivan and His America]]''
*"Jolts" article by John L. Sullivan (9 July 1905): [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1905-07-09/ed-1/seq-10/]

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Cletus Seldin vs. Zab Judah

2025-07-24T19:48:23Z

Dawudboxer: /* Notes */

<fight>2344769</fight>

*'''[[NABA]] Light Welterweight Title''' (Vacant title)

==Notes==
*Title had been vacated by [[Kendo Castaneda]].
*A barrage of unanswered punches from Seldin while Judah was against the ropes forces the referee to step in and stop the fight in round 11.
*Seldin later tested positive for PEDs.
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Miguel Angel Cotto vs. Ricardo Torres

2025-07-23T01:23:55Z

Dawudboxer: /* Comments */

<fight>988713</fight>

*'''[[World Boxing Organization]] Light Welterweight Title''' (Cotto's 4th defense)
*'''Time:''' 1:52 
*'''Weights:''' 140 lbs (each)
*'''Promoter:''' Duva Boxing
*'''Doctors:''' Marc Shaber, Jordan Gainson, Domenic Coletta

== Comments ==
*Cotto had beaten Torres twice in the amateurs.
* Torres down in rounds one, four, six, and seven.
* Cotto down in round two (the first time he had been knocked down in his career).
* Aside from the knockdown, Cotto was rocked in the first, fifth, sixth, and seventh rounds.
* [[Harold Lederman]] of [[HBO]] scored the fifth round 10-8 for Torres. He scored five of the six finished rounds as 10-8.

Fidel Castro Smith

2025-06-07T14:26:01Z

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== Notes ==
*Cousin of [[Herol Graham]].
*Lost a decision to Nigel Benn

Fight:2739708

2025-05-30T14:07:59Z

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*WBC Franchise lightweight title
*''The Ring'' lightweight title

== Notes ==
*According to [[Compubox]], Kambosos landed 182 of 739 punches (24.6 percent), and Lopez connected on 176 of 565 punches (31.2 percent). [https://boxrec.com/media/images//d/d3/2021-11-27_-_Teofimo_Lopez_vs._George_Kambosos_Jnr_%28Compubox%29.jpg]
*[[:File:2021-11-27 - Teofimo Lopez vs. George Kambosos Jnr (Official Scorecards).jpg|Official Scorecards]]
*Controversial decision
*[[DAZN]] unofficial judge [[Chris Mannix]] scored the fight 114-112 for Kambosos. [https://boxrec.com/media/images//8/8d/2021-11-27_-_Teofimo_Lopez_vs._George_Kambosos_Jnr_%28Chris_Mannix%27s_scorecard%29.jpg]

Fight:99476

2025-05-30T13:58:25Z

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*Referee gave Pryce a chance to recover when in trouble in round 8.

Fight:220482

2025-05-30T13:55:58Z

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*Hall stopped from swelling to his eye.

Jason Hall

2025-05-29T12:09:38Z

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After failing to get selected to represent England in the Olympics and getting silvers in numerous tournaments that he felt he should’ve won, aged just 19, Jason moved to Las Vegas and ended up being based out of the gym that Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather trained in. Jason turned pro and stayed in America for the first five fights of his pro career. In his time in America he sparred the following name fighters: [[Shane Mosley]], [[Justin Juuko]], [[Kennedy McKinney]], [[Zab Judah]], [[Kostya Tszyu]], [[Vince Phillips]], [[Erik Morales]], [[Stevie Johnston]], [[Steve Forbes]], [[Frankie Randall]], and [[Floyd Mayweather Jr]]. He then relocated to the UK and would also get to spar [[Scott Harrison]].

All 3 stoppage losses to [[Raul Basulto]], [[Arv Mittoo]] and [[Steve Murray]] were due to cuts or swelling.

Jason Hall

2025-05-29T12:07:34Z

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Aged just 19, Jason moved to Las Vegas and ended up being based out of the gym that Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather trained out of. Jason turned pro and stayed in America for the first five fights of his pro career. In his time in America he sparred the following name fighters: [[Shane Mosley]], [[Justin Juuko]], [[Kennedy McKinney]], [[Zab Judah]], [[Kostya Tszyu]], [[Vince Phillips]], [[Erik Morales]], [[Stevie Johnston]], [[Steve Forbes]], [[Frankie Randall]], and [[Floyd Mayweather Jr]]. He then relocated to the UK and would also get to spar [[Scott Harrison]].

All 3 stoppage losses to [[Raul Basulto]], [[Arv Mittoo]] and [[Steve Murray]] were due to cuts or swelling.

Jason Hall

2025-05-28T21:33:02Z

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*Jason was based out of Las Vegas for the first five fights in his career and sparred the following fighters: [[Shane Mosley]], [[Justin Juuko]], [[Kennedy McKinney]], [[Zab Judah]], [[Kostya Tszyu]], [[Vince Phillips]], [[Erik Morales]], [[Scott Harrison]], [[Stevie Johnston]], [[Steve Forbes]], [[Frankie Randall]], [[Floyd Mayweather Jr]].
*Losses to [[Raul Basulto]], [[Arv Mittoo]] and [[Steve Murray]] were due to cuts or swelling.

Jason Hall

2025-05-28T18:20:32Z

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*Jason was based out of Las Vegas for the first five fights in his career and sparred the following fighters:[[Shane Mosley]], [[Justin Juuko]], [[Kennedy McKinney]], [[Zab Judah]], [[Kostya Tszyu]], [[Vince Phillips]], [[Erik Morales]], [[Stevie Johnston]], [[Steve Forbes]], [[Frankie Randall]], [[Floyd Mayweather Jr]].
*Losses to [[Raul Basulto]], [[Arv Mittoo]] and [[Steve Murray]] were due to cuts or swelling.