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David Haye

2017-09-30T14:45:59Z

Dawudbryant: /* Amateur Career */

[[File:Haye1.jpg|250px|thumb|left]]
<boxer>155774</boxer>
'''Trainers:''' [[Adam Booth]] (2002-2012), [[Shane McGuigan]] (2016-2017), [[Ismael Salas]] (2017-)

==Amateur Career==
*Haye began his amateur career with a record of 10-3 (9 KO's)
*Amateur record was 83-13, with walkovers not included Haye was possibly 82-10 with over 40 wins by knockout (exact number unknown).
*Won his first amateur bout with a 12 second KO aged 10.
*Haye says he won his first five amateur fights by first round KO.
* 7 of 13 defeats were controversial.
*Won a Silver Medal at the 2001 World Championships.
'''Amateur losses were as follows:'''
* A disqualification defeat to an unnamed opponent in the Schoolboy Championships when both Haye and his opponent were disqualified.
* A controversial points decision to an unnamed opponent.
* A 2nd round disqualification loss in Germany 1994 aged 13/14 to Maiwand Kaiwan.
* A Walkover to Russia's Ibragim Akajew when withdrawing in the 1998 Liverpool Multi nations.
* Jimmy Twite by TKO1 in the ABA semi finals 1999.
* A decision vs Joe Pastorello in a UK vs USA Dual 1999.
* Orlanda Anderson on points in 1999 in the USA vs UK tournament held in England. Haye had previously beaten Anderson on points in the Liverpool Multi Nations semi finals.
* Michael Simms on points in the 99 World Amateur Championships in Houston TX, USA aged 19.
* By walkover to Ali Ismailov. Haye withdrew due to an injury to the lip suffered in his previous bout with Lasse Johansson.
* Giacobbe Fragomeni by a controversial points decision in 2000 in a qualifier for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
* Andreas Gustafsson 26th Oct 2000 in Warszawa Poland by scores of 18-4.
* Odlanier Solis in the 2001 World Amateur Championships final by RSC3 on the outclassed rule.
* By walkover to Canada's Jason Douglas when forced to withdraw from the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games after a bicep injury suffered in his win over Pakistan's Shuaib Ali.

==Regional & Minor Titles==
*[[BBBoC]] English cruiserweight title
*[[EBU]] European cruiserweight title
*[[WBA]] Inter-Continental cruiserweight title
*[[WBO]] International heavyweight title

==Career Factoids==
*Has a record of 5-1-0 in world title fights.
*Has a record of 6-3-0 against former or current world champions.
**Won against [[Arthur Williams]], [[Giacobbe Fragomeni]], [[Jean-Marc Mormeck]], [[Enzo Maccarinelli]], [[Nikolay Valuev]] & [[John Ruiz]].
**Lost against [[Carl Thompson]], [[Wladimir Klitschko]] & [[Tony Bellew]]

==Notes==
*Haye has a Jamaican father and English mother.
*Adam Booth trained Haye since the age of 16.
*As a professional has trained at the [[5th Street Gym (Miami)|5th Street Gym]] in Miami Beach, Florida.
*Suffered his first pro loss in his eleventh fight when he was stopped in five rounds by [[Carl Thompson]] on September 10, 2004 for the IBO Cruiserweight title.
*Stopped [[Jean-Marc Mormeck]] in seven rounds to win the [[WBA]] (Super Title) and [[WBC]] Cruiserweight Championships on November 10, 2007.
*Stopped [[WBO]] titlist [[Enzo Maccarinelli]] in two rounds to unify the [[WBA]] (Super Title), [[WBC]], and [[WBO]] Cruiserweight Championships on March 8, 2008.
*Defeated [[Nikolay Valuev]] by a twelve-round majority decision to win the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship on November 7, 2009.
*Lost the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship to [[IBF]]/[[WBO]] Heavyweight Champion [[Wladimir Klitschko]] by a lopsided twelve-round unanimous decision on July 2, 2011.
*Haye's July 14, 2012 bout with [[Dereck Chisora]] in London, which Haye won by a fifth-round TKO, was sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation. Chisora was under indefinite suspension by the [[British Boxing Board of Control]] at the time. As a result, Luxembourg was expelled from the [[European Boxing Union]].
*Haye sustained an achilles injury in his bout with [[Tony Bellew]] on March 4 2017, and was subsequently knocked down. He continued to fight for 5 rounds, until [[Shane McGuigan]] eventually threw in the towel and stopped the fight in the 11th.

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[[Category:World Cruiserweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Two Division World Champions]]
[[Category:English World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

2017-09-01T14:55:13Z

Dawudbryant:

[[File:PrettyBoyFloydMoneyMayweather.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Floyd Mayweather Jr.]]
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*'''Trainers:''' [[Roger Mayweather]] (former), [[Floyd Mayweather|Floyd Mayweather Sr.]] (present)
*'''Managers:''' [[Floyd Mayweather|Floyd Mayweather Sr.]] (former), [[James Prince]] (former), [[Al Haymon]] (present)
*'''Promoters:''' [[Top Rank Boxing Promotions|Top Rank]] (former), [[Goossen Tutor Promotions]] (fight-by-fight), [[Golden Boy Promotions]] (fight-by-fight), [http://www.mayweatherpromotions.com/ Mayweather Promotions] (present)
*'''[[:Category:Floyd Mayweather Jr. Gallery|Floyd Mayweather Jr. Gallery]]

== 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 two more defeats have since been found so he was 84-8.
*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
**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 Highlights ==
[[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. Canelo Alvarez]]
[[File:Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao 472030658.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao]]
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== Professional Record ==
*Has a record of 26-0 (10 KO) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 23-0 (9 KO) in lineal 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]], [[Oscar De La Hoya]], [[Ricky Hatton]], [[Juan Manuel Marquez]], [[Shane Mosley]], [[Victor Ortiz (of California)|Victor Ortiz]], [[Miguel Cotto]], [[Robert Guerrero]], [[Saul Alvarez|Canelo Alvarez]], [[Marcos Maidana|Marcos Rene Maidana]] (twice), [[Manny Pacquiao]] and [[Andre Berto]].
*Has a record of 12-0 (3 KO) against former or current lineal titlists:
**Won against [[Genaro Hernandez]], [[Diego Corrales]], [[Jose Luis Castillo]] (twice), [[Zab Judah]], [[Carlos Manuel Baldomir]], [[Oscar De La Hoya]], [[Ricky Hatton]], [[Juan Manuel Marquez]], [[Shane Mosley]], [[Miguel Cotto]] and [[Manny Pacquiao]].
*Has a record of 2-0 (1 KO) against [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductees:
**Won against [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/gatti.html Arturo Gatti] and [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/delahoya.html Oscar De La Hoya].
*Has never fought outside his native 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 & Undisputed 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)

== Transnational Boxing Rankings Board Titles ==
*World Junior Middleweight Title (2013-2015)
*World Welterweight Title (2015)

== Lineal Titles ==
*World Junior Lightweight Title (1998-2002; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]])
*World Lightweight Title (2002-2004; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]])
*(2) World Welterweight Title (2006-2008; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]], 2010-2015; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]], [[Transnational Boxing Rankings Board|TBRB]])
*World Junior Middleweight Title (2013-2015; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]], [[Transnational Boxing Rankings Board|TBRB]])

== Awards & Recognition ==
*(3) [[Boxing Writers Association of America]] [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (2007, 2013, 2015)
*(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)
*[[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 [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://bleacherreport.com/articles/1436191-the-top-50-pound-for-pound-boxers-of-all-time 29th greatest boxer of all-time] by Bleacher Report in 2012.
*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.

== Notes ==
*One of only five boxers in history to win a world title in at least five weight divisions ([[Thomas Hearns]], [[Sugar Ray Leonard]], [[Oscar De La Hoya]], [[Manny Pacquiao]]).
*One of only two boxers in history 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).
*Holds the record for most wins without a loss or draw in history (50-0-0).
*Retired for the first time in his career in 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 current trainer [[Floyd Mayweather|Floyd Mayweather Sr.]]
*Nephew of retired boxers and current trainers [[Roger Mayweather]] and [[Jeff Mayweather]].
*Half-brother of boxer [[Justin Mayweather Jones]].
*Mayweather said the toughest fight of his 50 bout career was against Miguel Cotto. "Emanuel Burton was tough, but Cotto was tougher". [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-SzCZtBnZs]

== 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]

== 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
**2. (09/14/2013) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saul Alvarez|W MD12 Saul Alvarez]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $20,003,150
**3. (05/05/2007) [[Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W SD12 Oscar De La Hoya]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $18,419,200
**5. (05/03/2014) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana|W MD12 Marcos Maidana]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $15,024,400
**6. (09/13/2014) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Marcos Rene Maidana (2nd meeting)|W UD12 Marcos Maidana]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $14,899,150
**14. (05/05/2012) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Miguel Cotto|W UD12 Miguel Cotto]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $12,000,150
**17. (05/01/2010) [[Shane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W UD12 Shane Mosley]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $11,032,100
**21. (12/08/2007) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton|W TKO10 Ricky Hatton]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $10,393,950
**22. (09/12/2015) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto|W UD12 Andre Berto]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $10,062,500
**23. (05/04/2013) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero|W UD12 Robert Guerrero]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $9,922,350
**25. (09/17/2011) [[Victor Ortiz vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W KO4 Victor Ortiz]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $9,000,000

== Pay-Per-View History ==
*1. (06/25/2005) [[Arturo Gatti vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W RTD6 Arturo Gatti]] ([[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]] ([[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 Manuel Baldomir]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] (Joint [[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 $400,000,000 in revenue]
*15. (09/12/2015) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto|W UD12 Andre Berto]] ([[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 and $28,000,000 in revenue.]
*Totals (approximate): [http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/12732/mayweather-pacquiao-on-ppv-a-perfect-storm 19,500,000 buys and $1,300,000,000 in revenue]

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Genaro Hernandez]]|
title=[[WBC Super Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Sirimongkol Singwancha]]|
years=1998 Oct 3 – 2002 Apr 20 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jose Luis Castillo]]|
title=[[WBC Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jose Luis Castillo]]|
years=2002 Apr 20 – 2004 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Arturo Gatti]]|
title=[[WBC Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Junior Witter]]|
years=2005 Jun 25 – 2005 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Zab Judah]]|
title=[[IBF Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Kermit Cintron]]|
years=2006 Apr 8 – 2006 Jun 20 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Carlos Manuel Baldomir]]|
title=[[WBC Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Andre Berto]]|
years=2006 Nov 4 – 2008 Jun 6 '''Retired'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Oscar De La Hoya]]|
title=[[WBC Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Vernon Forrest]]|
years=2007 May 5 – 2007 Jul 4 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Victor Ortiz (of California)|Victor Ortiz]]|
title=[[WBC Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Danny Oscar Garcia|Danny Garcia]]|
years=2011 Sep 17 – 2015 Nov 4 '''Retired'''|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Miguel Cotto]] Super Champion|
title=[[WBA Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Erislandy Lara]] Super Champion|
years=2012 May 5 – 2016 Jan '''Super Champion''' '''Retired'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Saul Alvarez]]|
title=[[WBC Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jermell Charlo]]|
years=2013 Sep 14 – 2015 Nov 4 '''Retired'''|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Marcos Maidana|Marcos Rene Maidana]]|
title=[[WBA Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Keith Thurman]] Super Champion|
years=2014 May 3 – 2016 Jan '''Super Champion''' '''Retired'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Manny Pacquiao]]|
title=[[WBO Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Timothy Bradley|Timothy Bradley Jr.]]|
years=2015 May 2 – 2015 July 6 '''Stripped'''
}}
{{end box}}

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Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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[[File:PrettyBoyFloydMoneyMayweather.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Floyd Mayweather Jr.]]
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*'''Trainers:''' [[Roger Mayweather]] (former), [[Floyd Mayweather|Floyd Mayweather Sr.]] (present)
*'''Managers:''' [[Floyd Mayweather|Floyd Mayweather Sr.]] (former), [[James Prince]] (former), [[Al Haymon]] (present)
*'''Promoters:''' [[Top Rank Boxing Promotions|Top Rank]] (former), [[Goossen Tutor Promotions]] (fight-by-fight), [[Golden Boy Promotions]] (fight-by-fight), [http://www.mayweatherpromotions.com/ Mayweather Promotions] (present)
*'''[[:Category:Floyd Mayweather Jr. Gallery|Floyd Mayweather Jr. Gallery]]

== 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 two more defeats have since been found so he was 84-8.
*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
**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 Highlights ==
[[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. Canelo Alvarez]]
[[File:Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao 472030658.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao]]
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== Professional Record ==
*Has a record of 26-0 (10 KO) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 23-0 (9 KO) in lineal 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]], [[Oscar De La Hoya]], [[Ricky Hatton]], [[Juan Manuel Marquez]], [[Shane Mosley]], [[Victor Ortiz (of California)|Victor Ortiz]], [[Miguel Cotto]], [[Robert Guerrero]], [[Saul Alvarez|Canelo Alvarez]], [[Marcos Maidana|Marcos Rene Maidana]] (twice), [[Manny Pacquiao]] and [[Andre Berto]].
*Has a record of 12-0 (3 KO) against former or current lineal titlists:
**Won against [[Genaro Hernandez]], [[Diego Corrales]], [[Jose Luis Castillo]] (twice), [[Zab Judah]], [[Carlos Manuel Baldomir]], [[Oscar De La Hoya]], [[Ricky Hatton]], [[Juan Manuel Marquez]], [[Shane Mosley]], [[Miguel Cotto]] and [[Manny Pacquiao]].
*Has a record of 2-0 (1 KO) against [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductees:
**Won against [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/gatti.html Arturo Gatti] and [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/delahoya.html Oscar De La Hoya].
*Has never fought outside his native 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 & Undisputed 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)

== Transnational Boxing Rankings Board Titles ==
*World Junior Middleweight Title (2013-2015)
*World Welterweight Title (2015)

== Lineal Titles ==
*World Junior Lightweight Title (1998-2002; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]])
*World Lightweight Title (2002-2004; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]])
*(2) World Welterweight Title (2006-2008; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]], 2010-2015; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]], [[Transnational Boxing Rankings Board|TBRB]])
*World Junior Middleweight Title (2013-2015; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]], [[Transnational Boxing Rankings Board|TBRB]])

== Awards & Recognition ==
*(3) [[Boxing Writers Association of America]] [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (2007, 2013, 2015)
*(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)
*[[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 [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://bleacherreport.com/articles/1436191-the-top-50-pound-for-pound-boxers-of-all-time 29th greatest boxer of all-time] by Bleacher Report in 2012.
*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.

== Notes ==
*One of only five boxers in history to win a world title in at least five weight divisions ([[Thomas Hearns]], [[Sugar Ray Leonard]], [[Oscar De La Hoya]], [[Manny Pacquiao]]).
*One of only two boxers in history 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).
*Holds the record for most wins without a loss or draw in history (50-0-0).
*Retired for the first time in his career in 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 current trainer [[Floyd Mayweather|Floyd Mayweather Sr.]]
*Nephew of retired boxers and current trainers [[Roger Mayweather]] and [[Jeff Mayweather]].
*Half-brother of boxer [[Justin Mayweather Jones]].
*Mayweather said the toughest fight of his 50 bout career was Miguel Cotto. "Emanuel Burton was tough, but Cotto was tougher". [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-SzCZtBnZs]

== 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]

== 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
**2. (09/14/2013) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saul Alvarez|W MD12 Saul Alvarez]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $20,003,150
**3. (05/05/2007) [[Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W SD12 Oscar De La Hoya]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $18,419,200
**5. (05/03/2014) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana|W MD12 Marcos Maidana]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $15,024,400
**6. (09/13/2014) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Marcos Rene Maidana (2nd meeting)|W UD12 Marcos Maidana]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $14,899,150
**14. (05/05/2012) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Miguel Cotto|W UD12 Miguel Cotto]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $12,000,150
**17. (05/01/2010) [[Shane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W UD12 Shane Mosley]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $11,032,100
**21. (12/08/2007) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton|W TKO10 Ricky Hatton]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $10,393,950
**22. (09/12/2015) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto|W UD12 Andre Berto]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $10,062,500
**23. (05/04/2013) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero|W UD12 Robert Guerrero]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $9,922,350
**25. (09/17/2011) [[Victor Ortiz vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W KO4 Victor Ortiz]] ([[MGM Grand]]) $9,000,000

== Pay-Per-View History ==
*1. (06/25/2005) [[Arturo Gatti vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W RTD6 Arturo Gatti]] ([[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]] ([[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 Manuel Baldomir]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] (Joint [[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 $400,000,000 in revenue]
*15. (09/12/2015) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto|W UD12 Andre Berto]] ([[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 and $28,000,000 in revenue.]
*Totals (approximate): [http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/12732/mayweather-pacquiao-on-ppv-a-perfect-storm 19,500,000 buys and $1,300,000,000 in revenue]

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before=[[Genaro Hernandez]]|
title=[[WBC Super Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Sirimongkol Singwancha]]|
years=1998 Oct 3 – 2002 Apr 20 '''Vacated'''
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before=[[Jose Luis Castillo]]|
title=[[WBC Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jose Luis Castillo]]|
years=2002 Apr 20 – 2004 '''Vacated'''
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before=[[Arturo Gatti]]|
title=[[WBC Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Junior Witter]]|
years=2005 Jun 25 – 2005 '''Vacated'''
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before=[[Zab Judah]]|
title=[[IBF Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Kermit Cintron]]|
years=2006 Apr 8 – 2006 Jun 20 '''Vacated'''
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before=[[Carlos Manuel Baldomir]]|
title=[[WBC Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Andre Berto]]|
years=2006 Nov 4 – 2008 Jun 6 '''Retired'''
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before=[[Oscar De La Hoya]]|
title=[[WBC Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Vernon Forrest]]|
years=2007 May 5 – 2007 Jul 4 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Victor Ortiz (of California)|Victor Ortiz]]|
title=[[WBC Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Danny Oscar Garcia|Danny Garcia]]|
years=2011 Sep 17 – 2015 Nov 4 '''Retired'''|
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{{Succession box|
before=[[Miguel Cotto]] Super Champion|
title=[[WBA Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Erislandy Lara]] Super Champion|
years=2012 May 5 – 2016 Jan '''Super Champion''' '''Retired'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Saul Alvarez]]|
title=[[WBC Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jermell Charlo]]|
years=2013 Sep 14 – 2015 Nov 4 '''Retired'''|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Marcos Maidana|Marcos Rene Maidana]]|
title=[[WBA Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Keith Thurman]] Super Champion|
years=2014 May 3 – 2016 Jan '''Super Champion''' '''Retired'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Manny Pacquiao]]|
title=[[WBO Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Timothy Bradley|Timothy Bradley Jr.]]|
years=2015 May 2 – 2015 July 6 '''Stripped'''
}}
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Fight:1461843

2017-08-22T16:26:10Z

Dawudbryant: Created page with "Knocked out on a left hook to the body. http://www.scotsman.com/sport/boxing/boxing-gary-young-falls-at-the-first-after-danish-display-1-1233950"

Knocked out on a left hook to the body.

http://www.scotsman.com/sport/boxing/boxing-gary-young-falls-at-the-first-after-danish-display-1-1233950

Rocky Pepeli

2017-08-09T21:15:15Z

Dawudbryant:

[[File:Rocky Pepeli.jpg|left]]
<boxer>5018</boxer>
'''Trainer:''' [[Joe Goossen]]

*Pepeli was stopped in 2 rounds by Mike Tyson in the 1984 National Golden Gloves Semi Finals.

== External Link ==
*IMDB [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672502/ Pepeli page]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pepeli, Rocky}}
[[Category:Actors]]

Mike Tyson

2017-07-25T23:12:17Z

Dawudbryant: /* Amateur Highlights */

[[File:Tyson-1a.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Mike Tyson]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Class of 2011 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/tyson.html click]]]
<boxer>000474</boxer>
*'''Trainers:''' [[Cus D'Amato]] (1979-1985), [[Kevin Rooney]] (1985-1988), [[Aaron Snowell]] (1989-1990), [[Richie Giachetti]] (1990-1991, 1997), [[Jay Bright]] (1995-1996), [[Tommy Brooks]] (1999-2001), [[Ronnie Shields]] (2002), [[Freddie Roach]] (2003-2004), [[Jeff Fenech]] (2005)
*'''Managers:''' [[Bill Cayton]] and [[Jim Jacobs]] (1985-88), [[Rory Holloway]] and [[John Horne]] (1988-1997), [[Shelly Finkel]] (1999-2005)
*'''Promoter:''' [[Don King]]
*'''[[:Category:Mike Tyson Gallery|Mike Tyson Gallery]]

== Amateur Highlights ==
[[File:Mike_cus1-530x317.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson with Cus D'Amato]]
[[File:1984-mike-tyson-henry-tillman-079089988.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Henry Tillman at the 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials.]]
*Amateur Record: [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.geocities.ws/pedrinet/tyson.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dwww.geocities.ws/pedrinet/tyson.html%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DexI%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official 48-6 (38 KO)]
**5 of 6 amateur losses were controversial.
*1981 United States Junior Olympic Heavyweight Champion. Results:
**Jesus Esparza - RSC 1
**Randy Wesley - RSC 1
**Joe Cortez - RSC 1
*1981 Ernie Bennett - L 3
*1982 United States Junior Olympic Heavyweight Champion. Results:
**Tito Llanes - RSC 1
**[[Jonathan Littles]] - RSC 2
**Don Cozad - RSC 1
**Kelton Brown - RSC 1
*1982 U.S. Amateur Championships. Results:
**[[Al Evans]] - L RSC 3
*1983 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Finalist. Results:
**Ronald Williams - RSC 1
**[[Andrew Stokes]] - RSC 3
**Mike Bardwell - RSC 1
**[[Warren Thompson]] - W 3
**[[Craig Payne]] - L 3 (Controversial)
*1983 U.S. Amateur Championships. Results:
**[[Kimmuel Odum]] - L DQ 2 (Controversial)
*1983 Ohio State Fair Heavyweight Champion. Results:
**[[Jerry Goff]] - KO 1
**[[Olian Alexander]] - W/O
*1983 United States Under-19 Heavyweight Champion, defeating Mark Scott by RSC 1
*1984 United States Under-19 Heavyweight Champion, defeating Orbit Pough by KO 1
*1984 National [[Golden Gloves]] Heavyweight Champion. Results: 
**[[Derek Isaman]] - W 3
**Richard Johnson - RSC 3
**Johnny Williams - RSC 1
**[[Rocky Pepeli]] - RSC 2
**[[Jonathan Littles]] - RSC 1
*1984 United States [[Olympics|Olympic]] Trials Heavyweight Finalist. Results:
**Kelton Brown - KO 1
**Avery Rawls - W 3
**[[Henry Milligan]] - RSC 2
**[[Henry Tillman]] - L 3 (Controversial)
*1984 United States Olympic Box-Offs. Results:
**Olian Alexander - W RSC 1
**Henry Tillman - L 3 (Controversial)
*1984 Tammer Tournament Heavyweight Gold Medalist in Tampere, Finland. Results:
**[[Istvan Szikora]] (Hungary) - W 3 (3-2)
**[[Haakan Brock]] (Sweden) - W 3 (5-0)

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{{Succession box|
before=[[Olian Alexander]]|
title=[[National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champions|National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jerry Goff]]|
years=1984}}
{{end box}}

== Professional Highlights ==
[[File:Tyson T-31.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson wearing the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight title belts.]]
[[File:Mike_Tyson_vs_Trevor_Berbick-42-50498888.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Trevor Berbick]]
[[File:Tyson_hits_Bonecrusher.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Bonecrusher Smith]]
[[File:Tyson-v-Tucker_87.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Tony Tucker]]
[[File:TysonBiggs.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Tyrell Biggs]]
[[File:Tyson-holmes-large.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Larry Holmes]]
[[File:Mike-Tyson-v.s.-Michael-Spinks.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Michael Spinks]]
{{#ev:youtube|o6uhKzbIkkA}}

== Professional Record ==
*Has a record of 12-4 (10 KO) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 3-2 (3 KO) in lineal title fights.
*Has a record of 11-4-0-1 (9 KO) against former or current world titlists:
**Won against [[Alfonzo Ratliff]], [[Trevor Berbick]], [[James (Bonecrusher) Smith|James Smith]], [[Pinklon Thomas]], [[Tony Tucker]], [[Larry Holmes]], [[Tony Tubbs]], [[Michael Spinks]], [[Frank Bruno]] (twice), and [[Bruce Seldon]].
**Lost against [[James (Buster) Douglas|James Douglas]], [[Evander Holyfield]] (twice), and [[Lennox Lewis]].
**No Contest against [[Orlin Norris]].
*Has a record of 3-4 (3 KO) against former or current lineal titlists:
**Won against [[Alfonzo Ratliff]], [[Larry Holmes]], and [[Michael Spinks]].
**Lost against [[James (Buster) Douglas|James Douglas]], [[Evander Holyfield]] (twice), and [[Lennox Lewis]].
*Has a record of 2-3 (2 KO) against [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductees:
**Won against [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/holmes.html Larry Holmes] and [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/spinks.html Michael Spinks].
**Lost against [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/lewislennox.html Lennox Lewis] and [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/holyfield.html Evander Holyfield] (twice).
*Has a record of 4-1 (4 KO) in fights outside his native United States.

== Year-By-Year Record ==
*1985: 15(15)-0
*1986: 13(11)-0
*1987: 4(2)-0
*1988: 3(3)-0
*1989: 2(2)-0
*1990: 2(2)-1(1)
*1991: 2(1)-0
*1992-1994: Did not fight (served prison sentence)
*1995: 2(1)-0
*1996: 2(2)-1(1)
*1997: 0-1
*1998: Did not fight (boxing license suspended)
*1999: 1(1)-0-0-1
*2000: 2(2)-0-0-1
*2001: 1(1)-0
*2002: 0-1(1)
*2003: 1(1)-0
*2004: 0-1(1)
*2005: 0-1(1)

== World Titles ==
*(2) [[WBC]] Heavyweight Title (1986-1990; 9 defenses, 1996; 0 defenses)
*(2) [[WBA]] Heavyweight Title (1987-1990; 8 defenses, 1996; 0 defenses)
*[[IBF]] Heavyweight Title (1987-1990; 6 defenses)

== Unified & Undisputed Titles ==
*(2) Unified Heavyweight Title (1987-1990; [[WBC]], [[WBA]], 1996; [[WBC]], [[WBA]])
*Undisputed Heavyweight Title (1987-1990; [[WBC]], [[WBA]], [[IBF]])

== The Ring Magazine Titles ==
*World Heavyweight Title (1988-1990)

== Lineal Titles ==
*[[World Heavyweight Champion|World Heavyweight Title]] (1988-1990)

== Awards & Recognition ==
*(2) [[Boxing Writers Association of America]] [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fight of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (1986, 1988)
*[[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Defunct Awards|Prospect of the Year]] (1985)
*(2) [[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (1986, 1988)
*[[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Round of the Year|Round of the Year]] (1988; 1st round [[Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks|vs. Michael Spinks]])
*(4) [[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Event of the Year|Event of the Year]] (1995, 1997, 1998, 2002)
*[[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year|Fight of the Year]] (1996 [[Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield (1st meeting)|vs. Evander Holyfield]])
*[[KO Magazine]] [[KO Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (1986)
*(2) [[KO Magazine]] [[KO Magazine Round of the Year|Round of the Year]] (1989; 1st round [[Mike Tyson vs. Frank Bruno (1st meeting)|vs. Frank Bruno]], 1990; 8th round [[Mike Tyson vs. James (Buster) Douglas|vs. James Douglas]])
*Named the [[The Top 50 Fighters of the Last 50 Years|19th greatest boxer of the last 50 years]] by [[The Ring Magazine]] in 1996.
*Named the [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|14th greatest heavyweight of all-time]] by [[The Ring Magazine]] in 1998.
*Named the [[The 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years|72nd greatest boxer of the last 80 years]] by [[The Ring Magazine]] in 2002.
*Named the [[The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!|16th greatest puncher of all-time]] by [[The Ring Magazine]] in 2003.
*Named the [http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/greatest/featureVideo?page=greatest4150 50th greatest boxer of all-time] by [[ESPN]] in 2007.
*Named the 9th greatest heavyweight of all-time by a panel of experts in [[The Ring Magazine]] in 2017.

== Notes ==
*Youngest heavyweight champion of all-time (20 years, 4 months, 22 days)
*Didn't box from 1992 until 1994 while servicing a prison sentence.
*Converted to Islam in prison and adopted the name Malik Abdul Aziz.
*Didn't box in 1998 while his boxing license was suspended for biting [[Evander Holyfield]]'s ear in their 1997 [[Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson (2nd meeting)|rematch]].
*Retired in 2005 after quitting on his stool vs. [[Kevin McBride]].

== Mike Tyson's World Tour ==
"Mike Tyson's World Tour," a series of four-round exhibitions bouts, was announced on September 28, 2006. Tyson said he anticipated taking the show to Europe, Asia and the Middle East. "Mike Tyson's World Tour" was shades of the 1930's exhibition tour by former World Heavyweight Champion [[Jack Dempsey]].

On October 21, 2006, Tyson made the first and only stop of his exhibition tour in Youngstown, Ohio. Tyson and [[Corey Sanders]] boxed four two½ minute rounds. Tyson weighed 241½ lbs, while Sanders weighed 292½ lbs. Both boxers wore t-shirts, and Sanders wore headgear. Tyson dropped Sanders in the first round, but he didn't go for the knockout when Sanders got up. Later in the round, Tyson held Sanders up after landing another hard punch. The fans booed throughout the match. Promoter [[Sterling McPherson]] said afterwards, "I don't know what people were looking for. We weren't trying to fool anyone or pull the wool over anyone's eyes. This was an exhibition. People boo at real fights... this isn't about him beating anybody up."

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before=[[Trevor Berbick]]|
title=[[WBC Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[James (Buster) Douglas]]|
years=1986 Nov 22 – 1990 Feb 11
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title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[James (Buster) Douglas]]|
years=1987 Mar 7 – 1990 Feb 11
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before=[[Tony Tucker]]|
title=[[IBF Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[James (Buster) Douglas]]|
years=1987 Aug 1 – 1990 Feb 11
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before=[[Frank Bruno]]|
title=[[WBC Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Lennox Lewis]]|
years=1996 Mar 16 – 1996 Sep 24 '''Vacated'''
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before=[[Bruce Seldon]]|
title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Evander Holyfield]]|
years=1996 Sep 7 – 1996 Nov 9
}}
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Mike Tyson

2017-07-25T22:01:32Z

Dawudbryant: /* Amateur Highlights */

[[File:Tyson-1a.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Mike Tyson]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Class of 2011 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/tyson.html click]]]
<boxer>000474</boxer>
*'''Trainers:''' [[Cus D'Amato]] (1979-1985), [[Kevin Rooney]] (1985-1988), [[Aaron Snowell]] (1989-1990), [[Richie Giachetti]] (1990-1991, 1997), [[Jay Bright]] (1995-1996), [[Tommy Brooks]] (1999-2001), [[Ronnie Shields]] (2002), [[Freddie Roach]] (2003-2004), [[Jeff Fenech]] (2005)
*'''Managers:''' [[Bill Cayton]] and [[Jim Jacobs]] (1985-88), [[Rory Holloway]] and [[John Horne]] (1988-1997), [[Shelly Finkel]] (1999-2005)
*'''Promoter:''' [[Don King]]
*'''[[:Category:Mike Tyson Gallery|Mike Tyson Gallery]]

== Amateur Highlights ==
[[File:Mike_cus1-530x317.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson with Cus D'Amato]]
[[File:1984-mike-tyson-henry-tillman-079089988.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Henry Tillman at the 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials.]]
*Amateur Record: [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.geocities.ws/pedrinet/tyson.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dwww.geocities.ws/pedrinet/tyson.html%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DexI%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official 48-6 (38 KO)]
**4 of 6 amateur losses were controversial.
*1981 United States Junior Olympic Heavyweight Champion. Results:
**Jesus Esparza - RSC 1
**Randy Wesley - RSC 1
**Joe Cortez - RSC 1
*1981 Ernie Bennett - L 3
*1982 United States Junior Olympic Heavyweight Champion. Results:
**Tito Llanes - RSC 1
**[[Jonathan Littles]] - RSC 2
**Don Cozad - RSC 1
**Kelton Brown - RSC 1
*1982 U.S. Amateur Championships. Results:
**[[Al Evans]] - L RSC 3
*1983 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Finalist. Results:
**Ronald Williams - RSC 1
**[[Andrew Stokes]] - RSC 3
**Mike Bardwell - RSC 1
**[[Warren Thompson]] - W 3
**[[Craig Payne]] - L 3 (Controversial)
*1983 U.S. Amateur Championships. Results:
**[[Kimmuel Odum]] - L DQ 2 (Controversial)
*1983 Ohio State Fair Heavyweight Champion. Results:
**[[Jerry Goff]] - KO 1
**[[Olian Alexander]] - W/O
*1983 United States Under-19 Heavyweight Champion, defeating Mark Scott by RSC 1
*1984 United States Under-19 Heavyweight Champion, defeating Orbit Pough by KO 1
*1984 National [[Golden Gloves]] Heavyweight Champion. Results: 
**[[Derek Isaman]] - W 3
**Richard Johnson - RSC 3
**Johnny Williams - RSC 1
**[[Rocky Pepeli]] - RSC 2
**[[Jonathan Littles]] - RSC 1
*1984 United States [[Olympics|Olympic]] Trials Heavyweight Finalist. Results:
**Kelton Brown - KO 1
**Avery Rawls - W 3
**[[Henry Milligan]] - RSC 2
**[[Henry Tillman]] - L 3 (Controversial)
*1984 United States Olympic Box-Offs. Results:
**Olian Alexander - W RSC 1
**Henry Tillman - L 3 (Controversial)
*1984 Tammer Tournament Heavyweight Gold Medalist in Tampere, Finland. Results:
**[[Istvan Szikora]] (Hungary) - W 3 (3-2)
**[[Haakan Brock]] (Sweden) - W 3 (5-0)

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Olian Alexander]]|
title=[[National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champions|National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jerry Goff]]|
years=1984}}
{{end box}}

== Professional Highlights ==
[[File:Tyson T-31.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson wearing the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight title belts.]]
[[File:Mike_Tyson_vs_Trevor_Berbick-42-50498888.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Trevor Berbick]]
[[File:Tyson_hits_Bonecrusher.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Bonecrusher Smith]]
[[File:Tyson-v-Tucker_87.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Tony Tucker]]
[[File:TysonBiggs.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Tyrell Biggs]]
[[File:Tyson-holmes-large.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Larry Holmes]]
[[File:Mike-Tyson-v.s.-Michael-Spinks.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Michael Spinks]]
{{#ev:youtube|o6uhKzbIkkA}}

== Professional Record ==
*Has a record of 12-4 (10 KO) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 3-2 (3 KO) in lineal title fights.
*Has a record of 11-4-0-1 (9 KO) against former or current world titlists:
**Won against [[Alfonzo Ratliff]], [[Trevor Berbick]], [[James (Bonecrusher) Smith|James Smith]], [[Pinklon Thomas]], [[Tony Tucker]], [[Larry Holmes]], [[Tony Tubbs]], [[Michael Spinks]], [[Frank Bruno]] (twice), and [[Bruce Seldon]].
**Lost against [[James (Buster) Douglas|James Douglas]], [[Evander Holyfield]] (twice), and [[Lennox Lewis]].
**No Contest against [[Orlin Norris]].
*Has a record of 3-4 (3 KO) against former or current lineal titlists:
**Won against [[Alfonzo Ratliff]], [[Larry Holmes]], and [[Michael Spinks]].
**Lost against [[James (Buster) Douglas|James Douglas]], [[Evander Holyfield]] (twice), and [[Lennox Lewis]].
*Has a record of 2-3 (2 KO) against [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductees:
**Won against [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/holmes.html Larry Holmes] and [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/spinks.html Michael Spinks].
**Lost against [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/lewislennox.html Lennox Lewis] and [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/holyfield.html Evander Holyfield] (twice).
*Has a record of 4-1 (4 KO) in fights outside his native United States.

== Year-By-Year Record ==
*1985: 15(15)-0
*1986: 13(11)-0
*1987: 4(2)-0
*1988: 3(3)-0
*1989: 2(2)-0
*1990: 2(2)-1(1)
*1991: 2(1)-0
*1992-1994: Did not fight (served prison sentence)
*1995: 2(1)-0
*1996: 2(2)-1(1)
*1997: 0-1
*1998: Did not fight (boxing license suspended)
*1999: 1(1)-0-0-1
*2000: 2(2)-0-0-1
*2001: 1(1)-0
*2002: 0-1(1)
*2003: 1(1)-0
*2004: 0-1(1)
*2005: 0-1(1)

== World Titles ==
*(2) [[WBC]] Heavyweight Title (1986-1990; 9 defenses, 1996; 0 defenses)
*(2) [[WBA]] Heavyweight Title (1987-1990; 8 defenses, 1996; 0 defenses)
*[[IBF]] Heavyweight Title (1987-1990; 6 defenses)

== Unified & Undisputed Titles ==
*(2) Unified Heavyweight Title (1987-1990; [[WBC]], [[WBA]], 1996; [[WBC]], [[WBA]])
*Undisputed Heavyweight Title (1987-1990; [[WBC]], [[WBA]], [[IBF]])

== The Ring Magazine Titles ==
*World Heavyweight Title (1988-1990)

== Lineal Titles ==
*[[World Heavyweight Champion|World Heavyweight Title]] (1988-1990)

== Awards & Recognition ==
*(2) [[Boxing Writers Association of America]] [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fight of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (1986, 1988)
*[[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Defunct Awards|Prospect of the Year]] (1985)
*(2) [[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (1986, 1988)
*[[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Round of the Year|Round of the Year]] (1988; 1st round [[Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks|vs. Michael Spinks]])
*(4) [[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Event of the Year|Event of the Year]] (1995, 1997, 1998, 2002)
*[[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year|Fight of the Year]] (1996 [[Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield (1st meeting)|vs. Evander Holyfield]])
*[[KO Magazine]] [[KO Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (1986)
*(2) [[KO Magazine]] [[KO Magazine Round of the Year|Round of the Year]] (1989; 1st round [[Mike Tyson vs. Frank Bruno (1st meeting)|vs. Frank Bruno]], 1990; 8th round [[Mike Tyson vs. James (Buster) Douglas|vs. James Douglas]])
*Named the [[The Top 50 Fighters of the Last 50 Years|19th greatest boxer of the last 50 years]] by [[The Ring Magazine]] in 1996.
*Named the [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|14th greatest heavyweight of all-time]] by [[The Ring Magazine]] in 1998.
*Named the [[The 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years|72nd greatest boxer of the last 80 years]] by [[The Ring Magazine]] in 2002.
*Named the [[The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!|16th greatest puncher of all-time]] by [[The Ring Magazine]] in 2003.
*Named the [http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/greatest/featureVideo?page=greatest4150 50th greatest boxer of all-time] by [[ESPN]] in 2007.
*Named the 9th greatest heavyweight of all-time by a panel of experts in [[The Ring Magazine]] in 2017.

== Notes ==
*Youngest heavyweight champion of all-time (20 years, 4 months, 22 days)
*Didn't box from 1992 until 1994 while servicing a prison sentence.
*Converted to Islam in prison and adopted the name Malik Abdul Aziz.
*Didn't box in 1998 while his boxing license was suspended for biting [[Evander Holyfield]]'s ear in their 1997 [[Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson (2nd meeting)|rematch]].
*Retired in 2005 after quitting on his stool vs. [[Kevin McBride]].

== Mike Tyson's World Tour ==
"Mike Tyson's World Tour," a series of four-round exhibitions bouts, was announced on September 28, 2006. Tyson said he anticipated taking the show to Europe, Asia and the Middle East. "Mike Tyson's World Tour" was shades of the 1930's exhibition tour by former World Heavyweight Champion [[Jack Dempsey]].

On October 21, 2006, Tyson made the first and only stop of his exhibition tour in Youngstown, Ohio. Tyson and [[Corey Sanders]] boxed four two½ minute rounds. Tyson weighed 241½ lbs, while Sanders weighed 292½ lbs. Both boxers wore t-shirts, and Sanders wore headgear. Tyson dropped Sanders in the first round, but he didn't go for the knockout when Sanders got up. Later in the round, Tyson held Sanders up after landing another hard punch. The fans booed throughout the match. Promoter [[Sterling McPherson]] said afterwards, "I don't know what people were looking for. We weren't trying to fool anyone or pull the wool over anyone's eyes. This was an exhibition. People boo at real fights... this isn't about him beating anybody up."

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Trevor Berbick]]|
title=[[WBC Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[James (Buster) Douglas]]|
years=1986 Nov 22 – 1990 Feb 11
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[James (Bonecrusher) Smith]]|
title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[James (Buster) Douglas]]|
years=1987 Mar 7 – 1990 Feb 11
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Tony Tucker]]|
title=[[IBF Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[James (Buster) Douglas]]|
years=1987 Aug 1 – 1990 Feb 11
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Frank Bruno]]|
title=[[WBC Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Lennox Lewis]]|
years=1996 Mar 16 – 1996 Sep 24 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Bruce Seldon]]|
title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Evander Holyfield]]|
years=1996 Sep 7 – 1996 Nov 9
}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tyson, Mike}}
[[Category:African American Boxers]]
[[Category:Muslim Boxers]]
[[Category:National Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members]]
[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members]]
[[Category:Promoters]]
[[Category:Actors]]

Mike Tyson

2017-07-25T21:59:03Z

Dawudbryant: /* Amateur Highlights */

[[File:Tyson-1a.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Mike Tyson]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Class of 2011 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/tyson.html click]]]
<boxer>000474</boxer>
*'''Trainers:''' [[Cus D'Amato]] (1979-1985), [[Kevin Rooney]] (1985-1988), [[Aaron Snowell]] (1989-1990), [[Richie Giachetti]] (1990-1991, 1997), [[Jay Bright]] (1995-1996), [[Tommy Brooks]] (1999-2001), [[Ronnie Shields]] (2002), [[Freddie Roach]] (2003-2004), [[Jeff Fenech]] (2005)
*'''Managers:''' [[Bill Cayton]] and [[Jim Jacobs]] (1985-88), [[Rory Holloway]] and [[John Horne]] (1988-1997), [[Shelly Finkel]] (1999-2005)
*'''Promoter:''' [[Don King]]
*'''[[:Category:Mike Tyson Gallery|Mike Tyson Gallery]]

== Amateur Highlights ==
[[File:Mike_cus1-530x317.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson with Cus D'Amato]]
[[File:1984-mike-tyson-henry-tillman-079089988.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Henry Tillman at the 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials.]]
*Amateur Record: [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.geocities.ws/pedrinet/tyson.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dwww.geocities.ws/pedrinet/tyson.html%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DexI%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official 48-6 (38 KO)]
**4 of 6 amateur losses were controversial.
*1981 United States Junior Olympic Heavyweight Champion. Results:
**Jesus Esparza - RSC 1
**Randy Wesley - RSC 1
**Joe Cortez - RSC 1
*1981 Ernie Bennett - L 3
*1982 United States Junior Olympic Heavyweight Champion. Results:
**Tito Llanes - RSC 1
**[[Jonathan Littles]] - RSC 2
**Don Cozad - RSC 1
**Kelton Brown - RSC 1
*1982 U.S. Amateur Championships. Results:
**[[Al Evans]] - L RSC 3
*1983 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Finalist. Results:
**Ronald Williams - RSC 1
**[[Andrew Stokes]] - RSC 3
**Mike Bardwell - RSC 1
**[[Warren Thompson]] - W 3
**[[Craig Payne]] - L 3 (Controversial)
*1983 U.S. Amateur Championships. Results:
**[[Kimmuel Odum]] - L DQ 2 (Controversial)
*1983 Ohio State Fair Heavyweight Champion. Results:
**[[Jerry Goff]] - KO 1
**[[Olian Alexander]] - W RSC 1
*1983 United States Under-19 Heavyweight Champion, defeating Mark Scott by RSC 1
*1984 United States Under-19 Heavyweight Champion, defeating Orbit Pough by KO 1
*1984 National [[Golden Gloves]] Heavyweight Champion. Results: 
**[[Derek Isaman]] - W 3
**Richard Johnson - RSC 3
**Johnny Williams - RSC 1
**[[Rocky Pepeli]] - RSC 2
**[[Jonathan Littles]] - RSC 1
*1984 United States [[Olympics|Olympic]] Trials Heavyweight Finalist. Results:
**Kelton Brown - KO 1
**Avery Rawls - W 3
**[[Henry Milligan]] - RSC 2
**[[Henry Tillman]] - L 3 (Controversial)
*1984 United States Olympic Box-Offs. Results:
**Olian Alexander - W 3
**Henry Tillman - L 3 (Controversial)
*1984 Tammer Tournament Heavyweight Gold Medalist in Tampere, Finland. Results:
**[[Istvan Szikora]] (Hungary) - W 3 (3-2)
**[[Haakan Brock]] (Sweden) - W 3 (5-0)

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{{Succession box|
before=[[Olian Alexander]]|
title=[[National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champions|National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jerry Goff]]|
years=1984}}
{{end box}}

== Professional Highlights ==
[[File:Tyson T-31.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson wearing the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight title belts.]]
[[File:Mike_Tyson_vs_Trevor_Berbick-42-50498888.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Trevor Berbick]]
[[File:Tyson_hits_Bonecrusher.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Bonecrusher Smith]]
[[File:Tyson-v-Tucker_87.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Tony Tucker]]
[[File:TysonBiggs.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Tyrell Biggs]]
[[File:Tyson-holmes-large.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Larry Holmes]]
[[File:Mike-Tyson-v.s.-Michael-Spinks.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Tyson vs. Michael Spinks]]
{{#ev:youtube|o6uhKzbIkkA}}

== Professional Record ==
*Has a record of 12-4 (10 KO) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 3-2 (3 KO) in lineal title fights.
*Has a record of 11-4-0-1 (9 KO) against former or current world titlists:
**Won against [[Alfonzo Ratliff]], [[Trevor Berbick]], [[James (Bonecrusher) Smith|James Smith]], [[Pinklon Thomas]], [[Tony Tucker]], [[Larry Holmes]], [[Tony Tubbs]], [[Michael Spinks]], [[Frank Bruno]] (twice), and [[Bruce Seldon]].
**Lost against [[James (Buster) Douglas|James Douglas]], [[Evander Holyfield]] (twice), and [[Lennox Lewis]].
**No Contest against [[Orlin Norris]].
*Has a record of 3-4 (3 KO) against former or current lineal titlists:
**Won against [[Alfonzo Ratliff]], [[Larry Holmes]], and [[Michael Spinks]].
**Lost against [[James (Buster) Douglas|James Douglas]], [[Evander Holyfield]] (twice), and [[Lennox Lewis]].
*Has a record of 2-3 (2 KO) against [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductees:
**Won against [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/holmes.html Larry Holmes] and [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/spinks.html Michael Spinks].
**Lost against [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/lewislennox.html Lennox Lewis] and [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/holyfield.html Evander Holyfield] (twice).
*Has a record of 4-1 (4 KO) in fights outside his native United States.

== Year-By-Year Record ==
*1985: 15(15)-0
*1986: 13(11)-0
*1987: 4(2)-0
*1988: 3(3)-0
*1989: 2(2)-0
*1990: 2(2)-1(1)
*1991: 2(1)-0
*1992-1994: Did not fight (served prison sentence)
*1995: 2(1)-0
*1996: 2(2)-1(1)
*1997: 0-1
*1998: Did not fight (boxing license suspended)
*1999: 1(1)-0-0-1
*2000: 2(2)-0-0-1
*2001: 1(1)-0
*2002: 0-1(1)
*2003: 1(1)-0
*2004: 0-1(1)
*2005: 0-1(1)

== World Titles ==
*(2) [[WBC]] Heavyweight Title (1986-1990; 9 defenses, 1996; 0 defenses)
*(2) [[WBA]] Heavyweight Title (1987-1990; 8 defenses, 1996; 0 defenses)
*[[IBF]] Heavyweight Title (1987-1990; 6 defenses)

== Unified & Undisputed Titles ==
*(2) Unified Heavyweight Title (1987-1990; [[WBC]], [[WBA]], 1996; [[WBC]], [[WBA]])
*Undisputed Heavyweight Title (1987-1990; [[WBC]], [[WBA]], [[IBF]])

== The Ring Magazine Titles ==
*World Heavyweight Title (1988-1990)

== Lineal Titles ==
*[[World Heavyweight Champion|World Heavyweight Title]] (1988-1990)

== Awards & Recognition ==
*(2) [[Boxing Writers Association of America]] [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fight of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (1986, 1988)
*[[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Defunct Awards|Prospect of the Year]] (1985)
*(2) [[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (1986, 1988)
*[[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Round of the Year|Round of the Year]] (1988; 1st round [[Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks|vs. Michael Spinks]])
*(4) [[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Event of the Year|Event of the Year]] (1995, 1997, 1998, 2002)
*[[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year|Fight of the Year]] (1996 [[Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield (1st meeting)|vs. Evander Holyfield]])
*[[KO Magazine]] [[KO Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (1986)
*(2) [[KO Magazine]] [[KO Magazine Round of the Year|Round of the Year]] (1989; 1st round [[Mike Tyson vs. Frank Bruno (1st meeting)|vs. Frank Bruno]], 1990; 8th round [[Mike Tyson vs. James (Buster) Douglas|vs. James Douglas]])
*Named the [[The Top 50 Fighters of the Last 50 Years|19th greatest boxer of the last 50 years]] by [[The Ring Magazine]] in 1996.
*Named the [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|14th greatest heavyweight of all-time]] by [[The Ring Magazine]] in 1998.
*Named the [[The 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years|72nd greatest boxer of the last 80 years]] by [[The Ring Magazine]] in 2002.
*Named the [[The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!|16th greatest puncher of all-time]] by [[The Ring Magazine]] in 2003.
*Named the [http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/greatest/featureVideo?page=greatest4150 50th greatest boxer of all-time] by [[ESPN]] in 2007.
*Named the 9th greatest heavyweight of all-time by a panel of experts in [[The Ring Magazine]] in 2017.

== Notes ==
*Youngest heavyweight champion of all-time (20 years, 4 months, 22 days)
*Didn't box from 1992 until 1994 while servicing a prison sentence.
*Converted to Islam in prison and adopted the name Malik Abdul Aziz.
*Didn't box in 1998 while his boxing license was suspended for biting [[Evander Holyfield]]'s ear in their 1997 [[Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson (2nd meeting)|rematch]].
*Retired in 2005 after quitting on his stool vs. [[Kevin McBride]].

== Mike Tyson's World Tour ==
"Mike Tyson's World Tour," a series of four-round exhibitions bouts, was announced on September 28, 2006. Tyson said he anticipated taking the show to Europe, Asia and the Middle East. "Mike Tyson's World Tour" was shades of the 1930's exhibition tour by former World Heavyweight Champion [[Jack Dempsey]].

On October 21, 2006, Tyson made the first and only stop of his exhibition tour in Youngstown, Ohio. Tyson and [[Corey Sanders]] boxed four two½ minute rounds. Tyson weighed 241½ lbs, while Sanders weighed 292½ lbs. Both boxers wore t-shirts, and Sanders wore headgear. Tyson dropped Sanders in the first round, but he didn't go for the knockout when Sanders got up. Later in the round, Tyson held Sanders up after landing another hard punch. The fans booed throughout the match. Promoter [[Sterling McPherson]] said afterwards, "I don't know what people were looking for. We weren't trying to fool anyone or pull the wool over anyone's eyes. This was an exhibition. People boo at real fights... this isn't about him beating anybody up."

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{{Succession box|
before=[[Trevor Berbick]]|
title=[[WBC Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[James (Buster) Douglas]]|
years=1986 Nov 22 – 1990 Feb 11
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[James (Bonecrusher) Smith]]|
title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[James (Buster) Douglas]]|
years=1987 Mar 7 – 1990 Feb 11
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Tony Tucker]]|
title=[[IBF Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[James (Buster) Douglas]]|
years=1987 Aug 1 – 1990 Feb 11
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Frank Bruno]]|
title=[[WBC Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Lennox Lewis]]|
years=1996 Mar 16 – 1996 Sep 24 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Bruce Seldon]]|
title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Evander Holyfield]]|
years=1996 Sep 7 – 1996 Nov 9
}}
{{end box}}

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[[Category:African American Boxers]]
[[Category:Muslim Boxers]]
[[Category:National Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members]]
[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members]]
[[Category:Promoters]]
[[Category:Actors]]

Manny Pacquiao vs. Rustico Torrecampo

2017-07-03T22:20:22Z

Dawudbryant:

<fight>10312</fight>
== Notes ==
* Torrecampo knocked out Pacquiao with his shoulder after a clash. Pacquiao was unable to beat the 10 count. The most popular replay of the knockout shows an angle in which Torrecampo appears to hit Pacquiao with a borderline belt shot at the same time.
* Pacquiao wore eight-ounce gloves, compared to Torrecampo's six-ouncers, as a penalty for checking in overweight.
* Rustico Torrecampo was reportedly paid a sum of P6,500 for the bout with Pacquiao.

{{#ev:youtube|AKJscbGM638}}

Fight:1719962

2017-05-20T16:25:59Z

Dawudbryant: Created page with "Controversial decision"

Controversial decision

Fight:2119652

2017-05-20T12:16:40Z

Dawudbryant:

<fight>2119652</fight>

* Fifth round cuts stoppage. The cut was caused by a clash of heads so should have been a technical decision. Sidon's best win over a name fighter.
* Ex-GBU World Heavyweight champion [[Timo Hoffmann]] was one of the judges for this bout.

File:Mcclellan.gerald.jpg

2017-04-26T22:24:52Z

Dawudbryant: Dawudbryant uploaded a new version of "File:Mcclellan.gerald.jpg"

Gerald McClellan

Tony Bellew vs. David Haye (1st meeting)

2017-03-05T12:30:02Z

Dawudbryant:

[[File:Tony Bellew vs. David Haye.jpg|300px|right|]]
<fight>2123296</fight>

Haye slightly ahead on points after five rounds, badly injured his Achilles tendon after stepping awkwardly. Bellew springs into action and puts serious pressure on Haye who is forced to go down twice under the onslaught. Haye continued to fight on and after surviving a torrid round 6 and 7 began to get back in to the fight, however, with bad balance and an inability to get full leverage into his punches its an uphill struggle. In round 11 Haye is again caught by clean punches from Bellew and falls through the ropes as his ankle again gives way. After climbing back in to the ring before the count of ten his trainer Shane Mcguigan throws in the towel signaling the end, a massive upset win for Tony Bellew.

Tony Bellew vs. David Haye (1st meeting)

2017-03-05T00:41:52Z

Dawudbryant:

[[File:Tony Bellew vs. David Haye.jpg|300px|right|]]
<fight>2123296</fight>

Haye who was ahead slightly on points by round 6, badly injures his ankle after stepping awkwardly. Bellew springs into action and puts serious pressure on Haye who is forced to go down twice under the onslaught. Haye continued to fight on and after surviving a torrid round 6 and 7 begins to get back into the fight, however, with bad balance and the inability to get full leverage into his punches its an uphill struggle. In round 11 Haye is again caught by clean punches from Bellew and falls through the ropes as his ankle again gives way. After climbing back in to the ring before the count of ten his trainer Shane Mcguigan throws in the towel signaling a massive upset win for Tony Bellew.

David Haye

2017-03-05T00:29:03Z

Dawudbryant: /* World Title Fights */

[[file:DavidHaye.jpg|left|250px]]
<boxer>155774</boxer>
*'''Trainer:''' [[Adam Booth]], [[Shane McGuigan]] (current)
*'''[[:Category:David Haye Gallery|David Haye Gallery]]
* Haye has a Jamaican father and English mother.
* Adam Booth trained Haye since the age of 16.
* Haye began his amateur career by going 10-3 (9 KO's)
* Amateur record was 83-13, with walkovers not included Haye was possibly 82-10 with over 40 wins by knockout (exact number unknown).
* Won his first amateur bout with a 12 second KO aged 10.
* Haye says he won his first five amateur fights by first round ko.
* Amateur losses were as follows:-
* A disqualification defeat to an unnamed opponent in the Schoolboy Championships when both Haye and his opponent were disqualified.
* A controversial points decision to an unnamed opponent.
* A 2nd round disqualification loss in Germany 1994 aged 13/14 to Maiwand Kaiwan.
* A Walkover to Russia's Ibragim Akajew when withdrawing in the 1998 Liverpool Multi nations.
* Jimmy Twite by TKO1 in the ABA semi finals 1999.
* A decision vs Joe Pastorello in a UK vs USA Dual 1999.
* Orlanda Anderson on points in 1999 in the USA vs UK tournament held in England. Haye had previously beaten Anderson on points in the Liverpool Multi Nations semi finals.
* Michael Simms on points in the 99 World Amateur Championships in Houston TX, USA aged 19.
* By walkover to Ali Ismailov. Haye withdrew due to an injury to the lip suffered in his previous bout with Lasse Johansson.
* Giacobbe Fragomeni by a controversial points decision in 2000 in a qualifier for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
* Andreas Gustafsson 26th Oct 2000 in Warszawa Poland by scores of 18-4.
* Odlanier Solis in the 2001 World Amateur Championships final by RSC3 on the outclassed rule.
* By walkover to Canada's Jason Douglas when forced to withdraw from the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games after a bicep injury suffered in his win over Pakistan's Shuaib Ali.

* Won a Silver Medal at the 2001 World Championships.

==Professional Career==

* As a professional has trained at the [[5th Street Gym (Miami)|5th Street Gym]] in Miami Beach, Florida.
* Suffered his first pro loss in his eleventh fight when he was stopped in five rounds by [[Carl Thompson]] on September 10, 2004 for the IBO Cruiserweight title.
* Stopped [[Jean-Marc Mormeck]] in seven rounds to win the [[WBA]] (Super Title) and [[WBC]] Cruiserweight Championships on November 10, 2007.
* Stopped [[WBO]] titlist [[Enzo Maccarinelli]] in two rounds to unify the [[WBA]] (Super Title), [[WBC]], and [[WBO]] Cruiserweight Championships on March 8, 2008.
* Defeated [[Nikolay Valuev]] by a twelve-round majority decision to win the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship on November 7, 2009.
* Lost the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship to [[IBF]]/[[WBO]] Heavyweight Champion [[Wladimir Klitschko]] by a lopsided twelve-round unanimous decision on July 2, 2011.
* Haye's July 14, 2012 bout with [[Dereck Chisora]] in London, which Haye won by a fifth-round TKO, was sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation. Chisora was under indefinite suspension by the [[British Boxing Board of Control]] at the time. As a result, Luxembourg was expelled from the [[European Boxing Union]].

==Minor & Regional Titles==
*[[BBBofC]] English Cruiserweight Title (2003)
*[[EBU]] (European) Cruiserweight Title (2005-2006)
*[[WBA]] Inter-Continental Heavyweight Title (2012)
*[[WBO]] International Heavyweight Title (2012)

==World Title Fights==
*5-1 (4 KO) in World Title fights
*3-1 (2 KO) as Heavyweight
*2-0 (2 KO) as Cruiserweight
*5-2 (4 KO) against former or current world champions.
**Won against [[Giacobbe Fragomeni]], [[Jean-Marc Mormeck]], [[Enzo Maccarinelli]], [[Nikolay Valuev]] & [[John Ruiz]].
**Lost against [[Carl Thompson]] & [[Wladimir Klitschko]]

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jean-Marc Mormeck]] Super Champion|
title=[[WBA Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=—|
years=2007 Nov 10 – 2008 May 12 '''Super Champion Vacated'''
}}
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before=[[Jean-Marc Mormeck]]|
title=[[WBC Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=[[Giacobbe Fragomeni]]|
years=2007 Nov 10 – 2008 May 12 '''Vacated'''
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title=[[WBO Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=[[Victor Emilio Ramirez]]|
years=2008 Mar 8 – 2008 Jul 22 '''Vacated'''|
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{{s-ttl|rows=2|title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]
|years=2009 Nov 7 – 2011 Jul 2 '''Lost bid for Super Championship'''}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Wladimir Klitschko]] Super Champion}}
|-
{{s-aft|after=[[Alexander Povetkin]] Regular Champion}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Haye, David}}
[[Category:World Cruiserweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Two Division World Champions]]
[[Category:English World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]

David Haye

2017-03-05T00:28:47Z

Dawudbryant: /* World Title Fights */

[[file:DavidHaye.jpg|left|250px]]
<boxer>155774</boxer>
*'''Trainer:''' [[Adam Booth]], [[Shane McGuigan]] (current)
*'''[[:Category:David Haye Gallery|David Haye Gallery]]
* Haye has a Jamaican father and English mother.
* Adam Booth trained Haye since the age of 16.
* Haye began his amateur career by going 10-3 (9 KO's)
* Amateur record was 83-13, with walkovers not included Haye was possibly 82-10 with over 40 wins by knockout (exact number unknown).
* Won his first amateur bout with a 12 second KO aged 10.
* Haye says he won his first five amateur fights by first round ko.
* Amateur losses were as follows:-
* A disqualification defeat to an unnamed opponent in the Schoolboy Championships when both Haye and his opponent were disqualified.
* A controversial points decision to an unnamed opponent.
* A 2nd round disqualification loss in Germany 1994 aged 13/14 to Maiwand Kaiwan.
* A Walkover to Russia's Ibragim Akajew when withdrawing in the 1998 Liverpool Multi nations.
* Jimmy Twite by TKO1 in the ABA semi finals 1999.
* A decision vs Joe Pastorello in a UK vs USA Dual 1999.
* Orlanda Anderson on points in 1999 in the USA vs UK tournament held in England. Haye had previously beaten Anderson on points in the Liverpool Multi Nations semi finals.
* Michael Simms on points in the 99 World Amateur Championships in Houston TX, USA aged 19.
* By walkover to Ali Ismailov. Haye withdrew due to an injury to the lip suffered in his previous bout with Lasse Johansson.
* Giacobbe Fragomeni by a controversial points decision in 2000 in a qualifier for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
* Andreas Gustafsson 26th Oct 2000 in Warszawa Poland by scores of 18-4.
* Odlanier Solis in the 2001 World Amateur Championships final by RSC3 on the outclassed rule.
* By walkover to Canada's Jason Douglas when forced to withdraw from the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games after a bicep injury suffered in his win over Pakistan's Shuaib Ali.

* Won a Silver Medal at the 2001 World Championships.

==Professional Career==

* As a professional has trained at the [[5th Street Gym (Miami)|5th Street Gym]] in Miami Beach, Florida.
* Suffered his first pro loss in his eleventh fight when he was stopped in five rounds by [[Carl Thompson]] on September 10, 2004 for the IBO Cruiserweight title.
* Stopped [[Jean-Marc Mormeck]] in seven rounds to win the [[WBA]] (Super Title) and [[WBC]] Cruiserweight Championships on November 10, 2007.
* Stopped [[WBO]] titlist [[Enzo Maccarinelli]] in two rounds to unify the [[WBA]] (Super Title), [[WBC]], and [[WBO]] Cruiserweight Championships on March 8, 2008.
* Defeated [[Nikolay Valuev]] by a twelve-round majority decision to win the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship on November 7, 2009.
* Lost the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship to [[IBF]]/[[WBO]] Heavyweight Champion [[Wladimir Klitschko]] by a lopsided twelve-round unanimous decision on July 2, 2011.
* Haye's July 14, 2012 bout with [[Dereck Chisora]] in London, which Haye won by a fifth-round TKO, was sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation. Chisora was under indefinite suspension by the [[British Boxing Board of Control]] at the time. As a result, Luxembourg was expelled from the [[European Boxing Union]].

==Minor & Regional Titles==
*[[BBBofC]] English Cruiserweight Title (2003)
*[[EBU]] (European) Cruiserweight Title (2005-2006)
*[[WBA]] Inter-Continental Heavyweight Title (2012)
*[[WBO]] International Heavyweight Title (2012)

==World Title Fights==
*5-1 (4 KO) in World Title fights
*3-1 (2 KO) as Heavyweight
*2-0 (2 KO) as Cruiserweight
*5-2 (4 KO) against former or current world champions.
**Won against [[Giacobbe Fragomeni]], [[Jean-Marc Mormeck]], [[Enzo Maccarinelli]], [[Nikolay Valuev]] & [[John Ruiz]].
**Lost against [[Carl Thompson]]& [[Wladimir Klitschko]]

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jean-Marc Mormeck]] Super Champion|
title=[[WBA Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=—|
years=2007 Nov 10 – 2008 May 12 '''Super Champion Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jean-Marc Mormeck]]|
title=[[WBC Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=[[Giacobbe Fragomeni]]|
years=2007 Nov 10 – 2008 May 12 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Enzo Maccarinelli]]|
title=[[WBO Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=[[Victor Emilio Ramirez]]|
years=2008 Mar 8 – 2008 Jul 22 '''Vacated'''|
}}
{{s-bef|rows=2|before=[[Nikolay Valuev]]}}
{{s-ttl|rows=2|title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]
|years=2009 Nov 7 – 2011 Jul 2 '''Lost bid for Super Championship'''}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Wladimir Klitschko]] Super Champion}}
|-
{{s-aft|after=[[Alexander Povetkin]] Regular Champion}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haye, David}}
[[Category:World Cruiserweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Two Division World Champions]]
[[Category:English World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]

David Haye

2017-03-05T00:28:02Z

Dawudbryant: /* World Title Fights */

[[file:DavidHaye.jpg|left|250px]]
<boxer>155774</boxer>
*'''Trainer:''' [[Adam Booth]], [[Shane McGuigan]] (current)
*'''[[:Category:David Haye Gallery|David Haye Gallery]]
* Haye has a Jamaican father and English mother.
* Adam Booth trained Haye since the age of 16.
* Haye began his amateur career by going 10-3 (9 KO's)
* Amateur record was 83-13, with walkovers not included Haye was possibly 82-10 with over 40 wins by knockout (exact number unknown).
* Won his first amateur bout with a 12 second KO aged 10.
* Haye says he won his first five amateur fights by first round ko.
* Amateur losses were as follows:-
* A disqualification defeat to an unnamed opponent in the Schoolboy Championships when both Haye and his opponent were disqualified.
* A controversial points decision to an unnamed opponent.
* A 2nd round disqualification loss in Germany 1994 aged 13/14 to Maiwand Kaiwan.
* A Walkover to Russia's Ibragim Akajew when withdrawing in the 1998 Liverpool Multi nations.
* Jimmy Twite by TKO1 in the ABA semi finals 1999.
* A decision vs Joe Pastorello in a UK vs USA Dual 1999.
* Orlanda Anderson on points in 1999 in the USA vs UK tournament held in England. Haye had previously beaten Anderson on points in the Liverpool Multi Nations semi finals.
* Michael Simms on points in the 99 World Amateur Championships in Houston TX, USA aged 19.
* By walkover to Ali Ismailov. Haye withdrew due to an injury to the lip suffered in his previous bout with Lasse Johansson.
* Giacobbe Fragomeni by a controversial points decision in 2000 in a qualifier for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
* Andreas Gustafsson 26th Oct 2000 in Warszawa Poland by scores of 18-4.
* Odlanier Solis in the 2001 World Amateur Championships final by RSC3 on the outclassed rule.
* By walkover to Canada's Jason Douglas when forced to withdraw from the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games after a bicep injury suffered in his win over Pakistan's Shuaib Ali.

* Won a Silver Medal at the 2001 World Championships.

==Professional Career==

* As a professional has trained at the [[5th Street Gym (Miami)|5th Street Gym]] in Miami Beach, Florida.
* Suffered his first pro loss in his eleventh fight when he was stopped in five rounds by [[Carl Thompson]] on September 10, 2004 for the IBO Cruiserweight title.
* Stopped [[Jean-Marc Mormeck]] in seven rounds to win the [[WBA]] (Super Title) and [[WBC]] Cruiserweight Championships on November 10, 2007.
* Stopped [[WBO]] titlist [[Enzo Maccarinelli]] in two rounds to unify the [[WBA]] (Super Title), [[WBC]], and [[WBO]] Cruiserweight Championships on March 8, 2008.
* Defeated [[Nikolay Valuev]] by a twelve-round majority decision to win the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship on November 7, 2009.
* Lost the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship to [[IBF]]/[[WBO]] Heavyweight Champion [[Wladimir Klitschko]] by a lopsided twelve-round unanimous decision on July 2, 2011.
* Haye's July 14, 2012 bout with [[Dereck Chisora]] in London, which Haye won by a fifth-round TKO, was sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation. Chisora was under indefinite suspension by the [[British Boxing Board of Control]] at the time. As a result, Luxembourg was expelled from the [[European Boxing Union]].

==Minor & Regional Titles==
*[[BBBofC]] English Cruiserweight Title (2003)
*[[EBU]] (European) Cruiserweight Title (2005-2006)
*[[WBA]] Inter-Continental Heavyweight Title (2012)
*[[WBO]] International Heavyweight Title (2012)

==World Title Fights==
*5-1 (4 KO) in World Title fights
*3-1 (2 KO) as Heavyweight
*2-0 (2 KO) as Cruiserweight
*5-2 (4 KO) against former or current world champions.
**Won against [[Giacobbe Fragomeni]], [[Jean-Marc Mormeck]], [[Enzo Maccarinelli]], [[Nikolay Valuev]] & [[John Ruiz]].
**Lost against [[Carl Thompson]], [[Wladimir Klitschko]] & [[Tony Bellew]]

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jean-Marc Mormeck]] Super Champion|
title=[[WBA Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=—|
years=2007 Nov 10 – 2008 May 12 '''Super Champion Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jean-Marc Mormeck]]|
title=[[WBC Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=[[Giacobbe Fragomeni]]|
years=2007 Nov 10 – 2008 May 12 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Enzo Maccarinelli]]|
title=[[WBO Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=[[Victor Emilio Ramirez]]|
years=2008 Mar 8 – 2008 Jul 22 '''Vacated'''|
}}
{{s-bef|rows=2|before=[[Nikolay Valuev]]}}
{{s-ttl|rows=2|title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]
|years=2009 Nov 7 – 2011 Jul 2 '''Lost bid for Super Championship'''}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Wladimir Klitschko]] Super Champion}}
|-
{{s-aft|after=[[Alexander Povetkin]] Regular Champion}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haye, David}}
[[Category:World Cruiserweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Two Division World Champions]]
[[Category:English World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]

David Haye

2017-03-04T20:36:37Z

Dawudbryant: /* Notes */

[[file:DavidHaye.jpg|left|250px|thumb]]
<boxer>155774</boxer>
'''Trainer:''' [[Adam Booth]], [[Shane McGuigan]] (current)
 
'''[[:Category:David Haye Gallery|David Haye Gallery]]
 
==Notes==
* Haye has a Jamaican father and English mother.
* Adam Booth trained Haye since the age of 16.
* Haye began his amateur career by going 10-3 (9 KO's)
* Amateur record was 83-13, with walkovers not included Haye was possibly 82-10 with over 40 wins by knockout (exact number unknown).
* Won his first amateur bout with a 12 second KO aged 10.
* Haye says he won his first five amateur fights by first round ko.
* Amateur losses were as follows:-
* A disqualification defeat to an unnamed opponent in the Schoolboy Championships when both Haye and his opponent were disqualified.
* A controversial points decision to an unnamed opponent.
* A 2nd round disqualification loss in Germany 1994 aged 13/14 to Maiwand Kaiwan.
* A Walkover to Russia's Ibragim Akajew when withdrawing in the 1998 Liverpool Multi nations.
* Jimmy Twite by TKO1 in the ABA semi finals 1999.
* A decision vs Joe Pastorello in a UK vs USA Dual 1999.
* Orlanda Anderson on points in 1999 in the USA vs UK tournament held in England. Haye had previously beaten Anderson on points in the Liverpool Multi Nations semi finals.
* Michael Simms on points in the 99 World Amateur Championships in Houston TX, USA aged 19.
* By walkover to Ali Ismailov. Haye withdrew due to an injury to the lip suffered in his previous bout with Lasse Johansson.
* Giacobbe Fragomeni by a controversial points decision in 2000 in a qualifier for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
* Andreas Gustafsson 26th Oct 2000 in Warszawa Poland by scores of 18-4.
* Odlanier Solis in the 2001 World Amateur Championships final by RSC3 on the outclassed rule.
* By walkover to Canada's Jason Douglas when forced to withdraw from the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games after a bicep injury suffered in his win over Pakistan's Shuaib Ali.

* Won a Silver Medal at the 2001 World Championships.

==Professional Career==

* As a professional has trained at the [[5th Street Gym (Miami)|5th Street Gym]] in Miami Beach, Florida.
* Suffered his first pro loss in his eleventh fight when he was stopped in five rounds by [[Carl Thompson]] on September 10, 2004 for the IBO Cruiserweight title.
* Stopped [[Jean-Marc Mormeck]] in seven rounds to win the [[WBA]] (Super Title) and [[WBC]] Cruiserweight Championships on November 10, 2007.
* Stopped [[WBO]] titlist [[Enzo Maccarinelli]] in two rounds to unify the [[WBA]] (Super Title), [[WBC]], and [[WBO]] Cruiserweight Championships on March 8, 2008.
* Defeated [[Nikolay Valuev]] by a twelve-round majority decision to win the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship on November 7, 2009.
* Lost the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship to [[IBF]]/[[WBO]] Heavyweight Champion [[Wladimir Klitschko]] by a lopsided twelve-round unanimous decision on July 2, 2011.
* Haye's July 14, 2012 bout with [[Dereck Chisora]] in London, which Haye won by a fifth-round TKO, was sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation. Chisora was under indefinite suspension by the [[British Boxing Board of Control]] at the time. As a result, Luxembourg was expelled from the [[European Boxing Union]].

==Minor & Regional Titles==
*[[BBBofC]] English Cruiserweight Title (2003)
*[[EBU]] (European) Cruiserweight Title (2005-2006)
*[[WBA]] Inter-Continental Heavyweight Title (2012)
*[[WBO]] International Heavyweight Title (2012)

==World Title Fights==
*5-1 (4 KO) in World Title fights
*3-1 (2 KO) as Heavyweight
*2-0 (2 KO) as Cruiserweight
*5-2 (4 KO) against former or current world champions.
**Won against [[Giacobbe Fragomeni]], [[Jean-Marc Mormeck]], [[Enzo Maccarinelli]], [[Nikolay Valuev]] & [[John Ruiz]].
**Lost against [[Carl Thompson]] & [[Wladimir Klitschko]]

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jean-Marc Mormeck]] Super Champion|
title=[[WBA Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=—|
years=2007 Nov 10 – 2008 May 12 '''Super Champion Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jean-Marc Mormeck]]|
title=[[WBC Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=[[Giacobbe Fragomeni]]|
years=2007 Nov 10 – 2008 May 12 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Enzo Maccarinelli]]|
title=[[WBO Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=[[Victor Emilio Ramirez]]|
years=2008 Mar 8 – 2008 Jul 22 '''Vacated'''|
}}
{{s-bef|rows=2|before=[[Nikolay Valuev]]}}
{{s-ttl|rows=2|title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]
|years=2009 Nov 7 – 2011 Jul 2 '''Lost bid for Super Championship'''}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Wladimir Klitschko]] Super Champion}}
|-
{{s-aft|after=[[Alexander Povetkin]] Regular Champion}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haye, David}}
[[Category:World Cruiserweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Two Division World Champions]]
[[Category:English World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]

Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Smith Jr

2016-12-18T16:46:13Z

Dawudbryant: /* World Boxing Council International Light Heavyweight Title */

<fight>2114638</fight>

[[File:HopkinsSmith.jpg|200px|thumb|Bernard Hopkins versus Joseph Smith Jr. fight poster]]

==World Boxing Council International Light Heavyweight Title==

* Smith retained World Boxing Council International Light Heavyweight title by knockout, and moved into WBC rating position for WBC world title shot with [[Adonis Stevenson]] in 2017 with this win.

* An accidental clash of heads between Hopkins and Smith in round two caused a gash to Smith's left eyebrow. Smith's cut man Stitch Duran handled the gash. The gash was not a factor in the bout.

* A right-left, right-left combination from Joseph Smith Jr. sent Bernard Hopkins through the ropes backwards to floor. Hopkins got up referee [[Jack Reiss]] 20 counted him out. Hopkins complained he was pushed out of the ring, and said he could walk on his legs but not move well enough to continue the bout. Video replay showed Hopkins was knocked out of ring cleanly by Smith's punches when Bernard was trapped along the ropes and not moving.

David Haye

2016-11-09T22:45:18Z

Dawudbryant: /* Notes */

[[file:DavidHaye.jpg|left|300px|thumb]]
<boxer>155774</boxer>
'''Trainer:''' [[Adam Booth]], [[Shane McGuigan]] (current)
 
'''[[:Category:David Haye Gallery|David Haye Gallery]]
 
==Notes==
* Haye has a Jamaican father and English mother.
* Adam Booth trained Haye since the age of 16.
* Haye began his amateur career by going 10-3 (9 KO's)
* Amateur record was 83-13, with walkovers not included Haye was possibly 82-10 with over 40 wins by knockout (exact number unknown).
* Won his first amateur bout with a 12 second KO aged 10.
* Amateur losses were as follows:-
* A disqualification defeat to an unnamed opponent in the Schoolboy Championships when both Haye and his opponent were disqualified.
* A controversial points decision to an unnamed opponent.
* A 2nd round disqualification loss in Germany 1994 aged 13/14 to Maiwand Kaiwan.
* A Walkover to Russia's Ibragim Akajew when withdrawing in the 1998 Liverpool Multi nations.
* Jimmy Twite by TKO1 in the ABA semi finals 1999.
* A decision vs Joe Pastorello in a UK vs USA Dual 1999.
* Orlanda Anderson on points in 1999 in the USA vs UK tournament held in England. Haye had previously beaten Anderson on points in the Liverpool Multi Nations semi finals.
* Michael Simms on points in the 99 World Amateur Championships in Houston TX, USA aged 19.
* By walkover to Ali Ismailov. Haye withdrew due to an injury to the lip suffered in his previous bout with Lasse Johansson.
* Giacobbe Fragomeni by a controversial points decision in 2000 in a qualifier for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
* Andreas Gustafsson 26th Oct 2000 in Warszawa Poland by scores of 18-4.
* Odlanier Solis in the 2001 World Amateur Championships final by RSC3 on the outclassed rule.
* By walkover to Canada's Jason Douglas when forced to withdraw from the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games after a bicep injury suffered in his win over Pakistan's Shuaib Ali.

* Won a Silver Medal at the 2001 World Championships.

==Professional Career==

* As a professional has trained at the [[5th Street Gym (Miami)|5th Street Gym]] in Miami Beach, Florida.
* Suffered his first pro loss in his eleventh fight when he was stopped in five rounds by [[Carl Thompson]] on September 10, 2004 for the IBO Cruiserweight title.
* Stopped [[Jean-Marc Mormeck]] in seven rounds to win the [[WBA]] (Super Title) and [[WBC]] Cruiserweight Championships on November 10, 2007.
* Stopped [[WBO]] titlist [[Enzo Maccarinelli]] in two rounds to unify the [[WBA]] (Super Title), [[WBC]], and [[WBO]] Cruiserweight Championships on March 8, 2008.
* Defeated [[Nikolay Valuev]] by a twelve-round majority decision to win the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship on November 7, 2009.
* Lost the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship to [[IBF]]/[[WBO]] Heavyweight Champion [[Wladimir Klitschko]] by a lopsided twelve-round unanimous decision on July 2, 2011.
* Haye's July 14, 2012 bout with [[Dereck Chisora]] in London, which Haye won by a fifth-round TKO, was sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation. Chisora was under indefinite suspension by the [[British Boxing Board of Control]] at the time. As a result, Luxembourg was expelled from the [[European Boxing Union]].

==Minor & Regional Titles==
*[[BBBofC]] English Cruiserweight Title (2003)
*[[EBU]] (European) Cruiserweight Title (2005-2006)
*[[WBA]] Inter-Continental Heavyweight Title (2012)
*[[WBO]] International Heavyweight Title (2012)

==World Title Fights==
*5-1 (4 KO) in World Title fights
*3-1 (2 KO) as Heavyweight
*2-0 (2 KO) as Cruiserweight

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jean-Marc Mormeck]] Super Champion|
title=[[WBA Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=—|
years=2007 Nov 10 – 2008 May 12 '''Super Champion Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jean-Marc Mormeck]]|
title=[[WBC Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=[[Giacobbe Fragomeni]]|
years=2007 Nov 10 – 2008 May 12 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Enzo Maccarinelli]]|
title=[[WBO Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=[[Victor Emilio Ramirez]]|
years=2008 Mar 8 – 2008 Jul 22 '''Vacated'''|
}}
{{s-bef|rows=2|before=[[Nikolay Valuev]]}}
{{s-ttl|rows=2|title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]
|years=2009 Nov 7 – 2011 Jul 2 '''Lost bid for Super Championship'''}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Wladimir Klitschko]] Super Champion}}
|-
{{s-aft|after=[[Alexander Povetkin]] Regular Champion}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haye, David}}
[[Category:World Cruiserweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Two Division World Champions]]
[[Category:English World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]

David Haye

2016-10-29T00:33:11Z

Dawudbryant: /* Notes */

[[file:DavidHaye.jpg|left|300px|thumb]]
<boxer>155774</boxer>
'''Trainer:''' [[Adam Booth]], [[Shane McGuigan]] (current)
 
'''[[:Category:David Haye Gallery|David Haye Gallery]]
 
==Notes==
* Haye has a Jamaican father and English mother.
* Adam Booth has trained Haye since the age of 16.
* Haye began his amateur career by going 10-3 (9 KO's)
* Amateur record was 83-13.
* Amateur losses were as follows:-
* A disqualification defeat to an unnamed opponent.
* A controversial points decision to an unnamed opponent.
* A 2nd round disqualification loss in Germany 1994 aged 13/14 to Maiwand Kaiwan.
* A Walkover to Russia's Ibragim Akajew when withdrawing in the 1998 Liverpool Multi nations.
* Jimmy Twite by TKO1 in the ABA semi finals 1999.
* A decision vs Joe Pastorello in a UK vs USA Dual 1999.
* Orlanda Anderson on points in 1999 in the USA vs UK tournament held in England. Haye had previously beaten Anderson on points in the Liverpool Multi Nations semi finals.
* Michael Simms on points in the 99 World Amateur Championships in Houston TX, USA aged 19.
* By walkover to Ali Ismailov. Haye withdrew due to an injury to the lip suffered in his previous bout with Lasse Johansson.
* Giacobbe Fragomeni by a controversial points decision in 2000 in a qualifier for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
* Andreas Gustafsson 26th Oct 2000 in Warszawa Poland by scores of 18-4.
* Odlanier Solis in the 2001 World Amateur Championships final by RSC3.
* Won a Silver Medal at the 2001 World Championships.
* Withdrew from the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games after one win over Pakistan's Shuaib Ali so loses Walkover to Canada's Jason Douglas.

==Professional Career==

* As a professional has trained at the [[5th Street Gym (Miami)|5th Street Gym]] in Miami Beach, Florida.
* Suffered his first pro loss in his eleventh fight when he was stopped in five rounds by [[Carl Thompson]] on September 10, 2004 for the IBO Cruiserweight title.
* Stopped [[Jean-Marc Mormeck]] in seven rounds to win the [[WBA]] (Super Title) and [[WBC]] Cruiserweight Championships on November 10, 2007.
* Stopped [[WBO]] titlist [[Enzo Maccarinelli]] in two rounds to unify the [[WBA]] (Super Title), [[WBC]], and [[WBO]] Cruiserweight Championships on March 8, 2008.
* Defeated [[Nikolay Valuev]] by a twelve-round majority decision to win the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship on November 7, 2009.
* Lost the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship to [[IBF]]/[[WBO]] Heavyweight Champion [[Wladimir Klitschko]] by a lopsided twelve-round unanimous decision on July 2, 2011.
* Haye's July 14, 2012 bout with [[Dereck Chisora]] in London, which Haye won by a fifth-round TKO, was sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation. Chisora was under indefinite suspension by the [[British Boxing Board of Control]] at the time. As a result, Luxembourg was expelled from the [[European Boxing Union]].

==Minor & Regional Titles==
*[[BBBofC]] English Cruiserweight Title (2003)
*[[EBU]] (European) Cruiserweight Title (2005-2006)
*[[WBA]] Inter-Continental Heavyweight Title (2012)
*[[WBO]] International Heavyweight Title (2012)

==World Title Fights==
*5-1 (4 KO) in World Title fights
*3-1 (2 KO) as Heavyweight
*2-0 (2 KO) as Cruiserweight

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jean-Marc Mormeck]] Super Champion|
title=[[WBA Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=—|
years=2007 Nov 10 – 2008 May 12 '''Super Champion Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jean-Marc Mormeck]]|
title=[[WBC Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=[[Giacobbe Fragomeni]]|
years=2007 Nov 10 – 2008 May 12 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Enzo Maccarinelli]]|
title=[[WBO Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=[[Victor Emilio Ramirez]]|
years=2008 Mar 8 – 2008 Jul 22 '''Vacated'''|
}}
{{s-bef|rows=2|before=[[Nikolay Valuev]]}}
{{s-ttl|rows=2|title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]
|years=2009 Nov 7 – 2011 Jul 2 '''Lost bid for Super Championship'''}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Wladimir Klitschko]] Super Champion}}
|-
{{s-aft|after=[[Alexander Povetkin]] Regular Champion}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haye, David}}
[[Category:World Cruiserweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Two Division World Champions]]
[[Category:English World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

2016-10-25T07:57:42Z

Dawudbryant: /* Amateur Highlights */

[[File:PrettyBoyFloydMoneyMayweather.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Floyd Mayweather Jr.]]
<boxer>000352</boxer>
*'''Trainers:''' [[Roger Mayweather]] (former), [[Floyd Mayweather|Floyd Mayweather Sr.]] (present)
*'''Managers:''' [[Floyd Mayweather|Floyd Mayweather Sr.]] (former), [[James Prince]] (former), [[Al Haymon]] (present)
*'''Promoters:''' [[Top Rank Boxing Promotions|Top Rank]] (former), [[Goossen Tutor Promotions]] (fight-by-fight), [[Golden Boy Promotions]] (fight-by-fight), [http://www.mayweatherpromotions.com/ Mayweather Promotions] (present)
*'''[[:Category:Floyd Mayweather Jr. Gallery|Floyd Mayweather Jr. Gallery]]

==Amateur Highlights==
[[File:Mayweather-Sanchez 293616.jpg|260px|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|260px|thumb|right|Mayweather's hand is raised after defeating Bakhtiyar Tilegenov at the 1996 Olympics.]]
[[File:Floydgallbpg-vertical.jpg|260px|thumb|right|Mayweather against Lorenzo Aragon in the quarterfinals of the 1996 Olympics.]]
[[File:Floyd-mayweather-bronze-1996-atlanta.jpg|260px|thumb|right|Mayweather reacts to losing a controversial decision to Serafim Todorov in the semifinals of the 1996 Olympics.]]
*Amateur Record: [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 84-8] (83-7 if you discount walkovers)
*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
**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 Highlights==
{{#ev:youtube|ZHIhsLhQ-q8}} {{#ev:youtube|Ef3ess6i_JQ}}

==Professional Record==
[[File:Mayweather-De La Hoya 2007.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Oscar De La Hoya]]
[[File:Floyd-Hatton-2.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Ricky Hatton]]
[[File:1920c3a6999b74c227a11787a9444d31-getty-88742971em034 floyd mayweat.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez]]
[[File:Mayweather.mosley.8.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Shane Mosley]]
[[File:Mayweather-Cotto-2012.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto]]
[[File:Floyd-mayweather-alvarez.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez]]
[[File:Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao 472030658.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao]]
*Has a record of 26-0 (10 KO) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 23-0 (9 KO) in lineal 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]], [[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|Marcos Rene Maidana]] (twice), [[Manny Pacquiao]], and [[Andre Berto]].
*Has a record of 12-0 (3 KO) against former or current lineal titlists:
**Won against [[Genaro Hernandez]], [[Diego Corrales]], [[Jose Luis Castillo]] (twice), [[Zab Judah]], [[Carlos Manuel Baldomir]], [[Oscar De La Hoya]], [[Ricky Hatton]], [[Juan Manuel Marquez]], [[Shane Mosley]], [[Miguel Cotto]], and [[Manny Pacquiao]].
*Has a record of 2-0 (1 KO) against [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductees:
**Won against [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/gatti.html Arturo Gatti] and [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/delahoya.html Oscar De La Hoya].

==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)

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

==Transnational Boxing Rankings Board Titles==
*World Junior Middleweight Title (2013-2015)
*World Welterweight Title (2015)

==Lineal Titles==
*World Junior Lightweight Title (1998-2002; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]])
*World Lightweight Title (2002-2004; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]])
*(2) World Welterweight Title (2006-2008; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]], 2010-2015; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]], [[Transnational Boxing Rankings Board|TBRB]])
*World Junior Middleweight Title (2013-2015; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]], [[Transnational Boxing Rankings Board|TBRB]])

==Awards & Recognition==
*(3) [[Boxing Writers Association of America]] [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (2007, 2013, 2015)
*(2) [[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (1998, 2007)
*[[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Comeback of the Year|Comeback of the Year]] (2009)
*(5) [[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Event of the Year|Event of the Year]] (2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015)
*[[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]] Fighter of the Year (2015)
*[[Sports Illustrated]] Round of the Year (2010; 2nd round [[Shane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|vs. Shane Mosley]])
*[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://www.boxingnewsonline.net/the-25-best-fighters-of-the-last-25-years/25/ 2nd greatest boxer of the last 25 years] by [[Boxing News]] in 2016.
*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.

==Notes==
*One of only five boxers in history to win a world title in at least five weight divisions.
*One of only two boxers in history to win a lineal title in at least four weight divisions.
*Son of retired boxer and current trainer [[Floyd Mayweather]].
*Nephew of retired boxers and current 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]

==Pay-Per-View History==
*1. (06/25/2005) [[Arturo Gatti vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W RTD6 Arturo Gatti]] ([[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]] ([[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 Manuel Baldomir]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] (Joint [[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 $400,000,000 in revenue]
*15. (09/12/2015) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto|W UD12 Andre Berto]] ([[Showtime]] PPV) Unreleased. [http://www.espn.in/boxing/story/_/id/15282539/manny-pacquiao-timothy-bradley-jr-iii-ppv-numbers-terrible-says-top-rank-promoter-bob-arum Industry sources claim 400,000 buys and $28,000,000 in revenue]
Totals (approximate): [http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/12732/mayweather-pacquiao-on-ppv-a-perfect-storm 19,5000,000 buys and $1,300,000,000 in revenue]

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Genaro Hernandez]]|
title=[[WBC Super Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Sirimongkol Singwancha]]|
years=1998 Oct 3 – 2002 Apr 20 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jose Luis Castillo]]|
title=[[WBC Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jose Luis Castillo]]|
years=2002 Apr 20 – 2004 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Arturo Gatti]]|
title=[[WBC Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Junior Witter]]|
years=2005 Jun 25 – 2005 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Zab Judah]]|
title=[[IBF Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Kermit Cintron]]|
years=2006 Apr 8 – 2006 Jun 20 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Carlos Manuel Baldomir]]|
title=[[WBC Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Andre Berto]]|
years=2006 Nov 4 – 2008 Jun 6 '''Retired'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Oscar De La Hoya]]|
title=[[WBC Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Vernon Forrest]]|
years=2007 May 5 – 2007 Jul 4 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Victor Ortiz (of California)|Victor Ortiz]]|
title=[[WBC Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Danny Oscar Garcia|Danny Garcia]]|
years=2011 Sep 17 – 2015 Nov 4 '''Retired'''|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Miguel Cotto]] Super Champion|
title=[[WBA Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Erislandy Lara]] Super Champion|
years=2012 May 5 – 2016 Jan '''Super Champion''' '''Retired'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Saul Alvarez]]|
title=[[WBC Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jermell Charlo]]|
years=2013 Sep 14 – 2015 Nov 4 '''Retired'''|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Marcos Maidana|Marcos Rene Maidana]]|
title=[[WBA Welterweight Champion]]|
after=–|
years=2014 May 3 – 2016 Jan '''Super Champion''' '''Retired'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Manny Pacquiao]]|
title=[[WBO Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Timothy Bradley|Timothy Bradley Jr.]]|
years=2015 May 2 – 2015 July 6 '''Stripped'''
}}
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[[Category:National Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:United States Amateur Champions]]
[[Category:1996 Olympians]]
[[Category:American Olympians]]
[[Category:Olympic Bronze Medalists]]
[[Category:World Super Featherweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Lightweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:Five Division World Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]
[[Category:Mayweather Family]]

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

2016-10-25T07:55:50Z

Dawudbryant: /* Amateur Highlights */

[[File:PrettyBoyFloydMoneyMayweather.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Floyd Mayweather Jr.]]
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*'''Trainers:''' [[Roger Mayweather]] (former), [[Floyd Mayweather|Floyd Mayweather Sr.]] (present)
*'''Managers:''' [[Floyd Mayweather|Floyd Mayweather Sr.]] (former), [[James Prince]] (former), [[Al Haymon]] (present)
*'''Promoters:''' [[Top Rank Boxing Promotions|Top Rank]] (former), [[Goossen Tutor Promotions]] (fight-by-fight), [[Golden Boy Promotions]] (fight-by-fight), [http://www.mayweatherpromotions.com/ Mayweather Promotions] (present)
*'''[[:Category:Floyd Mayweather Jr. Gallery|Floyd Mayweather Jr. Gallery]]

==Amateur Highlights==
[[File:Mayweather-Sanchez 293616.jpg|260px|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|260px|thumb|right|Mayweather's hand is raised after defeating Bakhtiyar Tilegenov at the 1996 Olympics.]]
[[File:Floydgallbpg-vertical.jpg|260px|thumb|right|Mayweather against Lorenzo Aragon in the quarterfinals of the 1996 Olympics.]]
[[File:Floyd-mayweather-bronze-1996-atlanta.jpg|260px|thumb|right|Mayweather reacts to losing a controversial decision to Serafim Todorov in the semifinals of the 1996 Olympics.]]
*Amateur Record: [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 84-8] (84-7 if you discount a loss by walkover)
*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
**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 Highlights==
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==Professional Record==
[[File:Mayweather-De La Hoya 2007.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Oscar De La Hoya]]
[[File:Floyd-Hatton-2.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Ricky Hatton]]
[[File:1920c3a6999b74c227a11787a9444d31-getty-88742971em034 floyd mayweat.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez]]
[[File:Mayweather.mosley.8.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Shane Mosley]]
[[File:Mayweather-Cotto-2012.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto]]
[[File:Floyd-mayweather-alvarez.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez]]
[[File:Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao 472030658.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao]]
*Has a record of 26-0 (10 KO) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 23-0 (9 KO) in lineal 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]], [[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|Marcos Rene Maidana]] (twice), [[Manny Pacquiao]], and [[Andre Berto]].
*Has a record of 12-0 (3 KO) against former or current lineal titlists:
**Won against [[Genaro Hernandez]], [[Diego Corrales]], [[Jose Luis Castillo]] (twice), [[Zab Judah]], [[Carlos Manuel Baldomir]], [[Oscar De La Hoya]], [[Ricky Hatton]], [[Juan Manuel Marquez]], [[Shane Mosley]], [[Miguel Cotto]], and [[Manny Pacquiao]].
*Has a record of 2-0 (1 KO) against [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductees:
**Won against [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/gatti.html Arturo Gatti] and [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/delahoya.html Oscar De La Hoya].

==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)

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

==Transnational Boxing Rankings Board Titles==
*World Junior Middleweight Title (2013-2015)
*World Welterweight Title (2015)

==Lineal Titles==
*World Junior Lightweight Title (1998-2002; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]])
*World Lightweight Title (2002-2004; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]])
*(2) World Welterweight Title (2006-2008; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]], 2010-2015; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]], [[Transnational Boxing Rankings Board|TBRB]])
*World Junior Middleweight Title (2013-2015; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]], [[Transnational Boxing Rankings Board|TBRB]])

==Awards & Recognition==
*(3) [[Boxing Writers Association of America]] [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (2007, 2013, 2015)
*(2) [[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (1998, 2007)
*[[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Comeback of the Year|Comeback of the Year]] (2009)
*(5) [[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Event of the Year|Event of the Year]] (2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015)
*[[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]] Fighter of the Year (2015)
*[[Sports Illustrated]] Round of the Year (2010; 2nd round [[Shane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|vs. Shane Mosley]])
*[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://www.boxingnewsonline.net/the-25-best-fighters-of-the-last-25-years/25/ 2nd greatest boxer of the last 25 years] by [[Boxing News]] in 2016.
*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.

==Notes==
*One of only five boxers in history to win a world title in at least five weight divisions.
*One of only two boxers in history to win a lineal title in at least four weight divisions.
*Son of retired boxer and current trainer [[Floyd Mayweather]].
*Nephew of retired boxers and current 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]

==Pay-Per-View History==
*1. (06/25/2005) [[Arturo Gatti vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W RTD6 Arturo Gatti]] ([[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]] ([[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 Manuel Baldomir]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] (Joint [[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 $400,000,000 in revenue]
*15. (09/12/2015) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto|W UD12 Andre Berto]] ([[Showtime]] PPV) Unreleased. [http://www.espn.in/boxing/story/_/id/15282539/manny-pacquiao-timothy-bradley-jr-iii-ppv-numbers-terrible-says-top-rank-promoter-bob-arum Industry sources claim 400,000 buys and $28,000,000 in revenue]
Totals (approximate): [http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/12732/mayweather-pacquiao-on-ppv-a-perfect-storm 19,5000,000 buys and $1,300,000,000 in revenue]

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Genaro Hernandez]]|
title=[[WBC Super Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Sirimongkol Singwancha]]|
years=1998 Oct 3 – 2002 Apr 20 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jose Luis Castillo]]|
title=[[WBC Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jose Luis Castillo]]|
years=2002 Apr 20 – 2004 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Arturo Gatti]]|
title=[[WBC Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Junior Witter]]|
years=2005 Jun 25 – 2005 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Zab Judah]]|
title=[[IBF Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Kermit Cintron]]|
years=2006 Apr 8 – 2006 Jun 20 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Carlos Manuel Baldomir]]|
title=[[WBC Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Andre Berto]]|
years=2006 Nov 4 – 2008 Jun 6 '''Retired'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Oscar De La Hoya]]|
title=[[WBC Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Vernon Forrest]]|
years=2007 May 5 – 2007 Jul 4 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Victor Ortiz (of California)|Victor Ortiz]]|
title=[[WBC Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Danny Oscar Garcia|Danny Garcia]]|
years=2011 Sep 17 – 2015 Nov 4 '''Retired'''|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Miguel Cotto]] Super Champion|
title=[[WBA Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Erislandy Lara]] Super Champion|
years=2012 May 5 – 2016 Jan '''Super Champion''' '''Retired'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Saul Alvarez]]|
title=[[WBC Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jermell Charlo]]|
years=2013 Sep 14 – 2015 Nov 4 '''Retired'''|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Marcos Maidana|Marcos Rene Maidana]]|
title=[[WBA Welterweight Champion]]|
after=–|
years=2014 May 3 – 2016 Jan '''Super Champion''' '''Retired'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Manny Pacquiao]]|
title=[[WBO Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Timothy Bradley|Timothy Bradley Jr.]]|
years=2015 May 2 – 2015 July 6 '''Stripped'''
}}
{{end box}}

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[[Category:African American Boxers]]
[[Category:National Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:United States Amateur Champions]]
[[Category:1996 Olympians]]
[[Category:American Olympians]]
[[Category:Olympic Bronze Medalists]]
[[Category:World Super Featherweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Lightweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:Five Division World Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]
[[Category:Mayweather Family]]

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

2016-10-25T07:54:15Z

Dawudbryant: /* Amateur Highlights */

[[File:PrettyBoyFloydMoneyMayweather.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Floyd Mayweather Jr.]]
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*'''Trainers:''' [[Roger Mayweather]] (former), [[Floyd Mayweather|Floyd Mayweather Sr.]] (present)
*'''Managers:''' [[Floyd Mayweather|Floyd Mayweather Sr.]] (former), [[James Prince]] (former), [[Al Haymon]] (present)
*'''Promoters:''' [[Top Rank Boxing Promotions|Top Rank]] (former), [[Goossen Tutor Promotions]] (fight-by-fight), [[Golden Boy Promotions]] (fight-by-fight), [http://www.mayweatherpromotions.com/ Mayweather Promotions] (present)
*'''[[:Category:Floyd Mayweather Jr. Gallery|Floyd Mayweather Jr. Gallery]]

==Amateur Highlights==
[[File:Mayweather-Sanchez 293616.jpg|260px|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|260px|thumb|right|Mayweather's hand is raised after defeating Bakhtiyar Tilegenov at the 1996 Olympics.]]
[[File:Floydgallbpg-vertical.jpg|260px|thumb|right|Mayweather against Lorenzo Aragon in the quarterfinals of the 1996 Olympics.]]
[[File:Floyd-mayweather-bronze-1996-atlanta.jpg|260px|thumb|right|Mayweather reacts to losing a controversial decision to Serafim Todorov in the semifinals of the 1996 Olympics.]]
*Amateur Record: [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 84-8] (84-7 if you discount a loss by walkover)
*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
**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 Highlights==
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==Professional Record==
[[File:Mayweather-De La Hoya 2007.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Oscar De La Hoya]]
[[File:Floyd-Hatton-2.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Ricky Hatton]]
[[File:1920c3a6999b74c227a11787a9444d31-getty-88742971em034 floyd mayweat.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez]]
[[File:Mayweather.mosley.8.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Shane Mosley]]
[[File:Mayweather-Cotto-2012.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto]]
[[File:Floyd-mayweather-alvarez.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez]]
[[File:Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao 472030658.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao]]
*Has a record of 26-0 (10 KO) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 23-0 (9 KO) in lineal 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]], [[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|Marcos Rene Maidana]] (twice), [[Manny Pacquiao]], and [[Andre Berto]].
*Has a record of 12-0 (3 KO) against former or current lineal titlists:
**Won against [[Genaro Hernandez]], [[Diego Corrales]], [[Jose Luis Castillo]] (twice), [[Zab Judah]], [[Carlos Manuel Baldomir]], [[Oscar De La Hoya]], [[Ricky Hatton]], [[Juan Manuel Marquez]], [[Shane Mosley]], [[Miguel Cotto]], and [[Manny Pacquiao]].
*Has a record of 2-0 (1 KO) against [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductees:
**Won against [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/gatti.html Arturo Gatti] and [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/delahoya.html Oscar De La Hoya].

==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)

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

==Transnational Boxing Rankings Board Titles==
*World Junior Middleweight Title (2013-2015)
*World Welterweight Title (2015)

==Lineal Titles==
*World Junior Lightweight Title (1998-2002; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]])
*World Lightweight Title (2002-2004; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]])
*(2) World Welterweight Title (2006-2008; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]], 2010-2015; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]], [[Transnational Boxing Rankings Board|TBRB]])
*World Junior Middleweight Title (2013-2015; [[Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia|CBZ]], [[The Ring Magazine|RING]], [[Transnational Boxing Rankings Board|TBRB]])

==Awards & Recognition==
*(3) [[Boxing Writers Association of America]] [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (2007, 2013, 2015)
*(2) [[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (1998, 2007)
*[[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Comeback of the Year|Comeback of the Year]] (2009)
*(5) [[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Event of the Year|Event of the Year]] (2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015)
*[[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]] Fighter of the Year (2015)
*[[Sports Illustrated]] Round of the Year (2010; 2nd round [[Shane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|vs. Shane Mosley]])
*[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://www.boxingnewsonline.net/the-25-best-fighters-of-the-last-25-years/25/ 2nd greatest boxer of the last 25 years] by [[Boxing News]] in 2016.
*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.

==Notes==
*One of only five boxers in history to win a world title in at least five weight divisions.
*One of only two boxers in history to win a lineal title in at least four weight divisions.
*Son of retired boxer and current trainer [[Floyd Mayweather]].
*Nephew of retired boxers and current 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]

==Pay-Per-View History==
*1. (06/25/2005) [[Arturo Gatti vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|W RTD6 Arturo Gatti]] ([[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]] ([[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 Manuel Baldomir]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] ([[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]] (Joint [[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 $400,000,000 in revenue]
*15. (09/12/2015) [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto|W UD12 Andre Berto]] ([[Showtime]] PPV) Unreleased. [http://www.espn.in/boxing/story/_/id/15282539/manny-pacquiao-timothy-bradley-jr-iii-ppv-numbers-terrible-says-top-rank-promoter-bob-arum Industry sources claim 400,000 buys and $28,000,000 in revenue]
Totals (approximate): [http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/12732/mayweather-pacquiao-on-ppv-a-perfect-storm 19,5000,000 buys and $1,300,000,000 in revenue]

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Genaro Hernandez]]|
title=[[WBC Super Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Sirimongkol Singwancha]]|
years=1998 Oct 3 – 2002 Apr 20 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jose Luis Castillo]]|
title=[[WBC Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jose Luis Castillo]]|
years=2002 Apr 20 – 2004 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Arturo Gatti]]|
title=[[WBC Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Junior Witter]]|
years=2005 Jun 25 – 2005 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Zab Judah]]|
title=[[IBF Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Kermit Cintron]]|
years=2006 Apr 8 – 2006 Jun 20 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Carlos Manuel Baldomir]]|
title=[[WBC Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Andre Berto]]|
years=2006 Nov 4 – 2008 Jun 6 '''Retired'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Oscar De La Hoya]]|
title=[[WBC Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Vernon Forrest]]|
years=2007 May 5 – 2007 Jul 4 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Victor Ortiz (of California)|Victor Ortiz]]|
title=[[WBC Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Danny Oscar Garcia|Danny Garcia]]|
years=2011 Sep 17 – 2015 Nov 4 '''Retired'''|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Miguel Cotto]] Super Champion|
title=[[WBA Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Erislandy Lara]] Super Champion|
years=2012 May 5 – 2016 Jan '''Super Champion''' '''Retired'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Saul Alvarez]]|
title=[[WBC Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jermell Charlo]]|
years=2013 Sep 14 – 2015 Nov 4 '''Retired'''|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Marcos Maidana|Marcos Rene Maidana]]|
title=[[WBA Welterweight Champion]]|
after=–|
years=2014 May 3 – 2016 Jan '''Super Champion''' '''Retired'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Manny Pacquiao]]|
title=[[WBO Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Timothy Bradley|Timothy Bradley Jr.]]|
years=2015 May 2 – 2015 July 6 '''Stripped'''
}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayweather, Floyd Jr.}}
[[Category:African American Boxers]]
[[Category:National Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:United States Amateur Champions]]
[[Category:1996 Olympians]]
[[Category:American Olympians]]
[[Category:Olympic Bronze Medalists]]
[[Category:World Super Featherweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Lightweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:Five Division World Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]
[[Category:Mayweather Family]]

Amir Khan

2016-10-25T07:41:05Z

Dawudbryant: /* Amateur Career */

[[file:Khan.Amir.jpg|left|250px]]
<boxer>314558</boxer>
'''Manager:''' Asif Vali (2005-2013), [[Al Haymon]] (2014-present) 
'''Trainers:''' [[Oliver Harrison]] (2005-2008), Jorge Rubio (2008), [[Freddie Roach]] (2008-2012), [[Virgil Hunter]] (2012-present) 
'''Promoter:''' [[Golden Boy Promotions]] ( - 2014) 

==Amateur Career==
[[File:Khan-Kindelan 51234422.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Amir Khan (left) vs. Mario Kindelan at the 2008 Olympics]]
[[File:Amir Khan 51234765.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Amir Khan with his Olympic silver medal]]
*2004 Olympic Lightweight Silver Medalist at Athens, Greece. At age 17, Khan was the youngest British Olympic boxing medalist in history. Claimed record 89-10, however only 87-10 has been verified.
**Round of 32: [[Marios Kaperonis]] (Greece) RSCO 3
**Round of 16: [[Dimitar Stilianov]] (Bulgaria) W 4 (37-21)
**Quarterfinals: [[Jong Sub-Baik]] (South Korea) RSC 1
**Semifinals: [[Serik Yeleuov]] (Kazakhstan) W 4 (40-26)
**Gold Medal Match: [[Mario Kindelan]] (Cuba) L 4 (22-30)

'''Other Amateur Highlights'''
*2003 European Cadet Championships Lightweight (60 kg) Gold Medalist in Kaunas, Lithuania.
**[[Shalva Jomardashvili]] (Georgia) W 3 (27-12)
**[[Victor Cotiujanschi]] (Moldavia) RSCO 1 (19-4)
**[[Subotin Artem]] (Russia) W 3 34-26
**[[Nurlan Mamedov]] (Azerbaijan) RSCO 3 (20-5)
*2004 European Championships lightweight participant in Pula, Croatia.
**[[Avtandil Kashia]] (Georgia) L 3 (20-29)
*2004 Strandja Cup (2nd European Olympic Qualifier) Lightweight Gold Medalist in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
**[[Avtandil Kashia]] (Georgia) W 4 (40-18)
**[[Bagrat Avoyan]] (Armenia) RSCO 3
**[[Adrian Alexandru]] (Romania) W 4 (46-27)
**[[Rovshan Huseynov]] (Azerbaijan) WO
*2004 Acropolis Cup (Pre-Olympic Tournament) lightweight participant in Athens, Greece.
**[[Mario Kindelan]] (Cuba) L 4 (13-33)
*2004 World Junior Championships Lightweight Gold Medalist in Jeju Island, South Korea.
**[[Liao Sheng Hao]] (Chinese Taipei) RSCO 1
**[[Yordenis Ugas]] (Cuba) W 4 (21-6)
**[[Darkhan Ashirov]] (Kazakhstan) W 4(36-20)
**[[Alexis Vastine]] (France) RSC 1
**[[Zakir Artykov]] (Uzbekistan) W 4 (30-16)
*2005 Fight Night (Cuba vs. England) light welterweight (64 kg) winner in Bolton, England.
**[[Mario Kindelan]] W 4 (19-13)

==Professional Career==
[[File:Khan Kotelnik 89093716.jpg|right|thumb|325px|Amir Khan (right) vs. Andriy Kotelnik]]
'''Regional & Minor Titles'''
*[[Commonwealth Boxing Council|Commonwealth (British Empire)]] [[Commonwealth Lightweight Champion|Lightweight Title]] (2007-2008)
*[[WBO]] Inter-Continental Lightweight Title (2008-2008, 2009)
*[[WBA]] International Lightweight Title (2008-2009)
*Interim [[WBC]] Silver Super Lightweight Title (2012)
*WBA International Welterweight Title (2014)
*WBC Silver Welterweight Title (2014-present)

'''World Titles'''
*WBA Super Lightweight Title (2009-2011)
*WBA Super World Super Lightweight Title (2011-2012)
*[[IBF]] Junior Welterweight Title (2011)

'''Championship Record'''
*Has a record of 6-3 (3 KOs) in World Title fights.
*Has a record of 10-3 (2 KOs) against former, current or future world champions.
**Won against [[Gairy St. Clair]], [[Marco Antonio Barrera]], [[Andriy Kotelnik]], [[Paul Malignaggi]], [[Marcos Maidana]], [[Zab Judah]], [[Julio Diaz]], [[Luis Collazo]]. [[Devon Alexander]]. [[Chris Algieri]]
**Lost against [[Lamont Peterson]], [[Danny Garcia]], [[Saul Alvarez]].

==Notes==
*Khan is the older brother of fellow boxer [[Haroon Khan]]. Their parents immigrated to Great Britain from Pakistan.
*Khan won his first world title at the age of 22 years, 7 months and 10 days. He become Great Britain's third-youngest world champion after [[Naseem Hamed]] (21 years, 7 months and 18 days) and [[Herbie Hide]] (22 years, 6 months and 20 days)
*Khan lost the WBA Super World and IBF 140-pound titles to [[Lamont Peterson]] by a 12-round split decision on December 10, 2011. They were scheduled to have a rematch on May 9, 2012, but it was canceled after Peterson tested positive for synthetic testosterone in a random urine test. Because Peterson admitted that testosterone pellets had been implanted in him shortly before the December fight, the WBA stripped Peterson and reinstated Khan as the Super World Super Lightweight Champion on July 11, 2012. However, the result of the fight was not changed, and Peterson remained the IBF champion. [http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/8158391/amir-khan-reinstated-wba-junior-welterweight-champion]

{{start box}}
{{s-bef|rows=2|before=[[Andriy Kotelnik]]}}
{{s-ttl|rows=2|title=[[WBA Light Welterweight Champion]]
|years=2009 Jul 18 – 2011 Jul 23 '''Upgraded to Super Champion''' 2011 Jul 23 – 2011 Dec 10 '''Super Champion'''}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Lamont Peterson]] Super Champion}}
|-
{{s-aft|after=[[Marcos Rene Maidana]] Regular Champion
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Zab Judah]]|
title=[[IBF Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Lamont Peterson]]|
years=2011 Jul 23 – 2011 Dec 10
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Lamont Peterson]] Super Champion Stripped|
title=[[WBA Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Danny Oscar Garcia|Danny Garcia]] Super Champion|
years=2012 Jun – 2012 Jul 14 '''Super Champion''' 
}}
{{end box}}

== External Link ==
*[http://www.premierboxingchampions.com/amir-khan Profile on Premier Boxing Champions]
*[http://www.reocities.com/pedrinet/khan.html Amateur record]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Amir}}
[[Category:Olympic Silver Medalists]]
[[Category:2004 Olympians]]
[[Category:British Olympians]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Lightweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:English World Champions]]
[[Category:Muslim Boxers]]

Amir Khan

2016-10-25T07:33:35Z

Dawudbryant: /* External Link */

[[file:Khan.Amir.jpg|left|250px]]
<boxer>314558</boxer>
'''Manager:''' Asif Vali (2005-2013), [[Al Haymon]] (2014-present) 
'''Trainers:''' [[Oliver Harrison]] (2005-2008), Jorge Rubio (2008), [[Freddie Roach]] (2008-2012), [[Virgil Hunter]] (2012-present) 
'''Promoter:''' [[Golden Boy Promotions]] ( - 2014) 

==Amateur Career==
[[File:Khan-Kindelan 51234422.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Amir Khan (left) vs. Mario Kindelan at the 2008 Olympics]]
[[File:Amir Khan 51234765.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Amir Khan with his Olympic silver medal]]
*2004 Olympic Lightweight Silver Medalist at Athens, Greece. At age 17, Khan was the youngest British Olympic boxing medalist in history. Record 89-10.
**Round of 32: [[Marios Kaperonis]] (Greece) RSCO 3
**Round of 16: [[Dimitar Stilianov]] (Bulgaria) W 4 (37-21)
**Quarterfinals: [[Jong Sub-Baik]] (South Korea) RSC 1
**Semifinals: [[Serik Yeleuov]] (Kazakhstan) W 4 (40-26)
**Gold Medal Match: [[Mario Kindelan]] (Cuba) L 4 (22-30)

'''Other Amateur Highlights'''
*2003 European Cadet Championships Lightweight (60 kg) Gold Medalist in Kaunas, Lithuania.
**[[Shalva Jomardashvili]] (Georgia) W 3 (27-12)
**[[Victor Cotiujanschi]] (Moldavia) RSCO 1 (19-4)
**[[Subotin Artem]] (Russia) W 3 34-26
**[[Nurlan Mamedov]] (Azerbaijan) RSCO 3 (20-5)
*2004 European Championships lightweight participant in Pula, Croatia.
**[[Avtandil Kashia]] (Georgia) L 3 (20-29)
*2004 Strandja Cup (2nd European Olympic Qualifier) Lightweight Gold Medalist in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
**[[Avtandil Kashia]] (Georgia) W 4 (40-18)
**[[Bagrat Avoyan]] (Armenia) RSCO 3
**[[Adrian Alexandru]] (Romania) W 4 (46-27)
**[[Rovshan Huseynov]] (Azerbaijan) WO
*2004 Acropolis Cup (Pre-Olympic Tournament) lightweight participant in Athens, Greece.
**[[Mario Kindelan]] (Cuba) L 4 (13-33)
*2004 World Junior Championships Lightweight Gold Medalist in Jeju Island, South Korea.
**[[Liao Sheng Hao]] (Chinese Taipei) RSCO 1
**[[Yordenis Ugas]] (Cuba) W 4 (21-6)
**[[Darkhan Ashirov]] (Kazakhstan) W 4(36-20)
**[[Alexis Vastine]] (France) RSC 1
**[[Zakir Artykov]] (Uzbekistan) W 4 (30-16)
*2005 Fight Night (Cuba vs. England) light welterweight (64 kg) winner in Bolton, England.
**[[Mario Kindelan]] W 4 (19-13)

==Professional Career==
[[File:Khan Kotelnik 89093716.jpg|right|thumb|325px|Amir Khan (right) vs. Andriy Kotelnik]]
'''Regional & Minor Titles'''
*[[Commonwealth Boxing Council|Commonwealth (British Empire)]] [[Commonwealth Lightweight Champion|Lightweight Title]] (2007-2008)
*[[WBO]] Inter-Continental Lightweight Title (2008-2008, 2009)
*[[WBA]] International Lightweight Title (2008-2009)
*Interim [[WBC]] Silver Super Lightweight Title (2012)
*WBA International Welterweight Title (2014)
*WBC Silver Welterweight Title (2014-present)

'''World Titles'''
*WBA Super Lightweight Title (2009-2011)
*WBA Super World Super Lightweight Title (2011-2012)
*[[IBF]] Junior Welterweight Title (2011)

'''Championship Record'''
*Has a record of 6-3 (3 KOs) in World Title fights.
*Has a record of 10-3 (2 KOs) against former, current or future world champions.
**Won against [[Gairy St. Clair]], [[Marco Antonio Barrera]], [[Andriy Kotelnik]], [[Paul Malignaggi]], [[Marcos Maidana]], [[Zab Judah]], [[Julio Diaz]], [[Luis Collazo]]. [[Devon Alexander]]. [[Chris Algieri]]
**Lost against [[Lamont Peterson]], [[Danny Garcia]], [[Saul Alvarez]].

==Notes==
*Khan is the older brother of fellow boxer [[Haroon Khan]]. Their parents immigrated to Great Britain from Pakistan.
*Khan won his first world title at the age of 22 years, 7 months and 10 days. He become Great Britain's third-youngest world champion after [[Naseem Hamed]] (21 years, 7 months and 18 days) and [[Herbie Hide]] (22 years, 6 months and 20 days)
*Khan lost the WBA Super World and IBF 140-pound titles to [[Lamont Peterson]] by a 12-round split decision on December 10, 2011. They were scheduled to have a rematch on May 9, 2012, but it was canceled after Peterson tested positive for synthetic testosterone in a random urine test. Because Peterson admitted that testosterone pellets had been implanted in him shortly before the December fight, the WBA stripped Peterson and reinstated Khan as the Super World Super Lightweight Champion on July 11, 2012. However, the result of the fight was not changed, and Peterson remained the IBF champion. [http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/8158391/amir-khan-reinstated-wba-junior-welterweight-champion]

{{start box}}
{{s-bef|rows=2|before=[[Andriy Kotelnik]]}}
{{s-ttl|rows=2|title=[[WBA Light Welterweight Champion]]
|years=2009 Jul 18 – 2011 Jul 23 '''Upgraded to Super Champion''' 2011 Jul 23 – 2011 Dec 10 '''Super Champion'''}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Lamont Peterson]] Super Champion}}
|-
{{s-aft|after=[[Marcos Rene Maidana]] Regular Champion
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Zab Judah]]|
title=[[IBF Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Lamont Peterson]]|
years=2011 Jul 23 – 2011 Dec 10
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Lamont Peterson]] Super Champion Stripped|
title=[[WBA Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Danny Oscar Garcia|Danny Garcia]] Super Champion|
years=2012 Jun – 2012 Jul 14 '''Super Champion''' 
}}
{{end box}}

== External Link ==
*[http://www.premierboxingchampions.com/amir-khan Profile on Premier Boxing Champions]
*[http://www.reocities.com/pedrinet/khan.html Amateur record]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Amir}}
[[Category:Olympic Silver Medalists]]
[[Category:2004 Olympians]]
[[Category:British Olympians]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Lightweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:English World Champions]]
[[Category:Muslim Boxers]]

Amir Khan

2016-10-25T07:27:39Z

Dawudbryant: /* Amateur Career */

[[file:Khan.Amir.jpg|left|250px]]
<boxer>314558</boxer>
'''Manager:''' Asif Vali (2005-2013), [[Al Haymon]] (2014-present) 
'''Trainers:''' [[Oliver Harrison]] (2005-2008), Jorge Rubio (2008), [[Freddie Roach]] (2008-2012), [[Virgil Hunter]] (2012-present) 
'''Promoter:''' [[Golden Boy Promotions]] ( - 2014) 

==Amateur Career==
[[File:Khan-Kindelan 51234422.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Amir Khan (left) vs. Mario Kindelan at the 2008 Olympics]]
[[File:Amir Khan 51234765.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Amir Khan with his Olympic silver medal]]
*2004 Olympic Lightweight Silver Medalist at Athens, Greece. At age 17, Khan was the youngest British Olympic boxing medalist in history. Record 89-10.
**Round of 32: [[Marios Kaperonis]] (Greece) RSCO 3
**Round of 16: [[Dimitar Stilianov]] (Bulgaria) W 4 (37-21)
**Quarterfinals: [[Jong Sub-Baik]] (South Korea) RSC 1
**Semifinals: [[Serik Yeleuov]] (Kazakhstan) W 4 (40-26)
**Gold Medal Match: [[Mario Kindelan]] (Cuba) L 4 (22-30)

'''Other Amateur Highlights'''
*2003 European Cadet Championships Lightweight (60 kg) Gold Medalist in Kaunas, Lithuania.
**[[Shalva Jomardashvili]] (Georgia) W 3 (27-12)
**[[Victor Cotiujanschi]] (Moldavia) RSCO 1 (19-4)
**[[Subotin Artem]] (Russia) W 3 34-26
**[[Nurlan Mamedov]] (Azerbaijan) RSCO 3 (20-5)
*2004 European Championships lightweight participant in Pula, Croatia.
**[[Avtandil Kashia]] (Georgia) L 3 (20-29)
*2004 Strandja Cup (2nd European Olympic Qualifier) Lightweight Gold Medalist in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
**[[Avtandil Kashia]] (Georgia) W 4 (40-18)
**[[Bagrat Avoyan]] (Armenia) RSCO 3
**[[Adrian Alexandru]] (Romania) W 4 (46-27)
**[[Rovshan Huseynov]] (Azerbaijan) WO
*2004 Acropolis Cup (Pre-Olympic Tournament) lightweight participant in Athens, Greece.
**[[Mario Kindelan]] (Cuba) L 4 (13-33)
*2004 World Junior Championships Lightweight Gold Medalist in Jeju Island, South Korea.
**[[Liao Sheng Hao]] (Chinese Taipei) RSCO 1
**[[Yordenis Ugas]] (Cuba) W 4 (21-6)
**[[Darkhan Ashirov]] (Kazakhstan) W 4(36-20)
**[[Alexis Vastine]] (France) RSC 1
**[[Zakir Artykov]] (Uzbekistan) W 4 (30-16)
*2005 Fight Night (Cuba vs. England) light welterweight (64 kg) winner in Bolton, England.
**[[Mario Kindelan]] W 4 (19-13)

==Professional Career==
[[File:Khan Kotelnik 89093716.jpg|right|thumb|325px|Amir Khan (right) vs. Andriy Kotelnik]]
'''Regional & Minor Titles'''
*[[Commonwealth Boxing Council|Commonwealth (British Empire)]] [[Commonwealth Lightweight Champion|Lightweight Title]] (2007-2008)
*[[WBO]] Inter-Continental Lightweight Title (2008-2008, 2009)
*[[WBA]] International Lightweight Title (2008-2009)
*Interim [[WBC]] Silver Super Lightweight Title (2012)
*WBA International Welterweight Title (2014)
*WBC Silver Welterweight Title (2014-present)

'''World Titles'''
*WBA Super Lightweight Title (2009-2011)
*WBA Super World Super Lightweight Title (2011-2012)
*[[IBF]] Junior Welterweight Title (2011)

'''Championship Record'''
*Has a record of 6-3 (3 KOs) in World Title fights.
*Has a record of 10-3 (2 KOs) against former, current or future world champions.
**Won against [[Gairy St. Clair]], [[Marco Antonio Barrera]], [[Andriy Kotelnik]], [[Paul Malignaggi]], [[Marcos Maidana]], [[Zab Judah]], [[Julio Diaz]], [[Luis Collazo]]. [[Devon Alexander]]. [[Chris Algieri]]
**Lost against [[Lamont Peterson]], [[Danny Garcia]], [[Saul Alvarez]].

==Notes==
*Khan is the older brother of fellow boxer [[Haroon Khan]]. Their parents immigrated to Great Britain from Pakistan.
*Khan won his first world title at the age of 22 years, 7 months and 10 days. He become Great Britain's third-youngest world champion after [[Naseem Hamed]] (21 years, 7 months and 18 days) and [[Herbie Hide]] (22 years, 6 months and 20 days)
*Khan lost the WBA Super World and IBF 140-pound titles to [[Lamont Peterson]] by a 12-round split decision on December 10, 2011. They were scheduled to have a rematch on May 9, 2012, but it was canceled after Peterson tested positive for synthetic testosterone in a random urine test. Because Peterson admitted that testosterone pellets had been implanted in him shortly before the December fight, the WBA stripped Peterson and reinstated Khan as the Super World Super Lightweight Champion on July 11, 2012. However, the result of the fight was not changed, and Peterson remained the IBF champion. [http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/8158391/amir-khan-reinstated-wba-junior-welterweight-champion]

{{start box}}
{{s-bef|rows=2|before=[[Andriy Kotelnik]]}}
{{s-ttl|rows=2|title=[[WBA Light Welterweight Champion]]
|years=2009 Jul 18 – 2011 Jul 23 '''Upgraded to Super Champion''' 2011 Jul 23 – 2011 Dec 10 '''Super Champion'''}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Lamont Peterson]] Super Champion}}
|-
{{s-aft|after=[[Marcos Rene Maidana]] Regular Champion
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Zab Judah]]|
title=[[IBF Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Lamont Peterson]]|
years=2011 Jul 23 – 2011 Dec 10
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Lamont Peterson]] Super Champion Stripped|
title=[[WBA Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Danny Oscar Garcia|Danny Garcia]] Super Champion|
years=2012 Jun – 2012 Jul 14 '''Super Champion''' 
}}
{{end box}}

== External Link ==
*[http://www.premierboxingchampions.com/amir-khan Profile on Premier Boxing Champions]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Amir}}
[[Category:Olympic Silver Medalists]]
[[Category:2004 Olympians]]
[[Category:British Olympians]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Lightweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:English World Champions]]
[[Category:Muslim Boxers]]

David Haye

2016-10-24T15:42:50Z

Dawudbryant: /* Notes */

[[file:DavidHaye.jpg|left|300px|thumb]]
<boxer>155774</boxer>
'''Trainer:''' [[Adam Booth]], [[Shane McGuigan]] (current)
 
'''[[:Category:David Haye Gallery|David Haye Gallery]]
 
==Notes==
* Haye has a Jamaican father and English mother.
* Adam Booth has trained Haye since the age of 16.
* Haye began his amateur career by going 10-3 (9 KO's), 8 of the wins were inside the 1st round with 1 second round win. 2 of the losses were by disqualification and he also lost a controversial decision.
* Amateur record was 83-11.
* Amateur losses were as follows:-
* A disqualification defeat to an unnamed opponent.
* A controversial points decision to an unnamed opponent.
* A 2nd round disqualification loss in Germany 1994 aged 13/14 to Maiwand Kaiwan.
*Loses by Walkover to Russia's Ibragim Akajew when withdrawing in the 1998 Liverpool Multi nations.
* Jimmy Twite by TKO1 in the ABA semi finals 1999.
* Orlanda Anderson on points in 1999 in the USA vs UK tournament held in England. Haye had shortly beforehand beaten Anderson on points in the Liverpool Multi Nations semi finals but lost this rematch.
* Michael Simms on points in the 99 World Amateur Championships in Houston TX, USA aged 19.
* Giacobbe Fragomeni by a controversial points decision in 2000 in a qualifier for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
* Andreas Gustafsson 26th Oct 2000 in Warszawa Poland by scores of 18-4.
* Odlanier Solis in the 2001 World Amateur Championships final by RSC3.
* Won a Silver Medal at the 2001 World Championships.
*Withdrew from the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games after one win over Pakistan's Shuaib Ali so loses Walkover to Canada's Jason Douglas.

==Professional Career==

* As a professional has trained at the [[5th Street Gym (Miami)|5th Street Gym]] in Miami Beach, Florida.
* Suffered his first pro loss in his eleventh fight when he was stopped in five rounds by [[Carl Thompson]] on September 10, 2004 for the IBO Cruiserweight title.
* Stopped [[Jean-Marc Mormeck]] in seven rounds to win the [[WBA]] (Super Title) and [[WBC]] Cruiserweight Championships on November 10, 2007.
* Stopped [[WBO]] titlist [[Enzo Maccarinelli]] in two rounds to unify the [[WBA]] (Super Title), [[WBC]], and [[WBO]] Cruiserweight Championships on March 8, 2008.
* Defeated [[Nikolay Valuev]] by a twelve-round majority decision to win the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship on November 7, 2009.
* Lost the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship to [[IBF]]/[[WBO]] Heavyweight Champion [[Wladimir Klitschko]] by a lopsided twelve-round unanimous decision on July 2, 2011.
* Haye's July 14, 2012 bout with [[Dereck Chisora]] in London, which Haye won by a fifth-round TKO, was sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation. Chisora was under indefinite suspension by the [[British Boxing Board of Control]] at the time. As a result, Luxembourg was expelled from the [[European Boxing Union]].

==Minor & Regional Titles==
*[[BBBofC]] English Cruiserweight Title (2003)
*[[EBU]] (European) Cruiserweight Title (2005-2006)
*[[WBA]] Inter-Continental Heavyweight Title (2012)
*[[WBO]] International Heavyweight Title (2012)

==World Title Fights==
*5-1 (4 KO) in World Title fights
*3-1 (2 KO) as Heavyweight
*2-0 (2 KO) as Cruiserweight

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jean-Marc Mormeck]] Super Champion|
title=[[WBA Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=—|
years=2007 Nov 10 – 2008 May 12 '''Super Champion Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jean-Marc Mormeck]]|
title=[[WBC Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=[[Giacobbe Fragomeni]]|
years=2007 Nov 10 – 2008 May 12 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Enzo Maccarinelli]]|
title=[[WBO Cruiserweight Champion]]|
after=[[Victor Emilio Ramirez]]|
years=2008 Mar 8 – 2008 Jul 22 '''Vacated'''|
}}
{{s-bef|rows=2|before=[[Nikolay Valuev]]}}
{{s-ttl|rows=2|title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]
|years=2009 Nov 7 – 2011 Jul 2 '''Lost bid for Super Championship'''}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Wladimir Klitschko]] Super Champion}}
|-
{{s-aft|after=[[Alexander Povetkin]] Regular Champion}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haye, David}}
[[Category:World Cruiserweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Two Division World Champions]]
[[Category:English World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]

Mike Tyson

2016-10-07T00:29:23Z

Dawudbryant: /* Amateur Highlights */

[[File:Tyson-Spinks139051548.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Mike Tyson]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Class of 2011 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/tyson.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|200px|thumb|right|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
<boxer>000474</boxer>
*'''Trainers:''' [[Cus D'Amato]] (1979-1985), [[Kevin Rooney]] (1985-1988), [[Aaron Snowell]] (1989-1990), [[Richie Giachetti]] (1990-1991, 1997), [[Jay Bright]] (1995-1996), [[Tommy Brooks]] (1999-2001), [[Ronnie Shields]] (2002), [[Freddie Roach]] (2003-2004), [[Jeff Fenech]] (2005)
*'''Managers:''' [[Bill Cayton]] and [[Jim Jacobs]] (1985-88), [[Rory Holloway]] and [[John Horne]] (1988-1997), [[Shelly Finkel]] (1999-2005)
*'''Promoter:''' [[Don King]]
*'''[[:Category:Mike Tyson Gallery|Mike Tyson Gallery]]

== Biography ==
From [http://www.biography.com/people/mike-tyson-9512980 bio.]

Born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 30, 1966, Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight boxing champion of the world in 1986, at age 20. He lost the title in 1990 and later served three years in prison over rape charges. He subsequently earned further notoriety by biting Evander Holyfield's ear during a rematch in 1997. Tyson has gone on to appear in several films, including a documentary on his life.

'''Early Life'''

Michael Gerard Tyson was born on June 30, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York, to parents Jimmy Kirkpatrick and Lorna Tyson. When Michael was two years old his father abandoned the family, leaving Lorna to care for Michael and his two siblings, Rodney and Denise. Struggling financially, the Tyson family moved to Brownsville, Brooklyn, a neighborhood known for its high crime.

Small and shy, Tyson was often the target of bullying. To combat this, he began developing his own style of street fighting, which ultimately transitioned into criminal activity. His gang, known as the Jolly Stompers, assigned him to clean out cash registers while older members held victims at gunpoint. He was only 11 years old at the time. He frequently ran into trouble with police over his petty criminal activities, and by the age of 13, he had been arrested more than 30 times.

Tyson's bad behavior landed him in the Tryon School for Boys, a reform school in upstate New York. At Tryon, Tyson met counselor Bob Stewart, who had been an amateur boxing champion. Tyson wanted Stewart to teach him how to use his fists. Stewart reluctantly agreed, on the condition that Mike would stay out of trouble and work harder in school. Previously classified as learning disabled, Mike managed to raise his reading abilities to the seventh-grade level in a matter of months. He also became determined to learn everything he could about boxing, often slipping out of bed after curfew to practice punches in the dark.

In 1980, Stewart felt he had taught Tyson all he knew. He introduced the aspiring boxer to legendary boxing manager Constantine "Cus" D'Amato, who had a gym in Catskill, New York. D'Amato was known for taking personal interest in promising fighters, even providing them room and board in the home he shared with companion Camille Ewald. He had handled the careers of several successful boxers, including Floyd Patterson and Jose Torres, and he immediately recognized Tyson's promise as a heavyweight contender, telling him, "If you want to stay here, and if you want to listen, you could be the world heavyweight champion someday." Tyson agreed to stay.

The relationship between D'Amato and Tyson was more than that of a professional trainer and a boxer—it was also one of a father and son. D'Amato took Tyson under his wing, and when the 14-year-old was paroled from Tryon in September 1980, he entered into D'Amato's full-time custody. D'Amato set a rigorous training schedule for the young athlete, sending him to Catskill High School during the day and training in the ring every evening. D'Amato also entered Tyson in amateur boxing matches and "smokers," or non-sanctioned fights, in order to teach the teen how to deal with older opponents.

Tyson's life seemed to be looking up, but in 1982, he suffered several personal losses. That year, Tyson's mother died of cancer. "I never saw my mother happy with me and proud of me for doing something," he later told reporters. "She only knew of me as being a wild kid running the streets, coming home with new clothes that she knew I didn't pay for. I never got a chance to talk to her or know about her. Professionally, it has no effect, but it's crushing emotionally and personally." Around this same time, Tyson was expelled from Catskill High for his erratic, often violent behavior.

Tyson continued his schooling through private tutors while he trained for the 1984 Olympic trials. Tyson's showing in the trials, however, did not promise great success; he lost to the eventual gold medalist, Henry Tillman. After failing to make the Olympic team, D'Amato decided that it was time for his fighter to turn professional. The trainer conceived a game plan that would result in breaking the heavyweight championship for Tyson before the young man's 21st birthday, breaking the record originally set by Floyd Patterson.

'''Early Career'''

On March 6, 1985, Tyson made his professional debut in Albany, New York, against Hector Mercedes. The 18-year-old knocked Mercedes out in one round. Tyson's strength, quick fists and his notable defensive abilities intimidated his opponents, who were often afraid to hit the fighter. This gave Tyson the uncanny ability to level his opponents in only one round, and earned him the nickname "Iron Mike."

The year was a successful one for Tyson, but it was not without its tragedies. On November 4, 1985, D'Amato died of pneumonia. Tyson was rocked by the death of the man he considered his surrogate father. Boxing trainer Kevin Rooney took over D'Amato's coaching duties and, less than two weeks later, Tyson continued on the path that D'Amato had laid out for him. He recorded his thirteenth knockout in Houston, Texas, and dedicated the fight to D'Amato. Although he seemed to recover well from D'Amato's passing, those close to Tyson say that the boxer never fully recovered from the loss. Many attributed the boxer's future behavior to the loss of the man that had previously grounded and supported him.

By 1986, at the age of 20, Tyson had garnered a 22-0 record—21 of the fights won by knockout. On November 22, 1986, Tyson finally reached his goal: He was given his first title fight against Trevor Berbick for the World Boxing Council heavyweight championship. Tyson won the title by a knockout in the second round. At the age of 20 years and four months, he beat Patterson's record, becoming the youngest heavyweight champion in history.

Tyson's success in the ring didn't stop there. He defended his title against James Smith on March 7, 1987, adding the World Boxing Association championship to his list of victories. On August 1 he became the first heavyweight to own all three major boxing belts when he won the International Boxing Federation title from Tony Tucker.

'''Marriage and Arrests'''

Tyson's rise from childhood delinquent to boxing champ put him at the center of the media's attentions. Met with sudden fame, Tyson began partying hard and stepping out with various Hollywood stars. Around this time, Tyson set his sights on television actress Robin Givens. The couple began dating, and on February 7, 1988, he and Givens married in New York.

But Tyson's game seemed to be on the decline, and after several close calls in the ring, it became clear that the boxer's edge was slipping. Once known for his complicated offensive and defensive moves, Tyson seemed to continually rely on his one-punch knockout move to finish his bouts. The boxer blamed his long-time trainer, Rooney, for his struggle in the ring and fired him in mid 1988.

As his game was falling apart, so was Tyson's marriage to Givens. Allegations of spousal abuse began to surface in the media in June of 1988, and Givens and her mother demanded access to Tyson's money for a down payment on a $3 million home in New Jersey. That same year, police were called to Tyson's home after he began throwing furniture out of the window and forced Givens and her mother to leave the home.

That summer, Tyson also found himself in court with manager Bill Cayton, in an effort to break their contract. By July 1988, Cayton had settled out of court, agreeing to reduce his share from one-third to 20 percent of Tyson's purses. Soon after, Tyson struck up a partnership with boxing promoter Don King. The move seemed like a step in the right direction for the boxer, but his life was spiraling out of control both in and out of the ring.

Tyson's behavior during this time became increasingly violent and erratic. In August 1988, he broke a bone in his right hand after a 4 a.m. street brawl with professional fighter Mitch Green. The next month, Tyson was knocked unconscious after driving his BMW into a tree at D'Amato's home. Tabloids later claimed the accident was a suicide attempt brought on from excessive drug use. He was fined $200 and sentenced to community service for speeding.

Later that September, Givens and Tyson appeared in an interview with Barbara Walters in which Givens described her marriage as "pure hell." Shortly thereafter, she announced that she was filing for divorce. Tyson countersued for a divorce and an annulment, beginning an ugly months-long court process.

This was just the beginning of Tyson's struggles with women. In late 1988, Tyson was sued for his inappropriate attentions toward two nightclub patrons, Sandra Miller and Lori Davis. The women sued Tyson for allegedly forcefully grabbing, propositioning and insulting them while out dancing.

On February 14, 1989, Tyson's split with Givens became official.

'''Imprisonment and Return to Boxing'''

Tyson stepped back into the ring with British boxer Frank Bruno in an effort to retain his world heavyweight title. Tyson went on to knock out Bruno in the fifth round, and keep his status as world champ.

On July 21, 1989, Tyson defended his title again, knocking out Carl "The Truth" Williams in one round. Tyson's winning streak came to an end on February 11, 1990, however, when he lost his championship belt to boxer Buster Douglas in Tokyo, Japan. Tyson, the clear favorite, sent Douglas to the mat in the eighth round, but Douglas came back in the tenth, knocking Tyson out for the first time in his career.

Discouraged but not ready to give up, Tyson recovered by knocking out Olympic gold medalist—and former amateur boxing adversary—Henry Tillman later that year. In another bout, he defeated Alex Stewart by a knockout in the first round.

But Tyson lost his fight in court on November 1, 1990, when a New York City civil jury sided with Sandra Miller for the barroom incident of 1988. Then in July of 1991, Tyson was accused of raping Desiree Washington, a Miss Black American contestant. On March 26, 1992, after nearly a year of trial proceedings, Tyson was found guilty on one count of rape and two counts of deviant sexual conduct. Because of Indiana state laws, Tyson was ordered to serve six years in prison, effective immediately.

Tyson initially handled his stint in prison poorly, and was found guilty of threatening a guard while in prison, adding 15 days to his sentence. That same year, Tyson's father died. The boxer didn't request leave to attend the funeral. While imprisoned, Tyson converted to Islam, and adopted the name Malik Abdul Aziz.

On March 25, 1995, after serving three years of his sentence, Tyson was released from the Indiana Youth Center near Plainfield, Indiana. Already planning his comeback, Tyson arranged his next fight with Peter McNeeley in Las Vegas, Nevada. On August 19, 1995, Tyson won the fight, knocking out McNeeley in just 89 seconds. Tyson also won his next match in December 1995, knocking out Buster Mathis Jr. in the third round.

'''Holyfield Fight'''

After his personal and professional setbacks, Tyson seemed to be making a positive change in his life. After several successful fights, Tyson came head-to-head with his next big challenger: Evander Holyfield. Holyfield had been promised a title shot against Tyson in 1990, but before that fight could occur Douglas defeated Tyson. Instead of fighting Tyson, Holyfield fought Douglas for the heavyweight title. Douglas lost by knockout on October 25, 1990, making Holyfield the new undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.

On November 9, 1996, Tyson faced Holyfield for the heavyweight title. The evening would not end successfully for Tyson, who lost to Holyfield by a knockout in the 11th round. Instead of Tyson's anticipated victory, Holyfield made history by becoming the second person to win a heavyweight championship belt three times. Tyson claimed he was the victim of multiple illegal head butts by Holyfield, and vowed to avenge his loss.

Tyson trained heavily for a rematch with Holyfield, and on June 28, 1997, the two boxers faced off yet again. The fight was televised on pay-per-view and entered nearly 2 million households, setting a record at the time for the highest number of paid television viewers. Both boxers also received record purses for the match, making them the highest-paid professional boxers in history until 2007.

The first and second rounds provided the typical crowd-pleasing action expected from the two champions. But the fight took an unexpected turn in the third round of the match. Tyson shocked fans and boxing officials when he grabbed Holyfield and bit both of the boxer's ears, completely severing a piece of Holyfield's right ear. Tyson claimed that the action was retaliation for Holyfield's illegal head butts from their previous match. Judges didn't agree with Tyson's reasoning, however, and disqualified the boxer from the match.

On July 9, 1997, the Nevada State Athletic Commission revoked Tyson's boxing license in a unanimous voice vote, and fined the boxer $3 million for biting Holyfield. No longer able to fight, Tyson was aimless and unmoored. Several months later, Tyson was dealt another blow when he was ordered to pay boxer Mitch Green $45,000 for his 1988 street-fighting incident. Shortly after the court ruling, Tyson landed in the hospital after his motorcycle skidded out of control on a ride through Connecticut. The former boxer broke a rib and punctured a lung.

'''Don King Lawsuit, Lewis Fight and Retirement'''

Tyson landed in court yet again, this time in 1998 as a plaintiff. On March 5, 1998, the boxer filed a $100 million lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New York against Don King, accusing the promoter of cheating him out of millions of dollars. He also filed a lawsuit against his former managers Rory Holloway and John Horne, claiming they made King Tyson's exclusive promoter without the boxer's knowledge. King and Tyson settled out of court for $14 million. Tyson allegedly lost millions in the process.

In the wake of several more lawsuits, including another sexual harassment trial and a $22 million suit filed by Rooney for wrongful termination, Tyson struggled to reinstate his boxing license. In July 1998, the boxer reapplied for his boxing license in New Jersey, but later withdrew his application before the board could meet to discuss his case. A few weeks later, in yet another outburst, Tyson assaulted two motorists after a car accident in Maryland dented his Mercedes.

In October 1998, Tyson's boxing license was reinstated. Tyson was back in the ring only a few months before he plead no contest for his attack on the motorists in Maryland. The judge sentenced Tyson to two concurrent two-year sentences for the assault, but was given only one year of jail time, a $5,000 fine and 200 hours of community service. He was released after serving nine months, and went straight back into the ring.

The next several years were marred with more accusations of physical assaults, sexual harassment, and public incidents. Then, in 2000, a random drug test revealed that Tyson had been smoking marijuana. The results caused boxing officials to penalize Tyson by declaring his victory against boxer Andrew Golota a loss.

His next highly publicized fight would be in 2002 with WBC, IBF and IBO champion Lennox Lewis. Tyson was once again fighting for the heavyweight championship, and the match was a very personal one. Tyson made several remarks to Lewis before the fight, including a threat to "eat his children." At a January press conference, the two boxers began a brawl that threatened to cancel the match, but the fight was eventually scheduled for June of that year. Tyson lost the fight by a knockout, and the defeat signaled the decline of the former champion's career. After losing several more fights throughout 2003 and 2005, Tyson announced his retirement.

'''Personal Life'''

Tyson also suffered in his personal life around this time. After six years of marriage, second wife Monica Turner filed for divorce in 2003, on grounds of adultery. That same year, he filed for bankruptcy after his exorbitant spending, multiple trials and bad investments caught up with him. In an attempt to pay off his debts, Tyson stepped back into the ring for a series of exhibition fights.

To curb expenses, the boxer also sold his upscale mansion in Farmington, Connecticut, to rapper 50 Cent for a little more than $4 million. He crashed on friends' couches and slept in shelters until he landed in Phoenix, Arizona. There, in 2005, he purchased a home in Paradise Valley for $2.1 million, which he financed by endorsing products and making cameos on television and in boxing exhibitions.

But Tyson's hard-partying ways caught up with him again in late 2006. Tyson was arrested in Scottsdale, Arizona, after nearly crashing into a police SUV. Suspected of driving while intoxicated, police pulled Tyson over and searched his car. During the search, the police discovered cocaine and drug paraphernalia throughout the vehicle. On September 24, 2007, Mike Tyson pleaded guilty to possession of narcotics and driving under the influence. He was sentenced to 24 hours in jail, 360 hours of community service and three years' probation.

Tyson's life seemed to mellow over the next few years, and the boxer began seeking sobriety by attending Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings. But in 2009, Tyson was dealt another blow when his 4-year-old daughter, Exodus, accidentally strangled herself on a treadmill cord in her mother's Phoenix home. The tragedy marked yet another dark period in Tyson's troubled life.

Tyson is the father of seven known children—Gena, Rayna, Amir, D'Amato Kilrain, Mikey Lorna, Miguel Leon and Exodus—with multiple women, some of whom continue to remain anonymous to the media.

'''Recent Projects and Problems'''

In 2009, Tyson returned to the spotlight with a cameo in the hit comedy The Hangover with Bradley Cooper. He married for a third time that same year, walking down the aisle with Lakiha "Kiki" Spicer. The couple has two children together, daughter Milan and son Morocco.

The success of his appearance as himself in The Hangover seemed to open the door to more acting opportunities, including guest appearances on such television series as Entourage, How I Met Your Mother and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2012, Tyson made his Broadway debut in his one-man show Mike Tyson: The Undisputed Truth directed by Spike Lee.

Tyson, however, acknowledged that he was once again battling substance abuse problems the following year. In August 2013, he revealed in an interview with Today host Matt Lauer that "When I start drinking and I relapse, I think of dying. When I'm in a real dark mood, I think of dying. And I don't want to be around no more. I won't survive unless I get help." This revelation came while Tyson was reinventing himself as a boxing promoter. He also told Lauer that he had only been sober for 12 days at the time of the interview. After so many personal and professional ups and downs, it is unclear what will happen next for this legendary yet troubled sports figure.

In October 2014, Tyson's animated venture Mike Tyson Mysteries, a comical crime-fighting spoof, premiered on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.

== Amateur Highlights ==
[[File:1984-mike-tyson-henry-tillman-079089988.jpg|415px|thumb|right|Henry Tillman (left) vs. Mike Tyson at the 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials.]]
*Amateur Record: [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.geocities.ws/pedrinet/tyson.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dwww.geocities.ws/pedrinet/tyson.html%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DexI%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official 48-6]
*1981 United States Junior Olympic Heavyweight Champion. Results:
**Jesus Esparza - RSC 1
**Randy Wesley - RSC 1
**Joe Cortez - RSC 1
*1981 Ernie Bennett - L 3
*1982 United States Junior Olympic Heavyweight Champion. Results:
**Tito Llanes - RSC 1
**[[Jonathan Littles]] - RSC 2
**Don Cozad - RSC 1
**Kelton Brown - RSC 1
*1982 U.S. Amateur Championships. Results:
**[[Al Evans]] - L RSC 3
*1983 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Finalist. Results:
**Ronald Williams - RSC 1
**[[Andrew Stokes]] - RSC 3
**Mike Bardwell - RSC 1
**[[Warren Thompson]] - W 3
**[[Craig Payne]] - L 3
*1983 U.S. Amateur Championships. Results:
**[[Kimmuel Odum]] - L DQ 2
*1983 Ohio State Fair Heavyweight Champion. Results:
**[[Jerry Goff]] - KO 1
**[[Olian Alexander]] - W
*1983 United States Under-19 Heavyweight Champion, defeating Mark Scott by RSC 1
*1984 United States Under-19 Heavyweight Champion, defeating Orbit Pough by KO 1
*1984 National [[Golden Gloves]] Heavyweight Champion. Results: 
**[[Derek Isaman]] - W 3
**Richard Johnson - RSC 3
**Johnny Williams - RSC 1
**[[Rocky Pepeli]] - RSC 2
**[[Jonathan Littles]] - RSC 1
*1984 United States [[Olympics|Olympic]] Trials Heavyweight Finalist. Results:
**Kelton Brown - KO 1
**Avery Rawls - W 3
**[[Henry Milligan]] - RSC 2
**[[Henry Tillman]] - L 3
*1984 United States Olympic Box-Offs. Results:
**Olian Alexander - W 3
**Henry Tillman - L 3
*1984 Tammer Tournament Heavyweight Gold Medalist in Tampere, Finland. Results:
**[[Istvan Szikora]] (Hungary) - W 3 (3-2)
**[[Haakan Brock]] (Sweden) - W 3 (5-0)

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*4 of 6 amateur losses were classed as controversial decisions

== Professional Highlights ==
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== Professional Record ==
[[File:Tyson T-31.jpg|290px|thumb|right|Tyson wearing the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight title belts.]]
*Has a record of 12-4 (10 KOs) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 3-2 (3 KOs) in lineal title fights.
*Has a record of 11-4-0-1 (9 KOs) against former or current world titlists:
**Won against [[Alfonzo Ratliff]], [[Trevor Berbick]], [[James (Bonecrusher) Smith|James Smith]], [[Pinklon Thomas]], [[Tony Tucker]], [[Larry Holmes]], [[Tony Tubbs]], [[Michael Spinks]], [[Frank Bruno]] (twice), and [[Bruce Seldon]].
**Lost against [[James (Buster) Douglas|James Douglas]], [[Evander Holyfield]] (twice), and [[Lennox Lewis]].
**No Contest against [[Orlin Norris]].
*Has a record of 3-4 (3 KOs) against former or current lineal titlists:
**Won against [[Alfonzo Ratliff]], [[Larry Holmes]], and [[Michael Spinks]].
**Lost against [[James (Buster) Douglas|James Douglas]], [[Evander Holyfield]] (twice), and [[Lennox Lewis]].
*Has a record of 2-1 (2 KOs) against [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] inductees:
**Won against [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/holmes.html Larry Holmes] and [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/spinks.html Michael Spinks].
**Lost against [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/lewislennox.html Lennox Lewis].
*Has a record of 4-1 (4 KOs) in fights outside his native United States.

== World Titles ==
*(2) [[WBC]] Heavyweight Title (1986-1990; 9 defenses, 1996; 0 defenses)
*(2) [[WBA]] Heavyweight Title (1987-1990; 8 defenses, 1996; 0 defenses)
*[[IBF]] Heavyweight Title (1987-1990; 6 defenses)

== The Ring Magazine Titles ==
*World Heavyweight Title (1988-1990)

== Lineal Titles ==
*[[World Heavyweight Champion|World Heavyweight Title]] (1988-1990)

== Awards & Recognition ==
*[[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Defunct Awards|Prospect of the Year]] (1985)
*(2) [[Boxing Writers Association of America]] [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fight of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (1986, 1988)
*(2) [[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (1986, 1988)
*[[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year|Fight of the Year]] (1996 [[Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield (1st meeting)|vs. Evander Holyfield]])
*[[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Round of the Year|Round of the Year]] (1988; 1st round [[Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks|vs. Michael Spinks]])
*(4) [[The Ring Magazine]] [[Ring Magazine Event of the Year|Event of the Year]] (1995, 1997, 1998, 2002)
*[[KO Magazine]] [[KO Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] (1986)
*(2) [[KO Magazine]] [[KO Magazine Round of the Year|Round of the Year]] (1989; 1st round [[Mike Tyson vs. Frank Bruno (1st meeting)|vs. Frank Bruno]], 1990; 8th round [[Mike Tyson vs. James (Buster) Douglas|vs. James Douglas]])
*Named the [[The Top 50 Fighters of the Last 50 Years|19th greatest boxer of the last 50 years]] by [[The Ring Magazine]] in 1996.
*Named the [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|14th greatest heavyweight of all-time]] by [[The Ring Magazine]] in 1998.
*Named the [[The 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years|72nd greatest boxer of the last 80 years]] by [[The Ring Magazine]] in 2002.
*Named the [[The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time!|16th greatest puncher of all-time]] by [[The Ring Magazine]] in 2003.
*Named the [http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/greatest/featureVideo?page=greatest4150 50th greatest boxer of all-time] by [[ESPN]] in 2007.

== Mike Tyson's World Tour ==
"Mike Tyson's World Tour," a series of four-round exhibitions bouts, was announced on September 28, 2006. Tyson said he anticipated taking the show to Europe, Asia and the Middle East. "Mike Tyson's World Tour" was shades of the 1930's exhibition tour by former World Heavyweight Champion [[Jack Dempsey]].

On October 21, 2006, Tyson made the first and only stop of his exhibition tour in Youngstown, Ohio. Tyson and [[Corey Sanders]] boxed four two½ minute rounds. Tyson weighed 241½ lbs, while Sanders weighed 292½ lbs. Both boxers wore t-shirts, and Sanders wore headgear. Tyson dropped Sanders in the first round, but he didn't go for the knockout when Sanders got up. Later in the round, Tyson held Sanders up after landing another hard punch. The fans booed throughout the match. Promoter [[Sterling McPherson]] said afterwards, "I don't know what people were looking for. We weren't trying to fool anyone or pull the wool over anyone's eyes. This was an exhibition. People boo at real fights... this isn't about him beating anybody up."

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Muhammad Ali

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'''Trainer:''' [[Angelo Dundee]] 
'''Manager:''' [[Herbert Muhammad]] 
'''[[:Category:Muhammad Ali Gallery|Muhammad Ali Gallery]]'''
== Amateur Achievements ==
[[File:Ali-Shatov.jpg|thumb|300px|<center>Outpointing Gennadi Shatov in the 178-pound quarterfinals of the 1960 Olympics</center>]]
[[File:Ali-Pietrzykowski.jpg|thumb|300px|<center>Outpointing Zbigniew Pietrzykowski in the 178-pound final of the 1960 Olympics</center>]]
[[File:AliOlympics2667570.jpg|thumb|300px|<center>The 178-pound medalists of the 1960 Olympics</center>]]
[[File:Ali82177358.jpg|thumb|300px|<center>With fellow U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist [[Wilbert McClure]] & [[Eddie Crook|Eddie Crook Jr.]] </center>]]
*There have been various amateur records accredited to Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali: 100-5, 118-5, 127-5, 134-7, 137-7, and 99-8 are among the claims. The record below shows the fights to be confirmed which only shows his record to be 37-8.
*Six-time Kentucky State [[Golden Gloves]] Champion
'''1955''' 
*James Davis L 3
*John Hampton W 3
*John Hampton L 3
'''1957''' 
*Donnie Hall W 3
*Donnie Hall L 3
*Donnie Hall W 3
*[[Jimmy Ellis]] W 3
*Terry Hodge RSCI by 1
*Donnie Hall W 3
*[[Jimmy Ellis]] L 3
*Donnie Hall W 3
'''1958''' 
*Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions Light Heavyweight Quarterfinalist. Results:
**Alex Watt W 3
**Francis Turley W 3
**[[Kent Green]] KO by 2
'''1959''' 
*Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions Light Heavyweight Champion. Results:
**Junie Hall KO 2
**Willie McMilan W 3
**Cliff Murkey W 3
**[[Jeff Davis]] W 3
*Intercity Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight Champion, outpointing [[Tony Madigan]].
*National AAU Light Heavyweight Champion. Results:
**Reginald Brown KO 3
**Art Toombs W 3
**Lindy Lindmoser W 3
**[[Johnny Powell]] W 3
*U.S. Pan American Games Trials Finalist. Results:
**Leroy Boger KO 2
**James Jackson W 3
**[[Amos Johnson]] L 3
'''1960'''
*Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions Heavyweight Champion. Results:
**John Wilson KO 1
**Henry Harris Jr. KO 3
**[[Bill Nielsen]] W 3
**[[Al Jenkins ]] W 3
**Jimmy Jones W 3
*Intercity Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion, stopping [[Gary Jawish]] in three rounds.
*National AAU Light Heavyweight Champion. Results:
**Johnny Monahue W 3
**Joe Reynolds W 3
**Ray Whetstone KO 2
**[[Billy Joiner]] W 3
**[[Jeff Davis]] KO 2
*[[Percy Price]] L 3
*U.S. Olympic Trials Light Heavyweight Champion. Results:
**Henry Hooper KO 3
**[[Fred Lewis]] W 3
**Allen Hudson KO 3
*[[Olympics|Olympic]] Light Heavyweight Gold Medalist in Rome, Italy. Results:
**[[Yvon Becaus]] (Belgium) RSC 2
**[[Gennadi Schatkov]] (USSR) W 3 (5-0)
**[[Tony Madigan]] (Australia) W 3 (5-0)
**[[Zbigniew Pietrzykowski]] (Poland) W 3 (5-0)

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before= [[Jimmy Jones (of Chicago, IL)|Jimmy Jones]] |
title= [[Chicago Golden Gloves|Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions]] Heavyweight Champion |
years= 1960 |
after= [[Al Jenkins]]
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before= [[Sylvester Banks]] |
title= [[Intercity Golden Gloves|Intercity Golden Gloves]] Heavyweight Champion |
years= 1960 |
after= [[Ray Patterson]]
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before= [[Jim Boyd]] |
title= [[Olympic Games Medalists| Olympic Gold Medalist]] Light Heavyweight Champion |
years= 1960 |
after= [[Cosimo Pinto]]
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== Professional Achievements ==
*The first and only three-time lineal [[World Heavyweight Champion]].
*The first World Heavyweight Champion to come back from retirement and regain the title.
*Won twenty-two World Heavyweight Championship fights. Ali made a total of nineteen successful title defenses, nine during his first reign and ten during his second reign.

==Acting Career==
*Ali has appeared in a number of movies and television shows. Acting credits: [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000738/ IMDb]

== Awards and Recognition ==
[[File:SI4126.jpg|thumb|200px|<center>1974 [[Sports Illustrated|SI]] "Sportsman of the Year"</center>]]
*Named [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|''The Ring'' "Fighter of the Year"]] for 1963, 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1978.
*Named the [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year|Boxing Writers Association of America "Fighter of the Year"]] for 1965, 1974 and 1975.
*Named ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' "Sportsman of the Year" for 1974.
*Named [[The Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] [[:File:80Mar.jpg|"Fighter of the Decade"]] for the 1970s.
*Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1983.
*Received the [[Boxing Writers Association of America]] [[James J. Walker Memorial Award]] for 1984.
*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1986.
*Inducted into the [[Ring Magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame|''The Ring'' Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1987.
*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990.
*Named "Athlete of the Century" by ''GQ'' magazine in 1998.
*Named "Sports Personality of the Century" by the BBC in 1999.
*Named "Sportsman of the 20th Century" by ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' in 1999.
*Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President George W. Bush in 2005.
*Inducted into the [[Florida Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2010.

== Notes ==
*Ali is the older brother of former heavyweight boxer [[Rahman Ali]], the father of former [[WBC Female Super Middleweight Champion]] [[Laila Ali]] and the uncle of former [[United States Boxing Council|USBC]] [[Cruiserweight]] Champion [[Ibn Ali]].
*When Ali was 12-years-old, he and a friend went to the Columbia Auditorium to partake in the free hot dogs and popcorn available for visitors of the Louisville Home Show. When the boys were done eating, they went back to get their bicycles only to discover that Ali's had been stolen. Furious, Ali went to the basement of the Columbia Auditorium to report the crime to police officer [[Joe Elsby Martin]], who was also a boxing coach at the Columbia Gym. When Ali said he wanted to beat up the person who stole his bike, Martin told him he should probably learn to fight first. A few days later, Ali began training at Martin's gym.
*Ali also trained with [[Fred Stoner]], an African-American trainer working at the Grace Community Center in Louisville. After he became World Heavyweight Champion, Ali said Stoner "taught me all I know."
*Ali graduated from Central High School in Louisville with a D- average, ranking 376 in a class of 391.
*After Ali had a rough flight going to San Francisco for the 1960 Olympic trials, he became afraid to fly. He visited an army surplus store and purchased a parachute before he flew to Rome for the Olympics, and wore the parachute throughout the flight to Rome.
*In his 1975 autobiography, [[Muhammad Ali: The Greatest, My Own Story|''The Greatest, My Own Story'']], Ali claimed that he threw his Olympic gold medal into the Ohio River after he was refused service at a "whites only" restaurant shortly after he returned to Louisville from the Olympics in Rome. Some people, including biographers [[Thomas Hauser]] and David Remnick, have concluded that the story is untrue — that Ali misplaced the medal or it was otherwise lost. Ali was given a replacement medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
*On October 26, 1960, Ali signed a managerial contract with eleven Louisville business men. They became known as the Louisville Sponsoring Group. Ali received a $10,000 signing bonus and, for the first two years, a guaranteed draw of $333 a month against earnings. The sponsoring group had options to extend the contract for up to four additional twelve-month periods. Earnings would be split fifty-fifty for the first four years and sixty-forty in Ali's favor thereafter. All management, training, travel, and promotional expenses, including a trainer's salary, would come out of the sponsoring group's end. And fifteen percent of Ali's income would be set aside in a pension fund, which he could not touch until he was twenty-five or retired from boxing.
*Ali was one of four World Heavyweight Champions from Louisville, Kentucky. The other three are [[Marvin Hart]], [[Jimmy Ellis]], and [[Greg Page]].
*Shortly after winning the World Heavyweight Championship from [[Sonny Liston]] on [[Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay (1st meeting)|February 25, 1964]], Ali announced that he was a member of the Nation of Islam and changed his name from Cassius Marcellus Clay to Muhammad Ali. He was given the name by Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad. In Arabic, Muhammad means "worthy of all praises" and Ali means "most high."
*On September 14, 1964, Ali was stripped of the [[World Boxing Association]] title for signing to fight [[Sonny Liston]] in a rematch. The contract for their first fight included a return clause, which the WBA did not allow.
*Ali's rematch with Sonny Liston was originally scheduled for November 16, 1964, in Boston, Massachusetts, but the fight was postponed after Ali suffered a hernia and had to have surgery.
*Ali's knockout of [[Brian London]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Brian London|August 6, 1966]], was his last fight under his contract with the Louisville Sponsoring Group. He chose not to renew the contract, and Herbert Muhammad became his manager.
*Ali's draft status was 1-Y, physically fit but exempt from the draft because he scored lower than the minimum on Army intelligence tests. In 1966, the Army lowered its intelligence requirements, and Ali was reclassified as 1-A, which made him eligible for the draft. Ali appealed for an exemption, claiming that he was a conscientious objector based on his religious beliefs. After three appeals were denied, Ali was called for induction on April 28, 1967. He refused to be inducted and was convicted of draft evasion on June 20, 1967. Ali was sentenced to five years in prison and fined $10,000. He was also stripped of his title by the WBA and [[New York State Athletic Commission]]. He appealed his conviction all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled unanimously in his favor on June 28, 1971.
*On March 3, 1969, the [[World Boxing Council]] stripped Ali of their title. WBC President Justiniano Montano said the action was taken because of Ali's "inability to defend his title."
*While he was appealing his conviction, Ali was free on a $5,000 bond. He tried to get a fight but was unable get a boxing license in any state. On February 3, 1970, Ali held a press conference and announced his retirement from boxing. He also called [[Nat Loubet]], managing editor of [[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'' magazine]], to inform him of his decision. Ali later changed his mind and said he wanted to fight again.
*With the help of Georgia State Senator Leroy Johnson, Ali was able to get a license to fight in Georgia. On September 10, 1970, Ali and [[Jerry Quarry]] signed to fight in Atlanta, Georgia, on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Jerry Quarry (1st meeting)|October 26, 1970]]. Johnson was also involved in the promotion of the fight.
*On September 14, 1970, a federal judge ruled that the New York State Athletic Commission's ban on Ali "constituted an arbitrary and unreasonable departure from the commission's established practice of granting licenses to applicants convicted of crimes or military offenses." Ali was then granted a license to fight [[Oscar Bonavena]] in New York on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Oscar Natalio Bonavena|December 7, 1970]].
*Ali's first fight with [[Joe Frazier]] on [[Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali (1st meeting)|March 8, 1971]], indirectly led to four deaths:
**Two spectators at [[Madison Square Garden]] died of heart attacks during the fight.
**Erio Borghisiani was found dead in front of his television just hours after viewing the fight on paid television in Milan, Italy.
**In Malaysia, Abdul Ghani Bachik was reported to have leaped up from his chair while watching the fight on paid television and shouted, "My God, Cassius Clay has fallen!" He then suffered a fatal heart attack.
*Ali's fight with [[Chuck Wepner]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Chuck Wepner|March 24, 1975]], inspired [[Sylvester Stallone]] to write the film [[Rocky (Film)|''Rocky'']].
*Two Ali opponents died from injuries they suffered in the ring: [[Alejandro Lavorante]] died after getting knocked out by John Riggins in 1962, and [[Sonny Banks]] died after getting knocked out by [[Leotis Martin]] in 1965.
*Three fighters retired after being knocked out by Ali: [[Donnie Fleeman]], [[LaMar Clark]], and [[Floyd Patterson]].
*Ali was the last fighter to defeat both [[Archie Moore]] and [[George Chuvalo]].
*In September 1984, after completing four days of tests at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson's Syndrome.

== Historical Rankings ==
[[File:Ali 480938004.jpg|right|thumb|200px|<center>Muhammad Ali in 1962</center>]]
*A ''[[World Boxing]]'' readers poll ranked Ali as the 5th greatest heavyweight of all-time in 1974.
*[[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']] ranked Ali as the 9th [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|greatest heavyweight of all-time]] in the [[:Ring Magazine: March 1975|March 1975]] issue.
*John Durant, author of ''The Heavyweight Champions'', ranked Ali as the 4th greatest heavyweight of all-time in 1976.
*[[Bill Brennan]], former [[WBA]] president, ranked Ali as the greatest heavyweight of all-time in 1978.
*A ''[[Big Book of Boxing]]'' readers poll ranked Ali as the 2nd greatest heavyweight of all-time in 1978.
*Historian [[Gilbert Odd]] ranked Ali as the greatest heavyweight of all-time in 1985.
*Historian [[Bert Sugar]] ranked Ali as the 3rd greatest heavyweight of all-time in 1991.
*[[Nigel Collins]], former editor-in-chief of ''The Ring'', ranked Ali as the greatest heavyweight of all-time in 1997.
*[[Herbert Goldman]], former editor-in-chief of ''[[Boxing Illustrated]]'', ranked Ali as the greatest heavyweight of all-time in 1997.
*[[Steve Farhood]], ''[[Showtime]]'' commentator and former editor-in-chief of ''The Ring'', ranked Ali as the greatest heavyweight of all-time in 1997.
*''The Ring'' ranked Ali as the [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|greatest heavyweight of all-time]] in the [[:Ring Magazine: Holiday 1998|1998 Holiday]] issue.
*A five-member panel for the Associated Press ranked Ali as the best heavyweight and second best pound-for-pound fighter of the 20th century in 1999.
*ESPN ranked Ali as the second greatest boxer of all-time in 2007.

== Quotes ==
*"It’s hard to be humble when you’re as great as I am."
*"If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize."
*"I’m so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark."
*"Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the Bureau of Wild Life."
*"Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up."
*"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."
*"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life."
*When asked about golf: "I'm the best — I just haven't played it yet."

==Reference Sources==
*[http://www.ali.com/ Official website]

*''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1218886 Men of destiny: the story of Muhammad Ali, formerly Cassius Clay]'' / John Cottrell (1967)
*''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2057974 Black is best: the riddle of Cassius Clay]'' / Jack Olsen (1967)
*''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2489745 Cassius Clay: a biography]'' / Jack Olsen (1967)
*''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3019601 Cassius Clay ante el racismo]'' / Jose Laurino (1969)
*''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1015301 Sting like a bee: the Muhammad Ali story]'' / Jose Torres (1971, ISBN 0200718401)
*''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn310852 Black superman]'' / words and music by Johnny Wakelin (c1974)
*''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn244559 The greatest: my own story]'' / Muhammad Ali with Richard Durham (c1975 - 1st edition, ISBN 0394462688)
*''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn331046 The fight]'' / Norman Mailer (1975 - 1st edition, ISBN 0316544167)
*''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1659947 Ali, the fighting prophet]'' / Gilbert Odd with a foreword by Henry Cooper (1975, ISBN 0720708451)
*''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2865330 I'm the greatest: the wit and humour of Muhammad Ali]'' / cartoons by Roy Ullyett and Jon (1975, ISBN 0856321427 and 0856321494 (pbk))
*''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2786653 Muhammad Ali retrospective]'' / Henry James Korn (1976, ISBN 0909331146)
*''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3120384 In Zaire]'' / words and music by Johnny Wakelin (c1976)
*''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2494526 Le champion]'' / Robert Gurik (c1977, ISBN 0776100653)
*''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1333950 Muhammad Ali: his fights in the ring]'' / Robert Walker (1979, ISBN 017005571X)
*''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn94569 King of the world: Muhammad Ali and the rise of an American hero]'' / David Remnick (c1998, ISBN 0375500650)
*''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1974435 Redemption song: Muhammad Ali and the spirit of the sixties]'' / Mike Marqusee (1999, ISBN 185984717X)
*''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn314318 Muhammad Ali's greatest fight: Cassius Clay vs. the United States of America]'' / Howard Bingham and Max Wallace (c2000, ISBN 0871319004)
*''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2194423 Facing Ali : the opposition weighs in]'' / Stephen Brunt (2002, ISBN 0676973507)
*''[http://www.doghouseboxing.com/Ken/Hissner031810.htm Cassius Clay AKA Muhammad Ali's Amateur Boxing Record in Question?]'' / Ken Hissner (2010)

==Family Tree==
Link to list of family members,

[https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=muhammad+ali+family+members]

 
Story, Muhammad Ali Jr.
[http://nypost.com/2014/01/26/muhammad-alis-son-shut-off-dad-living-in-poverty-in-chicago/]

 

==Title History==

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before=[[Sonny Liston]]|
title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Ernie Terrell]]|
years=1964 Feb 25 – 1964 Sep 14 '''Stripped'''
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before=[[Sonny Liston]]|
title=[[WBC Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Joe Frazier]]|
years=1964 Feb 25 – 1969 Mar 3 '''Stripped'''
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title=[[NYSAC World Heavyweight Champion]]|
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before=[[Ernie Terrell]]|
title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jimmy Ellis]]|
years=1967 Feb 6 – 1967 May 9 '''Stripped'''
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before=[[George Foreman]]|
title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]] [[WBC Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Leon Spinks]]|
years=1974 Oct 30 – 1978 Feb 15
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before=[[Leon Spinks]]|
title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[John Tate]]|
years=1978 Sep 15 – 1979 Sep 6 '''Retired'''
}}
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Pernell Whitaker

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Dawudbryant: /* Championship Record */

[[File:Whitaker161748395.jpg|left|300px|thumb|<center>Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker</center>]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 2007 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/whitaker.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
<boxer>000555</boxer>
'''Manager:''' [[Shelly Finkel]] 
'''Trainers:''' [[George Benton]] and [[Lou Duva]]
 

'''[[:Category:Pernell Whitaker Gallery|Pernell Whitaker Photo Gallery]]'''

==Amateur Achievements==
[[file:Whitaker 84.jpg|right|thumb|300px|<center>1984 Los Angeles Olympics</center>]]
*Amateur Record: 201-14
*1982 National AAU Lightweight Champion. Results:
**[[Derrick Hudson]] W 3 (5-0)
**Robert Montoya KO 1
**[[Frankie Randall]] W 3 (4-1)
**Ray Ordonio W 3 (5-0)
**Joey Belinc W 3 (5-0)
*Lightweight Silver Medalist for the United States at the 1982 World Championships in Munich, Germany. Results:
**Ismaldi Pineda (Colombia) W 3 (5-0)
**[[Christopher Ossai]] (Nigeria) W 3 (3-2)
**Hussein Khalili (Kenya) W 3 (5-0)
**Milivoj Labudovic (Yugoslavia) W 3 (5-0)
**Angel Herrera (Cuba) L 3 (2-3)
*Lightweight Gold Medalist for the United States at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracus, Venezuela. Results:
**Kenworth Minus (Cuba) KO 1
**[[Angel Beltre]] (Dominican Republic) W 3 (3-2)
**[[Angel Herrera]] (Cuba) W 3 (5-0)
*Lightweight Gold Medalist for the United States at the 1984 [[Olympics]] in Los Angeles, California. Results:
**1st round bye
**[[Adolfo Mendez]] (Nicaragua) W 3 (5-0)
**Geoffrey Nyeko (Uganda) W 3 (5-0)
**[[Reiner Gies]] (West Germany) W 3 (5-0)
**[[Chun Chil-Sung]] (South Korea) W (5-0)
**[[Luis Ortiz]] (Puerto Rico) KO 2

== Championship Record ==
[[File:SI8115.jpg|right|300px|thumb|<center>Sports Illustrated: October 10, 1994</center>]]
*Has a record of 19-3-1 (4 KO) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 14-3-1 (3 KO) against former, current or future world titlists.
**Won against [[Alfredo Layne]], [[Roger Mayweather]], [[Greg Haugen]], [[Jose Luis Ramirez]], [[Freddie Pendleton]], [[Azumah Nelson]], [[Juan Nazario]], [[Jorge Paez]], [[Rafael Pineda]], [[James (Buddy) McGirt]] (twice), [[Julio Cesar Vasquez]], [[Jake Rodriguez]], [[Diosbelys Hurtado]],
**Lost against [[Jose Luis Ramirez]], [[Oscar De La Hoya]], [[Felix Trinidad]]
**Drew against [[Julio Cesar Chavez]]

==Minor & Regional Titles==
*[[NABF]] Lightweight Title vs. [[Roger Mayweather]] on March 28, 1987
*[[USBA]] Lightweight Title vs. [[Miguel Santana]] on July 25, 1987

==Awards & Recognition==
*Named [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|The Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year]] and the [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year]] for 1989.
*Named the [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|3rd greatest lightweight of all-time]] in the [[:Ring Magazine: September 2001|September 2001]] issue of [[The Ring Magazine]].
*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2007 and the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2008.

==Trivia==
*Whitaker is often called Pete by his family and friends. When he was an amateur, they would chant "Sweet Pete" during his bouts. A local newspaper reporter misheard the chant and wrote that the crowd was chanting "Sweet Pea." After it appeared in the newspaper, the "Sweet Pea" nickname stuck.
*Whitaker trained [[Zab Judah]] for his fights with [[Kaizer Mabuza]] and [[Amir Khan]].

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before=[[Greg Haugen]]|
title=[[IBF Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Freddie Pendleton]]|
years=1989 Feb 18 – 1992 '''Vacated'''
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before=[[Julio Cesar Chavez]] Vacated|
title=[[WBC Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Miguel Angel Gonzalez]]|
years=1989 Aug 20 – 1992 '''Vacated'''
}}
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before=[[Juan Nazario]]|
title=[[WBA Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Joey Gamache]]|
years=1990 Aug 11 – 1992 '''Vacated'''
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before=[[Rafael Pineda]]|
title=[[IBF Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Charles Murray]]|
years=1992 Jul 18 – 1993 '''Vacated'''
}}
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before=[[James (Buddy) McGirt]]|
title=[[WBC Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Oscar De La Hoya]]|
years=1993 Mar 6 – 1997 Apr 12
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{{Succession box|
before=[[Julio Cesar Vasquez]]|
title=[[WBA Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Carl Daniels]]|
years=1995 Mar 4 – 1995 '''Vacated'''
}}
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Pernell Whitaker

2016-08-15T14:20:05Z

Dawudbryant: /* Championship Record */

[[File:Whitaker161748395.jpg|left|300px|thumb|<center>Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker</center>]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 2007 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/whitaker.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
<boxer>000555</boxer>
'''Manager:''' [[Shelly Finkel]] 
'''Trainers:''' [[George Benton]] and [[Lou Duva]]
 

'''[[:Category:Pernell Whitaker Gallery|Pernell Whitaker Photo Gallery]]'''

==Amateur Achievements==
[[file:Whitaker 84.jpg|right|thumb|300px|<center>1984 Los Angeles Olympics</center>]]
*Amateur Record: 201-14
*1982 National AAU Lightweight Champion. Results:
**[[Derrick Hudson]] W 3 (5-0)
**Robert Montoya KO 1
**[[Frankie Randall]] W 3 (4-1)
**Ray Ordonio W 3 (5-0)
**Joey Belinc W 3 (5-0)
*Lightweight Silver Medalist for the United States at the 1982 World Championships in Munich, Germany. Results:
**Ismaldi Pineda (Colombia) W 3 (5-0)
**[[Christopher Ossai]] (Nigeria) W 3 (3-2)
**Hussein Khalili (Kenya) W 3 (5-0)
**Milivoj Labudovic (Yugoslavia) W 3 (5-0)
**Angel Herrera (Cuba) L 3 (2-3)
*Lightweight Gold Medalist for the United States at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracus, Venezuela. Results:
**Kenworth Minus (Cuba) KO 1
**[[Angel Beltre]] (Dominican Republic) W 3 (3-2)
**[[Angel Herrera]] (Cuba) W 3 (5-0)
*Lightweight Gold Medalist for the United States at the 1984 [[Olympics]] in Los Angeles, California. Results:
**1st round bye
**[[Adolfo Mendez]] (Nicaragua) W 3 (5-0)
**Geoffrey Nyeko (Uganda) W 3 (5-0)
**[[Reiner Gies]] (West Germany) W 3 (5-0)
**[[Chun Chil-Sung]] (South Korea) W (5-0)
**[[Luis Ortiz]] (Puerto Rico) KO 2

== Championship Record ==
[[File:SI8115.jpg|right|300px|thumb|<center>Sports Illustrated: October 10, 1994</center>]]
*Has a record of 19-3-1 (4 KO) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 14-4-1 (3 KO) against former, current or future world titlists.
**Won against [[Alfredo Layne]], [[Roger Mayweather]], [[Greg Haugen]], [[Jose Luis Ramirez]], [[Freddie Pendleton]], [[Azumah Nelson]], [[Juan Nazario]], [[Jorge Paez]], [[Rafael Pineda]], [[James (Buddy) McGirt]] (twice), [[Julio Cesar Vasquez]], [[Jake Rodriguez]], [[Diosbelys Hurtado]],
**Lost against [[Jose Luis Ramirez]], [[Oscar De La Hoya]], [[Felix Trinidad]], [[Carlos Bojorquez]]
**Drew against [[Julio Cesar Chavez]]

==Minor & Regional Titles==
*[[NABF]] Lightweight Title vs. [[Roger Mayweather]] on March 28, 1987
*[[USBA]] Lightweight Title vs. [[Miguel Santana]] on July 25, 1987

==Awards & Recognition==
*Named [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|The Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year]] and the [[Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year]] for 1989.
*Named the [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|3rd greatest lightweight of all-time]] in the [[:Ring Magazine: September 2001|September 2001]] issue of [[The Ring Magazine]].
*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2007 and the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2008.

==Trivia==
*Whitaker is often called Pete by his family and friends. When he was an amateur, they would chant "Sweet Pete" during his bouts. A local newspaper reporter misheard the chant and wrote that the crowd was chanting "Sweet Pea." After it appeared in the newspaper, the "Sweet Pea" nickname stuck.
*Whitaker trained [[Zab Judah]] for his fights with [[Kaizer Mabuza]] and [[Amir Khan]].

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before=[[Greg Haugen]]|
title=[[IBF Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Freddie Pendleton]]|
years=1989 Feb 18 – 1992 '''Vacated'''
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before=[[Julio Cesar Chavez]] Vacated|
title=[[WBC Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Miguel Angel Gonzalez]]|
years=1989 Aug 20 – 1992 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Juan Nazario]]|
title=[[WBA Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Joey Gamache]]|
years=1990 Aug 11 – 1992 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Rafael Pineda]]|
title=[[IBF Light Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Charles Murray]]|
years=1992 Jul 18 – 1993 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[James (Buddy) McGirt]]|
title=[[WBC Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Oscar De La Hoya]]|
years=1993 Mar 6 – 1997 Apr 12
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Julio Cesar Vasquez]]|
title=[[WBA Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Carl Daniels]]|
years=1995 Mar 4 – 1995 '''Vacated'''
}}
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Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz

2016-08-05T21:51:53Z

Dawudbryant:

[[File:g.rigo.jpg|300px|left]]
<boxer>492989</boxer>
'''Trainers:''' [[Freddie Roach]], [[Ronnie Shields]], [[Ismael Salas]], [[Jorge Rubio]], [[Pedro Luis Diaz]] 
 

'''Guillermo Rigondeaux''' was one of the most decorated amateurs in the history of boxing. Competing in the bantamweight (54 kg) class, he won seven [[2004 Cuban Olympians|Cuban]] national championships (2000-2006), two [[Olympics|Olympic]] gold medals (2000 & 2004), and two amateur world championships (2001 & 2005). Rigondeux claimed an amateur record of 463-12. His last losses came against [[Rencise Perez]] and [[Bekzat Sattarkhanov]] in 1998, [[Waldemar Font]] in 1999, and [[Agasi Mamedov]] in 2003.

On July 22, 2007, Rigondeaux and teammate [[Erislandy Lara]] failed to appear for their scheduled bouts at the Pan American Games in Brazil. It was initially announced that Rigondeaux was to turn professional, joining fellow 2004 Cuban Olympians [[Odlanier Solis]], [[Yuriorkis Gamboa]] and [[Yan Barthelemy]], who defected earlier in 2007. However, Rigondeaux and Lara were taken into police custody three days later for overstaying their visas and sent back to Cuba. Rigondeaux and Lara insisted they never intended to defect, but German promoter [[Ahmet Oener|Ahmet Oener]] of [[ARENA Box-Promotion]] said they signed professional contracts. Cuban leader Fidel Castro said at the time that neither would again be included on the national team because "the Cuban athlete who deserts his delegation is like a soldier who deserts his unit in the midst of combat."

Rigondeaux was able to successfully defect in February 2009. He was taken out of Cuba on a cramped smuggler’s boat and delivered to Miami, where he joined Lara, who had defected the previous June. Both signed promotional deals with ARENA Box.

In only his seventh professional bout, Rigondeaux won the interim WBA super bantamweight title with a twelve-round split decision against [[Ricardo Cordoba]] on November 13, 2010.

Rigondeaux captured the full WBA super bantamweight title on January 20, 2012 by knocking out [[Rico Ramos]] with a body shot in round six.

In April 2013, Rigondeux upset [[Nonito Donaire]] by a twelve-round unanimous decision to unify the WBA and WBO super bantamweight titles.

Trainer [[Freddie Roach]] said of Rigondeaux: "He's probably the greatest talent I've ever seen."

==Amateur Highlights==
*Amateur Record: 463-12 (As confirmed by Rigondeaux to his manager Gary Hyde)
*2000 Cuban National Amateur Bantamweight Champion.
*2000 Olympic Bantamweight Gold Medalist in Sydney, Australia. Results:
**Defeated [[Moez Zemzemi]] (Tunisia) KO 1
**Defeated [[Kazumasa Tsujimoto]] (Japan) RSC 3
**Defeated [[Agasi Agaguloglu]] (Turkey) 14-5
**Defeated [[Clarence Vinson]] (United States) 18-6
**Defeated [[Raimkul Malakhbekov]] (Russia) 18-12
*2001 Cuban National Amateur Bantamweight Champion.
*2001 World Amateur Bantamweight Champion in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Results:
**Defeated [[Kazumasa Tsujimoto]] (Japan) RSC 2
**Defeated [[Reidar Walstad]] (Norway) RSC 2
**Defeated [[Artur Mikaelian]] (Greece) 24-8
**Defeated [[Sergey Danilchenko]] (Ukraine) 15-6
**Defeated [[Agasi Mamedov]] (Russia) 30-24
*2002 Cuban National Amateur Bantamweight Champion.
*2002 World Cup Bantamweight Champion in Astana, Kazakhstan. Results:
**Defeated [[Justin Kane]] (Australia) RSC 1
**Defeated [[Keren Gurgen]] (Turkey) RSC 1
**Defeated [[Chotipat Wongprates]] (Thailand) 13-2
**Defeated [[Toljen Kanatov]] (Kazkhstan) 7-6
*2003 Cuban National Amateur Bantamweight Champion.
*2003 Cuban bantamweight representative competed at the World championships in Bangkok, Thailand. Results:
**Defeated [[Andrzej Liczik]] (Poland) 15-1
**Lost to [[Agasi Mamedov]] (Russia) 13-16
*2003 Pan-American Games Bantamweight Gold Medalist in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Results:
**Defeated [[Argenis Mendez]] (Dominican Republic) 17-2
**Defeated [[Alexander Espinoza]] (Venezuela) RSC 2
**Defeated [[Andrew Kooner]] (Canada) 22-2
**Defeated [[Abner Mares]] (Mexico) 17-7
*2004 Cuban National Amateur Bantamweight Champion.
*2004 Olympic Bantamweight Gold Medalist in Athens, Greece. Results:
**Defeated [[Liu Yuan]] of China - PTS (21-7)
**Defeated [[Mehar Ullah]] of Pakistan - RSC 3
**Defeated [[Gennady Kovalev]] of Russia - PTS (20-5)
**Defeated [[Bahodirjon Sultonov]] of Uzbekistan - PTS (27-13)
**Defeated [[Worapoj Petchkoom]] of Thailand - PTS (22-13)
*2005 Cuban National Amateur Bantamweight Champion.
*2005 World Cup Bantamweight Gold Medalist in Moscow Russia. Results:
**Defeated [[Worapoj Petchkoom]] (Thailand) 34-16
**Defeated [[Zsolt Bedak]] (Romania) 28-11
**Defeated [[Murat Aiyrmasov]] (Kazakhstan) 34-7
**Defeated [[Maksim Khalikov]] (Russia) 37-21
*2005 World Amateur Bantamweight Champion in Mianyang, China. Results:
**Defeated [[Vladislav Sokolov]] (Latvia) RTD 2
**Defeated [[Ougonchulun Batkhuu]] (Mongolia) RSC
**Defeated [[Bahodirjon Sultonov]] (Uzbekistan) RSC 3
**Defeated [[Ali Hallab]] (France) 37-23
**Defeated [[Rustamhodza Rachimov]] (Germany) 19-9
*2006 Cuban National Amateur Bantamweight Champion.
*2006 Central American Games Bantamweight Gold Medalist in Cartagena, Colombia. Results:
**Defeated [[Juan Carlos Velasquez]] (Puerto Rico) 10-1
**Defeated [[Jhonatan Romero]] (Colombia) walk-over
**Defeated [[Arturo Santos Reyes]] (Mexico) 14-3
*2006 Nations Cup Bantamweight Gold Medalist in Baku, Azerbaijan. Results:
**Defeated [[Mirzhan Rakhimzhanov]] (Kazakhstan) 28-10
**Defeated [[Rau'shee Warren]] (United States) 21-17
**Defeated [[Elshad Guliyev]] (Azerbaijan) walk-over
**Defeated [[Ali Aliyev]] (Russia) RSC 3

== Career Notes ==
*Has a record of 7-0 (4 KOs) in World Title fights.
*Has a record of 4-0 (1 KO) against former or current world titlists: [[Ricardo Cordoba]], [[Rico Ramos]], [[Nonito Donaire]] and [[Joseph Agbeko]].

== Regional & Minor Titles ==
*[[NABA]] Super Bantamweight Title (September 2009)
*Interim [[WBA]] Super Bantamweight Title (November 2010 - January 2012)

== World Titles ==
*[[WBA]] Super Bantamweight Title
*[[WBO]] Super Bantamweight Title

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before=[[Rico Ramos]]|
title=[[WBA Super Bantamweight Champion]]|
after=[[Scott Quigg]] Regular Champion|
years=2012 Jan 20 – 2013 Apr 13 '''Upgraded to Unified Champion''' 2013 Apr 13 – present '''Unified Champion'''|
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{{Succession box|
before=[[Nonito Donaire]]|
title=[[WBO Super Bantamweight Champion]]|
after=[[Nonito Donaire ]]|
years=2013 April 13 – Oct 2015 '''Stripped'''
}}
{{end box}}

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Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz

2016-08-05T21:45:56Z

Dawudbryant: /* Amateur Highlights */

[[File:g.rigo.jpg|300px|left]]
<boxer>492989</boxer>
'''Trainers:''' [[Freddie Roach]], [[Ronnie Shields]], [[Ismael Salas]], [[Jorge Rubio]], [[Pedro Luis Diaz]] 
 

'''Guillermo Rigondeaux''' was one of the most decorated amateurs in the history of boxing. Competing in the bantamweight (54 kg) class, he won seven [[2004 Cuban Olympians|Cuban]] national championships (2000-2006), two [[Olympics|Olympic]] gold medals (2000 & 2004), and two amateur world championships (2001 & 2005). Rigondeux claimed an amateur record of 374-12. His last losses came against [[Rencise Perez]] and [[Bekzat Sattarkhanov]] in 1998, [[Waldemar Font]] in 1999, and [[Agasi Mamedov]] in 2003.

On July 22, 2007, Rigondeaux and teammate [[Erislandy Lara]] failed to appear for their scheduled bouts at the Pan American Games in Brazil. It was initially announced that Rigondeaux was to turn professional, joining fellow 2004 Cuban Olympians [[Odlanier Solis]], [[Yuriorkis Gamboa]] and [[Yan Barthelemy]], who defected earlier in 2007. However, Rigondeaux and Lara were taken into police custody three days later for overstaying their visas and sent back to Cuba. Rigondeaux and Lara insisted they never intended to defect, but German promoter [[Ahmet Oener|Ahmet Oener]] of [[ARENA Box-Promotion]] said they signed professional contracts. Cuban leader Fidel Castro said at the time that neither would again be included on the national team because "the Cuban athlete who deserts his delegation is like a soldier who deserts his unit in the midst of combat."

Rigondeaux was able to successfully defect in February 2009. He was taken out of Cuba on a cramped smuggler’s boat and delivered to Miami, where he joined Lara, who had defected the previous June. Both signed promotional deals with ARENA Box.

In only his seventh professional bout, Rigondeaux won the interim WBA super bantamweight title with a twelve-round split decision against [[Ricardo Cordoba]] on November 13, 2010.

Rigondeaux captured the full WBA super bantamweight title on January 20, 2012 by knocking out [[Rico Ramos]] with a body shot in round six.

In April 2013, Rigondeux upset [[Nonito Donaire]] by a twelve-round unanimous decision to unify the WBA and WBO super bantamweight titles.

Trainer [[Freddie Roach]] said of Rigondeaux: "He's probably the greatest talent I've ever seen."

==Amateur Highlights==
*Amateur Record: 463-12 (As confirmed by Rigondeaux to his manager Gary Hyde)
*2000 Cuban National Amateur Bantamweight Champion.
*2000 Olympic Bantamweight Gold Medalist in Sydney, Australia. Results:
**Defeated [[Moez Zemzemi]] (Tunisia) KO 1
**Defeated [[Kazumasa Tsujimoto]] (Japan) RSC 3
**Defeated [[Agasi Agaguloglu]] (Turkey) 14-5
**Defeated [[Clarence Vinson]] (United States) 18-6
**Defeated [[Raimkul Malakhbekov]] (Russia) 18-12
*2001 Cuban National Amateur Bantamweight Champion.
*2001 World Amateur Bantamweight Champion in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Results:
**Defeated [[Kazumasa Tsujimoto]] (Japan) RSC 2
**Defeated [[Reidar Walstad]] (Norway) RSC 2
**Defeated [[Artur Mikaelian]] (Greece) 24-8
**Defeated [[Sergey Danilchenko]] (Ukraine) 15-6
**Defeated [[Agasi Mamedov]] (Russia) 30-24
*2002 Cuban National Amateur Bantamweight Champion.
*2002 World Cup Bantamweight Champion in Astana, Kazakhstan. Results:
**Defeated [[Justin Kane]] (Australia) RSC 1
**Defeated [[Keren Gurgen]] (Turkey) RSC 1
**Defeated [[Chotipat Wongprates]] (Thailand) 13-2
**Defeated [[Toljen Kanatov]] (Kazkhstan) 7-6
*2003 Cuban National Amateur Bantamweight Champion.
*2003 Cuban bantamweight representative competed at the World championships in Bangkok, Thailand. Results:
**Defeated [[Andrzej Liczik]] (Poland) 15-1
**Lost to [[Agasi Mamedov]] (Russia) 13-16
*2003 Pan-American Games Bantamweight Gold Medalist in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Results:
**Defeated [[Argenis Mendez]] (Dominican Republic) 17-2
**Defeated [[Alexander Espinoza]] (Venezuela) RSC 2
**Defeated [[Andrew Kooner]] (Canada) 22-2
**Defeated [[Abner Mares]] (Mexico) 17-7
*2004 Cuban National Amateur Bantamweight Champion.
*2004 Olympic Bantamweight Gold Medalist in Athens, Greece. Results:
**Defeated [[Liu Yuan]] of China - PTS (21-7)
**Defeated [[Mehar Ullah]] of Pakistan - RSC 3
**Defeated [[Gennady Kovalev]] of Russia - PTS (20-5)
**Defeated [[Bahodirjon Sultonov]] of Uzbekistan - PTS (27-13)
**Defeated [[Worapoj Petchkoom]] of Thailand - PTS (22-13)
*2005 Cuban National Amateur Bantamweight Champion.
*2005 World Cup Bantamweight Gold Medalist in Moscow Russia. Results:
**Defeated [[Worapoj Petchkoom]] (Thailand) 34-16
**Defeated [[Zsolt Bedak]] (Romania) 28-11
**Defeated [[Murat Aiyrmasov]] (Kazakhstan) 34-7
**Defeated [[Maksim Khalikov]] (Russia) 37-21
*2005 World Amateur Bantamweight Champion in Mianyang, China. Results:
**Defeated [[Vladislav Sokolov]] (Latvia) RTD 2
**Defeated [[Ougonchulun Batkhuu]] (Mongolia) RSC
**Defeated [[Bahodirjon Sultonov]] (Uzbekistan) RSC 3
**Defeated [[Ali Hallab]] (France) 37-23
**Defeated [[Rustamhodza Rachimov]] (Germany) 19-9
*2006 Cuban National Amateur Bantamweight Champion.
*2006 Central American Games Bantamweight Gold Medalist in Cartagena, Colombia. Results:
**Defeated [[Juan Carlos Velasquez]] (Puerto Rico) 10-1
**Defeated [[Jhonatan Romero]] (Colombia) walk-over
**Defeated [[Arturo Santos Reyes]] (Mexico) 14-3
*2006 Nations Cup Bantamweight Gold Medalist in Baku, Azerbaijan. Results:
**Defeated [[Mirzhan Rakhimzhanov]] (Kazakhstan) 28-10
**Defeated [[Rau'shee Warren]] (United States) 21-17
**Defeated [[Elshad Guliyev]] (Azerbaijan) walk-over
**Defeated [[Ali Aliyev]] (Russia) RSC 3

== Career Notes ==
*Has a record of 7-0 (4 KOs) in World Title fights.
*Has a record of 4-0 (1 KO) against former or current world titlists: [[Ricardo Cordoba]], [[Rico Ramos]], [[Nonito Donaire]] and [[Joseph Agbeko]].

== Regional & Minor Titles ==
*[[NABA]] Super Bantamweight Title (September 2009)
*Interim [[WBA]] Super Bantamweight Title (November 2010 - January 2012)

== World Titles ==
*[[WBA]] Super Bantamweight Title
*[[WBO]] Super Bantamweight Title

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{{Succession box|
before=[[Rico Ramos]]|
title=[[WBA Super Bantamweight Champion]]|
after=[[Scott Quigg]] Regular Champion|
years=2012 Jan 20 – 2013 Apr 13 '''Upgraded to Unified Champion''' 2013 Apr 13 – present '''Unified Champion'''|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Nonito Donaire]]|
title=[[WBO Super Bantamweight Champion]]|
after=[[Nonito Donaire ]]|
years=2013 April 13 – Oct 2015 '''Stripped'''
}}
{{end box}}

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Jose Luis Castillo vs. Joel Casamayor

2016-07-10T22:56:48Z

Dawudbryant:

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<fight>851139</fight>
*[[:File:Jose Luis Castillo vs. Joel Casamayor.02.jpg|Photos #2]], [[:File:Jose Luis Castillo vs. Joel Casamayor.03.jpg|#3]], [[:File:Jose Luis Castillo vs. Joel Casamayor.04.jpg|#4]], [[:File:Jose Luis Castillo vs. Joel Casamayor.05.jpg|#5]], [[:File:Jose Luis Castillo vs. Joel Casamayor.06.jpg|#6]], [[:File:Jose Luis Castillo vs. Joel Casamayor.07.jpg|#7]], [[:File:Jose Luis Castillo vs. Joel Casamayor.08.jpg|#8]]

- Castillo defends his [[The Ring Magazine|Ring Magazine]] lightweight world title with a highly controversial decision, broadcast on Showtime.

Danny Williams

2016-07-10T19:16:44Z

Dawudbryant: /* Islam And Personal Life */

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<boxer>006522</boxer>

== Amateur Career ==
As an amateur boxing out of the famous Lynn AC boxing gym in SE London, 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 multinations tournament. In a Finland multinations 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 multinations tournament. His amateur record was 29-6. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Williams_%28boxer%29]

Danny Williams' (born 13 July 1973, London, England), who fights in the heavyweight division. As a professional boxer he is a former British and Commonwealth heavyweight title holder. He holds notable wins over Kali Meehan, Julius Francis, Michael Sprott, Audley Harrison, Matt Skelton and Mike Tyson.

== 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 Olympic gold medallist Audley Harrison by split decision. Williams retained the Commonwealth title with a close points win over undefeated Matt Skelton in March 2006. After beating Adnan Serin by a third round retirement, Williams lost His Commonwealth title by unanimous decision in a rematch with Skelton 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.

In December 2006 when Skelton dropped out of a fight with Audley Harrison, Williams stepped in at a weeks notice. Williams lost by T.K.O. in the 3rd round, suffering a broken nose.

In March 2007 Williams regained the British title in Wales with a 9th round knockout of 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.

== 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 be 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.

== 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 KO in round two. Before the fight he promised this would be his last fight, win or lose, but he has yet to announce his retirement. 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 ==
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 a 1 round KO against Hungarian Laszlo Toth. On 25 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 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. Danny fought Kelvin Price on the 18th of May 2013 losing a controversial decision in Russia. He then went on to fight English hard man Dominic Negus in an unlicensed bout in London, England as a farewell to his fans, stopping Negus in the 4th round. After a few more fights abroad, Williams finished his career with two final wins and leaves with a record of 48-24-0-1 (36 KO). In late 2015 Williams boxed an exhibition for charity vs Luan Krasniqi and went over in 4 rounds as agreed beforehand. He is now working in the film industry.

== Islam And Personal Life ==
Danny Williams' parents are both originally from the Caribbean island of Jamaica. Williams is a devout Muslim and was first drawn to Islam while abroad, "I went to Turkey and heard the Adhan (call to prayer)" he explained. "I was a Christian at the time and I got goose bumps and carried on looking into Islam and I just felt this was the way of life for me and this was the way of life for God."

== Championships ==

* 2x British Heavyweight Champion (Outright Winner)
* 2x Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion
* WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Champion
* WBU Championship

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

== Titles Held ==
* [[BBBofC]] British Heavyweight Title (2000-2004, 2007-10)
* Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight Title (1999-2004, 2005-06)
* [[WBO]] Intercontinental Heavyweight Title (1998)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Danny}}
[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Muslim Boxers|Williams, Danny]]

Danny Williams

2016-07-10T19:15:03Z

Dawudbryant: /* Comeback */

[[file:Danny_Williams.jpg|left|250px]]
<boxer>006522</boxer>

== Amateur Career ==
As an amateur boxing out of the famous Lynn AC boxing gym in SE London, 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 multinations tournament. In a Finland multinations 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 multinations tournament. His amateur record was 29-6. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Williams_%28boxer%29]

Danny Williams' (born 13 July 1973, London, England), who fights in the heavyweight division. As a professional boxer he is a former British and Commonwealth heavyweight title holder. He holds notable wins over Kali Meehan, Julius Francis, Michael Sprott, Audley Harrison, Matt Skelton and Mike Tyson.

== 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 Olympic gold medallist Audley Harrison by split decision. Williams retained the Commonwealth title with a close points win over undefeated Matt Skelton in March 2006. After beating Adnan Serin by a third round retirement, Williams lost His Commonwealth title by unanimous decision in a rematch with Skelton 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.

In December 2006 when Skelton dropped out of a fight with Audley Harrison, Williams stepped in at a weeks notice. Williams lost by T.K.O. in the 3rd round, suffering a broken nose.

In March 2007 Williams regained the British title in Wales with a 9th round knockout of 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.

== 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 be 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.

== 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 KO in round two. Before the fight he promised this would be his last fight, win or lose, but he has yet to announce his retirement. 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 ==
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 a 1 round KO against Hungarian Laszlo Toth. On 25 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 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. Danny fought Kelvin Price on the 18th of May 2013 losing a controversial decision in Russia. He then went on to fight English hard man Dominic Negus in an unlicensed bout in London, England as a farewell to his fans, stopping Negus in the 4th round. After a few more fights abroad, Williams finished his career with two final wins and leaves with a record of 48-24-0-1 (36 KO). In late 2015 Williams boxed an exhibition for charity vs Luan Krasniqi and went over in 4 rounds as agreed beforehand. He is now working in the film industry.

== Islam And Personal Life ==
Danny Williams' parents are both originally from the Caribbean island of Jamaica. Williams is a devout Muslim and was first drawn to Islam while abroad, "I went to Turkey and heard the Adhan (call to prayer)" he explained. "I was a Christian at the time and I got goose bumps and carried on looking into Islam and I just felt this was the way of life for me and this was the way of life for God."

Championships
* 2x British Heavyweight Champion (Outright Winner)
* 2x Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion
* WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Champion
* WBU Championship

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

== Titles Held ==
* [[BBBofC]] British Heavyweight Title (2000-2004, 2007-10)
* Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight Title (1999-2004, 2005-06)
* [[WBO]] Intercontinental Heavyweight Title (1998)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Danny}}
[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Muslim Boxers|Williams, Danny]]

Danny Williams

2016-07-05T11:37:13Z

Dawudbryant: /* British And Commonwealth Champion */

[[file:Danny_Williams.jpg|left|250px]]
<boxer>006522</boxer>

== Amateur Career ==
As an amateur boxing out of the famous Lynn AC boxing gym in SE London, 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 multinations tournament. In a Finland multinations 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 multinations tournament. His amateur record was 29-6. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Williams_%28boxer%29]

Danny Williams' (born 13 July 1973, London, England), who fights in the heavyweight division. As a professional boxer he is a former British and Commonwealth heavyweight title holder. He holds notable wins over Kali Meehan, Julius Francis, Michael Sprott, Audley Harrison, Matt Skelton and Mike Tyson.

== 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 Olympic gold medallist Audley Harrison by split decision. Williams retained the Commonwealth title with a close points win over undefeated Matt Skelton in March 2006. After beating Adnan Serin by a third round retirement, Williams lost His Commonwealth title by unanimous decision in a rematch with Skelton 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.

In December 2006 when Skelton dropped out of a fight with Audley Harrison, Williams stepped in at a weeks notice. Williams lost by T.K.O. in the 3rd round, suffering a broken nose.

In March 2007 Williams regained the British title in Wales with a 9th round knockout of 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.

== 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 be 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.

== 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 KO in round two. Before the fight he promised this would be his last fight, win or lose, but he has yet to announce his retirement. 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 ==
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 a 1 round KO against Hungarian Laszlo Toth. On 25 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 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. Danny fought Kelvin Price on the 18th of May 2013 losing a controversial decision in Russia. He then went on to fight English hard man Dominic Negus in an unlicensed bout in London, England as a farewell to his fans, stopping Negus in the 4th round. After a few more fights abroad, Williams finished his career with two final wins and leaves with a record of 48-24-0-1 (36 KO). In late 2015 Williams boxed an exhibition for charity vs Luan Krasniqi and went over in 4 rounds as agreed beforehand. He is now working in the film industry.

Islam And Personal Life
Danny Williams' parents are both originally from the Caribbean island of Jamaica. Williams is a devout Muslim and was first drawn to Islam while abroad, "I went to Turkey and heard the Adhan (call to prayer)" he explained. "I was a Christian at the time and I got goose bumps and carried on looking into Islam and I just felt this was the way of life for me and this was the way of life for God."

Championships
* 2x British Heavyweight Champion (Outright Winner)
* 2x Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion
* WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Champion
* WBU Championship

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

== Titles Held ==
* [[BBBofC]] British Heavyweight Title (2000-2004, 2007-10)
* Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight Title (1999-2004, 2005-06)
* [[WBO]] Intercontinental Heavyweight Title (1998)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Danny}}
[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Muslim Boxers|Williams, Danny]]

Danny Williams

2016-07-05T11:37:00Z

Dawudbryant: /* European Title Shot */

[[file:Danny_Williams.jpg|left|250px]]
<boxer>006522</boxer>

== Amateur Career ==
As an amateur boxing out of the famous Lynn AC boxing gym in SE London, 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 multinations tournament. In a Finland multinations 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 multinations tournament. His amateur record was 29-6. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Williams_%28boxer%29]

Danny Williams' (born 13 July 1973, London, England), who fights in the heavyweight division. As a professional boxer he is a former British and Commonwealth heavyweight title holder. He holds notable wins over Kali Meehan, Julius Francis, Michael Sprott, Audley Harrison, Matt Skelton and Mike Tyson.

== 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 Olympic gold medallist Audley Harrison by split decision. Williams retained the Commonwealth title with a close points win over undefeated Matt Skelton in March 2006. After beating Adnan Serin by a third round retirement, Williams lost His Commonwealth title by unanimous decision in a rematch with Skelton 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.

In December 2006 when Skelton dropped out of a fight with Audley Harrison, Williams stepped in at a weeks notice. Williams lost by T.K.O. in the 3rd round, suffering a broken nose.

In March 2007 Williams regained the British title in Wales with a 9th round knockout of 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.

== 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 be 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.

== 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 KO in round two. Before the fight he promised this would be his last fight, win or lose, but he has yet to announce his retirement. 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 ==
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 a 1 round KO against Hungarian Laszlo Toth. On 25 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 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. Danny fought Kelvin Price on the 18th of May 2013 losing a controversial decision in Russia. He then went on to fight English hard man Dominic Negus in an unlicensed bout in London, England as a farewell to his fans, stopping Negus in the 4th round. After a few more fights abroad, Williams finished his career with two final wins and leaves with a record of 48-24-0-1 (36 KO). In late 2015 Williams boxed an exhibition for charity vs Luan Krasniqi and went over in 4 rounds as agreed beforehand. He is now working in the film industry.

Islam And Personal Life
Danny Williams' parents are both originally from the Caribbean island of Jamaica. Williams is a devout Muslim and was first drawn to Islam while abroad, "I went to Turkey and heard the Adhan (call to prayer)" he explained. "I was a Christian at the time and I got goose bumps and carried on looking into Islam and I just felt this was the way of life for me and this was the way of life for God."

Championships
* 2x British Heavyweight Champion (Outright Winner)
* 2x Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion
* WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Champion
* WBU Championship

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

== Titles Held ==
* [[BBBofC]] British Heavyweight Title (2000-2004, 2007-10)
* Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight Title (1999-2004, 2005-06)
* [[WBO]] Intercontinental Heavyweight Title (1998)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Danny}}
[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Muslim Boxers|Williams, Danny]]

Danny Williams

2016-07-05T11:36:46Z

Dawudbryant: /* WBC Title Shot */

[[file:Danny_Williams.jpg|left|250px]]
<boxer>006522</boxer>

== Amateur Career ==
As an amateur boxing out of the famous Lynn AC boxing gym in SE London, 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 multinations tournament. In a Finland multinations 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 multinations tournament. His amateur record was 29-6. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Williams_%28boxer%29]

Danny Williams' (born 13 July 1973, London, England), who fights in the heavyweight division. As a professional boxer he is a former British and Commonwealth heavyweight title holder. He holds notable wins over Kali Meehan, Julius Francis, Michael Sprott, Audley Harrison, Matt Skelton and Mike Tyson.

== 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 Olympic gold medallist Audley Harrison by split decision. Williams retained the Commonwealth title with a close points win over undefeated Matt Skelton in March 2006. After beating Adnan Serin by a third round retirement, Williams lost His Commonwealth title by unanimous decision in a rematch with Skelton 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.

In December 2006 when Skelton dropped out of a fight with Audley Harrison, Williams stepped in at a weeks notice. Williams lost by T.K.O. in the 3rd round, suffering a broken nose.

In March 2007 Williams regained the British title in Wales with a 9th round knockout of 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.

== 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 be 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.

== 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 KO in round two. Before the fight he promised this would be his last fight, win or lose, but he has yet to announce his retirement. 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 ==
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 a 1 round KO against Hungarian Laszlo Toth. On 25 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 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. Danny fought Kelvin Price on the 18th of May 2013 losing a controversial decision in Russia. He then went on to fight English hard man Dominic Negus in an unlicensed bout in London, England as a farewell to his fans, stopping Negus in the 4th round. After a few more fights abroad, Williams finished his career with two final wins and leaves with a record of 48-24-0-1 (36 KO). In late 2015 Williams boxed an exhibition for charity vs Luan Krasniqi and went over in 4 rounds as agreed beforehand. He is now working in the film industry.

Islam And Personal Life
Danny Williams' parents are both originally from the Caribbean island of Jamaica. Williams is a devout Muslim and was first drawn to Islam while abroad, "I went to Turkey and heard the Adhan (call to prayer)" he explained. "I was a Christian at the time and I got goose bumps and carried on looking into Islam and I just felt this was the way of life for me and this was the way of life for God."

Championships
* 2x British Heavyweight Champion (Outright Winner)
* 2x Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion
* WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Champion
* WBU Championship

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

== Titles Held ==
* [[BBBofC]] British Heavyweight Title (2000-2004, 2007-10)
* Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight Title (1999-2004, 2005-06)
* [[WBO]] Intercontinental Heavyweight Title (1998)
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[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Muslim Boxers|Williams, Danny]]

Danny Williams

2016-07-05T11:35:52Z

Dawudbryant: /* Return To Domestic Level */

[[file:Danny_Williams.jpg|left|250px]]
<boxer>006522</boxer>

== Amateur Career ==
As an amateur boxing out of the famous Lynn AC boxing gym in SE London, 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 multinations tournament. In a Finland multinations 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 multinations tournament. His amateur record was 29-6. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Williams_%28boxer%29]

Danny Williams' (born 13 July 1973, London, England), who fights in the heavyweight division. As a professional boxer he is a former British and Commonwealth heavyweight title holder. He holds notable wins over Kali Meehan, Julius Francis, Michael Sprott, Audley Harrison, Matt Skelton and Mike Tyson.

== 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 Olympic gold medallist Audley Harrison by split decision. Williams retained the Commonwealth title with a close points win over undefeated Matt Skelton in March 2006. After beating Adnan Serin by a third round retirement, Williams lost His Commonwealth title by unanimous decision in a rematch with Skelton 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.

In December 2006 when Skelton dropped out of a fight with Audley Harrison, Williams stepped in at a weeks notice. Williams lost by T.K.O. in the 3rd round, suffering a broken nose.

In March 2007 Williams regained the British title in Wales with a 9th round knockout of 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.

== 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 be 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.

== 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 KO in round two. Before the fight he promised this would be his last fight, win or lose, but he has yet to announce his retirement. 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 ==
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 a 1 round KO against Hungarian Laszlo Toth. On 25 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 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. Danny fought Kelvin Price on the 18th of May 2013 losing a controversial decision in Russia. He then went on to fight English hard man Dominic Negus in an unlicensed bout in London, England as a farewell to his fans, stopping Negus in the 4th round. After a few more fights abroad, Williams finished his career with two final wins and leaves with a record of 48-24-0-1 (36 KO). In late 2015 Williams boxed an exhibition for charity vs Luan Krasniqi and went over in 4 rounds as agreed beforehand. He is now working in the film industry.

Islam And Personal Life
Danny Williams' parents are both originally from the Caribbean island of Jamaica. Williams is a devout Muslim and was first drawn to Islam while abroad, "I went to Turkey and heard the Adhan (call to prayer)" he explained. "I was a Christian at the time and I got goose bumps and carried on looking into Islam and I just felt this was the way of life for me and this was the way of life for God."

Championships
* 2x British Heavyweight Champion (Outright Winner)
* 2x Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion
* WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Champion
* WBU Championship

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

== Titles Held ==
* [[BBBofC]] British Heavyweight Title (2000-2004, 2007-10)
* Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight Title (1999-2004, 2005-06)
* [[WBO]] Intercontinental Heavyweight Title (1998)
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[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:Muslim Boxers|Williams, Danny]]

Danny Williams

2016-07-05T11:33:54Z

Dawudbryant: /* Professional Career */

[[file:Danny_Williams.jpg|left|250px]]
<boxer>006522</boxer>

== Amateur Career ==
As an amateur boxing out of the famous Lynn AC boxing gym in SE London, 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 multinations tournament. In a Finland multinations 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 multinations tournament. His amateur record was 29-6. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Williams_%28boxer%29]

Danny Williams' (born 13 July 1973, London, England), who fights in the heavyweight division. As a professional boxer he is a former British and Commonwealth heavyweight title holder. He holds notable wins over Kali Meehan, Julius Francis, Michael Sprott, Audley Harrison, Matt Skelton and Mike Tyson.

== 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 Olympic gold medallist Audley Harrison by split decision. Williams retained the Commonwealth title with a close points win over undefeated Matt Skelton in March 2006. After beating Adnan Serin by a third round retirement, Williams lost His Commonwealth title by unanimous decision in a rematch with Skelton 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.

In December 2006 when Skelton dropped out of a fight with Audley Harrison, Williams stepped in at a weeks notice. Williams lost by T.K.O. in the 3rd round, suffering a broken nose.

In March 2007 Williams regained the British title in Wales with a 9th round knockout of 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.

== 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 be 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.

== 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 KO in round two. Before the fight he promised this would be his last fight, win or lose, but he has yet to announce his retirement. 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 ==
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 a 1 round KO against Hungarian Laszlo Toth. On 25 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 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. Danny fought Kelvin Price on the 18th of May 2013 losing a controversial decision in Russia. He then went on to fight English hard man Dominic Negus in an unlicensed bout in London, England as a farewell to his fans, stopping Negus in the 4th round. After a few more fights abroad, Williams finished his career with two final wins and leaves with a record of 48-24-0-1 (36 KO). In late 2015 Williams boxed an exhibition for charity vs Luan Krasniqi and went over in 4 rounds as agreed beforehand. He is now working in the film industry.

Islam And Personal Life
Danny Williams' parents are both originally from the Caribbean island of Jamaica. Williams is a devout Muslim and was first drawn to Islam while abroad, "I went to Turkey and heard the Adhan (call to prayer)" he explained. "I was a Christian at the time and I got goose bumps and carried on looking into Islam and I just felt this was the way of life for me and this was the way of life for God."

Championships
* 2x British Heavyweight Champion (Outright Winner)
* 2x Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion
* WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Champion
* WBU Championship

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

== Titles Held ==
* [[BBBofC]] British Heavyweight Title (2000-2004, 2007-10)
* Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight Title (1999-2004, 2005-06)
* [[WBO]] Intercontinental Heavyweight Title (1998)
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[[Category:Muslim Boxers|Williams, Danny]]

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