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Daniel Geale

2016-12-13T20:03:04Z

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'''Trainers:''' [[Phil Cropper]] (former), [[Jeff Fenech]] (former), [[Graham Shaw]] (current) 
'''Manager:''' [[Jeff Fenech]] (former) 
 
== Amateur Career ==
*'''2000 Oceania Championships''' won Gold Medal:
**Defeated [[Daniel Codling]] (Nzl)

*'''2000 Olympic Games''' in Sydney, Australia as a welterweight:
**Lost to [[Leonard Bundu]] (Italy) 2:4

*'''2001 World Championships''' in Belfast, Australia as a welterweight:
**Lost to [[Anthony Thompson]] (USA) 4-13

*'''2001 Goodwill Games''' in Brisbane, Australia, 3rd Place:
**Defeated [[Vladimir Nosov]] (Russia) 20-9
**Lost to [[Anthony Thompson]] (USA) 10-19

*'''2001 Oceania Championships''' won Gold Medal:

*'''2001 East Asian Games''' in Osaka, Japan:
**Defeated [[Naoki Hirata]] (Japan) +12-12
**Lost to [[Gennady Golovkin]] (Kazakhstan) 3-15

*'''2002 Commonwealth Games''' in Manchester, won Gold Medal:
**Defeated [[Tsetsi Davis]] (Jamaica) RSC-OS 3
**Defeated [[Tony Cesay]] (Sle) 25-13
**Defeated [[Daniel Codling]] (Nzl) 27-13
**Defeated [[Kwanele Zulu]] (South Africa) 26-17

* '''2002 World Cup''' in Astana, Kazakhstan:
**Lost to [[Mustafa Karagollu]] (TUR)
**Lost to [[Yudel Jhonson]] (CUB) RSCH 2

* '''2002 Oceania Championships''' won Gold Medal:
**Defeated [[Daniel Codling]] (Nzl)

*'''2003 World Championships''' in Bangkok, Thailand
**Lost to [[Bakhtiyar Artayev]] (Kazakhstan) 8-30

* '''2004 Oceania Championships''' won Gold Medal:
**Defeated [[Mou Vaiava]] (Tah)

== Career Factoids ==
*Has a record of 6-3 (0 KO) in World Title fights.
*Has a record of 4-4 (1 KO) against former or current world titlists.
**Won against [[Roman Karmazin]], [[Sebastian Sylvester]], [[Felix Sturm]], [[Anthony Mundine]].
**Lost against [[Anthony Mundine]],[[Gennady Golovkin]],[[Darren Barker]],[[Miguel Cotto]]
*Has a record of 2-3 (0 KO) in fights outside his native Australia.

== Titles Won ==
*'''[[WBA]] (Super) World Middleweight'''
*'''[[IBF]] World Middleweight'''
*[[IBO]] Middleweight
*[[IBF]] Pan Pacific Middleweight 
*[[IBF]] Pan Pacific Light Middleweight
*[[IBO]] Inter-Continental Middleweight 
*[[OPBF]] Middleweight (Interim)
*[[OPBF]] Light Middleweight (Interim)

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title=[[IBF Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Darren Barker]]|
years=2011 May 7 – 2013 Aug 17|
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title=[[WBA Middleweight Champion]]|
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years=2012 Sep 1 – 2012 Oct '''Super Champion''' '''Stripped'''|
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[[Category:2000 Olympians]]
[[Category:Australian Olympians]]
[[Category:World Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:Australian World Champions]]

Sebastian Sylvester

2016-12-13T20:02:15Z

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'''Sebastian Sylvester''' born in Greifswald, Germany is a professional boxer and current European middleweight title holder.

==Amateur Highlights==
Sylvester boxed to national level as an amateur before turning professional in May 2002.
* German Junior Champion 1998, 1999
* competed at the 1998 Junior World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina as a Light Middleweight. Lost to [[Sergey Kostenko]] (Ukraine) on points (1-7)

==Pro==
In Sylvester's professional debut fight in Berlin his opponent was Czech-based Russian and fellow debutant, Yury Zaytsev. Zaytsev knocked out Sylvester in the first round.

In March 2007 Sylvester fought Alessio Furlan for the WBA Inter-Continental Middleweight Title at the Stadthalle, Rostock, Germany.

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[[Category:World Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:German World Champions]]

Charles Martin

2016-08-28T04:46:30Z

Hometownchamp:

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== Amateur Career ==
*'''2012 National PAL Champion''' (201+ lbs)
** Defeated Stephen Shaw (MO) 20-14 in final

*'''2012 National Golden Gloves Runner Up''' (201+ lbs.)
** Defeated Jose Perez (Upper Mid-West) - RSC-1
** Defeated [[Angelo Gutierrez]] (TX) - RSC-3
** Defeated Elijah Thomas (NY Metro) - Dec.
** Defeated [[Tyrell Wright]] (NJ) - Dec.
** Lost to Andrew Coleman (Cin) - Dec.

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title=[[IBF Heavyweight Champion]]|
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years=2016 Jan 16 – 2016 Apr 09|
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[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:NABO Heavyweight Champions]]

Charles Martin

2016-08-28T04:45:21Z

Hometownchamp:

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== Amateur Career ==
*'''2012 National PAL Champion''' (201+ lbs)
** Defeated Stephen Shaw (MO) 20-14 in final

*'''2012 National Golden Gloves Runner Up''' (201+ lbs.)
** Defeated Jose Perez (Upper Mid-West) - RSC-1
** Defeated [[Angelo Gutierrez]] (TX) - RSC-3
** Defeated Elijah Thomas (NY Metro) - Dec.
** Defeated [[Tyrell Wright]] (NJ) - Dec.
** Lost to Andrew Coleman (Cin) - Dec.

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years=2016 Jan 16 – 2016 Apr 09|
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[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:NABO Heavyweight Champions]]

Deontay Wilder

2015-07-11T22:44:26Z

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'''Trainers:''' [[Jay Deas]], [[Mark Breland]], and [[Russ Anber]] (co-trainers) 
'''Managers:''' [[Jay Deas]], [[Al Haymon]], and [[Shelly Finkel]] (co-managers) 
'''Promoter:''' [[Golden Boy Promotions]] (former) 
'''[[:Category: Deontay Wilder Gallery|Deontay Wilder Gallery]] (See also: [https://www.google.com/search?q=Deontay+Wilder&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=OImuUtCCJsGGyQGF1YHACQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1680&bih=948])
 

== Biography ==
From Deontay Wilder's official website

A natural talent in the ring, Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder has rapidly progressed from inexperienced Olympian to world heavyweight champion.

Chiseled 6-foot-7-inch Deontay Wilder dropped out of college and turned to boxing in 2005 to support his daughter, who was born with spina bifida. He was a quick study, winning the U.S. Olympic trials in his 21st amateur fight and earning an [[Olympics|Olympic]] bronze medal at the [[:Category:2008 Olympians|2008 Beijing Games]]. After winning his first 32 professional bouts by knockout, Wilder capped his rapid ascent by capturing a share of the world heavyweight title in January 2015.

Like countless other boys born and raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Wilder always wanted to play football or basketball for his hometown University of Alabama Crimson Tide.

However, the 6-foot-7-inch Wilder’s goals changed in 2005, when his daughter, Naieya, was born with spina bifida, a serious birth defect of the spinal cord.

A freshman at Tuscaloosa’s Shelton State Community College at the time, Wilder left school and was soon working two jobs in order to support his daughter, who doctors said might never be able to walk.

In an attempt to earn more money, Wilder took up boxing shortly thereafter and was an extremely quick study.

'''Fast track to the Olympics'''

In 2007, Wilder won the National [[Golden Gloves]] title in just his 16th amateur fight and also won the U.S. amateur championship at 201 pounds.

He won the U.S. Olympic trials in just his 21st amateur bout, and earned a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Games. It was the only medal won by a U.S. boxer.

“His work ethic is incredible and he hits so hard,” USA Boxing coach Dan Campbell said.

Wilder, a.k.a. “The Bronze Bomber,” was simply following the lead of Naieya, who was walking by 2008.

“She’s my inspiration,” he said before the Olympics. “She’s doing so many things that the doctors said she might not be able to do.”

'''A strong first impression'''

Possessing tremendous punching power and an 83-inch reach, Wilder made his professional debut in November 2008, gaining a second-round technical knockout of Ethan Cox in Nashville, Tennessee.

Trained by former 147-pound world champion and [[:Category:1984 Olympians|1984 Olympic]] gold medalist [[Mark Breland]], Wilder made quick work of his first 22 opponents, defeating each of them within four rounds, including 14 in the opening round.

Wilder stepped up his level of competition in June 2012, facing former world title contender [[Owen Beck]].

Fighting before a hometown crowd in Tuscaloosa, Wilder floored his opponent in the first and second rounds, and twice more in the third.

He was declared the winner after Beck failed to answer the bell to start Round 4.

'''Climbing the ladder to greatness'''

Wilder defeated two straight unbeaten prospects in 2012 to establish himself as a fast-rising title contender.

He knocked out [[Damon McCreary]], who entered the ring at 14-0, in the second round in Costa Mesa, California, in September.

Wilder then gained a third-round KO in December of [[Kelvin Price]], who came into the bout in Los Angeles with a perfect 13-0 mark.

Wilder gained two more quick stoppages in early 2013, including a first-round TKO of former European titleholder [[Audley Harrison]] in Sheffield, England.

He then gained the biggest win of his career at the time in August 2013, knocking out former world champion [[Siarhei Liakhovich]] with a straight right hand in the first round in Indio, California.

Wilder ran his record to 30-0 in October 2013, knocking down [[Nicolai Firtha]] twice in the first round before finishing him off in the fourth in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

'''Winning a world championship'''

Wilder put himself on the verge of a world title shot by easily defeating two opponents in 2014.

He gained a first-round KO of [[Malik Scott]] in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, in March, and then stopped [[Jason Gavern]] in the fourth round in Carson, California, in August.

The win over Scott made Wilder the mandatory challenger for the world championship held by [[Bermane Stiverne]].

Wilder entered the title bout with Stiverne with a record of 32-0 with 32 KOs.

Fighting at the [[MGM Grand]] Garden Arena on January 17, 2015, which was also [[Muhammad Ali]]’s 73rd birthday, Wilder controlled the action from the opening bell.

Wilder’s superior reach prevented Stiverne from getting inside, and the Bronze Bomber came close to finishing off the champion in the second and seventh rounds.

Wilder failed to keep his KO streak alive, but he easily won a 12-round unanimous decision to become the first U.S.-born fighter to hold a heavyweight championship since [[Shannon Briggs]] in 2007.

== Amateur Highlights ==
[[File:Deontay-wilder-the-bronze-bomber.jpg|right|thumb|200px|2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist]]
*'''2007''' Heavyweight Champion at the National [[Golden Gloves]] Tournament in Chattanooga, Tennessee (April 31 - May 9). Results:
**Preliminaries: Defeated [[Mario Morales]] RCS 1
**Preliminaries: Defeated Marc Ward WO
**Quarterfinals: Defeated [[Jose Flores]] 4-1
**Semifinals: Defeated [[Isiah Thomas]] 3-2
**Finals: Defeated David Thompson 5-0
*'''2007''' Heavyweight Champion at the United States Amateur Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado (June 2-8). Results:
**Quarterfinals: Defeated [[Quantis Graves]] 20-10
**Semifinals: Defeated [[Adam Willett]] WO
**Finals: Defeated James Zimmermann 31-15
*'''2007''' Heavyweight Gold Medalist at the United States Olympic Trials in Houston, Texas (August 20-26). Results:
**Quarterfinals: Defeated Anthony Tettis 19-9
**Semifinals: Defeated Joe Guzman 26-14
**Winner's Bracket: Defeated [[Quantis Graves]] 11-7
**Finals: Defeated [[Quantis Graves]] 12-9
*'''2007''' United States heavyweight representative at the World Championships in Chicago, Illinois (October 23 - November 3). Results:
**Preliminaries (1/32): Lost to [[Krzysztof Zimnoch]] (Poland) 20-23
*'''2007''' Heavyweight Silver Medalist at Pre-Olympic Tournament in Beijing, China (November 17-22). Results:
**Quarterfinals: Defeated Wang Leilei (China) 25-17
**Semifinals: Defeated Vadim Likhman (Russia) +26-26
**Finals: Lost to [[Human:586718|Danny Price]] (England) WO
*'''2008''' Heavyweight Silver Medalist at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament for the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago (March 12-18). Results:
**Preliminaries (1/8): Defeated Deivi Julio (Colombia) 6-5
**Quarterfinals: Defeated Jorge Quinones (Ecuador) +9-9
**Semifinals: Defeated Rafael Lima (Brazil) 6-5
**Finals: Lost to [[Osmay Acosta]] (Cuba) 12-1
*'''2008''' Heavyweight Bronze Medalist for the United States at the [[Olympics]] in Beijing, China (August 9-24). Results:
**Preliminaries (1/8): Defeated [[Abdelaziz Touilbini|Abdelaziz Toulbini]] (Algeria) 10-4
**Quarterfinals: Defeated Mohamed Arjaoui (Morocco) +10-10
**Semifinals: Lost to [[Clemente Russo]] (Italy) 1-7

== Professional Career Notes ==
*Has a record of 2-0 (1 KOs) in world title fights.
*Has a record of 2-0 (1 KO) against former or current world titlists:
**Won against [[Bermane Stiverne]] and [[Siarhei Liakhovich]].
*Has a record of 5-0 (5 KOs) in fights outside his native United States.

== Regional & Minor Titles ==
*[[WBC]] Continental Americas Heavyweight Title (2012-2013)

== World Titles ==
*[[WBC]] Heavyweight Title (2015-present)

==External Link==
*[http://deontaywilder.com/ Official Website]
*[http://www.premierboxingchampions.com/deontay-wilder Profile on Premier Boxing Champions]

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[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:Olympic Bronze Medalists]]
[[Category:United States Amateur Champions]]
[[Category:National Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:American Olympians]]
[[Category:2008 Olympians]]