Duane Bobick

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'''Trainer:''' [[Eddie Futch]]<br>
'''Manager:''' [[Joe Frazier]]<br>
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== Career Review ==
*Served in the U.S. Navy. Was 3-time All-Navy Heavyweight Champion, 2-time All-Service Heavyweight Champion and 2-time International Military champion,
* While in the navy he outpointed future champ [[Mike Weaver]]
*Amateur Record: 93-13 (61 KOs)
*1971 Pan-American Games Heavyweight champion:
**Defeated [[Wisely Zuleta]] (Columbia) TKO 1
**Defeated [[Teofilio Stevenson]] (Cuba) 5-0
**Defeated [[Joaquin Rocha]] (Mexico) TKO 3
*1971 National AAU Heavyweight Champion
*1972 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion
*Won the Bronze Medal in the 1972 Olympic Games:
**Sep 4 Defeated [[Yuri Nesterov]] (Soviet Union) 5-0
**Sep 5 Lost to [[Teofilo Stevenson]] (Cuba) TKO by 3
*Turned professional under [[Bill Daniels]].
*Won his first 19 fights by knockout.
*In 1974, Bobick kayoed [[Mike Weaver]] in the 7th round. Weaver was WBA heavyweight champion from 1980 to 1982.
*Featured on the cover of [[Ring Magazine: August 1974]]
*His brother [[Rodney Bobick]] died in a single car crash in 1977.
*Bobick changed managers after his 26th straight victory, signing with former heavyweight champion [[Joe Frazier]].
*With a record of 38-0 (32 (KOs), lost his first fight when he was TKO'd in 58 seconds by No. 1 ranked contender [[Ken Norton]] on national television after being stunned by a punch to his Adam's Apple. Saturday Night Live made fun of Bobick by showing his knockout loss, over and over again.
*The first man to go the distance with Bobick was former heavyweight contender [[Billy Daniels]].
*Bobick starred in a relatively unknown boxing film, ''Billy Boy'', made in South Africa in 1979.
*In 1997, while working at a paper mill company in Minnesota, Bobick's arms were severely damaged when they became entangled in the rollers.
*Bobick was a 1997 Acts of Kindness: Governor's Volunteer Award Winner in 1997 for his service as a volunteer which included school, church and hospital volunteer work. He is currently on the city council at Bowlus, Minnesota and is a coach and inspirational public speaker.

== External Links ''==
*Minnesota Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee [http://www.mnbhof.org/2011_inductees/bobick_duane.html]
*''"The Dreams of Wonderful Years" - Duane Bobick!'' by Ken Hissner, Doghouse Boxing, July 6, 2011 [http://www.doghouseboxing.com/Ken/Hissner070611.htm]
*''Did Duane Bobick Get A Fair Shake?'' by Jim Amato, The Boxing Republic, Feb. 19, 2009 [http://www.boxingrepublic.com/2009/02/19/did-duane-bobick-get-a-fair-shake/]
*''Duane Bobick: Sadness Prepared Me'', by Robert Mladinich, The Sweet Science, Feb. 3, 2008 [http://www.thesweetscience.com/news/articles/5651-duane-bobick-sadness-prepared-me]
*''Olympic Boxing - Duane Bobick - top heavyweight'', Aug. 6, 1972, by Earl Gerheim, AP Sports Writer [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LM0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p6YEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4467%2C832084]
*''Bobick: New Boxing Star?,'' July 24, 1972 by Mike Rabun, UPI Sports Writer [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Xv1GAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FXwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2851%2C3548513]
*View Fanbase page [http://www.fanbase.com/Duane-Bobick]
*''Hall of Fame boxer Duane Bobick faces his greatest fight'', Morrison County Record, Feb. 12, 2012 [http://mcrecord.com/archives/502213/hall-of-fame-boxer-duane-bobick-faces-his-greatest-fight]

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