Jeff Warner vs. Marvin Smith

Jeff Warner beat Marvin Smith by KO in round 2

• Date: 1994-11-10
• Location: Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA

From the article, "Shadow Boxer," written by George Dohrmann:

In one of Whebbe's last acts as a matchmaker for Warner, he pitted him against Terry Taylor in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Taylor, according to Fight Fax, has fought only twice, first in November of 1994 against Jeff Warner. No hometown or birth date is given for Taylor. Whebbe said Taylor actually was Marvin Smith, who at the time was a homeless person Whebbe found at a Twin Cities shelter. Smith could not be reached for comment.

Dawson, Iowa's commissioner, said it was pointless to ask for identification from Taylor because ``these guys will come up with 1,000 reasons why they don't have any ID on them. Federal restrictions in place today did not apply in 1994, meaning the boxer being called Terry Taylor did not have to show a federal boxing ID. In other words, Dawson was left to take Warner's, Whebbe's, and Taylor's word for it.

Dawson said of the Taylor fight: "(Warner) threw six punches that were kinda slappy. The guy went down and stayed down. It was kinda stinky."