Leo Randolph
Name: Leo Randolph
Hometown: Spanaway, Washington, USA
Birthplace: Columbus, Mississippi, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 172cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
Trainer and Manager: Joe Clough
Leo Randolph was a product of the Tacoma Boys Club amateur program, along with fellow Olympic Gold Medalist Sugar Ray Seales, and future world champions Rocky Lockridge and Johnny Bumphus. He was trained as an amateur and professional by Joe Clough, the head trainer at the Tacoma Boys Club.
Randolph won the WBA Super Bantamweight Championship by stopping Ricardo Cardona in the 15th round. He retired after losing the title in his first defense to Sergio Victor Palma by a 5th round TKO.
He was inducted into the Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.
As of March 2007, Randolph was working as a bus driver in Tacoma.
Amateur Achievements
- Amateur Record: 160-7
- 1975 National Golden Gloves Flyweight Champion
- 1976 National AAU Flyweight Champion
- 1976 Olympic Flyweight Gold Medalist. Results:
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Massoudi Samatou (Togo) walkover
- Defeated Constantin Gruescu (Romania) 4-1
- Defeated David Larmour (Ireland) 4-1
- Defeated Leszek Blazynski (Poland) 4-1
- Defeated Ramon Duvalon (Cuba) 3-2
- Named the Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year for 1976, along with his fellow U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist in boxing (Howard Davis Jr., Sugar Ray Leonard, Leon Spinks, and Michael Spinks).
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| Preceded by: Ricardo Cardona |
WBA Super Bantamweight Champion 1980 May 4 – 1980 Aug 9 |
Succeeded by: Sergio Victor Palma |