Melvin Paul

Name: Melvin Paul
Alias: Tank
Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Height: 165cm
Reach: 171cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Division: Lightweight

As an amateur, Melvin Paul, a four-time Southern AAU gold medalist and three-time Louisiana State Golden Gloves champion, was a 1978 and 1980 National AAU lightweight boxing champion. Paul also won the 1980 National Golden Gloves lightweight champion. Paul represented the United States as a lightweight at the 1978 World amateur championships held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. His results were:

• Defeated Ove Lundby (Sweden) 5-0
• Defeated Andras Botos (Hungary) 4-1
• Lost to Rene Weller (West Germany) 2-3