Junior Anthony Wright

Name: Junior Anthony Wright
Alias: Hurricane
Hometown: Evanston, Illinois, USA
Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 183cm
Reach: 188cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Amateur Career

• Trained in Chicago at the Chicago Park District Loyola Boxing Gym as well as Evanston (50 amateur bouts) by master trainer Rick Wilson.
• Reached the Light heavyweight quarterfinals at the 2009 National Golden Gloves in the Open category.
• 2006 Chicago Golden Gloves Middleweight champion, Novice category.
• 2008 Chicago Golden Gloves Middleweight champion, Open category.
• 2009 Chicago Golden Gloves Light heavyweight champion, Open category.

Professional Career

• 10-0 as a professional (2014) including victories over undefeated Nick Reeder in 2012 (TKO 2) and undefeated Nick Kisner in 2013 (Win 6).
• Junior Wright knocked out 41 win fighter Galen 'Bad Boy' Brown in the fourth round (2014), the only one of the five unbeaten fighters faced by Galen Brown in his 69 bout career to knock him out for the count, including world title challenger Mariusz Wach of Poland.
• Fighting undefeated New York Golden Gloves champion Stivens Bujaj for vacant World Boxing Council International Cruiserweight title and a WBC world ranking at cruiserweight in the ten round main event on a Dmitriy Salita card in Brooklyn, New York. (May 2014)

Notes

• Wright's favourite boxers are Bernard Hopkins and Andre Ward.
• Hopes one day to fight cruisers Guillermo Jones and Rakhim Chakhkiev.

External Link

• Junior Anthony Wright versus Harley Kilfian, December 2013 bout at UIC Pavilion in Chicago, knockout highlights on YouTube. [1]