Rocky Gannon

Name: Rocky Gannon
Alias: Richard Gannon
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 185cm
Reach: 191cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Professional Career

• Rocky Gannon won the inaugural IBA world light heavyweight title in 1996, lost it in 1996, then regained it in 1997. He lost his title challenger for the IBA cruiserweight title in 1998.

• Gannon lost to future world light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver in 1998. Gannon lost to future number one heavyweight contender Calvin Brock in his final bout in 2001. Gannon lost six of his last nine bouts.

• Trained later in his career at the Top Rank Gym in Las Vegas, Nevada, where his sparring partners included former world light middleweight, middleweight and light heavyweight champion Mike McCallum and former world cruiserweight champion Orlin Norris.

Comeback Considered

After spending fifteen years away from the sport to focus on his family life, Gannon, who believed he was born to fight, realized the only time he felt like he was truly living was when he was in the ring. Gannon was busy preparing to make a comeback in 2016, with a new promotional team in place, Gannon intended to fight for the vacant WBU World Heavyweight title in the United States. A date, venue and opponent was not announced for his comeback fight. Gannon hoped to add to his IBA and IBC light heavyweight titles by winning the WBU heavyweight title. In 2017, at age 47, Gannon's till planned heavyweight comeback bout had yet to take place.