William Joppy

Name: William Joppy
Birth Name: William Torelle Joppy
Hometown: Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 175cm
Reach: 184cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Trainer: William Johnson

William Joppy was a 3-time WBA middleweight champion, who had eight successful title defenses over the three title reigns. He fought the likes of Felix Trinidad, Bernard Hopkins, Jermain Taylor, Lucian Bute, Sebastien Demers, and Beibut Shumenov and in 1998 scored a TKO victory over Roberto Duran. He too fought a trilogy against Julio Cesar Green, winning two of the three. Seven men retired following losses to Joppy including Virgil McClendon and Shinji Takehara.

Amateur Career

• Amateur Record: 48-4
• 1992 Olympic Trials Middleweight bronze medalist in Worcester, MA. Results:
  • Eric Wright, won on points
  • Chris Byrd, lost on points

Career Factoids

• 10 opponents (7 by KO) beaten in world championship bouts.
• Has a record of 11-5 (7 KOs) in World Title fights.
• Has a record of 5-6 (3 KOs) against former world titleists.
  • Won against Shinji Takehara, Julio Cesar Green (twice), Roberto Duran, and Hacine Cherifi.
  • Lost against Julio Cesar Green, Felix Trinidad, Bernard Hopkins, Jermain Taylor, Lucian Bute, and Beibut Shumenov.

Retirement

Despite short-lived retirements prior, Joppy, 41, announced to those in attendance following his rematch win over Cory Cummings that it would be his last fight as he didn't have it in him to continue. [1]

Preceded by: Shinji Takehara	WBA Middleweight Champion 1996 Jun 24 – 1997 Aug 23	Succeeded by: Julio Cesar Green
Preceded by: Julio Cesar Green	WBA Middleweight Champion 1998 Jan 31 – 2001 May 12	Succeeded by: Felix Trinidad
Preceded by: Felix Trinidad Lost bid for Super Championship	WBA Middleweight Champion 2001 Nov 17 – 2003 Dec 13 Regular Champion Lost bid for Super Championship	Succeeded by: Maselino Masoe Regular Champion