Trevor Berbick - Revision history

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	*Knocked out [[Earl McLeay]] in seven rounds to win the vacant Canadian Heavyweight Championship on May 26, 1979.		*Knocked out [[Earl McLeay]] in seven rounds to win the vacant Canadian Heavyweight Championship on May 26, 1979.
	*Scored an upset victory over former [[WBA]] Heavyweight Champion [[John Tate]] on June 20, 1980. Berbick won by a knockout in nine rounds.		*Scored an upset victory over former [[WBA]] Heavyweight Champion [[John Tate]] on June 20, 1980. Berbick won by a knockout in nine rounds.
	*Fought [[Larry Holmes]] for the [[WBC]] Heavyweight Championship on April 11, 1981 and lost by a fifteen-round unanimous decision. Berbick was the first fighter to go the distance with Holmes in a title defense. Ten years later, after Holmes defeated [[Tim Anderson\|Tim (Doc) Anderson]] in a comeback fight, Berbick and Holmes got into a street fight.		*Fought [[Larry Holmes]] for the [[WBC]] Heavyweight Championship on April 11, 1981 and lost by a fifteen-round unanimous decision. Berbick was the first fighter to go the distance with Holmes in a title defense, preventing Holmes from breaking the record of Tommy Burns who scored eight consecutive KOs in title fights. Ten years later, after Holmes defeated [[Tim Anderson\|Tim (Doc) Anderson]] in a comeback fight, Berbick and Holmes got into a street fight.
	*Knocked out [[Conroy Nelson]] in two rounds to win the vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight Championship on July 21, 1981.		*Knocked out [[Conroy Nelson]] in two rounds to win the vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight Championship on July 21, 1981.
	*Defeated badly faded three-time World Heavyweight Champion [[Muhammad Ali]] by a ten-round unanimous decision on December 11, 1981. It was Ali's last fight.		*Defeated badly faded three-time World Heavyweight Champion [[Muhammad Ali]] by a ten-round unanimous decision on December 11, 1981. It was Ali's last fight.

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	*Won a Bronze Medal for Jamaica at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City. He lost on points in the heavyweight semifinals to [[Michael Dokes]] of the United States.		*Won a Bronze Medal for Jamaica at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City. He lost on points in the heavyweight semifinals to [[Michael Dokes]] of the United States.
	*Represented Jamaica as a heavyweight at the 1976 Montreal [[Olympics]]. Berbick lost in the first round to eventual Silver Medalist [[Mircea Simon]] of Romania.		*Represented Jamaica as a heavyweight at the 1976 Montreal [[Olympics]]. Berbick lost in the first round to eventual Silver Medalist [[Mircea Simon]] of Romania.
	*After the Olympics, Berbick ~~stayed in~~ Canada and turned professional.		*After the Olympics, Berbick emigrated to Canada and turned professional.
	*Knocked out [[Earl McLeay]] in seven rounds to win the vacant Canadian Heavyweight Championship on May 26, 1979.		*Knocked out [[Earl McLeay]] in seven rounds to win the vacant Canadian Heavyweight Championship on May 26, 1979.
	*Scored an upset victory over former [[WBA]] Heavyweight Champion [[John Tate]] on June 20, 1980. Berbick won by a knockout in nine rounds.		*Scored an upset victory over former [[WBA]] Heavyweight Champion [[John Tate]] on June 20, 1980. Berbick won by a knockout in nine rounds.

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	'''Trainers:''' [[Sam Solomon]], [[Eddie Futch]], [[Angelo Dundee]]		*'''Trainers:''' [[Sam Solomon]], [[Eddie Futch]], [[Angelo Dundee]]
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	* '''[[:Category:Trevor Berbick Gallery\|Trevor Berbick Gallery]]'''		* '''[[:Category:Trevor Berbick Gallery\|Trevor Berbick Gallery]]'''

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	== Career Review ==		== Career Review ==
	*Started boxing at the age of 19.		*Started boxing at the age of 19.

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	== Career Review ==		== Career Review ==
	*Started boxing at the age of 19.		*Started boxing at the age of 19.
	*~~Compiled an~~ amateur record of 8-3.		*Claimed a brief amateur record of 8 - 3.
	*Won a Bronze Medal for Jamaica at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City. He lost on points in the heavyweight semifinals to [[Michael Dokes]] of the United States.		*Won a Bronze Medal for Jamaica at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City. He lost on points in the heavyweight semifinals to [[Michael Dokes]] of the United States.
	*Represented Jamaica as a heavyweight at the 1976 Montreal [[Olympics]]. Berbick lost in the first round to eventual Silver Medalist [[Mircea Simon]] of Romania.		*Represented Jamaica as a heavyweight at the 1976 Montreal [[Olympics]]. Berbick lost in the first round to eventual Silver Medalist [[Mircea Simon]] of Romania.

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	*Knocked out [[Shane Sutcliffe]] in twelve rounds to regain the Canadian Heavyweight Championship on February 5, 1999.		*Knocked out [[Shane Sutcliffe]] in twelve rounds to regain the Canadian Heavyweight Championship on February 5, 1999.
	*After Berbick defeated Shane Sutcliffe by a twelve-round unanimous decision on May 26, 2000, he failed a brain scan and was forced to retire.		*After Berbick defeated Shane Sutcliffe by a twelve-round unanimous decision on May 26, 2000, he failed a brain scan and was forced to retire.
			*Has a record of 5-4 (1 KO) against former or current world titlists

	==Personal Life==		==Personal Life==

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	'''Trainers:''' [[Eddie Futch]], [[~~Sam Solomon~~]]		'''Trainers:''' [[Sam Solomon]], [[Eddie Futch]], [[Angelo Dundee]]
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	==~~Personal life~~==		== Career Review ==
	Berbick ~~was born~~ on ~~August 1~~, ~~1954 & had~~ a ~~vision from God at~~ the ~~age of 16~~. Berbick was ~~also~~ a ~~preacher~~ in ~~Las Vegas~~.		*Started boxing at the age of 19.
	Berbick ~~has 3 sons: Quinn~~, ~~Jamal & Shawn~~		*Compiled an amateur record of 8-3.
	==Death ~~& legal Troubles~~==		*Won a Bronze Medal for Jamaica at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City. He lost on points in the heavyweight semifinals to [[Michael Dokes]] of the United States.
	* '~~''Trevor~~ Berbick~~'''~~ was found dead on the morning of October 28, 2006. His nephew, Harold Berbick, and Kenton Gordan bludgeoned him to death and left his body in a church courtyard. Prosecutors said the murder weapons were a pipe and a crowbar. The motive for the killing was a land dispute between uncle and nephew.		*Represented Jamaica as a heavyweight at the 1976 Montreal [[Olympics]]. Berbick lost in the first round to eventual Silver Medalist [[Mircea Simon]] of Romania.
			*After the Olympics, Berbick stayed in Canada and turned professional.
			*Knocked out [[Earl McLeay]] in seven rounds to win the vacant Canadian Heavyweight Championship on May 26, 1979.
			*Scored an upset victory over former [[WBA]] Heavyweight Champion [[John Tate]] on June 20, 1980. Berbick won by a knockout in nine rounds.
			*Fought [[Larry Holmes]] for the [[WBC]] Heavyweight Championship on April 11, 1981 and lost by a fifteen-round unanimous decision. Berbick was the first fighter to go the distance with Holmes in a title defense. Ten years later, after Holmes defeated [[Tim Anderson\|Tim (Doc) Anderson]] in a comeback fight, Berbick and Holmes got into a street fight.
			*Knocked out [[Conroy Nelson]] in two rounds to win the vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight Championship on July 21, 1981.
			*Defeated badly faded three-time World Heavyweight Champion [[Muhammad Ali]] by a ten-round unanimous decision on December 11, 1981. It was Ali's last fight.
			*Pulled off an upset win over future WBA Heavyweight Champion [[Greg Page]] on June 11, 1982. Berbick won by a ten-round unanimous decision.
			*Knocked out [[David Bey]] in eleven rounds to win the [[USBA]] Heavyweight Championship on June 15, 1985.
			*Defeated the heavily favored [[Pinklon Thomas]] by a twelve-round unanimous decision on March 22, 1986 to win the WBC Heavyweight Championship.
			*Lost the WBC Heavyweight Championship to [[Mike Tyson]] by a second-round knockout on November 22, 1986.
			*Knocked out [[Shane Sutcliffe]] in twelve rounds to regain the Canadian Heavyweight Championship on February 5, 1999.
			*After Berbick defeated Shane Sutcliffe by a twelve-round unanimous decision on May 26, 2000, he failed a brain scan and was forced to retire.

			==Personal Life==
			*Was married twice. Berbick had three children from his first marriage and three children from his second marriage.
			*Claimed to see God when he was 16-years-old. Berbick later became an ordained minister.

			==Legal Troubles & Death==
			*Convicted in 1991 of misdemeanour assault for attacking his former business manager, who testified in court that the fighter held a gun to her head and accused her of stealing money from him.
			*Convicted in 1992 of raping a woman who worked as a babysitter for his family. Berbick was also convicted of second-degree grand theft in 1992 for forging his ex-wife's signature to get a mortgage on a home. He served a combined 15 months for both convictions and was ordered deported back to Jamaica. However, Berbick fled to Montreal before his impending removal. He eventually slipped back into the United States and was arrested in Miami on a traffic violation in 2002. After a month in INS custody, he was deported to Jamaica.
			*Berbick was found dead on the morning of October 28, 2006. His nephew, Harold Berbick, and Kenton Gordan bludgeoned him to death and left his body in a church courtyard. Prosecutors said the murder weapons were a pipe and a crowbar. The motive for the killing was a land dispute between uncle and nephew.
	*Harold Berbick and Kenton Gordon were convicted of the killing on December 20, 2007. Berbick was sentenced to life in prison, and Gordan was sentenced to fourteen years.		*Harold Berbick and Kenton Gordon were convicted of the killing on December 20, 2007. Berbick was sentenced to life in prison, and Gordan was sentenced to fourteen years.
	* Most records had Berbick's age listed as 52 at the time of his death, but some reports put his age anywhere from 49 ~~and~~ 56.		* Most records had Berbick's age listed as 52 at the time of his death, but some reports put his age anywhere from 49 to 56.
	* In 1992, Berbick was convicted in Florida of raping a family babysitter. After serving fifteen months, he was deported from the United States. He eventually moved back to the U.S. but was deported again.		* At the time of his death, Berbick reportedly had been teaching boxing at a church in Jamaica.
	* At the time of his death, he reportedly had been teaching boxing at a church in Jamaica.

	==~~Pro Career~~==		==External Links==
	*[~~[WBC~~]~~] champion in 1986~~		*[http://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/08/sports/holmes-s-real-fight-in-the-parking-lot.html "Holmes's Real Fight In the Parking Lot" by Phil Berger, ''New York Times'', April 8, 1991]
	*~~Among his best career wins were wins over~~ [~~[John Tate~~]],[~~[Muhammad Ali]]~~,~~[[Mitch Green]]~~, ~~[[Pinklon Thomas]]~~, ~~[[Iran Barkley]] & [[Greg Page~~]]		*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1532735/Trevor-Berbick.html "Trevor Berbick" ''The Telegraph'', October 30, 2006]
	*Two time Heavyweight Champion of Canada.		*[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/130601_Trevor-Berbick-s-nephew-found-guilty-of-his-murder "Trevor Berbick's nephew found guilty of his murder" by Everard Owen, ''Jamaica Observer'', December 21, 2007]

	~~== Amateur Highlights ==~~
	* Heavyweight Bronze Medalist for Jamaica at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, losing in the semifinals to [[Michael Dokes]] of the United States.
	* Represented Jamaica as a heavyweight at the 1976 Montreal [[Olympics]], losing in the first round to eventual Silver Medalist [[Mircea Simon]] of Romania.
	* Amateur record: 8-3
	~~==Sources==~~
	~~wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Berbick~~
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	*[[WBC]] champion in 1986		*[[WBC]] champion in 1986
	*Among his best career wins were wins over [[John Tate]],[[Muhammad Ali]],[[Mitch Green]], [[Pinklon Thomas]] [[Iran Barkley]] & [[Greg Page]]		*Among his best career wins were wins over [[John Tate]],[[Muhammad Ali]],[[Mitch Green]], [[Pinklon Thomas]], [[Iran Barkley]] & [[Greg Page]]
	*Two time Heavyweight Champion of Canada.		*Two time Heavyweight Champion of Canada.

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	==Pro Career==		==Pro Career==
	*[[WBC]] champion in 1986		*[[WBC]] champion in 1986
	*Among his best career wins were wins over [[John Tate]],[[Muhammad Ali]],[[Mitch Green]], [[Pinklon Thomas]] & [[Greg Page]]		*Among his best career wins were wins over [[John Tate]],[[Muhammad Ali]],[[Mitch Green]], [[Pinklon Thomas]] [[Iran Barkley]] & [[Greg Page]]
	*Two time Heavyweight Champion of Canada.		*Two time Heavyweight Champion of Canada.

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	==Pro Career==		==Pro Career==
	*WBC champion in 1986		*[[WBC]] champion in 1986
	*Among his best career wins were wins over [[John Tate]],[[Muhammad Ali]],[[Mitch Green]], [[Pinklon Thomas]] & [[Greg Page]]		*Among his best career wins were wins over [[John Tate]],[[Muhammad Ali]],[[Mitch Green]], [[Pinklon Thomas]] & [[Greg Page]]
	*Two time Heavyweight Champion of Canada.		*Two time Heavyweight Champion of Canada.

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	*WBC champion in 1986		*WBC champion in 1986
	*Among his best career wins were wins over [[John Tate]],[[Muhammad Ali]],[[Mitch Green]], [[Pinklon Thomas]] & [[Greg Page]]		*Among his best career wins were wins over [[John Tate]],[[Muhammad Ali]],[[Mitch Green]], [[Pinklon Thomas]] & [[Greg Page]]
	*Two time ~~Canadian~~ Heavyweight Champion.		*Two time Heavyweight Champion of Canada.

	== Amateur Highlights ==		== Amateur Highlights ==