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![WBO Beyblade Tournament : 'Rule Beytania' 6th August 2010, London [Highlights]](http://web.archive.org./web/20121211074236im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ru1_sPIK0GE/default.jpg "On the 6th of August 2010 the WBO hosted the UK's Summer tournament, 'Rule Beytania' at St James's Park, London. The WBO stands for the 'World Beyblade Organisation', to visit it, go to Worldbeyblade.org/index.php , if you join make sure to put xUni as your refferer!")
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Argentina
Argentina
i/ˌɑrdʒənˈtiːnə/, officially the Argentine Republic (Spanish: República Argentina [reˈpuβlika aɾxenˈtina]), is a country in South America, the continent's second largest by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is the eighth-largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations.
Argentina's continental area is between the Andes mountain range in the west and the Atlantic Ocean in the east. It borders Paraguay and Bolivia to the north, Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast, and Chile to the west and south. Argentine claims over Antarctica, as well as overlapping claims made by Chile and the United Kingdom, are suspended by the Antarctic Treaty of 1961. Argentina also claims the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, which are administered by the United Kingdom as British Overseas Territories.
A recognised middle power, Argentina is Latin America's third-largest economy, with a "very high" rating on the Human development index. Within Latin America, Argentina has the fifth highest nominal GDP per capita and the highest in purchasing power terms. Analysts have argued that the country has a "foundation for future growth due to its market size, levels of foreign direct investment, and percentage of high-tech exports as share of total manufactured goods", and it is classed by investors as middle emerging economy. Argentina is a founding member of the United Nations, Mercosur, the Union of South American Nations, the Organization of Ibero-American States, the World Bank Group and the World Trade Organization, and is one of the G-15 and G-20 major economies.
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Armenia
Armeniai/ɑrˈmiːniə/ (Armenian: Հայաստան Hayastan [hɑjɑsˈtɑn]), officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն, Hayastani Hanrapetut’yun, [hɑjɑstɑˈni hɑnɾɑpɛtuˈtʰjun]), is a landlocked, mountainous country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south.
A former republic of the Soviet Union, Armenia is a unitary, multiparty, democratic nation-state with an ancient and historic cultural heritage. The Kingdom of Armenia became the first state in the world to adopt Christianity as its religion, in the early years of the 4th century (the traditional date is 301 AD). The modern Republic of Armenia recognizes the Armenian Apostolic Church, the world's oldest national church, as the country's primary religious establishment. Armenians have their own unique alphabet invented by Mesrob Mashtots in 406 AD.
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Canada
Canada (
/ˈkænədə/) is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean. Spanning over 9,900,000 km2 (3,800,000 sq mi), Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area, and its common border with the United States is the longest land border in the world.
The land that is now Canada has been inhabited for millennia by various Aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French colonial expeditions explored, and later settled, along the region's Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy; the Canada Act 1982 severed the vestiges of legal dependence on Britain.
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Caribbean Sea to the east.
Costa Rica, which means "Rich Coast", constitutionally abolished its army permanently in 1949. It is the only Latin American country included in the list of the world's 22 older democracies. Costa Rica has consistently been among the top Latin American countries in the Human Development Index (HDI), ranked 69th in the world in 2011. Also was cited by the UNDP in 2010 as one of the countries that have attained much higher human development than other countries at the same income levels, and in 2011 was highlighted by UNDP for being a good performer on environmental sustainability, and better record on human development and inequality than the median of their region. It was also the only country to meet all five criteria established to measure environmental sustainability. The country is ranked fifth in the world, and first among the Americas, in terms of the 2012 Environmental Performance Index.
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Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic (i/dəˌmɪnɨkən rɨˈpʌblɪk/; Spanish: República Dominicana [reˈpuβlika ðominiˈkana]) is a nation on the island of Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries. Both by area and population, the Dominican Republic is the second largest Caribbean nation (after Cuba), with 48,442 square kilometres (18,704 sq mi) and an estimated 10 million people.
Taínos inhabited what is now the Dominican Republic since the 7th century. Christopher Columbus landed on it in 1492, and it became the site of the first permanent European settlement in the Americas, namely Santo Domingo, the country's capital and Spain's first capital in the New World. Santo Domingo can boast of many firsts in the Americas, including the first cathedral, and castle, both in the Ciudad Colonial area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Germany
Germany (i/ˈdʒɜrməni/), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] (
listen)), is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state and the largest economy in the European Union. It is one of the major political powers of the European continent and a technological leader in many fields.
A region named Germania, inhabited by several Germanic peoples, was documented before AD 100. During the Migration Period, the Germanic tribes expanded southward, and established successor kingdoms throughout much of Europe. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation while southern and western parts remained dominated by Roman Catholic denominations, with the two factions clashing in the Thirty Years' War, marking the beginning of the Catholic–Protestant divide that has characterized German society ever since. Occupied during the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states into the German Empire in 1871 which was Prussian dominated. After the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the subsequent military surrender in World War I, the Empire was replaced by the Weimar Republic in 1918, and partitioned in the Treaty of Versailles. Amidst the Great Depression, the Third Reich was proclaimed in 1933. The latter period was marked by Fascism and World War II. After 1945, Germany was divided by allied occupation, and evolved into two states, East Germany and West Germany. In 1990 Germany was reunified.
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IBHOF
The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) is located in Canastota, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown and the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta. The IBHOF is one of two recognized[by whom?]international boxing halls of fame, with the other being the World Boxing Hall of Fame.
The first Boxing Hall of Fame was sponsored by Ring magazine and located for decades at the offices of the Madison Square Garden in New York City. However, in 1990, as a consequence of an initiative by Ed Brophy to honor Canastota's world boxing champions, Carmen Basilio and Basilio's nephew, Billy Backus, the village of Canastota inaugurated the new museum, which showcases boxing's rich history. Multi-award winning artist Richard T. Slone was named their official artist of the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1997 and remains so to this day.
There are ceremonies conducted every year to honor the inductees and the ceremonies are attended by many former world boxing champions, boxing celebrities and Hollywood celebrities each year.
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Isla Margarita
Margarita Island (Isla de Margarita) is the largest island of the state of Nueva Esparta in Venezuela, situated in the Caribbean Sea, off the northeastern coast of the country. The state also contains two other smaller islands: Coche and Cubagua. The capital city of Nueva Esparta is La Asunción, located in a river valley of the same name in Margarita Island. Primary industries are tourism, fishing and construction. The population of the state is about 440,000.
In 1498, Christopher Columbus became the first European to arrive at Margarita Island. The local natives, named Guaiqueries, received the conquering Spaniards with open arms unaware that they later would become slaves of their own wealth, since the coast of the island abounded in pearls. Pearls represented almost a third of all New World tribute to the Spanish Crown. Margarita Island had to be fortified against the increasing threat of pirate attacks, and several of these fortifications remain today. In 1561, the island was seized by Lope de Aguirre, a notoriously violent and rebellious conquistador who held the islanders in a grip of terror until he returned to the mainland in an attempt to take Panama from the Spanish crown.
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Mexico
Mexico (i/ˈmɛksɨkoʊ/; Spanish: México, IPA: [ˈmexiko] ( listen)), officially the United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos (help·info)), is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States of America; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost two million square kilometres (over 760,000 sq mi), Mexico is the fifth largest country in the Americas by total area and the thirteenth largest independent nation in the world. With an estimated population of over 113 million, it is the eleventh most populous country and the most populous Spanish-speaking country. Mexico is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a Federal District, the capital city.
In Pre-Columbian Mexico many cultures matured into advanced civilizations such as the Olmec, the Toltec, the Teotihuacan, the Zapotec, the Maya and the Aztec before the first contact with Europeans. In 1521, Spain conquered and colonized the territory from its base in México-Tenochtitlan, which was administered as the Viceroyalty of New Spain. This territory would eventually become Mexico as the colony's independence was recognized in 1821. The post-independence period was characterized by economic instability, the Mexican-American War and territorial cession to the United States, a civil war, two empires and a domestic dictatorship. The latter led to the Mexican Revolution in 1910, which culminated with the promulgation of the 1917 Constitution and the emergence of the country's current political system. Elections held in July 2000 marked the first time that an opposition party won the presidency from the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
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Norway
Norwayi/ˈnɔrweɪ/ (Norwegian: Norge (Bokmål) or Noreg (Nynorsk)), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and the subantarctic Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of 385,252 square kilometres (148,747 sq mi) and a population of about 5 million. It is the second least densely populated country in Europe. The majority of the country shares a border to the east with Sweden; its northernmost region is bordered by Finland to the south and Russia to the east; in its south Norway borders the Skagerrak Strait across from Denmark. The capital city of Norway is Oslo. Norway's extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea, is home to its famous fjords.
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Philippines
The Philippines
i/ˈfɪlɨpiːnz/ FI-lə-peenz (Filipino: Pilipinas [ˌpɪlɪˈpinɐs]), officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Republika ng Pilipinas) is a sovereign country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam. The Sulu Sea to the southwest lies between the country and the island of Borneo, and to the south the Celebes Sea separates it from other islands of Indonesia. It is bounded on the east by the Philippine Sea. Its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire and its tropical climate make the Philippines prone to earthquakes and typhoons but have also endowed the country with natural resources and made it one of the richest areas of biodiversity in the world. An archipelago comprising 7,107 islands, the Philippines is categorized broadly into three main geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Its capital city is Manila.
With an estimated population of about 98 million people, the Philippines is the 7th most populated Asian country and the 12th most populated country in the world. An additional 12.5 million Filipinos live overseas. Multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands. In prehistoric times, Negritos were some of the archipelago's earliest inhabitants. They were followed by successive waves of Austronesian peoples who brought with them influences from Malay, Hindu, and Islamic societies. Trade introduced Chinese cultural influences which remain to this day.
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Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce (/ˈpɔːnseɪ/; Spanish: [ˈponθe] ( listen)) is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.
Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the great-grandson of Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León. Ponce is often referred to as La Perla del Sur (The Pearl of the South), La Ciudad Señorial (The Noble, or Lordly, City), and La Ciudad de las Quenepas (Genip City). The city serves as the governmental seat of the autonomous municipality as well as the regional hub for various Government of Puerto Rico entities, such as the Judiciary of Puerto Rico. It is also the regional center for various other commonwealth and federal government agencies.
The Municipality of Ponce, officially the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce, is located in the Southern Coastal Plain region of the island, south of Adjuntas, Utuado, and Jayuya; east of Peñuelas; west of Juana Díaz; and bordered on the south by the Caribbean Sea. The municipality has a total of 31 barrios (wards), including 19 outside the city's urban area and 12 in the urban area of the city. The historic Ponce Pueblo district, located in the downtown area of the city, is shared by several of the downtown barrios, and is located approximately three miles inland from the shores of the Caribbean. Ponce is a principal city of both the Ponce Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Ponce-Yauco-Coamo Combined Statistical Area. The municipality of Ponce is the second largest in Puerto Rico by land area, and it was the first in Puerto Rico to obtain its autonomy, becoming The Autonomous Municipality of Ponce in 1992.
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Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (/ˌpɔrtə ˈriːkoʊ/ or /ˌpwɛərtə ˈriːkoʊ/), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, [esˈtaðo ˈlibɾe asoˈsjaðo ðe ˈpweɾto ˈriko]—literally, "Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"), is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.
Puerto Rico (Spanish for "rich port") comprises an archipelago that includes the main island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller islands, the largest of which are Vieques, Culebra, and Mona. The main island of Puerto Rico is the smallest by land area of the Greater Antilles. However, it ranks third in population amongst that group of four islands, which also include Cuba, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Jamaica. Due to its location, Puerto Rico enjoys a tropical climate and also experiences the Atlantic hurricane season.
Originally populated for centuries by indigenous aboriginal peoples known as Taínos, the island was claimed by Christopher Columbus for Spain during his second voyage to the Americas on November 19, 1493. Under Spanish rule, the island was colonized and the indigenous population was forced into slavery and nearly wiped out due to, among other things, European infectious diseases. The remaining population was emancipated by King Charles I in 1520. Spain possessed Puerto Rico for over 400 years, despite attempts at capture of the island by the French, Dutch, and British. The Spanish Crown, in an attempt to keep Puerto Rico from gaining its independence, revived the Royal Decree of Graces of 1815. The decree was printed in three languages — Spanish, English and French — and it fostered the immigration of hundreds of non-Spanish European families.
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Russia
Russiai/ˈrʌʃə/ or /ˈrʊʃə/ (Russian: Россия, tr. Rossiya; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə] ( listen)), also officially known as the Russian Federation (Russian: Российская Федерация, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə] ( listen)), is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk, and the US state of Alaska by the Bering Strait. At 17,075,400 square kilometres (6,592,800 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than one eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Russia is also the eighth most populous nation with 143 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning nine time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources and is the largest producer of oil and natural gas globally. Russia has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.
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Thailand
Thailand (
/ˈtaɪlænd/ TY-land or /ˈtaɪlənd/;Thai: ประเทศไทย, RTGS: Prathet Thai), officially the Kingdom of Thailand (Thai: ราชอาณาจักรไทย, RTGS: Ratcha Anachak Thai; IPA: [râːt.tɕʰā ʔāːnāːtɕàk tʰāj] (
listen)), formerly known as Siam (Thai: สยาม; RTGS: Sayam), is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Burma. Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast, and Indonesia and India in the Andaman Sea to the southwest.
The country is a constitutional monarchy, headed by King Rama IX, the ninth king of the House of Chakri, who, having reigned since 1946, is the world's longest-serving head of state and the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history. The king of Thailand is titled Head of State, Head of the Armed Forces, the Upholder of the Buddhist religion, and the Defender of all Faiths.
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Ukraine
Ukraine (i/juːˈkreɪn/ yew-KRAYN; Ukrainian: Україна, transliterated: Ukrayina, [ukrɑˈjinɑ]; Russian: Украина; Crimean Tatar: Ukraina) is a country in Central and Eastern Europe. Ukraine borders the Russian Federation to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after the Russian Federation.
According to a popular and well established theory, the medieval state of Kievan Rus was established by the Varangians in the 9th century as the first historically recorded East Slavic state which emerged as a powerful nation in the Middle Ages until it disintegrated in the 12th century. By the middle of the 14th century, Ukrainian territories were under the rule of three external powers—the Golden Horde, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Kingdom of Poland. After the Great Northern War (1700–1721) Ukraine was divided between a number of regional powers and, by the 19th century, the largest part of Ukraine was integrated into the Russian Empire with the rest under Austro-Hungarian control. A chaotic period of incessant warfare ensued, with several internationally recognized attempts at independence from 1917 to 1921, following World War I and the Russian Civil War. Ukraine emerged from its own civil war, and on December 30, 1922 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic became one of the founding republics of the Soviet Union. The Ukrainian SSR's territory was enlarged westward during the civil war shortly before, and after World War II, and further south in 1954 with the Crimea transfer. In 1945, the Ukrainian SSR became one of the founding members of the United Nations.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
The United Kingdom is a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system, with its seat of government in the capital city of London. It is a country in its own right and consists of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There are three devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff, the capitals of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Associated with the UK, but not constitutionally part of it, are three Crown Dependencies. The United Kingdom has fourteen overseas territories. These are remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in 1922, encompassed almost a quarter of the world's land surface and was the largest empire in history. British influence can still be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former territories.
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United States
The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with over 312 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2011 GDP of $15.1 trillion (22% of nominal global GDP and over 19% of global GDP at purchasing-power parity). Per capita income is the world's sixth-highest.
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Venezuela
Venezuela (i/ˌvɛnɨˈzweɪlə/ VEN-ə-ZWAY-lə), officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: República Bolivariana de Venezuela [repuˈβlika βoliβaˈɾjana ðe βeneˈswela]), is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south. Its northern coastline of roughly 2,800 kilometres (1,700 mi) includes numerous islands in the Caribbean Sea, and in the north east borders the northern Atlantic Ocean. Caribbean islands such as Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba and the Leeward Antilles lie near the Venezuelan coast. Venezuela's territory covers around 916,445 square kilometres (353,841 sq mi) with an estimated population of 29,105,632. Venezuela is considered a state with extremely high biodiversity, with habitats ranging from the Andes mountains in the west to the Amazon Basin rainforest in the south, via extensive llanos plains and Caribbean coast in the center and the Orinoco River Delta in the east.
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Adrien Broner
Adrien Broner (Born 28 July 1989) is an American Professional boxer, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Adrien has been featured in the top ten of the Ring Magazine rankings for the Junior Lightweight division.
Broner had a successful amateur career of over 300 fights
Broner turned professional on 31 May 2008 and scored three consecutive first round knockouts against Allante Davis, David Warren Huffman and Ramon Flores. In Broner's fourth fight he faced Terrance Jett at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on the undercard of the Ricky Hatton vs Paulie Malignaggi fight. Broner defeated Jett with a stoppage in the sixth round. In Broner's fifth professional fight and final of 2008, he faced Scott Furney on the undercard of Oscar De La Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao fight. Broner stopped Furney in the first round bringing his record to 5(5)-0-0.
In January 2009 he was forced to go the distance with Jose Alfredo Lugo, at the Staples Center on the undercard of Shane Mosley vs Antonio Margarito. Broner returned to the ring in March scoring a unanimous decision over Eric Ricker. Three weeks later Broner stopped Angel Rodriguez in the fourth round. In his eighth fight Broner stepped up to eight rounds in a hard fought fight with Fernando Quintero, pulling out a majority decision. In June at the Staples Center Broner met Australian William Kickett, scoring a sixth round knockout. On the Juan Díaz vs Paul Malignaggi undercard in Houston Broner make short work of Edgar Portillo, victory coming via stoppage in the first round. Broner defeated Henry White Jr via KO in September and finished his busy year against Tommy Atencio. Broner stopped Atencio in the first round, for the sixth time in thirteen fights. Broner then had a fourth round stoppage victory over Roberto Acevedo. Broner fought 4 more times in 2010 against Rafael Lora, Carlos Claudio, Guillermo Sanchez, and Ilido Julio, stopping all of them.
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Alex Sánchez (boxer)
Alex "El Nene" Sánchez (born June 5, 1973) is a retired Puerto Rican professional boxer.
Sánchez began his professional boxing career on October 4, 1991, knocking out Carlos Figueroa in round one at Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
After one more win that year, he took 1992 off, but came back in 1993 to post nine wins in a row before facing Orlando Malone for the WBO's world Strawweight championship. On December 22 of that year, Sánchez became a world champion by knocking Malone out in the first round at San Juan, Puerto Rico.
He went on a European tour in 1994, retaining his title and winning a non-title bout in Spain, and retaining his title in Germany. By then, Sánchez was actively challenging Michael Carbajal into a fight. That fight, however, never came off.
In 1995, he retained his title twice, and won four non-title bouts. In 1996, he only had one fight, knocking out Jose Luis Velardez in round five.
In 1997, he started by suffering his first defeat, at the hands of Edgar Cardenas, by a decision in ten rounds. He then beat future world champion Victor Burgos by a decision in twelve to retain the title, in what marked the beginning of their trilogy of bouts. He closed the year by getting his long anticipated unification bout with WBC world champion Ricardo López, but he lost the title to López when López knocked him out in round five at Madison Square Garden.
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Ana Julaton
Ana Julaton (born Luciana Bonifacio Julaton, 5 July 1980) is the first Filipino American boxer to win the Women's WBO Super Bantamweight and IBA Super Bantamweight titles. Nicknamed “The Hurricane,” she is also one of the “quickest” boxers ever to win a world title, having fought only five other professional bouts before winning the IBA Super Bantamweight title.
Luciana “Ana” B. Julaton was born on 5 July 1980 in San Francisco, California. Despite her father making her train in martial arts when she was little, she had no interest in boxing whatsoever. It was only while working as a bok-fu instructor at the West Wind Martial Arts and Boxing School in Berkeley, California, that Julaton was introduced to boxing through a lecture session organized by her now trainer-manager, Angelo Reyes.
She then made her amateur boxing debut in 2004, managing to win a silver in the San Francisco Golden Gloves despite having officially trained for only two weeks. After delivering a good performance at the National Golden Gloves in 2005, Julaton would be taken under the wing of two-division world champion Carina Moreno and trainer Rick Noble, further improving her craft.
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Brian Viloria
Brian Viloria (born November 24, 1980 in Waipahu, Hawaii) is a Filipino-American professional boxer He is the reigning WBO Flyweight champion. He also won the WBC Light Flyweight and IBF Junior Flyweight titles. His nickname "The Hawaiian Punch" was first given to to him by Jesus Salud, another former world champion in boxing.
In 1999, he won the US championships, the national Golden Gloves and the world title as an amateur at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas but lost early at the Sydney Olympics 2000 against Brahim Asloum, who he had beaten in the 1999 World Championships in Houston, Texas. His overall record was 230-8.
He went to Northern Michigan University as part of the United States Olympic Education Center. Viloria bested both Glenn Donaire in the quarter-finals, and future world champion Nonito Donaire in the semi-finals of the 2000 US Olympic Trials. Won a spot on the 2000 Olympic Team by defeating his one time Team mate, Karoz Norman.
Viloria went to the Sydney Olympics as a medal favorite, but lost to eventual gold medalist Brahim Asloum of France, 6-4. Viloria landed dozens of body punches but the judges did not award points for his blows.
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Chris Byrd
Chris Cornelius Byrd (born August 15, 1970) is a retired professional boxer. He is the former WBO and IBF heavyweight champion. His nickname is "Rapid Fire".
Chris Byrd was the youngest of eight children growing up in Flint, Michigan. He began boxing at age 5, training in his father (Joe Sr.)'s Joe Byrd Boxing Academy. His father continued to train and manage Byrd as a professional. Byrd attended Flint Northwestern High School.
Byrd began competing in the ring at age 10, and compiled an impressive 275 wins in the amateur ranks. He was a three-time U.S. amateur champion (1989, 1991, and 1992). He was on the 1991 U.S. National boxing Team that became the first (and only) U.S. team to score a tie against the heralded Cuban team. Byrd won the silver medal in the 1992 Barcelona summer Olympics as a middleweight, losing to Cuba's Ariel Hernández in the final.
Byrd turned professional on January 28, 1993, knocking out 10 of his first 13 opponents. Byrd moved up to heavyweight three fights into his professional career.
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Chris Eubank
Chris Eubank, Lord of the Manor of Brighton (born Christopher Livingstone Eubanks on 8 August 1966)[citation needed] is a British retired boxer who held world titles at middleweight and super middleweight. He was a world champion for over five years, undefeated in his first ten years as a professional, and remained undefeated at middleweight.
Christopher Livingstone Eubanks, is one of the sons of Rachel Scollins (later opting to delete the 's' from his surname) was born on 8 August 1966, in Dulwich, South London and spent his early days in Jamaica (from two months old to six years old). On his return to England, he lived in Stoke Newington, Dalston, Hackney and then Peckham; largely impoverished.
He attended Bellingden Junior School, and then Thomas Carlton Secondary School, from where he was suspended eighteen times in one year and then expelled, despite claiming he was gallantly trying to protect other children from bullies. He then attended Peckham Manor School, from where he was suspended five times in four weeks and then expelled. He was then put into care and spent time in various institutions under the care of Social Services. Some time was spent at Orchard Lodge Regional Resource Centre, Anerley in 1981. When he was 16, his father sent him to New York in the U.S. to live with his mother in the tough South Bronx district.
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Darrin Morris
Darrin Morris (June 15, 1966 – October 1, 2000) was an American super middleweight boxer, nicknamed "The Mongoose".
Morris was born in Detroit and died in West Palm Beach. He once was a sparring partner for Sugar Ray Leonard, and he achieved a professional record of 28-2-1 with 18 KOs.
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) twice moved Morris up in its super-middleweight rankings in 2001, despite the fact that he had died of HIV-related meningitis the previous October. Morris was ranked #7 at the time of his death and #5 when the WBO discovered the error. WBO president Francisco Varcarcel said, "We obviously missed the fact that Darrin was dead. It is regrettable." One week after British newspaper The Independent broke the story, one of the three men ranking the boxers, Gordon Volkman, still had not heard that Morris was dead. In addition, Morris had only fought once in the three years before his death, beating a boxer with only 15 wins out of 78 fights.
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Donnie Nietes
Donnie Nietes is a Filipino professional boxer and the WBO Light Flyweight World Champion. He is also a former WBO Minimumweight World Champion. His cousin, Gerson Nietes, is also a boxer.
Originally a utility man who worked at the Antonio Lopez Aldeguer (ALA) boxing gym, Nietes took up boxing after being encouraged by the practitioners whom he socialized with. He turned professional in 2003 and became a national champion one year later.
Regarding how Nietes got his nickname "Ahas" which is Tagalog for "snake," Tony Aldeguer states:
Nietes fought a then undefeated Pornsawarn Kratingdaenggym of Taipei for the vacant WBO title on September 30, 2007 in Waterfront-Cebu City Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines. Although Nietes floored Kratingdaenggym in the fourth round, the Thai boxer managed to go up to the final bell. The bout ended in a unanimous decision in favor of Nietes.
For three times, Nietes has been pitted against a fighter to whom he was supposed to defend his title, but all plans have been aborted for undisclosed reasons. Because of these, he was at risk of being stripped as the WBO rules state that a champion has to defend his title within a year. After 11 months of inactivity, he finally defended his crown, against Eddy Castro (12-3-1) on August 30, 2008. Nietes (23-1-3, with 14 knockouts) won the fight by technical knockout at 2:49 mark of the second round.
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Francesco Damiani
Francesco Damiani (born October 4, 1958 in Bagnacavallo) is an Italian former boxer who won the silver medal at the 1982 World Championships and at the 1984 Summer Olympics. As a professional, he was the first WBO heavyweight champion.
He participated at 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where he lost to the eventual silver medalist Piotr Zaev in the quarter-finals. The following year he won the European Amateur Championships in Tampere. At the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Munich, he beat the legendary Teofilo Stevenson but lost to Tyrell Biggs in the final. In 1983 in Varna he became European champion for the second time, beating Ulli Kaden. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles he again lost to Biggs in the final, despite Biggs' home crowd booing at the judges decision who believed Damiani won the contest (since he threw more punches and was moving forward for most of the contest) which led to the leading BBC Boxing commentator Harry Carpenter, who was commentating for the BBC sport Olympic coverage, to say that "..it the worst boxing decision in all my years of boxing commentating".
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Francisco Varcarcel
Francisco Valcarcel (born c. 1950) is a Puerto Rican lawyer who is also president of the World Boxing Organization.
Valcarcel grew in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, he studied law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica, in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
He began private practice in an office in San Juan. Valcarcel's first contact with boxing came during the early 1980s, when he became Wilfredo Gómez's lawyer and negotiated Gómez's contracts with promoter Don King. After helping Gómez by working for him, Valcarcel remained interested in boxing, although he was not very involved in the sport.
The WBO was created in 1988, quickly establishing its central offices in San Juan. Valcarcel became a member of the new world championship sanctioning body, and he rose in the organization's ranks. In 1996, Valcarcel became the WBO's president, following former world Light-Heavyweight champion José Torres at the helms of the organization.
Under Valcarcel's rule, the organization has been able to sign deals with the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation to hold unification bouts between WBO world champions and world champions from the other organizations. Valcarcel and WBC president José Sulaimán had a long feud, and thus the WBC was the last organization to convene with the WBO to hold world title unification bouts.
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Gerald McClellan
Gerald McClellan (born October 23, 1967 in Freeport, Illinois) is a former boxer from the United States of America, who was the WBO and WBC middleweight champion. McClellan's record as a professional boxer was 31 wins and 3 losses with 29 wins by knockout. He is rated #27 on Ring Magazine's list of 100 Greatest Punchers Of All-Time.
McClellan became a professional boxer in 1988. Trained by hall of fame trainer Emanuel Steward, he captured the WBO middleweight title by knocking out John Mugabi in one round in 1991, and the WBC's version by knocking out Julian Jackson in five rounds in May 1993. He defended the WBC title three times, including a first round stoppage of Jackson in a rematch. http://www.geraldmcclellan.com/
McClellan moved up in weight to challenge WBC super middleweight champion Nigel Benn in London on February 25, 1995. The fight was watched by an estimated 17 million people on television and 10,300 paying spectators.
McClellan dropped Benn, who went out of the ring in round one. They continued battling, but the fight had a devastating ending. McClellan knocked Benn down again in the eighth round but Benn was able to continue and after enduring numerous punches from Benn, McClellan slumped to one knee in round ten. He took the mandatory eight count, resumed boxing, but soon dropped to his knee for a second time. He was counted out. He returned to his corner but appeared to be unable to stand and lost consciousness. McClellan briefly regained consciousness in the ambulance and ripped off his oxygen mask.
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Harry Simon (boxer)
Harry Simon (born October 21, 1972 in Walvis Bay, Namibia) is a professional boxer in the super welterweight (154 lb) division.
As an amateur Simon represented Namibia as a welterweight at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. His result was:
Simon turned pro in 1994 and won the WBO Light Middleweight Title in 1998 by defeating Winky Wright. He defended it four times against Kevin Lueshing, Enrique Areco, Rodney Jones and Wayne Alexander. He later captured the WBO Middleweight title against Sweden's Armand Krajnc in a 12 round unanimous decision. Nicknamed "The Terminator" he is still undefeated, but was stripped of the belt for failing to defend after beating Krajnc in 2002.
Simon was involved in a car accident in late 2002, and was seriously injured. Three Belgian tourists - two adults and a baby - died in the collision with Simon's Mercedes-Benz at Langstrand in November 2002. He was earlier involved in another car accident that saw two people killed. On August 5, 2005, Simon was given a two-year jail sentence after he was found guilty of "culpable homicide" stemming from the November 2002 car accident that resulted in the deaths of the three people
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Jeannine Garside
Jeannine Garside (born April 14, 1978 in Duncan, British Columbia) is a Canadian rising star in the sport of women's boxing. After a long and distinguished amateur career, Garside has made her presence felt as a professional, winning the WIBA Super Bantamweight World Title in just her 4th pro bout. She is world champion since 03.07.2010 of WIBF, WBC and WBO.
Garside began boxing as an amateur in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada after seeing Christy Martin fight Deirdre Gogarty on a Mike Tyson undercard in March 1996. Jeannine was the British Columbia champion in 1998 and 1999 and was named British Columbia Boxer of the Year in 1998.
On January 24, 1999, in the 57 kg final of the 1999 Canadian National Championships held in Sudbury, Ontario Jeannine defeated Danielle Bouchard of Quebec by a 5-3 score to win her first national title and earn a place on the Canadian National Women's Boxing team that would soon pit her against some of the best female fighters in the world at her weight.
On December 4, 1999 in the 57 kg final of the 2000 Canadian National Championships at the Sportsplex in Campbell River, British Columbia, Jeannine defeated Michelle Collins of Alberta by an 11-1 score.
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Joe Calzaghe
Joseph William "Joe" Calzaghe, CBE, (pronounced /kælˈzæɡi/ kal-ZAG-ee; born 23 March 1972) is a retired Welsh professional boxer. He is a former WBO, IBF, WBC, WBA & The Ring Super Middleweight Champion and The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion.
Calzaghe is the longest-reigning world champion in recent years, having held the WBO Super Middleweight title for over ten years and made 21 successful defenses. He relinquished the title to move up to light heavyweight. As his super middleweight and light heavyweight reigns overlapped, he retired with the longest continual time as world champion of any active fighter. He is part of the Team Calzaghe based at the Newbridge boxing club.
Between 2006 to 2008, he was rated by The Ring magazine as a top ten pound for pound boxer. On January 2009, Calzaghe was ranked #3 in the world by The Ring. He retired in February 2009 with an undefeated record and as a reigning World Champion. Calzaghe is rated by Boxrec as the 11th pound-for-pound best British boxer of all time.
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Johnny DuPlooy
Johnny DuPlooy (born 27 September 1964) is a former South African heavyweight boxer.
The tall 6`3 South African boxer started his career in 1985 and beat 17 opponents. He then was stopped cold after losing to ex-champ Mike Weaver by 7th round KO. He later avenged this fight by knocking out Mike Weaver in two rounds and in 1989 challenged Francesco Damiani for the vacant WBO heavyweight title,(DuPlooy was KO'ed in the 3rd round) in that organization's inaugural bout. After this, he fought 15 more fights and compiled an overall record of 27 wins, 5 losses, and 1 draw. All losses were stoppage losses to known opponents (Renaldo Snipes, Francesco Damiani, Pierre Coetzer, Corrie Sanders).
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Johnny Tapia
John Lee "Johnny" Tapia (February 13, 1967 – May 27, 2012) was a Hispanic-American five-time world boxing champion from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Johnny Tapia's life began with tragedy. His father had reportedly been murdered while his mother was pregnant with him. When he was eight years old, his mother, Virginia, was kidnapped, raped, hanged, repeatedly stabbed, and left for dead by her assailant. Tapia was awakened by her screams and saw her chained to the back of a pickup truck. He tried to alert others in his household, but no one believed him. His mother was later found by the police and taken to the hospital after she had crawled 100 yards to a road. She died four days after the attack without regaining consciousness. Raised thereafter by his grandmother, Tapia turned to boxing at the age of nine.
Tapia had an outstanding amateur career, and was the 1983 National Golden Gloves light flyweight champion and the 1985 National Golden Gloves flyweight champion.
Tapia's professional boxing career began on March 25, 1988, when he fought Effren Chavez in Irvine, California. After four rounds of boxing the fight was called a draw. He won eight fights that year, five by knockout, of which four were in the first round. In 1989, he won seven more fights, including a first round knockout of Abner Barajas and an eight-round decision against John Michael Johnson.
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Jorge Arce
Jorge Armando Arce Armenta (pronounced "ar-seh"; born July 27, 1979 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico) is a Mexican professional boxer, and the second Mexican boxer to win a world title in four weight divisions. Acre is the reigning WBO Bantamweight Champion and the former WBO Super Bantamweight, WBO Super Flyweight, Interim WBA Super Flyweight, Interim WBC Flyweight, WBC Light Flyweight and WBO Light Flyweight champion .
Arce remains a favorite fighter among boxing fans and is also the older brother of title contender Francisco Arce Armenta. Arce's trademark ring entrance features him wearing a black cowboy hat (thus earning him the nickname "The Mexican Cowboy") and sucking a cherry lollipop.
Arce turned pro at the age of 16, winning his first four fights. He lost to future champion Omar Romero and drew with Gabriel Munoz in back-to-back fights in the summer of 1996, but then won 10 straight bouts and a pair of regional belts before losing on points to veteran (and future IBF Light Flyweight Champion) Jose Victor Burgos on December 12, 1997.
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José Torres
José ("Chegüi") Torres (May 3, 1936 – January 19, 2009), was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur boxer, he won a silver medal in the junior middleweight at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. In 1965, he defeated Willie Pastrano to win the WBC and WBA light heavyweight championships. In 1997, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Born in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Torres began boxing when he joined the U.S. Army as a teenager (he was 18 years old). His only amateur titles had come in Army and Inter-Service championships, several of which he had won. Torres was still in the Army when he won the Silver Medal in the light middleweight division at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, where he lost to László Papp of Hungary in the final.
Torres trained at the Empire Sporting Club in New York City. He was the 1958 National AAU Middleweight Champion and also won the 1958 New York Golden Gloves 160 lb Open Championship.
He debuted as a professional in 1958 with a first round knockout of George Hamilton in New York. Twelve wins in a row followed, ten of them by knockout (including wins over contenders Ike Jenkins and Al Andrews), after which he was able to make his San Juan debut against Benny Paret, a world welterweight and Middleweight champion whose death after a fight would later on become one of the turning points in the history of boxing. Torres and Paret fought to a ten round draw, and in 1960, Torres went back to campaigning in New York, where he scored three wins that year, all by decision, including two over Randy Sandy.
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Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH (English pronunciation: /ˈpæki.aʊ/ PAK-ee-ow; Tagalog: [pɐkˈjaʊ]; born December 17, 1978) is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 2000s (decade) by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA). He is also a three-time The Ring and BWAA "Fighter of the Year," winning the award in 2006, 2008 and 2009.
As of 2012, Pacquiao is the WBO Welterweight Champion. He was long rated as the best pound for pound boxer in the world by some sporting news and boxing websites, including BoxRec.com, Sporting Life and The Ring. However, in April 2012, Pacquiao dropped to number two in the rankings, behind Floyd Mayweather Jr. In their ratings ending May 7, 2012, Ring Magazine declared the top position vacant and jointly ranked Pacquiao and Mayweather in the number two spot.
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Marco Huck
Marco Huck (born November 11, 1984 as Muamer Hukić, Sjenica, Serbia) is a German professional boxer of Bosniak origin. He is the current WBO Cruiserweight Champion.
Marco started Taekwando and kickboxing at the age of ten. As an amateur kickboxer he had some success winning a gold medal at first the W.A.K.O European championships in 2002 and then at the same organizations world championships in 2003 aged just 18. Despite success in Full-Contact kickboxing he decided to switch completely to boxing, having also participated in the sport since he was 15.
In the build-up he bested amateur stars Michael Simms and Claudio Rîşco and had his first major fight against contender (rated in the Ring Magazine) Pietro Aurino. In a typical wild affair he was butted by the Italian and kicked him in the stomach in return. When he wasn't disqualified the Italian stormed out of the ring in disgust and was declared loser. Right afterwards he outpointed another world class fighter in undefeated (23-0) contender Vadim Tokarev this time without controversy. He was rated #7 by the Ring Magazine when he fought Steve Cunningham, however Huck was knocked out by Cunningham in his first title defense.[citation needed]
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Michael Carbajal
Michael Carbajal (born September 17, 1967 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American five-time world boxing champion of Mexican descent. His nickname was "Little Hands Of Stone," after his favorite boxer,"Hands Of Stone" Roberto Durán.
Results were:
His amateur record was 94-9.
His gym, "The 9th Street Gym", is actually on 10th Street in Phoenix.
Seven months after the Olympics, in February 1989, Carbajal made his debut in front of a national television audience as part of the card where Duran became a four-time world champion by beating Iran Barkley in Atlantic City. In his first fight, Carbajal outboxed another future world champion, Will Grigsby.
Carbajal followed that win with a spectacular first-round knockout of Silviano Perez on NBC. In his tenth bout, he met the former WBO world champion Pedro Feliciano, handling him a ten-round beating. Four more wins followed, and Carbajal was presented with an opportunity to fight for a world championship.
On July 29, 1990, Carbajal faced Muangchai Kittikasem, who came to Phoenix from Thailand to defend his IBF light flyweight championship. Carbajal methodically took apart the champion in front of an ABC national audience. In round 7, after a combination of punches left Kittikasem lying defenseless against the ropes, the referee stepped in and stopped the fight, making Carbajal the world champion for the first time in his career.
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Michael Moorer
Michael Lee Moorer (born November 12, 1967) is a retired American boxer who is a former light heavyweight World Champion and former three-time heavyweight World Champion.
Moorer is a native of Monessen, Pennsylvania, which is in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Moorer had a fast but steady rise through the professional boxing ranks. He debuted on March 4, 1988, knocking out Adrian Riggs in the first round. He spent the year taking on a rather ambitious fight schedule, in terms of quantity if nothing else. Before the year's end, he was undefeated in eleven bouts (winning all by way of early round knockouts) and fighting for the world title for the first time. He acquired the newly created WBO light heavyweight title with a five round knockout of Ramzi Hassan.
In 1989, he retained the title six times, beating Freddie Delgado, Frankie Swindell, Mike Sedillo and former WBA champion Leslie Stewart, among others.
In 1990, he retained the title three times before the end of the year, beating Mario Melo and former Michael Spinks challenger Jim McDonald, among others.
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Mike Tyson
Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is a retired American professional boxer. Tyson is a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles at 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old. Tyson won his first 19 professional bouts by knockout, with 12 of them occurring in the first round. He won the WBC title in 1986 after defeating Trevor Berbick by a TKO in the second round. In 1987, Tyson added the WBA and IBF titles after defeating James Smith and Tony Tucker. He was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, and the only heavyweight to individually unify them.
In 1988, Tyson became the lineal champion when he knocked out Michael Spinks in the first 91 seconds of the fight. Tyson successfully defended the world heavyweight championship nine times, including victories over Larry Holmes and Frank Bruno. Tyson lost his titles to 42-to-1 underdog James "Buster" Douglas on February 11, 1990, in Tokyo, Japan, by a knockout in round 10. Tyson continued in his quest to regain the titles, defeating Donovan Ruddock twice in 1991. Tyson was then scheduled to take on the undisputed heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield but pulled out due to injury.
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Naseem Hamed
Naseem Hamed (Arabic: نسيم حميد, Nasīm Ḥamīd; also known as Prince Naseem; born 12 February 1974) is an English former professional boxer.
He is the former WBO, WBC, IBF, & Lineal featherweight champion, and European bantamweight champion.
Hamed was known for his boxing antics and spectacular ring entrances that have included entering the ring via a Chevrolet Impala, a flying carpet, an elevator, and a palanquin; re-enacting the video of Michael Jackson's Thriller; and wearing a Halloween mask. He was also known for his front somersault over the top rope into the ring.
Hamed was born in Sheffield, to Yemeni parents, in 1974. Hamed started boxing professionally at Flyweight in 1992. He soon began rising through the ranks as he knocked out a series of opponents in the opening rounds. Age 20 he won the European bantamweight title, comprehensively beating the beleaguered Vincenzo Belcastro over twelve rounds. After one defense he added the WBC International super bantamweight title to his CV in 1994, overwhelming Freddy Cruz in Sheffield, whom he severely punished and stopped in six rounds. Hamed's popularity grew, his unorthodox style winning a large fan base and his boxing antics generating a large group of detractors. After signing for Frank Warren, Hamed, employing more spectacular entrances, knocked out better opposition in Enrique Angeles and Juan Polo Pérez, both within two rounds.
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Nathan Cleverly
Nathan Cleverly (born 17 February 1987) is a Welsh professional boxer and current WBO light heavyweight world champion. He is also the former European, British and Commonwealth light heavyweight champion. He graduated with a BSc in Mathematics from Cardiff University in 2010.
Cleverly made his professional debut in July 2005 with a four round victory over journeyman Ernie Smith at the Meadowbank Sports Center in Edinburgh and within a year had compiled a winning ledger of 6–0. His first fight of substance however was in October 2006 when he met Liverpool's Tony Quigley at the MEN Arena in Manchester. The fight which was on the undercard to the match up between Joe Calzaghe and Sakio Bika ended in a 5th round stoppage for Cleverly and handed Quigley his first pro defeat.
The next big test for the young prospect took place at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff just over a year later in September 2007 when Cleverly met tough Ugandan Joey Vegas. Cleverly at that time boasted a record of 10–0 and Vegas 10–1. The fight ended with a gruelling points win over 8 rounds for the Welshman in what was his toughest fight to date. Speaking about the result to the BBC and referring to the sparring he received in the Enzo Calzaghe gym, Cleverly said "I'm still young and won't be hitting my peak for about eight years, but think how good the wars I'm having in the gym now are doing me for the future ... I want to keep on progressing, to go for the British title, then maybe a world crown in a couple of years."
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Nigel Benn
Nigel Benn (born 22 January 1964), known as "The Dark Destroyer", is a British former boxer who held world titles in the middleweight and super middleweight divisions.
Benn was also in the British Army, where he served in Northern Ireland for 18 months. He attended Loxford School of Science and Technology, Ilford, Greater London. Now he lives in Mallorca, Spain with his family.
Barbadian British, Benn comes from a sporting family that includes a famous cousin in the football world, Paul Ince, who would often accompany Benn to the ring for his British fights. Benn had a record of 41 wins and 1 loss as an amateur boxer, with the loss being against Rod Douglas, whom Benn later defeated.
Benn turned professional in 1987 and began a streak of consecutive knockout wins. During this time, Benn won the vacant Commonwealth middleweight title with a second round win over Abdul Umaru.
At 22-0 (22 KOs), Benn defended his Commonwealth title against Michael Watson in a heavily hyped bout in May 1989 at Finsbury Park, London. Throwing nothing but hooks, Benn repeatedly failed to get through Watson's tight guard, and gradually tired whilst being stunned numerous times himself.
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Nonito Donaire
Nonito Donaire, Jr. (born November 16, 1982) is a Filipino American professional boxer. Known as "The Filipino Flash," Donaire is a four-division world champion and the reigning WBO Super Bantamweight Champion. He is also the former WBC and WBO Bantamweight, Interim WBA Super Flyweight and IBF Flyweight Champion.
He is a known switch-hitter with the ability to fight either southpaw or orthodox. His surname is often mispronounced as do-nayr but it's properly pronounced as do-nigh-reh.
Donaire is currently rated by The Ring as the number four pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
Nonito Donaire was born in Talibon, Bohol, Philippines to Filipino parents, Nonito Sr. and Imelda Donaire. He is the third among four siblings: Glenn, Rosiel and Ermie. Back then, there was no electricity in Bohol. He grew up in General Santos City, South Cotabato, where he lived until age six and went to the same school as boxing icon eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao. His father, a second year high school dropout, was in the Philippine Army for eight years and fought as an amateur before trying his luck alone in the US in 1990. In 1993, at the age of eleven, he had joined his father in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California and they lived in San Leandro. He later moved to San Mateo in the Bay Area.
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Omar Narvaez
Omar Andrés Narváez (born July 10, 1975 in Trelew, Chubut, Argentina) is an Argentine southpaw professional boxer in the super flyweight (115 lb) division and is the WBO Junior Bantamweight champion. Narváez was also the first boxer from the 2000 Olympics to capture a major world title.
His record is 34-1-2 (19 KOs). He won WBO world flyweight title on July 13, 2002 by a unanimous decision win over Adonis Rivas. He defended that title 16 times with wins over Luis Alberto Lazarate, Andrea Sarritzu (twice), Everardo Morales, Alexander Mahmutov, Reginaldo Martins Carvalho, Bernard Inom, Rexon Flores, Walberto Ramos, Brahim Asloum, Marlon Marquez, Carlos Tamara, Iván Pozo, Alejandro "Payasito" Hernández and Rayonta Whitfield.
After defeating Whitfield, Narvaez surpassed Carlos Monzón's national record of successful defences, holding the record with 15 defences. On February 12, 2011 he successful defended the WBO super-flyweight title with a unanimous points decision against Mexican Victor Zaleta in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Orlando Salido
Orlando Salido Rivera (born November 16, 1980 in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora) is a Mexican professional boxer. Salido is the current WBO Featherweight Champion and the former IBF Featherweight Champion. Eight of his losses happened between the ages of 15 and 21.
Salido suffered losses in the early portion of his career. However, he went on a nine fight undefeated streak before losing to WBA and IBF featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez by a 12 round unanimous decision. Salido rebounded with knockout wins over former champion César Soto and Rogers Mtagwa
On November 4, 2006, he defeated Robert Guerrero for the IBF world title, by a unanimous decision. The Official scorers saw it 115-113, 118-110, 117-111. Salido's win over Guerrero was marred by controversy, as Salido reportedly tested positive for steroids after the fight.
As a result of his positive test for Nandrolone, Salido was stripped of his title and faced disciplinary action in Nevada, which included a suspension. Salido maintained his innocence and immediately had a follow up test at LabCorp, a nationally recognized blood lab. The findings were negative of any steroids. It should be noted that Nandrolone is an anabolic steroid that may be present naturally in the human body in minute quantities.
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Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya (born February 4, 1973 in East Los Angeles, California) is a retired American professional boxer of Mexican descent. Nicknamed "The Golden Boy," De La Hoya won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from James A. Garfield High School. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr. and brother Joel Jr. were all boxers. De La Hoya was The Ring's "Fighter of the Year" in 1995 and Ring Magazine's top-rated Pound for Pound fighter in the world in 1997 & 1998. De La Hoya officially announced his retirement from the sport at a press conference held in Los Angeles on April 14, 2009.
De La Hoya has defeated 17 world champions and has won ten world titles in six different weight classes. He has also generated more money than any other boxer in the history of the sport, an estimated $696 million pay-per-view income.
De La Hoya founded Golden Boy Promotions, a combat sport promotional firm. He is the first American of Hispanic descent to own a national boxing promotional firm and one of the few boxers to take on promotional responsibilities while still active.
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Paul "Silky" Jones
Paul "Silky" Jones (born 19 November 1966 in Sheffield, England), is a British former professional boxer who has a record of 31-12-1(15 KOs) in the welterweight, light-middleweight, middleweight, and super middleweight divisions. Jones will be remembered for being the first British-born Light Middleweight World Champion.
Known as "Silky", because of his truly unpredictability, quickness and silky skills. Jones had a Thomas Hearn like figure and the boxing skills to match, and therefore was able to fight and win titles from 154 lb all the way up to 168 lb.
Jones turned pro in 1986, aged 20 winning his first profesional bout against Paul Gillings. Paul then had 4 more fights before moving to Toronto (Canada) to gain some top experience where he hade 3 winning bouts including a stunning 3rd round KO at the hands of Tony Collier. Paul then returned to the UK and had 8 more fights against respectable fighters before winning his first title against Jason Rowe. After the fight Jones was quoted as being happy for winning the title but said he wound never defend it as he was going on to bigger and better things. On 14 April Jones won the WBO's Interconternental title against Damien Denny, winning him the "KO of the year award". This then placed Jones as number 2 in the WBO rankings. Jones then defended this title twice. Jones was in the form of his life and was unbeaten for more the 3 years.
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Ricky Burns
Ricky Burns (born 13 April 1983) is a Scottish boxer from Coatbridge who fights in the lightweight division and is currently the WBO lightweight champion after Juan Manuel Marquez vacated his belt and moved up to light welterweight. He is also a former WBO Super-Featherweight champion, Commonwealth super featherweight champion and has previously challenged for both the British and European titles.
Burns first fight as a professional was a four round victory in October 2001 over Woody Greenaway at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow. On 12 December 2004, following a string of seven wins over opponents including Jeff Thomas, Ernie Smith and Daniel Thorpe he was matched against fellow unbeaten prospect Colin Bain. The fight, at the Marriott Hotel in Glasgow, resulted in a first career defeat for Bain as Burns won over the six round distance. For Burns, the win set him up for a journey south of the border to face the unbeaten British lightweight champion Graham Earl in a non-title fight. The fight with Earl took place at the Wembley Conference Center and Burns produced one of the upsets of the year when he scored a points victory to beat Earl over eight rounds.
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Riddick Bowe
Riddick Lamont Bowe (born August 10, 1967, Brooklyn, New York City) is an American professional boxer. He is a former two-time World Heavyweight Champion, first winning the WBA, WBC and IBF titles in 1992, becoming Undisputed Heavyweight Champion. Bowe's second reign as Heavyweight champion was in 1995 when he won the WBO title. Bowe retired in 1996 but made a return to the ring in 2004. He has currently been inactive since 2008.
Riddick Bowe holds notable victories over Tony Tubbs, Bruce Seldon, Pierre Coetzer, Evander Holyfield (x2), Herbie Hide and Andrew Golota (x2). Riddick Bowe became the first fighter to defeat Holyfield when he beat him in 1992 for the World Heavyweight title. He then became the first fighter knock Holyfield out, when he beat him in their rubber match in 1995. Currently, Bowes professional boxing record stands at 43-1-0 (1 NC) with 33 KO'S. Buster Mathis, Jr. is the only opponent Bowe has fought but has not defeated, due to their No Contest in 1994. Riddick Bowe was ranked as the 21st Greatest Heavyweight of all time by Boxing Scene.
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Robert Stieglitz
Robert Stieglitz (born June 20, 1981 in Yeysk, Russia as Sergey Shtikhlits) is a German professional boxer and the current WBO Super Middleweight Champion. Stieglitz resides in Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt.
Robert suffered his second loss to Mexico's Librado Andrade in eight exciting rounds at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Cabazon, California in an IBF Super Middleweight Title Eliminator. Stieglitz won the vacant WBC International Super Middleweight title on December 9, 2008 in Solden (Austria) to previously unbeaten Lukas Wilaschek.
Stieglitz vacated the WBC International belt June 22, 2009 to fight Karoly Balzsay for the WBO Super Middleweight title. At the end of round ten, as a groggy and beaten Balzsay barely wobbled back to his corner, in a frightening moment, Balzsay's trainer Fritz Sdinek called for help and Balzsay was quickly taken from the ring to the hospital on a stretcher with his neck in a neck brace. Stieglitz recorded a fifth-round technical knockout of Ruben Eduardo Acosta to retain his WBO Super Middleweight title. The fight was stopped at 1:48 to give Stieglitz the victory in his first defense. On April 17, 2010 he successfully defended his title in Magdeburg against Eduard Gutknecht.
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Steve Collins
Stephen Collins, more commonly known as Steve Collins, (born 21 July 1964, Cabra, Dublin, Ireland) is a former professional boxer. Known as the "The Celtic Warrior", Collins is the former WBO middleweight and super middleweight champion.
Collins began his professional career in America, and lost two world title fights on points. It was not until Collins reached his 30's that he fulfilled his potential. Having competed against the best boxers on both sides of the Atlantic, Collins tends to be linked more to the era in the UK when there was a great rivalry between British boxers Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn. He fought and beat both, twice.
He is the brother of former footballer and current (June 2011) manager of Monaghan United football club, Roddy Collins.
Collins won 26 Irish titles at middleweight, light-heavyweight and cruiserweight as an amateur before turning professional in Massachusetts, U.S. in October 1986. His debut fight was against Julio Mercado on the undercard of a bill that featured his future trainer Freddie Roach and the future Fight of the Year winner Micky Ward. Collin's beat Mercado by way of knockout in the third round.
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Susi Kentikian
Susianna "Susi" Levonovna Kentikian (Սյուզի Կենտիկյան, born Syuzanna Levonovna Kentikyan on September 11, 1987) is an Armenian professional boxer now residing in Germany. She was born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, but she left the country with her family at the age of five because of the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Kentikian has lived in Hamburg since 1996 and began boxing when she was twelve years old. Following a successful amateur career, she turned professional in 2005 when she signed with the Hamburg boxing promoter Spotlight Boxing. Kentikian won her first world championship fight in February 2007, and she is a former World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Organization (WBO) and Women's International Boxing Federation (WIBF) World Flyweight Champion, and is considered Top Female fighter pound for pound.
Kentikian was undefeated, having won 16 of her first 30 professional fights by knockout. The German television station ZDF broadcasts her fights since July 2009. She had previously headlined fight cards for the television station ProSieben from 2007 to 2009. Kentikian has gained minor celebrity status in Germany and she hopes to reach a popularity similar to that of the retired German female boxing star Regina Halmich.
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Thomas Hearns
Thomas "Tommy" Hearns (born October 18, 1958) is a retired American professional boxer. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra" and more famously "The Hitman," Hearns became the first boxer in history to win world titles in four divisions. He would also become the first fighter in history to win five world titles in five different divisions. Hearns was named Ring Magazine fighter of the year in 1980 and 1984 and is best known for his fights with Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler and Roberto Durán.
Born in Grand Junction, Tennessee on October 18, 1958, Hearns was the youngest of three children in his mother's first marriage. With her second marriage, six children joined the first three. On her own, Mrs. Hearns raised Tommy and his siblings in Grand Junction until Tommy was five years old; then the family moved to Detroit, Michigan.
Hearns had an amateur record of 155–8. In 1977, he won the National Amateur Athletic Union Light Welterweight Championship, defeating Bobby Joe Young of Steubenville, Ohio, in the finals. He also won the 1977 National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Championship.
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Timothy Bradley
Timothy Ray Bradley, Jr. (born August, 29 1983) is an undefeated American professional boxer. A native to the Coachella Valley. Born in Cathedral City, California, and training out of Indio, California. He is the current WBO Light Welterweight Champion and former two-time WBC Light Welterweight Champion.
Bradley had his first professional bout on the 20th of August 2004, knocking out Francisco Martinez in the second round. In his rise through the ranks, he gained the WBC Youth World Welterweight and Light Welterweight crowns. He also beat IBF Lightweight Champion Miguel Vazquez by a unanimous ten round decision. Bradley finally got his chance for the title when José Luis Castillo failed to make weight in a title eliminator for the full WBC Light Welterweight belt. He then won the WBC Light Welterweight title by defeating British fighter Junior Witter in England.
On 4 April 2009, Bradley fought Kendall Holt to unify his WBC and Holt's WBO titles. Bradley was dropped in the first round by a huge left hook and was badly hurt but regrouped and outboxed Holt for most of the fight, before being sent to the canvas again in the 12th round. Nonetheless, Bradley got up and finished the fight. He won the fight by unanimous decision and became the new WBO Champion.
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Tommy Morrison
Tommy Morrison born January 2, 1969, is an American heavyweight boxer and a former World Boxing Organization champion. He lost only three out of a total of 52 professional fights. Morrison's nickname, "The Duke," is based on disputed claims that he is a grandnephew of Hollywood star John Wayne. Morrison was a co-star with Sylvester Stallone in the 1990 boxing movie Rocky V.
Morrison's professional boxing career effectively ended when he tested positive for HIV in 1996. Beginning in 2006, Morrison attempted a comeback, stating that he did not have HIV and, later, that HIV is a "myth." His claims are refuted by boxing and medical authorities.
After his enforced retirement in 1996, Morrison has been charged with multiple assault, weapon, intoxication, and drug offenses. He was sentenced to jail on several occasions, and served part of one sentence in 2000–2001.
Tommy Morrison was born in Gravette, Arkansas. At the urging of his father, Morrison, who was raised in Delaware County, Oklahoma and a Scottish-American, and whose older brother and two uncles were boxers, began boxing locally at the age of ten. Beginning at the age of 13, Morrison entered fifteen "toughman" contests using a fake ID (the minimum age for contestants was 21). He told The New York Times that he lost only one of these contests.
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Verno Phillips
Verno Jeremias Phillips (born November 29, 1969 in Belize City, Belize), is a professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.
Phillips turned pro in 1988 and captured the Vacant WBO Light Middleweight Title in 1993 with a win over Lupe Aquino. He defended the title four times before losing a decision to the gifted Paul "Silky" Jones of England many people say this and the loss to Paul William's were philips only true defeat.In 2004 Phillips captured the Vacant IBF Light Middleweight Title by beating Carlos Bojorquez via a TKO, but lost the belt in his next fight to Kassim Ouma. He lost his next bout to Ike Quartey, but in 2006 has rallied with wins over Juan Carlos Candelo and Teddy Reid, televised by ESPN. On March 27, 2008, Phillips beat Cory Spinks by disputed split decision to regain the IBF Light Middleweight Title. The announcer for donkingtv.com had scored the bout 119-110 for Spinks.
Philips signed to fight the young Paul Williams on November 29, 2008 on HBO for the vacant WBO Interim Light Middleweight Title, vacating his IBF title in the process. Phillips ended up losing the bout the after the ring doctor stopped the fight at the end of the eighth round, resulting in only the second loss via TKO in his career.
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Wladimir Klitschko
Wladimir Klitschko (Ukrainian: Володи́мир Володи́мирович Кличко́ [transliteration: Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Klychko], born 25 March 1976) is a Ukrainian heavyweight professional boxer. Klitschko is the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO & The Ring Heavyweight Champion. His older brother Vitali Klitschko is the current WBC Heavyweight Champion. Klitschko is the longest reigning Heavyweight Champion in history for the IBF, WBO & IBO Heavyweight titles, both in measurements of defenses and time & overall the 6th longest reigning Heavyweight Champion of all time. As of 2011, Boxrec rates Klitschko as the number 2 pound-for-pound in the world. Ring Magazine currently rates Klitschko as the number six pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
Since 2005, Klitschko has been the dominant force in the heavyweight division, defeating a majority of the top heavyweights in the rankings. When Klitschko won the IBF title against Chris Byrd there were four separate Heavyweight Champions. Since then, he has unified the IBF, IBO, WBO & WBA belts and defeated the WBA Champion in recess. Following his win over Ruslan Chagaev, Klitschko was awarded the vacant Ring Magazine Heavyweight title.
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Yesica Bopp
Yesica Yolanda Bopp, born April 11, 1984 in Villa Domínico (Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a women's boxing champion in the light flyweight division. Nicknamed "Tuti," Bopp stands 5'0" tall and has a perfect professional record of 19-0.
She won the interim WBA Female light flyweight title on December 4, 2008 after defeating Ana Fernandez, and she has made eight successful defenses. Bopp is also the reigning WBO Female light flyweight titleholder, having won that belt on November 6, 2009. She successfully defended it against Carina Moreno on January 29, 2011, and followed that up with five more victories in 2011.
Bopp is the top ranked female light flyweight fighter in the world, according to Boxrec.
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Zaurbek Baysangurov
Zaurbek Baysangurov (b.March 2, 1985 in Achhoy-Martan, Chechnya) is a Russian boxer and the current IBO and WBO Light Middleweight Champion.
Chechen junior middleweight Baysangurov is a two-times world amateur junior championship bronze medalist (U17 World Championships in 2001 and World Junior Championships 2002 in Cuba) and Russian amateur junior Champion.
He turned pro for German promoter Sauerland in 2004 at age 18. Hard hitting veteran Marco Antonio Rubio, 34-4-1 (30) put him on the deck in 2006 but was soundly outpointed. Baysangurov won the European championship in July 2007 with a very close decision over a little-known Frenchman.
In December 2008 he lost via an upset 5th round KO to former The Contender star Cornelius Bundrage.
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David Haye vs Enzo Maccarinelli (WBC,WBA,WBO & Ring Magazine World Cruiserweight Championships)
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- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
David Haye vs Enzo Maccarinelli FULL FIGHT (WBC,WBA,WBO & Ring Magazine World Cruiserweight Championships)
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David Haye vs Enzo Maccarinelli FULL FIGHT (WBC,WBA,WBO & Ring Magazine World Cruiserweight Championships)
wbo.welterweight.2009.pacquiao.vs.cotto.720p.hdtv.x264-tbs.mkv
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- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
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- published: 05 Jan 2012
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Wladimir klitschko WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO champion of the world
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- Duration: 8:14
- Updated: 05 Dec 2012
A compilation of Wladimir Klitschko featuring songs from Pendulum & Fat boy slim. Please rate and all comments welcome. This is my first video
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A compilation of Wladimir Klitschko featuring songs from Pendulum & Fat boy slim. Please rate and all comments welcome. This is my first video
- published: 14 Oct 2011
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- author: Eden Smith
WBO featherweight world championship,Steve Robinson-Duke McKenzie.
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- Duration: 38:12
- Updated: 03 Feb 2012
Steve Robinson defending his world title.
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Steve Robinson defending his world title.
- published: 03 Feb 2012
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"WBO assigns five judges to RE-SCORE Pacquiao-Bradley fight" MUST WATCH!
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- Duration: 2:28
- Updated: 12 Oct 2012
ARTICLE FROM LA TIMES : www.latimes.com Ignore Tags hbo face off manny pacquiao timothy bradley timothey max kellerman pacman floyd mayweather miguel cotto full fight wladimir klitschko klitchko vitali mike tyson best tribute video knockout compilation fedor emelianenko anderson silva chael sonnen muhammad ali sergio martinez roy jones junior lennox lewis amir khan david haye dereck chisora joe frazier larry holmes roberto duran pacman hagler sugar ray leonard robinson freddie roach Manny Pacquiao Tim Bradley Floyd Mayweather Jr. boxing knockout ko top rank This is all obviously for the rematch Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley FULL FIGHT highlights tko ko 2012 june mgm boxing hbo boxing 24 7 part 1 part 2 episode 1 episode 3 floyd mayweather jr PROMO PREVIEW WEIGH IN PREDICTION trailer "manny pacquiao vs timothy bradley promo" "training" "full fight" Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley FULL FIGHT highlights tko ko 2012 june mgm boxing hbo 24 part episode floyd mayweather jr PROMO PREVIEW WEIGH IN PREDICTION trailer training full fight full highlights pacquiao vs bradley today this month this year knock out round 1 round 2 round 3 road to pacquiao pacman bradley ppv stream link download live stream espn results controversy win loss tim bradley bradley vs pacquiao full fight WBO assigns five judges to re-score Pacquiao-Bradley fight RESCORING OF THE MANNY VS TIMOTHY FIGHT rescore manny vs timothy
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ARTICLE FROM LA TIMES : www.latimes.com Ignore Tags hbo face off manny pacquiao timothy bradley timothey max kellerman pacman floyd mayweather miguel cotto full fight wladimir klitschko klitchko vitali mike tyson best tribute video knockout compilation fedor emelianenko anderson silva chael sonnen muhammad ali sergio martinez roy jones junior lennox lewis amir khan david haye dereck chisora joe frazier larry holmes roberto duran pacman hagler sugar ray leonard robinson freddie roach Manny Pacquiao Tim Bradley Floyd Mayweather Jr. boxing knockout ko top rank This is all obviously for the rematch Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley FULL FIGHT highlights tko ko 2012 june mgm boxing hbo boxing 24 7 part 1 part 2 episode 1 episode 3 floyd mayweather jr PROMO PREVIEW WEIGH IN PREDICTION trailer "manny pacquiao vs timothy bradley promo" "training" "full fight" Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley FULL FIGHT highlights tko ko 2012 june mgm boxing hbo 24 part episode floyd mayweather jr PROMO PREVIEW WEIGH IN PREDICTION trailer training full fight full highlights pacquiao vs bradley today this month this year knock out round 1 round 2 round 3 road to pacquiao pacman bradley ppv stream link download live stream espn results controversy win loss tim bradley bradley vs pacquiao full fight WBO assigns five judges to re-score Pacquiao-Bradley fight RESCORING OF THE MANNY VS TIMOTHY FIGHT rescore manny vs timothy
- published: 14 Jun 2012
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TIMOTHY BRADLEY IRONICAL DISCISION WIN NEW WBO CHAMP VS MANNY PACQUIAO JUNE 9 2012
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By.Léo Doston.Ville De La Tuque.Timothy Bradley new WBO weltherweight champion defeat Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas june 9 2012 Judge CJRoss,we ask for an inquiery in front of the US Nevada sports commission for the bradley vs pacquiao fight night of sathurday june 9 2012 held in Las Vegas Nevada. HBO Channel ringtv ringside magazine lacageauxsports rdsca showboxing network HBOBoxing network Afther fight press conference sunday june 10 2012 with manny pacquiao and timothy bradley top rank sluggertv tsn thescore cbc sports cjad 800 am timothy bradley new WBO Weltherweightchampion on sathurday june 9 2012 timothy bradley as win the wbo title by a still by judge CJRoss Bob Arum top rank promoter Manny Pacquiao vs Thimothy Bradley : Round 12 And Final Decision Manny Pacquiao vs Thimothy Bradley : Round 1 to 3 june 9,2012 HBO PPV Boxing Manny Pacquiao vs Thimothy Bradley : Round 4 to 6 june 9,2012 HBO PPV Boxing Manny Pacquiao vs Thimothy Bradley : Round 7 to 9 june 9,2012 HBO PPV Boxing Manny Pacquiao vs Thimothy Bradley : Round 10 to 12 june 9,2012 HBO PPV Boxing Timothy Bradley Speaks After Defeating Pacquiao ( Post Fight Press Conference ) Manny Pacquiao was robbed in split decision as Thimothy Bradley Won WBO weltherweight title MGM Grand Arena And new WBO WW Champion of the world Timothy Bradley sathurday june 9 2012 in Las Vegas Nevada Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley Post Fight Show Manny Pacquiao speaks after loss to Bradley (Post Fight Press Conference) Sunday june 10 ...
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By.Léo Doston.Ville De La Tuque.Timothy Bradley new WBO weltherweight champion defeat Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas june 9 2012 Judge CJRoss,we ask for an inquiery in front of the US Nevada sports commission for the bradley vs pacquiao fight night of sathurday june 9 2012 held in Las Vegas Nevada. HBO Channel ringtv ringside magazine lacageauxsports rdsca showboxing network HBOBoxing network Afther fight press conference sunday june 10 2012 with manny pacquiao and timothy bradley top rank sluggertv tsn thescore cbc sports cjad 800 am timothy bradley new WBO Weltherweightchampion on sathurday june 9 2012 timothy bradley as win the wbo title by a still by judge CJRoss Bob Arum top rank promoter Manny Pacquiao vs Thimothy Bradley : Round 12 And Final Decision Manny Pacquiao vs Thimothy Bradley : Round 1 to 3 june 9,2012 HBO PPV Boxing Manny Pacquiao vs Thimothy Bradley : Round 4 to 6 june 9,2012 HBO PPV Boxing Manny Pacquiao vs Thimothy Bradley : Round 7 to 9 june 9,2012 HBO PPV Boxing Manny Pacquiao vs Thimothy Bradley : Round 10 to 12 june 9,2012 HBO PPV Boxing Timothy Bradley Speaks After Defeating Pacquiao ( Post Fight Press Conference ) Manny Pacquiao was robbed in split decision as Thimothy Bradley Won WBO weltherweight title MGM Grand Arena And new WBO WW Champion of the world Timothy Bradley sathurday june 9 2012 in Las Vegas Nevada Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley Post Fight Show Manny Pacquiao speaks after loss to Bradley (Post Fight Press Conference) Sunday june 10 ...
- published: 10 Jun 2012
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- published: 13 Feb 2012
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Vladimir Klitchko vs. Tony Tompson - WBA,WBO,IBF,IBO Heavyweight Championship of the world
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- Duration: 58:29
- Updated: 10 Nov 2012
Ukrainian Dr. Steelhummer vs. American Tiger in 12-Round action for WBA,WBO,IBF,IBO Titles
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Ukrainian Dr. Steelhummer vs. American Tiger in 12-Round action for WBA,WBO,IBF,IBO Titles
- published: 08 Jul 2012
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WBO Beyblade Tournament : 'Rule Beytania' 6th August 2010, London [Highlights]
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- Duration: 11:22
- Updated: 17 Nov 2012
On the 6th of August 2010 the WBO hosted the UK's Summer tournament, 'Rule Beytania' at St James's Park, London. The WBO stands for the 'World Beyblade Organisation', to visit it, go to Worldbeyblade.org/index.php , if you join make sure to put xUni as your refferer!
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On the 6th of August 2010 the WBO hosted the UK's Summer tournament, 'Rule Beytania' at St James's Park, London. The WBO stands for the 'World Beyblade Organisation', to visit it, go to Worldbeyblade.org/index.php , if you join make sure to put xUni as your refferer!
- published: 11 Aug 2010
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[ANC Mornings] WBO Bantamweight Champion AJ 'Bazooka' Banal on defending his title
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- Duration: 11:00
- Updated: 16 Oct 2012
Pinoy Pride XIII 3.1.2012
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Pinoy Pride XIII 3.1.2012
- published: 02 Mar 2012
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Klitschko TKO's Thompson, successfully defends his WBA, WBO, and IBF heavyweight titles
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- Duration: 10:10
- Updated: 17 Nov 2012
Incumbent Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (58-3, 51 KO's) successfully defended all of his titles Saturday, July 7 in Bern, Switzerland. His opponent, American Tony Thompson (36-3, 24 KO's), was no match for the Ukrainian giant. "Dr. Steelhammer," as he's known, scored a TKO in the sixth round after a dominant and graceful performance. boxing, "wladimir klitschko tko's tony thompson", "wladimir klitschko", wbo, wba, ibf, "heavyweight championship", "tony thompson", klitschko, thompson, "klitschko vs Thompson 2012"
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Incumbent Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (58-3, 51 KO's) successfully defended all of his titles Saturday, July 7 in Bern, Switzerland. His opponent, American Tony Thompson (36-3, 24 KO's), was no match for the Ukrainian giant. "Dr. Steelhammer," as he's known, scored a TKO in the sixth round after a dominant and graceful performance. boxing, "wladimir klitschko tko's tony thompson", "wladimir klitschko", wbo, wba, ibf, "heavyweight championship", "tony thompson", klitschko, thompson, "klitschko vs Thompson 2012"
- published: 10 Jul 2012
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Enzo Maccarinelli - WBO Cruserweight Champ
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- Duration: 9:32
- Updated: 03 Oct 2012
Enzo Maccarinelli - WBO Cruiserweight Champ
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Enzo Maccarinelli - WBO Cruiserweight Champ
- published: 30 Oct 2007
- views: 29616
- author: frankwarren
UBPboxing - Dariusz Michalczewski vs. Graciano Rocchigiani II WBO
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 50:29
- Updated: 06 Dec 2012
Subscribe UBPboxing to keep up to date with our newest content: youtube.com Jetzt UBPboxing abonnieren: youtube.com UBPboxing - Dariusz Michalczewski vs. Graciano Rocchigiani II, WBO World Championship light heavyweight, Hannover 15. April 2000 TKO 10/12 Rounds Follow us! www.facebook.com/UBPboxen (german) www.twitter.com/UBPboxen www.facebook.com/UBPboxing (english) www.twitter.com/UBPboxing Homepage: www.boxing.de
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Subscribe UBPboxing to keep up to date with our newest content: youtube.com Jetzt UBPboxing abonnieren: youtube.com UBPboxing - Dariusz Michalczewski vs. Graciano Rocchigiani II, WBO World Championship light heavyweight, Hannover 15. April 2000 TKO 10/12 Rounds Follow us! www.facebook.com/UBPboxen (german) www.twitter.com/UBPboxen www.facebook.com/UBPboxing (english) www.twitter.com/UBPboxing Homepage: www.boxing.de
- published: 13 Aug 2010
- views: 34599
- author: UBPboxing
The Wombats - Backfire at the disco
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- Duration: 3:10
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Much anticipated music video for The Wombats - Backfire at the disco. A homage to Cliff! Released April 21st 2008 on 14th Floor Records
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Much anticipated music video for The Wombats - Backfire at the disco. A homage to Cliff! Released April 21st 2008 on 14th Floor Records
- published: 19 Feb 2007
- views: 842624
- author: TheWOMBATS
Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley (WBO Welterweight Championship) June 9th, 2012 FIGHT RESULTS
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- Duration: 3:34
- Updated: 30 Aug 2012
This is my review for the Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley boxing match at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. This match is for the WBO Welterweight Championship. This is a review, no footage is shown. Tags: "Manny Pacquiao" "Timothy Bradley" Boxing Match "Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley" WBO Welterweight Championship "Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley June 9th" "MGM Grand" "Las Vegas" Results Match Round 10
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This is my review for the Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley boxing match at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. This match is for the WBO Welterweight Championship. This is a review, no footage is shown. Tags: "Manny Pacquiao" "Timothy Bradley" Boxing Match "Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley" WBO Welterweight Championship "Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley June 9th" "MGM Grand" "Las Vegas" Results Match Round 10
- published: 10 Jun 2012
- views: 6821
- author: likemeorfuckoff
WBO World Champion Ana Julaton vs Angel Gladney PT. 1.avi
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- Duration: 15:00
- Updated: 08 Dec 2012
Junio 24 2011 Miami Dade County
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Junio 24 2011 Miami Dade County
- published: 15 Aug 2011
- views: 23953
- author: AllStarBoxingTV
WBO World Champion Ana Julaton vs Angel Gladney PT 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 12:33
- Updated: 14 Nov 2012
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- published: 15 Aug 2011
- views: 13860
- author: AllStarBoxingTV
Holt vs. Torres 08-07-05 WBO Light Welterweight 1 Round KO
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- Duration: 1:42
- Updated: 24 Oct 2012
A three knockdown fight that lasts 1 min and 8 second of fight time. Kendall Holt vs Ricardo Torres 2008 July 5th Planet Hollywood Restors and Casino Las Vegas Nevada WBO light Welterweight Title KO
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A three knockdown fight that lasts 1 min and 8 second of fight time. Kendall Holt vs Ricardo Torres 2008 July 5th Planet Hollywood Restors and Casino Las Vegas Nevada WBO light Welterweight Title KO
- published: 10 Jul 2008
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- author: Biznz
WBO jr. fly champ Donnie Nietes wants to fight Roman "El Chocolatito" Gonzalez
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- Duration: 2:09
- Updated: 11 Oct 2012
Twitter.com - dSource interviews WBC jr. flyweight champion Donnie Nietes on the possibility of facing WBA jr. fly champ Roman "El Chocolatito" Gonzalez. - ignore below - Roy Jones Jr. Paulie Malignaggi Eric Brown Ukraine Viacheslav Senchecnko Ed dela Vega Timothy Bradley David Rodela Manny Pacquiao Hennesy Commercial Philippines Dennis dSource Guillermo Carmelo Anthony Dwyane Wade Larry Brid Yao Ming China Basketball Taipei Taiwan Hello Kitty Mark The Filipino Wrecking Machine Munoz Las Vegas Nonito Donaire Jr. Football Peyton Manning Boxing Bob Arum Pound for Pound Best Sergio Martinez Andre Berto Timothy Bradley Leonard Ellerbe FightHype is Gay Philippines Boxing LA Antonito Margarito Miguel Cotto Rematch Abner Mares Corey Spinx LeBron James Floyd Mayweather Manny Pacquiao Buboy Dennis dSource Guillermo Matrix Money WWE Big Show
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Twitter.com - dSource interviews WBC jr. flyweight champion Donnie Nietes on the possibility of facing WBA jr. fly champ Roman "El Chocolatito" Gonzalez. - ignore below - Roy Jones Jr. Paulie Malignaggi Eric Brown Ukraine Viacheslav Senchecnko Ed dela Vega Timothy Bradley David Rodela Manny Pacquiao Hennesy Commercial Philippines Dennis dSource Guillermo Carmelo Anthony Dwyane Wade Larry Brid Yao Ming China Basketball Taipei Taiwan Hello Kitty Mark The Filipino Wrecking Machine Munoz Las Vegas Nonito Donaire Jr. Football Peyton Manning Boxing Bob Arum Pound for Pound Best Sergio Martinez Andre Berto Timothy Bradley Leonard Ellerbe FightHype is Gay Philippines Boxing LA Antonito Margarito Miguel Cotto Rematch Abner Mares Corey Spinx LeBron James Floyd Mayweather Manny Pacquiao Buboy Dennis dSource Guillermo Matrix Money WWE Big Show
- published: 21 Jun 2012
- views: 1765
- author: dsource02
Ciso Morales Fights Fernando Montiel For The WBO Super Bantamweight Title
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- Duration: 2:27
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
Ciso "Kid Terrible" Morales fights veteran boxer Fernando "Cochulito" Montiel for the WBO Super Bantamweight Title on Feb. 13th at the Hilton in Las Vegas. Morales' bout with Montiel is the co-main event for Pinoy Power 3/Latin Fury 13 Morales is trained by Nonito Donaire Sr. Credits Video by Truth Esguerra Ciso Morales Fernando Montiel Nonito Donaire Sr.
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Ciso "Kid Terrible" Morales fights veteran boxer Fernando "Cochulito" Montiel for the WBO Super Bantamweight Title on Feb. 13th at the Hilton in Las Vegas. Morales' bout with Montiel is the co-main event for Pinoy Power 3/Latin Fury 13 Morales is trained by Nonito Donaire Sr. Credits Video by Truth Esguerra Ciso Morales Fernando Montiel Nonito Donaire Sr.
- published: 04 Feb 2010
- views: 12868
- author: PhilippineNews1
Pirog defends WBO title, hails Ishida's fighting spirit
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- Duration: 2:36
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
Reigning WBO Middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog has once again successfully defended his title, this time against Japan's Nobuhiro Ishida. It took the undefeated Russian the full 12 rounds to achieve it though as Michael Kravchenko reports...
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Reigning WBO Middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog has once again successfully defended his title, this time against Japan's Nobuhiro Ishida. It took the undefeated Russian the full 12 rounds to achieve it though as Michael Kravchenko reports...
- published: 02 May 2012
- views: 550
- author: RTSportNews
SHOWTIME: Pacquiao Vs. Mosley (WBO Championship)
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- Duration: 3:01
- Updated: 10 Jul 2012
LINK: bit.ly SHOWTIME Pacquiao Vs Mosley (BONUS EDITION) Fight Camp 360 Currently, Pacquiao is the WBC Super Welterweight World Champion and WBO Welterweight World Champion (Super Champion). He is also currently rated as the "number one" pound-for-pound best boxer in the world by most sporting news and boxing websites, including The Ring, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, NBC Sports, Yahoo! Sports, Sporting Life and About.com. Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley, Pacquiao vs Mosley, Pacquiao Mosley, Sugar Shane, Pacman, Live Stream, Online Streaming, Weigh In, Results, Fight Video, Full Fight, Time, Schedule, Fight Card, Free, Watch, Highlights, Replay, Boxing, Fight camp, 360, showtime, toprank
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LINK: bit.ly SHOWTIME Pacquiao Vs Mosley (BONUS EDITION) Fight Camp 360 Currently, Pacquiao is the WBC Super Welterweight World Champion and WBO Welterweight World Champion (Super Champion). He is also currently rated as the "number one" pound-for-pound best boxer in the world by most sporting news and boxing websites, including The Ring, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, NBC Sports, Yahoo! Sports, Sporting Life and About.com. Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley, Pacquiao vs Mosley, Pacquiao Mosley, Sugar Shane, Pacman, Live Stream, Online Streaming, Weigh In, Results, Fight Video, Full Fight, Time, Schedule, Fight Card, Free, Watch, Highlights, Replay, Boxing, Fight camp, 360, showtime, toprank
- published: 15 Apr 2011
- views: 27906
- author: PacquiaoMosley
Donnie Neites Wins WBO World Title R12 - kamaongpinoy.com
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:05
- Updated: 28 Sep 2012
Donnie Neites Wins WBO World Title R12 - kamaongpinoy.com kamaongpinoy.com
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- published: 01 Oct 2007
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10 Dec 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. In the desert of central Australia still resides a primitive tribe known as the Arunta. This non-technological and stateless group, which mainly depends on hunting and gathering, had suffered several inexplicable deaths ... Therefore, they organized an atinga, or revenge group ... When the guiltless tribe learned of their approach, they sent out a delegation of young women as a token of peace....(size: 5.8Kb)
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10 Dec 2012
MÉXICO, D.F., diciembre 9 (EL UNIVERSAL).- La Voz México, programa de talentos de Televisa, confirmó la muerte de la cantante Jenni Rivera, a través de su Twitter. "Que toquen fuerte las bandas, suelten por mí mariposas, apláudanme con sus palmas... http.//twitpic.com/bkmhl0 .Descanse en paz Jenni Rivera" ... Además, anunció un homenaje luctuoso dedicado a la cantante ... Descanse en Paz" ... ....(size: 2.1Kb)
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10 Dec 2012
December 10, 2012 -- Updated 1327 GMT (2127 HKT). (CNN) -- Syria is raising concern in two letters to the United Nations that the United States may be attempting to frame it for the use of chemical weapons, Syrian state-run media reported Monday. The letters, addressed to U.N ... The move by President Bashar al-Assad's government follows recent reports that Syrian forces appear to have begun preparing chemical weapons for use ... "The U.S ... 1. 2....(size: 11.5Kb)
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09 Dec 2012
Syria's rebel leaders have agreed to come under a united command in a bid to integrate diverse fighting groups and streamline the route for arms essential to their struggle against President Bashar al-Assad. The new body, expected to be announced officially on Sunday, hopes to form the basis of a united rebel front ... "It also aims to get the situation under control once the regime falls." ... 378 Source.. Agencies. Share ... News ... Egypt....(size: 18.6Kb)
Huffington Post
11 Dec 2012
Juan Manuel Marquez, from Mexico, left, stands over Manny Pacquiao, from the Philippines, after knocking him down in the third round of their WBO world welterweight fight Saturday, Dec ... Juan Manuel Marquez, from Mexico celebrates his win over Manny Pacquiao in their WBO world welterweight fight Saturday, Dec ... Manny Pacquiao, from the Philippines, enters the ring before his WBO world welterweight fight Sunday, Dec....(size: 21.3Kb)
The Examiner
11 Dec 2012
Ever since Juan Manuel Marquez rendered Manny Pacquiao unconscious with a spectacular overhand right at 2.59 of the sixth round to capture the fictional WBO “Champion of the Decade” belt on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, steroid rumors have continued dogging the rugged Mexican ... “This is America ... “We have nothing to hide. We always wanted a blood test. The other people didn’t want it ... ....(size: 2.7Kb)
The Times of India
11 Dec 2012
MANILA. Philippine media commentators have put pressure on boxing great Manny Pacquiao to retire after his heavy defeat in Las Vegas, with one comparing him to Parkinson's disease sufferer Muhammed Ali ... Philippine Olympic Committee vice-president Joey Romasanta said Pacquiao should have quit after his last winning title defence in 2011, when he retained his WBO welterweight crown against his old foe Marquez, now 39 ... ....(size: 2.9Kb)
Khaleej Times
11 Dec 2012
Philippine media commentators have put pressure on boxing great Manny Pacquiao to retire after his heavy defeat in Las Vegas, with one comparing him to Parkinson’s disease sufferer Muhammad Ali ... Philippine Olympic Committee vice-president Joey Romasanta said Pacquiao should have quit after his last winning title defence in November 2011, when he retained his WBO welterweight crown against his old foe Marquez, now 39 ... But he wrote ... ....(size: 3.0Kb)
The Washington Post
11 Dec 2012
CANASTOTA, N.Y. — A look at the 11 people to be inducted June 9, 2013, into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum.. ___. Loading... Comments Weigh In Corrections?. Recommend. Personal Post. Arturo “Thunder” Gatti. Born April 15, 1972, in Calabria, Italy, and raised in Montreal ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... ... ___ ... Born Jan ... Lost a unification bout in 1997 with WBO champion Dariusz Michalczewski in a 12-round decision....(size: 3.8Kb)
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10 Dec 2012
Juan Manuel Marquez, from Mexico, left, stands over Manny Pacquiao, from the Philippines, after knocking him down in the third round of their WBO world welterweight fight Saturday, Dec ... Juan Manuel Marquez, from Mexico celebrates his win over Manny Pacquiao in their WBO world welterweight fight Saturday, Dec ... Manny Pacquiao, from the Philippines, enters the ring before his WBO world welterweight fight Sunday, Dec....(size: 20.2Kb)
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10 Dec 2012
Referee Kenny Bayless calls the fight as he kneels over Manny Pacquiao, from the Philippines, after he was knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez, from Mexico, during their WBO world welterweight fight Saturday, Dec ... Juan Manuel Marquez, from Mexico, left, stands over Manny Pacquiao, from the Philippines, after knocking him down in the third round of their WBO world welterweight fight Saturday, Dec....(size: 21.8Kb)
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10 Dec 2012
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10 Dec 2012
Ocampo pulled out following the death of his trainer from a heart attack and Burns is still expected to fight at Excel Arena in London, but his WBO lightweight title might not be on the line ... Promoter Alex Morrison told STV. "The fight is off. Jose Ocampo's trainer died ... Share. ....(size: 1.7Kb)
BBC News
10 Dec 2012
Ricky Burns will defend his WBO world lightweight title on Saturday against an as yet un-named opponent after the challenger, Jose Ocampo, pulled out. The Filipino, ranked 14 in the world, was himself a late stand-in for Liam Walsh, who was injured in a car crash, and was due to fight Burns in London ... ....(size: 3.6Kb)
North Jersey
10 Dec 2012
ASSOCIATED PRESS. Juan Manuel Marquez connecting with the sneaky right hand that floored Manny Pacquiao in the sixth round of the WBO welterweight fight. LAS VEGAS — The idea of Manny Pacquiao being knocked out cold was shocking enough. The sight of him face down on the canvas, unresponsive even as bedlam broke out all around him, was positively frightening.. Mitt Romney saw it up close from his ringside seat just a few feet away ... ....(size: 11.3Kb)
Sporting Life
10 Dec 2012
The 2008 Olympian meets Nick Blackwell at London's ExCel on the undercard of Ricky Burns' WBO world lightweight title defence against Jose Ocampo on Saturday night. Saunders already holds the Commonwealth middleweight belt, but he believes it is the British crown that will propel him to big fights against domestic rivals Darren Barker and Mathew Macklin ... Even King Kong wouldn't take it off me," the 23-year-old said ... ....(size: 1.9Kb)
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| World Boxing Organization | |
|---|---|
| 250px | |
| Abbreviation | WBO |
| Motto | Dignity, Democracy, Honesty |
| Type | Non-profit Institution |
| Purpose/focus | Boxing sanctioning organization |
| Headquarters | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Region served | Worldwide |
| President | Francisco Varcarcel |
| Main organ | General Assembly |
| Website | www.wbo-int.com |
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the World Boxing Association. WBO offices are located in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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History[link]
The WBO started after a group of Puerto Rican and Dominican businessmen broke out of the World Boxing Association's 1988 annual convention in Isla Margarita, Venezuela over disputes regarding what rules should be applied.
The WBO's first president was Ramon Pina Acevedo of the Dominican Republic. Soon after its beginning, the WBO was staging world championship bouts around the globe. Its first championship fight was for its vacant super middleweight title, between Thomas Hearns and James Kinchen; Hearns won by decision. In order to gain respectability, the WBO next elected former world light heavyweight champion José Torres of Ponce, Puerto Rico, as its president. Torres left in 1996, giving way to Puerto Rican lawyer Francisco Varcarcel as president. Varcarcel has been there since.
The WBO was made popular by boxers such as Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya, Marco Antonio Barrera, Ronald "Winky" Wright, Naseem Hamed, Verno Phillips, Michael Carbajal, Johnny Tapia, Harry Simon, Jermain Taylor, Nigel Benn, Paul "Silky" Jones, Gerald McClellan, Joe Calzaghe, Steve Collins, Daniel Santos, Michael Moorer, Dariusz Michalczewski, Chris Eubank, Riddick Bowe, Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir Klitschko, Chris Byrd and Tommy Morrison in the 1990s.
Criticism[link]
Initial holder of heavyweight title[link]
The WBO sanctioned a fight between two relatively unknown fighters, Francesco Damiani and Johnny DuPlooy, to determine the initial holder of its heavyweight title in 1989. All other sanctioning bodies of boxing recognized, the then undefeated, Mike Tyson as the heavyweight champion. Damiani went on to win the initial WBO heavyweight title.[1][2]
Minimumweight title declared vacant[link]
On August 23, 1997, WBC minimumweight champion Ricardo López won the WBO minimumweight title by knocking out Puerto Rican fighter Alex Sánchez. After the bout, López told a Mexican newspaper that he wanted to give his newly won championship belt to his father, who is a boxing fan. WBO president Francisco Varcarcel said he viewed that comment as a public resignation and declared the title vacant without holding a hearing or notifying López. The WBO sanctioned a bout between Eric Jamili (10-5-1) and Mickey Cantwell (13-4-1) to fill the vacancy despite protests by López.[3]
Ranking of deceased boxer[link]
The WBO twice moved Darrin Morris up in its super-middleweight rankings in 2001, despite the fact that he was dead. Morris was Number 7 at the time of his death and Number 5 when the WBO discovered the error. Varcarcel said, "We obviously missed the fact that Darrin was dead. It is regrettable." Valcarcel also stated that other boxing sanctioning organizations had made similar errors in the past by continuing to rank another boxer after he was dead.[4] One week after British newspaper The Independent broke the story, one of the three men ranking the boxers, Gordon Volkman, still had not heard that Morris was dead.[5]
Current WBO world title holders[link]
Male[link]
| Weight class: | Title holder: | Reign began: |
|---|---|---|
| Mini flyweight |  Moisés Fuentes |
27 August 2011 |
| Junior flyweight |  Donnie Nietes |
8 October 2011 |
| Flyweight |  Brian Viloria |
16 July 2011 |
| Junior bantamweight |  Omar Narvaez |
15 May 2010 |
| Bantamweight | Jorge Arce |
26 November 2011 |
| Junior featherweight | Nonito Donaire |
4 February 2012 |
| Featherweight | Orlando Salido |
16 April 2011 |
| Junior lightweight | Adrien Broner |
26 November 2011 |
| Lightweight |  Ricky Burns |
10 March 2012 |
| Junior welterweight | Timothy Bradley |
4 April 2009 |
| Welterweight | Manny Pacquiao |
14 November 2009 |
| Junior middleweight |  Zaurbek Baysangurov |
5 October 2011 |
| Middleweight | Dmitry Pirog |
July 31, 2010 |
| Super middleweight |  Robert Stieglitz |
22 August 2009 |
| Light heavyweight | Nathan Cleverly |
19 May 2011 |
| Cruiserweight | Marco Huck |
29 August 2009 |
| Heavyweight |  Wladimir Klitschko |
23 February 2008 |
Female[link]
| Weight class: | Champion: | Date won: |
|---|---|---|
| Strawweight (105 lb.) |  Teeraporn Pannimit |
2 April 2010 |
| Junior flyweight (108 lb.) | Yesica Bopp |
6 November 2009 |
| Flyweight (112 lb.) |  Susi Kentikian |
10 October 2009 |
| Junior bantamweight (115 lb.) | Carolina Duer |
17 December 2010 |
| Bantamweight (118 lb.) | Kaliesha West |
18 September 2010 |
| Junior featherweight (122 lb.) | Ana Julaton |
30 June 2010 |
| Featherweight (126 lb.) |  Jeannine Garside |
3 July 2010 |
| Junior lightweight (130 lb.) | Ramona Kuehne |
4 June 2010 |
| Lightweight (135 lb.) | vacant | |
| Junior welterweight (140 lb.) | Fernanda Alegre |
3 December 2010 |
| Welterweight (147 lb.) |  Cecilia Brækhus |
15 May 2010 |
| Junior middleweight (154 lb.) |  Hanna Gabriel Valle |
29 May 2010 |
| Middleweight (160 lb.) | Christina Hammer |
23 October 2010 |
| Super middleweight (168 lb.) | vacant | |
| Light heavyweight (175 lb.) | vacant | |
| Cruiserweight (200 lb.) | vacant | |
| Heavyweight (200+ lb.) | vacant |
Former champions[link]
Main article: List of WBO world title holders
WBO affiliated organizations[link]
- North American Boxing Organization (NABO)
- WBO LATINO (LATINO)
- WBO Asia-Pacific
Transition of WBO titles[link]
Other boxing organizations[link]
- International Boxing Hall of Fame recognized
- International Boxing Federation (IBF)
- World Boxing Association (WBA)
- World Boxing Council (WBC)
- Other organizations
- International Boxing Association (IBA)
- International Boxing Organization (IBO)
- World Professional Boxing Federation (WPBF)
References[link]
- ^ Hurley, Matthew (211 August 2007). "Klitschko Ibragimov Close To Being Set For February". East Side Boxing. http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=13185&more=1. Retrieved 3 June 2009. "The WBO, which was introduced in 1989, was not generally considered a legitimate heavyweight belt at the time. The organization's first heavyweight champion was Francesco Damiani whose short reign came during Mike Tyson's run as undisputed champion."
- ^ Hauser, Thomas (16 March 2008). "The Heavyweight Follies". SecondsOut.com. http://www.secondsout.com/columns/thomas-hauser/the-heavyweight-follies. Retrieved 3 June 2009. "And the WBO belt has NEVER been carried into the ring by the true heavyweight champion of the world. The first WBO heavyweight beltholder was Francesco Damiani, who won the bauble by knocking out Johnny DuPlooy in 1989"
- ^ "PLUS: BOXING; Jamili Takes Strawweight Title". The New York Times. 20 December 1997. http://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/20/sports/plus-boxing-jamili-takes-strawweight-title.html.
- ^ Bunce, Steve (13 February 2001). "Death no barrier to fighter's rise in rankings". The Independent (London). http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/death-no-barrier-to-fighters-rise-in-rankings-691583.html. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
- ^ Graham, Tim (20 February 2001). "New WBO division: Dead weight". ESPN.com. http://assets.espn.go.com/boxing/columns/graham/1097210.html. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
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| David Haye | |
|---|---|
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| Statistics | |
| Real name | David Haye |
| Nickname(s) | The Hayemaker |
| Rated at | Heavyweight Cruiserweight |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Reach | 198 cm (78 in) |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | (1980-10-13) 13 October 1980 (age 31) Bermondsey, London, England |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 27 |
| Wins | 25 |
| Wins by KO | 23 |
| Losses | 2 |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  England |
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| Men's boxing | ||
| World Amateur Championships | ||
| Silver | Belfast 2001 | Heavyweight |
David Deron Haye (born 13 October 1980) is a British professional boxer from England.[1]
Haye is the former WBA heavyweight champion. He is also the former unified world cruiserweight champion, holding the WBA, WBC, WBO, and The Ring cruiserweight titles, and the former European cruiserweight champion.
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Amateur[link]
Haye started his ambition and passion for boxing at old-school boxing gym Fitzroy Lodge Boxing Club in Lambeth, South London, where he quickly impressed and confidently won his first amateur bouts.
In 1999, 18-year-old Haye participated at the world amateur championships in Houston, Texas, USA at light-heavyweight but was eliminated by experienced American Michael Simms early in the contest.
At the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belfast, Northern Ireland he fought in the heavyweight 201 lb division where he beat world class Sebastian Köber to reach the final where he gave Odlanier Solís a standing eight count before being stopped by the Cuban in round three, and taking the silver medal.
Professional career[link]
Cruiserweight[link]
Based in Bermondsey, London, England, Haye turned professional in December 2002, aged 22, knocking out Tony Booth in two rounds.[2]
In 2003 he won seven fights, two of which were the only fights Haye has fought in the United States. He won all by knockouts, the most notable being a fourth round KO of Denmark's Lolenga Mock, in which Haye had to come off the floor to win.
Haye's fights were regularly seen on the BBC and his popularity began to grow in 2004, when he dispatched the 39-year-old ex-world champion "King" Arthur Williams in three rounds.
Later that year, in his eleventh pro fight, he fought 40-year-old former WBO champion Carl Thompson in a 'youth vs experience' matchup. Haye started fast and alarmingly caught Thompson with constant barrages of power punches, coming close to forcing a stoppage at numerous points over the first few rounds.
Gradually, despite the early punishment he received, Thompson warmed up and worked his way into the fight whilst Haye seemed to tire and slow down. Thompson began to pressure Haye and knocked Haye down with a chopping right hand in round 5. With seven seconds left in the round, Thompson landed two jabs followed by a flush right hand which cleanly caught a fatigued Haye, and compelled Haye's corner to throw in the towel.
Haye returned against Estonian Valery Semishkur, winning by TKO in round 1, then defeated Garry Delaney by a third round TKO. Following two more fights against Glen Kelly and Vincenzo Rossitto, Haye faced Alexander Gurov for the EBU cruiserweight championship. Haye easily knocked out Gurov with a single right hand in just 45 seconds.
In January 2006, Haye signed a three-year contract with former Lennox Lewis promoter Frank Maloney to further his world title ambitions. He successfully defended his EBU title against Ismail Abdoul and future world champion Giacobbe Fragomeni, with the latter fight being a WBC eliminator.
Haye's cameo at heavyweight in April 2007 resulted in an impressive first-round KO win over Polish fighter Tomasz Bonin,[3] who at the time was ranked No. 11 by the WBC and had only one loss, against Audley Harrison.
World cruiserweight champion[link]
Haye challenged Jean-Marc Mormeck on 10 November 2007 for the WBA, WBC, & The Ring cruiserweight titles. Haye defeated Mormeck by knockout in the seventh round, despite Haye needing to rally after being knocked down by Mormeck in the fourth. The victory confirmed Haye's arrival as a genuine world class fighter.
The Mormeck fight was expected to be Haye's last fight in the cruiserweight division. Haye himself admitted that he struggles to make weight and feels that he can only box at "70 or 80 per cent" of his potential as a cruiserweight. However Haye would be tempted into a unification cruiserweight bout for the most lucrative fight of Haye's career.
"We thank Frank for sacrificing Maccarinelli, but we'd feel immense guilt if we took any more free money from Sports Network. I have a hard enough time sleeping at night as it is"
— David Haye on the prospect of working with Sports Network again[4]
Haye and Enzo Maccarinelli met in an all-British world cruiserweight title fight in the early hours of 9 March 2008. Haye's WBA, WBC, & The Ring titles were at stake, while Maccarinelli's WBO title was on the line. British trade paper Boxing News produced a pullout special on the match. Widely billed as the biggest all-British bout since Chris Eubank met Nigel Benn. As both fighters are hard punchers with excellent KO records, a short fight was predicted.[5] These predictions proved to be correct, as Haye knocked out Maccarinelli in the second round of the contest. Commenting on the fight and of the prospect of working again with Frank Warren, Maccarinelli's promoter, Haye said, "We thank Frank for sacrificing Maccarinelli, but we'd feel immense guilt if we took any more free money from Sports Network. I have a hard enough time sleeping at night as it is."[4]
Heavyweight[link]
Haye described the victory over Maccarinelli as "the final piece" in his cruiserweight jigsaw. Haye then defeated heavyweight Monte Barrett at The O2 Arena in London on 15 November 2008, winning via TKO in the fifth round.[6]
WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko confirmed he would defend his title in a fight with Haye to take place on 20 June 2009, at Stamford Bridge in London. Instead, his younger brother, WBO, IBO & IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko agreed to fight Haye the same date in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Haye pulled out of the fight claiming a back injury.[7]
WBA heavyweight champion[link]
Haye then confirmed that he would meet the WBA champion Nikolay Valuev on 7 November 2009 in the Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg, Germany. Haye's trainer Adam Booth claimed it was a fight that Valuev wanted; it was billed as David and Goliath.[8] Haye weighed in at 217 pounds, almost 100 lbs less than his opponent. Haye said about Valuev: "He is the ugliest thing I have ever seen. I have watched Lord of the Rings and films with strange looking people, but for a human being to look like he does is pretty shocking."[9]
Haye beat Valuev in a reserved display of accuracy and efficiency, countering Valuev's misses, jabbing and circling his much larger opponent.[10] Haye came close to knocking down Valuev in the final round with a hard left hand, which made Valuev stumble. Haye won with scores of 114–114 (ITA), 116–112 (USA) and 116–112 (ESP).[11] Haye is the first and currently only boxer in the history of the sport to be seven stone or more lighter than an opponent in a World title fight and still come out victorious.[citation needed]
On 3 April 2010 Haye defeated John Ruiz in his first WBA title defence at the Manchester Arena by TKO in the ninth round after knocking him down four times during the fight excluding a point deduction for hitting Ruiz on the back of his head in round one. This was only the second time Ruiz has been stopped, after being knocked out in round one by David Tua fourteen years prior to facing David Haye. After the fight, Haye immediately called on both Klitschko brothers, after claiming their recent challengers Eddie Chambers and Chris Arreola were "a disgrace to boxing."
It was confirmed on 7 September 2010 that Haye would fight Audley Harrison on 13 November 2010 at the Manchester Arena. The press conference for the bout became heated, leading to the two fighters swearing at each other on live television.[12] On 13 November 2010, Haye defeated Harrison with one minute, seven seconds remaining of the third round by TKO. Southpaw Harrison landed one jab during the entire fight. He staggered to his feet after being knocked down, only for Haye to immediately pounce right back on him, hitting him with another flurry of punches. The referee intervened and ended the bout.[13]
Haye's plans to unify the heavyweight division took a major setback in January 2011 when it was revealed that Tomas Adamek would fight one of the Klitschko brothers in September 2011,[14] before his planned retirement in October of that year. However, in April 2011, it was announced that Haye and Wladimir Klitschko had agreed to meet at the Imtech Arena in Hamburg on 2 July 2011.[15]
Wladimir Klitschko vs David Haye[link]
Main article: Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye
Wladimir Klitschko versus David Haye was a heavyweight unification fight for the WBA, IBF, WBO and The Ring heavyweight titles, the fight taking place at the Imtech Arena, Hamburg, Germany on 2 July 2011[16][17][18] This was the only heavyweight unification fight since Wladimir Klitschko and Sultan Ibragimov fought back in 2008. It was then when Wladimir Klitschko beat Ibragimov and added his WBO title to his IBF title. Klitschko defeated Haye by a unanimous decision to become the unified WBA Super, IBF, WBO, and The Ring heavyweight champion.[19][20] The official scores were: 118–108, 117–109 and 116–110, which were all in favour of Klitschko.[21]
Retirement[link]
BBC chief Charlie Smith told The Sun on 11 October 2011 that David Haye had informed him that he would not be not renewing his boxing licence, thus retiring from the sport.[22] Haye has had a long-standing plan to retire early. After the Harrison fight Haye said his plans to retire before he is 31 had not altered: "I will have achieved what I wanted to achieve – undisputed cruiserweight champion, unify the heavyweight division and then call it a day." In December 2010, during the negotiations to fight Wladimir Klitschko, Haye said if the fight did not happen, "I'll just have to accept that becoming the WBA champion was enough and move on with my life. That'll be 20 years of getting punched in the face, which is a long enough time. I set my goals and achieved them so unifying the titles is the cherry on the cake but if it doesn't happen it wasn't meant to be and I've just got to get on with my life".[23]
Vitali Klitschko vs David Haye negotiations[link]
Haye put retirement on hold and was in negotiations for a possible bout with WBC heavyweight title holder Vitali Klitschko on 3 March 2012.[24][25] However, Klitschko went on to schedule a fight with Dereck Chisora on 18 February 2012, which he won by decision. Following the fight there was a fracas between Chisora and Haye, who had attended as a spectator, leading to speculation that Haye might come out of retirement to fight Chisora. However, on 21 February, Haye confirmed that he would only come out of retirement to fight Klitschko.[26] On 8 May, Haye signed on to face Dereck Chisora on 14 July.
Haye Vs Dereck Chisora[link]
Press Conference Brawl[link]
After his loss to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, Dereck Chisora got into a brawl with compatriot David Haye at the post-fight press conference. Klitschko’s manager Bernd Boente said "with the bad experience we've had with British fighters we will now look for other countries". He then told Haye from the dais "You had an offer, you didn't accept it, now you are out. You are out. You cannot talk yourself back into the fight, you have no belts." Chisora then called out Haye, but Haye dismissed Chisora as "a loser". Chisora challenged Haye to tell him that to his face and approached Haye sparking a melee with Haye throwing the first punch with what appeared to be a glass bottle in his hand, as the brawl progressed Haye was seen swinging a camera tripod. After order was restored, a furious Chisora stated multiple times that he would "shoot" David Haye and claimed Haye "glassed" him. Haye's manager Adam Booth emerged from the fracas with a facial wound and Chisora suggested to Booth that Haye hit him with a bottle by mistake while Booth insisted it was one of Chisora's entourage that had hit him with a bottle . During a interview at the Chisora Vs Haye press confrence Booth was asked "how did you end up with a cut on your head?" to which he replied "David hit me with a tripod" but also added "he bought me a new S-class Mercedes as an apology".[27][28]
Fight Negotiations[link]
On 8 May 2012, Haye and his promotion team announced that he would fight against Dereck Chisora at West Ham United FC, Upton Park, London on Saturday 14 July 2012. The announcement caused controversy as neither held a British Boxing Licence, and so had agreed a licence deal with the Luxembourg Boxing Association. Seen as a direct attempt to undermine the British Boxing Board of Control, it meant that fights could take place in Britain even if a boxer was facing disciplinary action.
Personal information[link]
David was born to a white English mother and black Jamaican father and grew up in Bermondey, London for most of his childhood. He has an older sister Louisa and a younger brother James. Haye attended Bacon's College in Rotherhithe, South East London. His training camp is based in Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus and he has worn the Northern Cyprus flag on his shorts alongside the Flag of St. George and the Union Flag in the past. David Haye was awarded with the citizenship of North Cyprus due to his contributions to the North Cyprus.[29] Haye lives in Bexleyheath;[30] he is married and has a son called Cassius, named after Cassius Clay. He supports London football team Millwall.[31] On 20 October 2010, he was awarded an honourary doctorate from Anglia Ruskin University, at the graduation ceremony in the Cambridge Corn Exchange. Haye's successful defences of his title against Ruiz and Harrison saw Haye be selected for the final 10 shortlist for the 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.[32]
Professional boxing record[link]
| 25 Wins (23 knockouts, 2 decisions), 2 Losses, 0 Draws[33] | |||||||
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes |
| N/A | N/A | Dereck Chisora |
N/A | N/A | 2012-07-14 | Boleyn Ground, West Ham, London |
For WBO&WBA International & Intercontinental titles, licensed by Luxembourg BBoC. |
| Loss | 25–2 | Wladimir Klitschko |
UD | 12 | 2011-07-02 | Imtech Arena, Altona, Hamburg |
Lost WBA, for IBF, WBO, IBO & The Ring Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | 25–1 | Audley Harrison |
TKO | 3 (12), 1:53 | 2010-11-13 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, North West England |
Retained WBA Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 24–1 | John Ruiz |
TKO | 9 (12), 2:01 | 2010-04-03 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, North West England |
Retained WBA Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 23–1 | Nikolai Valuev |
MD | 12 | 2009-11-07 | Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg, Bavaria |
Won WBA Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 22–1 | Monte Barrett |
TKO | 5 (10), 1:28 | 2008-11-15 | O2 Arena, Greenwich, London |
|
| Win | 21–1 |  Enzo Maccarinelli |
TKO | 2 (12), 2:04 | 2008-03-08 | O2 Arena, Greenwich, London |
Retained WBA, WBC & The Ring, Won WBO Cruiserweight titles. |
| Win | 20–1 |  Jean-Marc Mormeck |
TKO | 7 (12), ? | 2007-11-10 | Stade Marcel Cerdan, Paris, Île-de-France |
Won WBA, WBC & The Ring Cruiserweight titles. |
| Win | 19–1 |  Tomasz Bonin |
TKO | 1 (12), 1:45 | 2007-04-27 | Wembley Arena, Wembley, London |
|
| Win | 18–1 |  Giacobbe Fragomeni |
TKO | 9 (12), 1:29 | 2006-11-17 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, London |
Retained EBU Cruiserweight title, WBC Cruiserweight Title Eliminator. |
| Win | 17–1 |  Ismail Abdoul |
UD | 12 | 2006-07-21 | Leisure Centre, Altrincham, Greater Manchester |
Retained EBU Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 16–1 |  Lasse Johansen |
TKO | 8 (12), 2:08 | 2006-03-24 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, London |
Retained EBU Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 15–1 | Alexander Gurov |
KO | 1 (12), 0:45 | 2005-12-16 | Leisure Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire |
Won EBU Cruiserweight title. |
| Win | 14–1 | Vincenzo Rossitto |
TKO | 2 (10), 2:55 | 2005-10-14 | Leisure Centre, Huddersfield, Yorkshire |
|
| Win | 13–1 |  Glen Kelly |
TKO | 2 (10), 1:09 | 2005-03-04 | Magna Centre, Rotherham, Yorkshire |
|
| Win | 12–1 | Garry Delaney |
RTD | 3 (6), 3:00 | 2005-01-21 | Fountain Leisure Centre, Brentford, London |
|
| Win | 11–1 |  Valeri Semiskur |
KO | 1 (6), 1:36 | 2004-12-10 | Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, Yorkshire |
|
| Loss | 10–1 | Carl Thompson |
TKO | 5 (12), 2:53 | 2004-09-10 | Wembley Arena, Wembley, London |
|
| Win | 10–0 | Arthur Williams |
TKO | 3 (8), 2:46 | 2004-05-12 | Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, Berkshire |
|
| Win | 9–0 |  Hastings Rasani |
TKO | 1 (6) | 2004-03-20 | Wembley Arena, Wembley, London |
|
| Win | 8–0 | Tony Dowling |
TKO | 1 (10) | 2003-11-14 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, London |
|
| Win | 7–0 | Lolenga Mock |
TKO | 4 (6) | 2003-09-26 | Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, Berkshire |
|
| Win | 6–0 | Greg Scott-Briggs |
KO | 1 (6) | 2003-08-01 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, London |
|
| Win | 5–0 | Vance Winn |
TKO | 1 (6), 0:54 | 2003-07-15 | The Playboy Mansion, Beverly Hills, California |
|
| Win | 4–0 | Phil Day |
TKO | 2 (4), 2:09 | 2003-03-18 | Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, Berkshire |
|
| Win | 3–0 | Roger Bowden |
TKO | 1 (6), 2:42 | 2003-03-04 | Seville Hotel, Miami, Florida |
|
| Win | 2–0 | Saber Zairi |
TKO | 4 (4), 0:54 | 2003-01-24 | Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire |
|
| Win | 1–0 | Tony Booth |
RTD | 2 (4), 3:00 | 2002-12-08 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, London |
Professional debut. |
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External links[link]
| Achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Jean-Marc Mormeck |
WBC Cruiserweight Champion November 10, 2007 – May 12, 2008 Vacated |
Vacant
Title next held by
Giacobbe Fragomeni |
| WBA Cruiserweight Super Champion November 10, 2007 – May 12, 2008 Vacated |
Succeeded by Firat Arslan as Champion |
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| The Ring Cruiserweight Champion November 10, 2007 – May 23, 2008 Vacated |
Vacant
Title next held by
Tomasz Adamek |
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| Preceded by Enzo Maccarinelli |
WBO Cruiserweight Champion March 8, 2008 – May 12, 2008 Vacated |
Vacant
Title next held by
Victor Emilio Ramirez |
| Preceded by Nikolai Valuev |
WBA Heavyweight Champion November 7, 2009 – July 2, 2011 Lost bid for Super Title |
Succeeded by Wladimir Klitschko as Super Champion |
| Vacant
Title next held by
Alexander Povetkinas Regular Champion |
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| Persondata | |
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| Name | Haye, David |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | British boxer |
| Date of birth | 13 October 1980 |
| Place of birth | Bermondsey, London |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
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| Enzo Maccarinelli | |
|---|---|
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| Statistics | |
| Real name | Enzo Abdone Maccarinelli |
| Nickname(s) | Big Mac |
| Rated at | Light Heavyweight/Cruiserweight |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Born | (1980-08-20) 20 August 1980 (age 31) Swansea, Wales |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 40 |
| Wins | 35 |
| Wins by KO | 27 |
| Losses | 5 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Enzo Maccarinelli (born 20 August 1980 in Swansea, Wales) is a Welsh professional boxer who has fought at Cruiserweight and light heavyweight. He is a former World Boxing Organization (WBO) cruiserweight title holder and also held the European title at that weight limit. He is promoted by Frank Warren.
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Early career[link]
On 12 May 2000, Maccarinelli suffered his first defeat at the hands of southpaw Lee Swaby. Swaby, from Lincoln, England, sent Maccarinelli down with a crushing right hand, knocking Maccarinelli down in the third round. Maccarinelli never took the rematch against Swaby.
On 28 June 2003, Maccarinelli, known as "the Big Mac" won the vacant WBU cruiserweight title when he defeated Bruce Scott by fourth-round TKO.[1] He made seven successful defences of his WBU title before vacating.
On 8 July 2006, Maccarinelli fought against former World Boxing Council (WBC) cruiserweight champion Marcelo Fabian Domínguez for the WBO interim cruiserweight title. Maccarinelli won the title with a ninth-round TKO.[1]The natural progression was a title fight against the then WBO title holder, Johnny Nelson. Due to several injuries to Nelson this matchup never transpired, and On 22 September 2006 he announced his retirement, automatically relinquishing the belt and allowing Maccarinelli to be promoted to full champion status.[2]
On 14 October 2006 Maccarinelli made his first defence of the WBO title, stopping former opponent Mark Hobson in the first round in a fight that was widely expected to last the distance. This was followed by another first round win over Bobby Gunn on 7 April 2007 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. The Gunn fight was stopped with just :25 seconds remaining in the first round by referee Mark Nelson, even though Gunn was not down and only had a small cut. It was widely and erroneously reported that Maccarinelli had broken Bobby Gunn's nose, but it was a small cut to the bridge of the nose that caused the bleeding. Gunn's nose was not broken and most observers at ringside thought the fight was stopped prematurely.
On 21 July 2007 Maccarinelli defended his WBO cruiserweight championship against former WBC champ Wayne Braithwaite and won by unanimous decision, after dominating the match. On 3 November 2007 Maccarinelli successfully defended his WBO cruiserweight title against Mohamed Azzaoui winning by TKO in the 4th Round.
'Bombs Away' and loss of title[link]
Maccarinelli’s next fight was an all-British unification fight against the WBA/WBC champion David Haye. The fight took place on 8 March 2008 at the O2 Arena, London and was much hyped in the weeks running up to the event, being given the tagline “bombs away” (referring to the high KO percentages and punching power both men boasted). Maccarinelli lost the fight and his WBO belt when he was knocked out in the 2nd round. A right hand by Haye knocked Maccarinelli down towards the end of the round and although he was able to get back up it was on unsteady legs and the referee stepped in to stop the fight.[3]
After the fight Haye announced that he would be moving up to the heavyweight division with immediate effect and would therefore be vacating his newly won belts. Because of this Maccarinelli received an immediate opportunity to reclaim his WBO belt in a matchup against undefeated American Jonathon Banks for the now vacant championship, but due to injury Banks was forced to pull out. After several replacements were unable to fight, Maccarinelli instead stepped up to heavyweight to face Matthew Ellis. Maccarinelli won after a 2nd round KO in what was his debut at the higher weight.[4] After the fight Frank Warren announced that Maccarinelli would face Banks in a re-scheduled bout for the WBO belt during February 2009.
Once again the Banks fight proved to be a non starter (Banks opted to make an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to win the IBF cruiserweight title against Tomasz Adamek) and instead Maccarinelli’s next fight was against the American based Londoner Ola Afolabi for the “interim” WBO title. The fight took place on March 14 at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, on the undercard of the Amir Khan vs Marco Antonio Barrera bout. Maccarinelli was favoured by most observers to win, however things did not go as expected as Maccarinelli struggled in the early rounds and was staggered in the 3rd round by a short chopping right hand from the slick Afolabi. Despite managing to recover and win the majority of the next few rounds he was knocked out by Afolabi in round 9 when a huge overhand right put him on the canvas and forced the referee to call off the fight.[5]
Lebedev fight, "retirement" and return[link]
Maccarinelli’s next fight was against the unbeaten Russian Denis Lebedev on 18 July 2009. As with the Afolabi contest the fight took place at the M.E.N. Arena on the undercard of an Amir Khan fight, this time Khan’s WBA light-welterweight title challenge against Andreas Kotelnik. From the very beginning of the fight Maccarinelli struggled with the power of his opponent and by the end of the second round his right eye had swollen completely shut from the punches landed by Lebedev. In the third round Lebedev rocked Maccarinelli with an uppercut which landed cleanly through his guard and after a further barrage of unanswered punches the referee stepped in and called a stop to the fight.[6]
Before the fight Maccarinelli had admitted that the contest represented “the last chance saloon” in terms of getting his career back on track, following 2 KO losses in his last 3 fights, and talking immediately after the defeat he hinted that this latest setback could signal the end of his boxing career. In an interview with his local paper a few days later Maccarinelli apparently confirmed his intention to retire from the sport,[7] although he retracted this in a later interview with the same source.[8]
Maccarinelli began his latest comeback attempt on another Amir Khan undercard, this time Khan's WBA Light-Welterweight title defence against on December 5 at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle. His opponent was the relatively unknown Hungarian journeyman Krisztian Jaksi.[9] who provided little resistance and was knocked out in the 1st round.[10] Maccarinelli managed a second consecutive 1st round KO victory against Hungarian opposition when he defeated Zoltan Czekus at the Echo Arena Liverpool on 13 March 2010.
EBU title shot[link]
Following his two quick comeback wins Maccarinelli's next fight took place on 27 April 2010 when he fought Russian prospect Alexander Kotlobay in St Petersburg for the vacant European cruiserweight title. Despite now being the fighter that had to travel and fight on someone else's patch, Maccarinelli scored his third consecutive quick victory when he knocked Kotlobay down with an overhand right before the referee stepped in to end the fight at 2:15 of the first round.[11]
His first defence of his newly won title came as part of Frank Warren's "Magnificent Seven" fight card, which took place on 18 September 2010 at the LG Arena in Birmingham.[12] His opponent for this defence was the undefeated Ukrainian prospect Alexander Frenkel. Despite a tentative opening round Maccarinelli improved and managed to rock his opponent in the fourth round with a right hand. A clash of heads in the sixth led to a cut developing over his right eye, however the fight still appeared to be going Maccarinelli’s way until he was knocked down heavily towards the end of round seven by a left hook from Frenkel. Despite managing to rise by the count of nine he was extremely unsteady and appeared to be in no position to defend himself. However the referee allowed the bout to continue, only for it to be stopped a few seconds later when a three punch combination from Frenkel led to a second knockdown. The final blows were struck with such ferocity that Maccarinelli was knocked unconscious and required oxygen and medical attention before being able to leave the ring. At the time of the fight there was heavy criticism from both journalists and fellow boxers at the decision by the referee to allow the fight to continue after the first knockdown, when it was clear that Maccarinelli was in no position to defend himself.[13][14][15]
As with the aftermath of the Afolabi and Lebedev defeats there were also been calls for Maccarinelli to retire from the ring, something which the boxer himself admitted to the press was a distinct possibility following his fourth KO loss in eight fights.[16]
Move to Light Heavyweight[link]
After a period of inactivity following the Frenkel defeat, in February 2011 Maccarinelli announced that rather than retiring he would instead be dropping down in weight to compete in the 175lb Light Heavyweight division, with a view to having his first fight at the weight limit later on in the year.[17]
Several months later he made the further announcement that he would once again be working with former coach Enzo Calzaghe, who was part of Maccarinelli’s team during his successful run at cruiserweight.[18] At the same time he also expressed a desire to fight for a world title at the new weight limit in the future, and in particular put forward the idea of an all Welsh title fight between himself and current WBO belt holder Nathan Cleverly.[19]
Exactly 14 months after his last in-ring appearance Maccarinelli’s first fight at the new weight limit took place at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on November 18th 2011. As with 2 of his previous 4 fights at cruiserweight the opponent was a Hungarian fighter, this time the undefeated (and relatively unknown) Gyorgy Marosi. Maccarinelli emerged victorious, scoring a 1st round TKO victory after just 91 seconds against an overmatched Marosi.[20]
Following the successful debut at 175lbs Maccarinelli reiterated his desire to fight for a world title at 175lbs and again made reference to an all Welsh bout with Cleverly, although ruled out the prospect of such a matchup occurring straight away.[21]
Professional boxing record[link]
| 35 Wins (27 knockouts, 8 decisions), 5 Losses (5 knockouts, 0 decisions), 0 Draws[22] | |||||||
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes |
| Win | 35-5-0 | Shane McPhilbin |
UD | 12 | 2012-03-23 | Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands |
Won BBBofC British Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 34-5-0 |  Ciaran Healy |
TKO | 2 (8), 2:50 | 2012-02-25 | Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Cardiff |
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| Win | 33-5-0 |  Gyorgy Marosi |
TKO | 1 (8), 1:39 | 2011-11-18 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, London |
Marosi Undefeated Going In. |
| Loss | 32-5-0 | Alexander Frenkel |
KO | 7 (12), 2:30 | 2010-09-18 | LG Arena, Birmingham, West Midlands |
Lost European (EBU) Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 32-4-0 | Alexander Kotlobay |
TKO | 1 (12), 2:15 | 2010-04-27 | Yubileiny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg |
Won European (EBU) Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 31-4-0 | Zoltan Czekus |
TKO | 1 (8), 2:04 | 2010-03-12 | Echo Arena, Liverpool, Merseyside |
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| Win | 30-4-0 | Krisztian Jaksi |
KO | 1 (6), 1:34 | 2009-12-05 | Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear |
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| Loss | 29-4-0 | Denis Lebedev |
TKO | 3 (12), 2:20 | 2009-07-18 | M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire |
vacant WBO Inter-Continental Cruiserweight Title. |
| Loss | 29-3-0 | Ola Afolabi |
KO | 9 (12), 1:50 | 2009-03-14 | M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire |
interim WBO Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 29-2-0 | Matthew Ellis |
TKO | 2 (10), 1:28 | 2008-12-06 | ExCel Arena, Dockland, London |
|
| Loss | 28-2-0 | David Haye |
TKO | 2 (12), 2:04 | 2008-03-08 | 02 Arena, Greenwich, London |
WBO, WBC, WBA Super World Cruiserweight Titles. |
| Win | 28-1-0 |  Mohamed Azzaoui |
TKO | 4 (12), 0:58 | 2007-11-03 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
WBO Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 27-1-0 |  Wayne Braithwaite |
UD | 12 | 2007-07-21 | Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff |
WBO Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 26-1-0 | Bobby Gunn |
TKO | 1 (12), 2:35 | 2007-04-07 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
WBO Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 25-1-0 | Mark Hobson |
TKO | 1 (12), 1:11 | 2006-10-14 | M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire |
WBO Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 24-1-0 | Marcelo Fabian Dominguez |
TKO | 9 (12), 0:58 | 2006-07-08 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
interim WBO Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 23-1-0 | Mark Hobson |
UD | 12 | 2006-03-04 | M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire |
WBU Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 22-1-0 | Marco Heinichen |
KO | 1 (10), 1:38 | 2005-11-26 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Lazio |
|
| Win | 21-1-0 | Roman Bugaj |
TKO | 1 (8), 1:55 | 2005-06-04 | M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire |
|
| Win | 20-1-0 | Rich LaMontagne |
TKO | 4 (12), 1:04 | 2005-01-21 | Bridgend Leisure Centre, Bridgend |
WBU Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 19-1-0 | Jesper Kristiansen |
KO | 3 (12), 2:05 | 2004-09-03 | Newport Leisure Centre, Newport |
WBU Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 18-1-0 | Ismail Abdoul |
UD | 12 | 2004-07-03 | Newport Leisure Centre, Newport |
WBU Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 17-1-0 | Gary Delaney |
TKO | 8 (12), 2:37 | 2004-02-21 | Wales National Ice Rink, Cardiff |
WBU Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 16-1-0 |  Earl Morais |
KO | 1 (12), 1:30 | 2003-12-06 | Wales National Ice Rink, Cardiff |
WBU Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 15-1-0 | Andrei Karsten |
KO | 1 (12), 1:10 | 2003-09-13 | Newport Leisure Centre, Newport |
WBU Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 14-1-0 | Bruce Scott |
TKO | 4 (12), 2:49 | 2003-06-18 | Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff |
vacant WBU Cruiserweight Title. |
| Win | 13-1-0 | Valeri Semiskur |
TKO | 1 (12), ? | 2003-03-29 | Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth, Hampshire |
|
| Win | 12-1-0 | Paul Bonson |
PTS | 4 | 2003-01-18 | Guild Hall, Preston, Lancashire |
|
| Win | 11-1-0 | Dave Clarke |
TKO | 2 (4), 2:38 | 2002-10-12 | York Hall, Bethnel Green, London |
|
| Win | 10-1-0 | Tony Booth |
TKO | 2 (4), 1:51 | 2002-08-17 | Cardiff Castle, Cardiff |
|
| Win | 9-1-0 | Tony Booth |
PTS | 4 | 2002-04-20 | Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff |
|
| Win | 8-1-0 | James Gilbert |
TKO | 2 (6), 2:18 | 2002-02-12 | York Hall, Bethnel Green, London |
|
| Win | 7-1-0 | Kevin Barrett |
TKO | 2 (6), 2:38 | 2001-12-15 | Wembley Conference Centre, Wembley, London |
|
| Win | 6-1-0 | Eamon Glennon |
TKO | 2 (4), ? | 2001-10-09 | Wales National Ice Rink, Cardiff |
|
| Win | 5-1-0 | Darren Ashton |
KO | 1 (4), 1:15 | 2001-04-18 | Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff |
|
| Win | 4-1-0 | Chris Woollas |
PTS | 4 | 2000-12-11 | Kingsway Leisure Centre, Widnes, Cheshire |
|
| Loss | 3-1-0 | Lee Swaby |
KO | 3 (4), ? | 2000-05-12 | Swansea Leisure Centre, Swansea |
|
| Win | 3-0-0 | Nigel Rafferty |
TKO | 3 (4), ? | 2000-02-26 | Swansea Leisure Centre, Swansea |
|
| Win | 2-0-0 | Mark Williams |
TKO | 1 (4), ? | 1999-12-11 | Rhydycar Leisure Centre, Merthyr |
|
| Win | 1-0-0 | Paul Bonson |
PTS | 4 | 1999-10-02 | Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff |
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Personal life[link]
Maccarinelli considers himself a Britalian, someone born in Britain and of Italian heritage. Maccarinelli attended Bishop Vaughan Catholic School in Swansea. He studied there until sixth form but then carried on with his boxing career. He is married and a father. He is a passionate Swansea City supporter, and has appeared at the Liberty Stadium with his championship belts.
See also[link]
Notes and references[link]
- ^ a b BoxRec.com editors. "Enzo Maccarinelli." BoxRec.com. URL accessed 11 July 2006.
- ^ Fightnews.com editors. "Nelson relinquishes title!" 22 September 2006. Fightnews.com. URL accessed 22 September 2006.
- ^ BBC SPORT | Boxing | Awesome Haye stops Maccarinelli
- ^ BBC SPORT | Boxing | Maccarinelli stops Ellis in two
- ^ BBC SPORT | Boxing | Maccarinelli suffers KO loss
- ^ BBC SPORT | Boxing | Maccarinelli Faces The End After Loss
- ^ Russian Loss Signals The End For Enzo
- ^ Enzo: I'm not going to give up yet
- ^ BBC SPORT | Boxing | Jaksi up for Maccarinelli return
- ^ BBC SPORT | Boxing | Maccarinelli beats up Jaksi in first round in Newcastle
- ^ BBC SPORT | Boxing | Enzo Maccarinelli beats Kotlobay to claim Euro title
- ^ Frankwarren.tv | Latest News | Mega card for September
- ^ Maccarinelli knocked out cold after referee lets Frenkel punch on
- ^ Daily Mirror | Frank Warren’s anger at Macca KO referee
- ^ [1]
- ^ BBC Sport | Boxing | Maccarinelli ponders boxing retirement
- ^ BBC Sport | Enzo Maccarinelli drops down to fight on
- ^ BBC Sport | Maccarinelli back with coach Enzo Calzaghe.
- ^ BBC Sport | Maccarinelli eyes Cleverly world title bout
- ^ BBC Sport | Enzo Maccarinelli returns with first round win
- ^ BBC Sport | Maccarinelli enjoying last fighting chance
- ^ [2]
External links[link]
- Enzo Maccarinelli - BoxRec Boxing Encyclopedia
- Professional boxing record for Enzo Maccarinelli from BoxRec
| Preceded by Johnny Nelson Retired |
WBO Cruiserweight Champion 22 September 2006 – 8 March 2008 |
Succeeded by David Haye |
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| Name | Maccarinelli, Enzo |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | Welsh boxer |
| Date of birth | 20 August 1980 |
| Place of birth | Swansea, Wales |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
http://wn.com/Enzo_Maccarinelli
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| Wladimir Klitschko | |
|---|---|
 5 February 2008 |
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| Statistics | |
| Real name | Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Klychko |
| Nickname(s) | Dr. Steelhammer |
| Rated at | Heavyweight |
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[1] |
| Reach | 206 cm (81 in) |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Born | (1976-03-25) 25 March 1976 (age 36) Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 60 |
| Wins | 57 |
| Wins by KO | 50 |
| Losses | 3 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for Ukraine |
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| Men’s Boxing | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Super heavyweight |
| European Amateur Championships | ||
| Silver | 1996 Vejle | Super heavyweight |
Wladimir Klitschko[2] (Ukrainian: Володи́мир Володи́мирович Кличко́ [transliteration: Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Klychko], born 25 March 1976) is a Ukrainian heavyweight professional boxer. Klitschko is the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO & The Ring Heavyweight Champion. His older brother Vitali Klitschko is the current WBC Heavyweight Champion. Klitschko is the longest reigning Heavyweight Champion in history for the IBF, WBO & IBO Heavyweight titles, both in measurements of defenses and time & overall the 6th longest reigning Heavyweight Champion of all time. As of 2011, Boxrec rates Klitschko as the number 2 pound-for-pound in the world. Ring Magazine currently rates Klitschko as the number six pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
Since 2005, Klitschko has been the dominant force in the heavyweight division, defeating a majority of the top heavyweights in the rankings. When Klitschko won the IBF title against Chris Byrd there were four separate Heavyweight Champions. Since then, he has unified the IBF, IBO, WBO & WBA belts and defeated the WBA Champion in recess. Following his win over Ruslan Chagaev, Klitschko was awarded the vacant Ring Magazine Heavyweight title.
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Early life[link]
Klitschko was born in Semipalatinsk (now Semey, Kazakhstan).[3][4][5] Though a celebrity in his former adopted home of Germany, he moved with his older brother Vitali to Beverly Hills, California, USA, in 2004. Their father, Vladimir Rodionovich Klitschko (1947–2011), was a Soviet Air Force major general and a military attaché of Ukraine in Germany. He was also one of the commanders in charge of cleaning up the effects of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and was afterward diagnosed with cancer. Their mother is Nadezhda Ulyanovna.[6]
In the summer of 1996, Klitschko finished Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky Pedagogical Institute (Ukraine) and was accepted in the postgraduate study program of Kiev University. On 18 January 2001, in a conference hall of Kiev University of physical science and sports, Klitschko presented his doctoral dissertation and was awarded a PhD in Sports Science. Klitschko speaks four languages: Ukrainian, Russian, German and English. At the beginning of his professional career, he began using the German transliteration of his name, Wladimir.[citation needed]
Amateur career[link]
In 1993, Klitschko won the Junior European Championships as a heavyweight. In 1994, he received 2nd place at the Junior World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. In 1995, he won the gold medal at the Military Championships in Ariccia, Italy, defeating Luan Krasniqi, who he had lost to in the third round of the World Championships in Berlin, Germany earlier that year. In 1996, he captured 2nd place as a Super Heavyweight at the European Championships in Vejle, Denmark. He had an amateur record of 134–6.
Known as "The Steel Hammer," Klitschko first achieved world attention at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He defeated Paea Wolfgramm to win the Super-Heavyweight gold medal. He is now announced as "Dr. Steel Hammer," a name more in the vein of his brother, Vitali, who goes by "Dr. Ironfist."
Professional career[link]
Klitschko turned professional with Universum Box-Promotion in Hamburg under the tutelage of Fritz Sdunek.
He suffered his first setback after 24 bouts without a loss to journeyman Ross Puritty, who entered the bout with a record of 24–13–1. Wladimir Klitschko's coach, Fritz Sdunek, jumped into the ring and stopped the fight.
On 18 March 2000, Wladimir fought Paea Wolfgramm, whom he fought previously in the 1996 Super Heavyweight Olympic Finals. In their professional rematch, Klitschko knocked Wolfgramm out in the first round.
First world title[link]
On 14 October 2000, in Cologne, Germany's Kölnarena, Klitschko won the WBO Heavyweight Championship from American Chris Byrd. Byrd had previously upset his elder brother Vitali (who pulled out injured during their bout). After five successful defenses of the WBO belt, Klitschko suffered an upset loss to Corrie Sanders. Sanders battered Klitschko for two rounds knocking him out on 8 March 2003, in Hannover, Germany.
Third loss[link]
After winning two minor bouts in Germany and enlisting the services of legendary boxing trainer Emmanuel Steward, Klitschko again fought for the vacated WBO title on 10 April 2004, in Las Vegas, against Lamon Brewster. Klitschko sent Brewster to the canvas in the fourth round; however, things turned around in the fifth when Brewster's punches began backing him up. Not defending himself and leaning into ropes for support, Klitschko took a standing eight count. On unsteady legs, Klitschko went to his knees after the bell and the referee stopped the fight for his safety.
Return to form[link]
Following his loss to Brewster, Klitschko began his journey back towards the top of the heavyweight division. First, he defeated DaVarryl Williamson by technical decision. The fight was stopped due to a Klitschko cut caused by an accidental headbutt. He then knocked out undefeated Eliseo Castillo. Klitschko then signed to fight undefeated power puncher Samuel Peter in an IBF eliminator. The much anticipated bout proved to be hugely entertaining. It went some way towards redeeming Klitschko in the heavyweight division. Though Peter scored three knockdowns (two in round 5, one in round 10) Klitschko withstood the Nigerian's power and went on to dominate for long periods.
IBF Champion[link]
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On 22 April 2006, in Mannheim, Germany, Klitschko defeated Chris Byrd for a second time, this time by technical knockout, in a contest for the IBF & IBO Heavyweight Championships. Referee Wayne Kelly stopped the fight in the seventh round after a knockdown—Byrd beat the count, but his face was battered and bloody, and the fight was waved off. Klitschko then defeated mandatory challenger Ray Austin on 10 March 2007, at the SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany by a second-round knockout with four consecutive left hooks to Austin's head. Klitschko did not use his right hand once during the fight, doing all his work with his left jab and left hook. Klitschko then avenged one of his previous losses as he defeated Lamon Brewster on 7 July 2007, in Cologne, Germany. Brewster's corner asked the referee to stop the fight at the end of the sixth round. It was later revealed that Klitschko fought most of the fight with a broken middle finger on his left hand.
Klitschko vs. Ibragimov[link]
Klitschko defeated WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov at Madison Square Garden in New York City on 23 February 2008 to unify the IBF, IBO & WBO Heavyweight titles. The Klitschko-Ibragimov fight was the first heavyweight unification since Holyfield-Lewis in 1999. The unification clash with Ibragimov proved to be a huge disappointment for fans. Klitschko was very dominant from the first bell. He backed Ibragimov into a corner and proceeded to push down Ibragimov's glove with his left hand so he could not throw a punch. Though Klitschko won every single round the crowd in New York began booing after the second round. The boos and jeers increased as the fight progressed in the same fashion. Ibragimov's corner was almost silent from the sixth round onwards unable to give their man any meaningful advice.
On 12 July 2008, at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Klitschko defeated Tony Thompson by eleventh round knockout.
Klitschko was scheduled to defend his titles against Alexander Povetkin later in 2008,[7] but on 25 October, Povetkin withdrew from the fight due to an ankle injury. Instead, Klitschko faced Hasim Rahman on 13 December 2008 and won by TKO. This was the third time Klitschko fought at the SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany. He dominated the fight, winning every round while making good use of his left jab. From the first bell the difference in physical strength was profound. Rahman seemed unable to withstand Klitschko's punch power. The referee finally called a stop to the one-sided contest in the 7th round after Rahman failed to respond to a series of good shots.
Klitschko vs. Chagaev[link]
Klitschko was scheduled to face David Haye, who pulled out within weeks of the fight complaining of a back injury. Salvaging the 20 June 2009 date and venue, Klitschko instead retained the IBF, WBO and IBO Heavyweight titles and also won the vacant Ring Magazine heavyweight title by defeating replacement opponent and Ring #3 ranked Ruslan Chagaev when Chagaev retired after an onslaught of punches towards the end of the ninth round. As Chagaev was WBA Champion, the title was not on the line. Klitschko's win over Chagaev was seen as one of his most impressive performances in the ring. He controlled the tempo of the fight from the very beginning and hit Chagaev at will with the jab. He hit Chagaev with several hard right crosses and never allowed him to build momentum. Towards the end of the second round Klitschko caught Chagaev off balance and sent him to the canvas. Chagaev recovered but was dominated thereafter. This win had added significance because even though the WBA title was not on the line, many saw Klitschko as the rightful champion.
Klitschko vs. Chambers[link]
On 9 December 2009, Klitschko's management group, K2 Promotions confirmed that a bout with Eddie Chambers has been agreed to take place in Germany on 20 March 2010. This mandatory title defense, originally scheduled for December 2009 had to be delayed due to a hand injury that Klitschko sustained in training that required surgery.
Klitschko defeated Chambers by knockout five seconds before the end of the final round.[8] He was criticized between rounds by his trainer Emanuel Steward for not fighting aggressively enough despite having won all prior rounds and Chambers only fighting back weakly. Klitschko began punching more often during the final round than he had done before which eventually led to his left hook hitting Chambers to the forehead. The punch made Chambers fall forwards and lost consciousness for an extended period of time. The referee stepped in and called an end to the contest instantly.
Klitschko vs. Peter II[link]
Following the match with Chambers, a unification fight between Klitschko and David Haye, who as of May 2009 held the WBA title, appeared to be in the offing. Klitschko called out the Briton on YouTube in April 2010, stating, "I want to send this message to boxing fans and directly to David Haye. David, you've bitched out on fighting both Klitschko brothers twice already and now's the time to make it happen. On behalf of the boxing fans around the world, I am officially calling you out to fight me. You can't run away from me forever and you need to follow through with this fight if you want to be respected. I'm ready. What're you waiting for?"[9][10] Haye's trainer, Adam Booth, has indicated that Haye would be willing to accept the challenge.[11] Both sides began negotiations for a potential fight and the bout was targeted for September.[12] As the negotiations continued to move forward,[13] the unification fight between Klitschko and Haye was expected to take place in Germany rather than England.[14][15] The IBF set a deadline to end negotiations on 17 May. A few days before the 17 May deadline to make the unification bout, Haye said he was interested in fighting the older Klitschko, Vitali, rather than Wladimir.[16]
The fight did not materialise and Klitschko took on mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin. On 17 May 2010, the 30-day period of negotiation began for Klitschko to defend his championship against Povetkin.[17] Within this period, discussions to make a fight with Haye were still ongoing.[18] At first, the bout between Klitschko and Povetkin was tentatively scheduled to take place in Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, on 11 September 2010.[19] In July 2010, it was confirmed that the bout would be taking place in Frankfurt.[20] However, Povetkin, under trainer Teddy Atlas, backed out of the $2 million purse fight. Samuel Peter replaced Povetkin for the scheduled fight. Klitschko faced Peter for a second time, as they had fought in 2005 previously. Peter fought Klitschko on 11 September 2010, for the Ukrainian's IBF, WBO & IBO Heavyweight titles. Klitschko won again, by knocking out Peter in the 10th round.[21][22][23] Peter weighed in at 241 pounds, two pounds lighter than their first fight. Klitschko came in at a career heavy of 247 pounds. Both fighters had promised knockouts in the pre-fight build up. Peter started the fight very aggressively and caught Klitschko with a good left hook in the opening minute although Klitschko ended the round well. Peter was caught with three hard right-hands in the second round, one of which seemed to stun him. Peter tried to duck under the Klitschko jab, but was being tied up on the inside. After four rounds the fight became one-sided in Klitschko's favour. Peter's right eye was closing and he was taking heavy punishment. After the ninth round, Peter's trainer Abel Sanchez said he would give him one more round. Emmanuel Steward also implored Klitschko to be more aggressive. Peter swung wildly in the tenth and Klitschko put him down with a concussive combination. Referee Robert Byrd did not start a count and waved the fight off, awarding Klitschko the win by knockout.
Klitschko was set to fight Dereck Chisora on 11 December, but the fight was later called off on 8 December due to Klitschko tearing a muscle in his abdomen.[24][25]
On 5 January 2011, it was announced that Dereck Chisora would get his fight with Klitschko. This enraged David Haye's trainer Adam Booth, who described the move as a "disgrace" on a heated live phone-in with Sky Sports News. Booth alleged Haye had met every single one of Klitschko's demands.[26] The fight against Dereck Chisora was rescheduled for 30 April 2011 and was going to take place in SAP Arena, Mannheim.[27] However, on 4 March, it was announced Klitschko pulled out of the fight due to not being fully recovered from a torn abdominal muscle. On 5 March, it was instead announced that the highly anticipated fight against David Haye will take place on 2 July 2011.[28] The fight was contingent on Klitschko's recovery from a torn abdominal muscle injury. The contract was written so that if Klitschko is not fully healed, then Haye would fight his brother, Vitali.[29]
Klitschko vs. Haye[link]
Main article: Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye
Klitschko fought David Haye in a heavyweight unification fight for the WBA (Super), WBO, IBF, IBO & The Ring Heavyweight titles. The fight took place at the Imtech Arena, Hamburg, Germany on 2 July 2011.[30][31][32] Klitschko dominated the fight, statistically outlanding Haye nearly 2 to 1. Klitschko won by unanimous decision.[33]
After Haye[link]
After winning the WBA title, all of the major Heavyweight titles were in the hands of the Klitschko family. Wladimir and Vitali became the first and only pair of brothers to hold all of the Heavyweight titles simultaneously.[34]
On 6 October 2011 Wladimir Klitschko announced his next fight. It was originally to be on 10 December 2011 against the former World Cruiserweight Champion, French Jean-Marc Mormeck. The fight would have taken place at Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf.[35] It was to be Wladimir's first title defense of the WBA (Super) belt, he won against David Haye. The fight was billed Alle Gürtel. Ein Champion. (All belts. One Champion).[36] However, on 5 December 2011, the fight was cancelled because Wladimir checked into a hospital to have a kidney stone removed. After the removal operation he suffered from fever and inflammation.[37] The fight was rescheduled for 3 March 2012. The fight occurred on 3 March 2012, with Wladimir Klitschko knocking out Jean-Marc Mormeck in the fourth round. Wladimir Klitschko has already planned his next two fights. On 7 July he will face Tony Thompson in a rematch in Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland. Tony Thompson has been named as Wladimir Klitschko's mandatory defense (by IBF). If Wladimir Klitschko wins as planned, he will face American top contender Chris Arreola on 10 November in Madison Square Garden, New York City.[38]
Other interests[link]
Klitschko appeared with Lennox Lewis in the motion picture Ocean's Eleven. He is an avid chess player, kite-surfer, golfer and humanitarian. Both Klitschko brothers have been involved in charitable activities dedicated to supporting the needs of children around the world. Both brothers have formed their own charities that contribute to children in need in Africa and South America. They won humanitarian awards for their "Fight For Peace" and "Sport for Good" projects in 2002 and 2007. In 2002, the Klitschko brothers announced that they had agreed to work specifically for UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), which supports more than 180 projects in 87 countries. Klitschko is also a passionate golfer and was seen playing in the Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland. The tournament was played over three courses in 2008 including St Andrews, Carnoustie, and Kingsbarns in Fife and Angus. Klitschko was named curator of the Ukrainian pavilion at the 2009 Venice Biennale.[39] Klitschko starred in the music video for Chris Cornell's song "Part of Me" in 2008, alongside rising dancer Carlos Kerr Jr. and Method Man.
Personal life[link]
Some media reported that Klitschko had been previously dating Yvonne Catterfeld;[40] the relationship was played up in German comedies Keinohrhasen and Zweiohrküken. After Wladimir's photo session[41] held for Vanity Fair magazine with Karolína Kurková she claimed to have a romantic relationship with the boxer.[42] Alena Gerber was once his girlfriend.[43]
In 2009 Klitschko began dating American actress Hayden Panettiere.[44] Panettiere appeared at ringside at some of Klitschko's fights, including at Klitschko's 10th round KO victory over Samuel Peter.[45] The couple broke up in May 2011.[44]
On 29 March 2012, during a charitable auction in Kiev, Ukraine, Wladimir auctioned off his 1996 Olympic gold medal to a buyer who bid $1 million dollars. Klitschko said he would use the money to help the dreams of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian children. After the sale, the buyer immediately returned the medal out of respect for Wladimir and because he wanted it to remain with the Klitschko family.[46]
Professional boxing record[link]
| 57 Wins (50 knockouts, 6 decisions, 1 DQ), 3 Losses, 0 Draws[47] | |||||||
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes |
| N/A | N/A | Chris Arreola |
N/A | N/A | 2012-11-10 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York |
Defending WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO & The Ring Heavyweight titles. |
| N/A | N/A | Tony Thompson |
N/A | N/A | 2012-07-07 |  Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Bern, Canton of Bern |
Defending WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO & The Ring Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | 57–3 | Jean-Marc Mormeck |
KO | 4 (12), 1:12 | 2012-03-03 | Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Retained WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO & The Ring Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | 56–3 | David Haye |
UD | 12 | 2011-07-02 | Imtech Arena, Altona, Hamburg |
Won WBA (Super) Heavyweight title. Retained IBF, WBO, IBO & The Ring Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | 55–3 |  Samuel Peter |
KO | 10 (12), 1:22 | 2010-09-11 | Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Hessen |
Retained IBF, WBO, IBO & The Ring Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | 54–3 | Eddie Chambers |
KO | 12 (12), 2:55 | 2010-03-20 | Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Retained IBF, WBO, IBO & The Ring Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | 53–3 |  Ruslan Chagaev |
RTD | 9 (12), 3:00 | 2009-06-20 | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Won vacant The Ring Heavyweight title. Retained IBF, WBO & IBO Heavyweight titles. Chagaev´s WBA Heavyweight title was not on the line. |
| Win | 52–3 | Hasim Rahman |
TKO | 7 (12), 0:44 | 2008-12-13 | SAP Arena, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg |
Retained IBF, WBO & IBO Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | 51–3 | Tony Thompson |
KO | 11 (12), 1:38 | 2008-07-12 | Color Line Arena, Altona, Hamburg |
Retained IBF, WBO & IBO Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | 50–3 | Sultan Ibragimov |
UD | 12 | 2008-02-23 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York |
Won WBO Heavyweight title. Retained IBF & IBO Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | 49–3 | Lamon Brewster |
RTD | 6 (12), 3:00 | 2007-07-07 | Kölnarena, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Retained IBF & IBO Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | 48–3 | Ray Austin |
KO | 2 (12), 1:23 | 2007-03-10 | SAP Arena, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg |
Retained IBF & IBO Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | 47–3 | Calvin Brock |
TKO | 7 (12), 2:10 | 2006-11-11 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York |
Retained IBF & IBO Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | 46–3 | Chris Byrd |
TKO | 7 (12), 0:41 | 2006-04-22 | SAP Arena, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg |
Won IBF & vacant IBO Heavyweight titles. |
| Win | 45–3 | Samuel Peter |
UD | 12 | 2005-09-24 | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Won NABF & vacant WBO NABO Heavyweight titles. IBF & WBO Heavyweight Title Eliminators. |
| Win | 44–3 |  Eliseo Castillo |
TKO | 4 (10), 2:51 | 2005-04-23 | Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
|
| Win | 43–3 | DaVarryl Williamson |
TD | 5 (10), 3:00 | 2004-10-02 | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada |
|
| Loss | 42–3 | Lamon Brewster |
TKO | 5 (12), 3:00 | 2004-04-10 | Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada |
For vacant WBO Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 42–2 | Danell Nicholson |
TKO | 4 (12) | 2003-12-20 | Ostseehalle, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein |
Retained WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 41–2 | Fabio Eduardo Moli |
KO | 1 (12), 1:49 | 2003-08-30 | Olympiahalle, Munich, Bayern |
Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight title. |
| Loss | 40–2 | Corrie Sanders |
TKO | 2 (12), 0:27 | 2003-03-08 | Preussag Arena, Hannover, Niedersachsen |
Lost WBO Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 40–1 | Jameel McCline |
RTD | 10 (12), 3:00 | 2002-12-07 | Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada |
Retained WBO Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 39–1 | Ray Mercer |
TKO | 6 (12), 1:08 | 2002-06-29 | Taj Majal Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Retained WBO Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 38–1 | Francois Botha |
TKO | 8 (12), 0:47 | 2002-03-16 | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg |
Retained WBO Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 37–1 | Charles Shufford |
TKO | 6 (12), 2:55 | 2001-08-04 | Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada |
Retained WBO Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 36–1 | Derrick Jefferson |
TKO | 2 (12), 2:09 | 2001-03-24 | Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich, Bayern |
Retained WBO Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 35–1 | Chris Byrd |
UD | 12 | 2000-10-14 | Kölnarena, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Won WBO Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 34–1 | Monte Barrett |
TKO | 7 (10), 2:40 | 2000-07-15 | New London Arena, Millwall, London |
|
| Win | 33–1 | David Bostice |
TKO | 2 (12) | 2000-04-29 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York |
Retained WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 32–1 |  Paea Wolfgramm |
KO | 1 (12), 1:30 | 2000-03-18 | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, Hamburg |
Won vacant WBC International Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 31–1 | Lajos Eros |
KO | 2 (12), 2:35 | 1999-12-04 | Stadionsporthalle, Hannover, Niedersachsen |
Retained WBA Inter-Continental & EBU Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 30–1 | Phil Jackson |
KO | 2 (10), 1:59 | 1999-11-12 | The Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada |
|
| Win | 29–1 | Axel Schulz |
TKO | 8 (12), 2:42 | 1999-09-25 | Kölnarena, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Won vacant EBU Heavyweight title. Retained WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 28–1 |  Joseph Chingangu |
RTD | 4 (12), 3:00 | 1999-07-17 | Philips Halle, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 27–1 | Tony LaRosa |
TKO | 1 (10), 2:57 | 1999-05-22 | Sport Palace, Budapest, Central Hungary |
|
| Win | 26–1 | Everett Martin |
TKO | 8 (8) | 1999-04-24 | Circus Krone, Munich, Bayern |
|
| Win | 25–1 |  Zoran Vujicic |
KO | 1 (8), 1:02 | 1999-02-13 | Maritim Hotel, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg |
|
| Loss | 24–1 | Ross Puritty |
TKO | 11 (12), 0:18 | 1998-12-05 | Sports Palace, Kiev, Kiev Oblast |
Lost WBC International Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 24–0 | Donnell Wingfield |
KO | 1 (8) | 1998-11-14 | Circus Krone, Munich, Bayern |
|
| Win | 23–0 | Eli Dixon |
KO | 3 (10) | 1998-10-03 | Prinz-Garden Halle, Augsburg, Bayern |
|
| Win | 22–0 | Steve Pannell |
KO | 2 (10) | 1998-09-19 | Arena Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
|
| Win | 21–0 | Carlos Monroe |
TKO | 6 (10), 2:28 | 1998-08-06 | Grand Casino Avoyelles, Marksville, Louisiana |
|
| Win | 20–0 | Najee Shaheed |
KO | 1 (12) | 1998-07-10 | Circus Krone, Munich, Bayern |
Retained WBC International Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 19–0 | Cody Koch |
KO | 4 (12) | 1998-05-23 | Oberrheinhalle, Offenburg, Baden-Württemberg |
Retained WBC International Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 18–0 | Everett Martin |
UD | 8 | 1998-03-14 | Sporthalle, Wandsbek, Hamburg |
|
| Win | 17–0 | Marcus McIntyre |
KO | 3 (12) | 1998-02-14 | Maritim Hotel, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg |
Won vacant WBC International Heavyweight title. |
| Win | 16–0 | Derrick Lampkins |
TKO | 1 (8) | 1997-12-20 | Oberrheinhalle, Offenburg, Baden-Württemberg |
|
| Win | 15–0 |  Ladislav Husarik |
TKO | 3 (8) | 1997-12-13 | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, Hamburg |
|
| Win | 14–0 | Jerry Halstead |
TKO | 2 (8) | 1997-12-06 | Stadthalle, Offenbach, Hessen |
|
| Win | 13–0 | Marcos Gonzalez |
KO | 2 (8) | 1997-10-11 | Stadthalle, Cottbus, Brandenburg |
|
| Win | 12–0 | James Pritchard |
TKO | 3 (8) | 1997-09-20 | Tivoli Eissporthalle, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
|
| Win | 11–0 |  Biko Botowamungu |
TKO | 5 (8), 2:02 | 1997-08-23 | Maritim Hotel, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg |
|
| Win | 10–0 | Gilberto Williamson |
TKO | 3 (8) | 1997-07-12 | Berlethalle, Hagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
|
| Win | 9–0 | Salvador Maciel |
KO | 1 (8) | 1997-06-27 | Oberrheinhalle, Offenburg, Baden-Württemberg |
|
| Win | 8–0 | Paul Ashley |
KO | 2 (8), 1:25 | 1997-06-13 | Arena Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
|
| Win | 7–0 | Mark Wills |
KO | 1 (8), 2:58 | 1997-05-10 | Ballsporthalle, Frankfurt, Hessen |
|
| Win | 6–0 | Mark Young |
RTD | 2 (6), 3:00 | 1997-04-12 | Eurogress, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
|
| Win | 5–0 | Carlos Monroe |
DQ | 6 | 1997-02-15 | Stadthalle, Cottbus, Brandenburg |
|
| Win | 4–0 | Troy Weida |
TKO | 3 (6), 0:36 | 1997-01-25 | Maritim Hotel, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg |
|
| Win | 3–0 | Bill Corrigan |
TKO | 1 (4), 1:21 | 1996-12-21 | Zoo-Gesellschaftshaus, Frankfurt, Hessen |
|
| Win | 2–0 | Exum Speight |
TKO | 2 (4), 1:54 | 1996-11-30 |  Nova Arena, Wiener Neustadt, Niederösterreich |
|
| Win | 1–0 | Fabian Meza |
KO | 1 (4), 1:35 | 1996-11-16 | Sporthalle, Wandsbek, Hamburg |
Professional debut. |
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External links[link]
- "The Official Site of Klitschko Brothers" (in German/English/Ukrainian/Russian). http://www.klitschko.com/.
- Vladimir Klitschko Fight-by-Fight Career Record
- Professional boxing record for Wladimir Klitschko from BoxRec
- Klitschko movie 2011
| Achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Chris Byrd |
WBO Heavyweight Champion 14 October 2000 – 8 March 2003 |
Succeeded by Corrie Sanders |
| Preceded by Chris Byrd |
IBF Heavyweight Champion 22 April 2006 – present |
Incumbent |
| Vacant
Title last held by
Lennox Lewis |
IBO Heavyweight Champion 22 April 2006 – present |
|
| Preceded by Sultan Ibragimov |
WBO Heavyweight Champion 23 February 2008 – present |
|
| Vacant
Title last held by
Vitali Klitschko |
The Ring Heavyweight Champion 20 June 2009 – present |
|
| New title Titles unified against David Haye
|
WBA Heavyweight Champion Super Title 2 July 2011 – present |
|
| Sporting positions | ||
| Vacant
Title last held by
Ike Ibeabuchi |
WBC International Heavyweight Champion 14 February 1998 – 5 December 1998 |
Succeeded by Ross Puritty |
| Vacant
Title last held by
Donovan Ruddock |
WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight Champion 17 July 1999 – 10 October 2000 |
Vacant
Title next held by
Vitali Klitschko |
| Vacant
Title last held by
Vitali Klitschko |
EBU Heavyweight Champion 25 September 1999 – 14 October 2000 |
Vacant
Title next held by
Vitali Klitschko |
| Vacant
Title last held by
Vitali Klitschko |
WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight Champion 30 August 2003 – 24 July 2004 |
Vacant
Title next held by
Nikolay Valuev |
| Vacant
Title last held by
DaVarryl Williamson |
WBO NABO Heavyweight Champion 24 September 2005 – 18 March 2006 |
Vacant
Title next held by
Shannon Briggs |
| Preceded by Samuel Peter |
NABF Heavyweight Champion 24 September 2005 – 22 April 2006 |
Vacant
Title next held by
Samuel Peter |
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| Name | Klitschko, Vladimir |
| Alternative names | Володимир Володимирович Кличко |
| Short description | Ukrainian boxer |
| Date of birth | 25 March 1976 |
| Place of birth | Semipalatinsk, Soviet Union |
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| Real name | Timothy Ray Bradley, Jr. |
| Nickname(s) | Desert Storm |
| Rated at | Light Welterweight Welterweight |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Reach | 69 in (175 cm) |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | (1983-08-29) 29 August 1983 (age 28) Cathedral City, California, USA |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 29 |
| Wins | 28 |
| Wins by KO | 12 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 1 |
Timothy Ray Bradley, Jr. (born August, 29 1983) is an undefeated American professional boxer. A native to the Coachella Valley. Born in Cathedral City, California, and training out of Indio, California. He is the current WBO Light Welterweight Champion and former two-time WBC Light Welterweight Champion.
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Professional career[link]
Light Welterweight[link]
Bradley had his first professional bout on the 20th of August 2004, knocking out Francisco Martinez in the second round. In his rise through the ranks, he gained the WBC Youth World Welterweight and Light Welterweight crowns. He also beat IBF Lightweight Champion Miguel Vazquez by a unanimous ten round decision. Bradley finally got his chance for the title when José Luis Castillo failed to make weight in a title eliminator for the full WBC Light Welterweight belt. He then won the WBC Light Welterweight title by defeating British fighter Junior Witter in England.[1]
WBC/WBO Unification[link]
On 4 April 2009, Bradley fought Kendall Holt to unify his WBC and Holt's WBO titles. Bradley was dropped in the first round by a huge left hook and was badly hurt but regrouped and outboxed Holt for most of the fight, before being sent to the canvas again in the 12th round. Nonetheless, Bradley got up and finished the fight. He won the fight by unanimous decision and became the new WBO Champion.[2]
Bradley vs. Campbell[link]
Several days after his unification bout with Holt, Bradley was stripped of his WBC Light Welterweight title, because of failure to fight Devon Alexander, his mandatory challenger.[3] As a result, the title became vacant and Alexander stopped Witter at the end of eight rounds to win the belt. The Alexander-Witter fight was on the undercard of Bradley's August 1 fight with Nate Campbell in Bradley's hometown of Palm Springs. Campbell,a former lightweight champion, was coming up in weight after he failed to make the lightweight limit in his last fight. Bradley's fight with Campbell only lasted three rounds after Campbell chose not to continue when a cut formed over and behind his left eye. Bradley was awarded the TKO victory, but the verdict was later changed.[4] A replay showed that the cut was caused by an accidental clash of heads. The rules states, that if a fight is stopped by a cut caused by an accidental headbutt before the end of round four, it should be called a no contest. The California State Athletic Commission therefore changed the result.
Bradley vs. Peterson[link]
On December 5, Bradley took on Mandatory Challenger Lamont Peterson. Bradley dominated the fight, knocking Peterson down in the third round and went on to win a lopsided unanimous decision.
Welterweight[link]
Bradley vs. Abregu[link]
In his HBO Debut, Bradley was scheduled to face Luis Abregu in a nontitle bout at welterweight. However, Bradley's promoter told ESPN.com that he had made a deal with Golden Boy Promotions to fight Interim title holder and knockout artist Marcos Maidana at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California, only a few miles from Bradley's hometown of Palm Springs. The fight was scheduled to take place on June 19, but due to a back injury to Marcos Maidana the fight was postponed. So he went back to his original plan to move up in weight and the fight with Abregu was back on for July 17 at the Agua Caliente Casino.[5] Although clearly out-sized, Bradley proved too quick and too skilled for the hard-hitting Abregu winning by unanimous decision, with the judges' scorecards reading 119–111, 118–112 and 117–113. At the end of the fight, Bradley openly made a challenge to pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, calling for him to "Come break down this wall." Bradley also called out Devon Alexander, Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana.
Return to Light Welterweight[link]
Bradley vs. Alexander[link]
Main article: Timothy Bradley vs. Devon Alexander
On January 29, 2011, Timothy Bradley defended his WBO Light Welterweight title in a unification fight against fellow light welterweight title holder, WBC Champion Devon Alexander, at the Silverdome Arena in Detroit. Bradley won via 10th round technical decision.
As stipulated in the contract of the fight against Devon Alexander, Bradley would be given a $1.3 million payday regardless of whomever he selected as his opponent for his next fight. While the public wanted Bradley to fight WBA Light Welterweight Champion Amir Khan and unify the division,[citation needed] Bradley opted to not take the fight.
Stripped of WBC Title[link]
Timothy Bradley was stripped of his title as he refused to fight World Boxing Association Light Welterweight Champion Amir Khan. Many have speculated that Bradley was not satisfied with the $1.3 million to fight a boxer of Khan's caliber, although this was Bradley highest pay day in his entire career so far. Also, he had admitted that it was too risky to fight Amir Khan, stating What if I lose then I am out the sweep-stake to fight pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao for 7.5 million dollars on American radio show Leave It In The Ring.[6] Bradley's refusal to take the fight led to a falling out between him and his promoter Gary Shaw. Subsequently he was stripped of the WBC title due to inactivity.[7]
Joins Top Rank[link]
Timothy Bradley joined Top Rank and made his debut with them November 2011 when he defeated Joel Casamayor on the under card of Marquez-Pacquiao III.
Bradley vs. Casamayor[link]
On November 12, 2011, Bradley defended his WBO Light Welterweight title against former lightweight titlist Joel Casamayor, 40, on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez III. Bradley won by TKO in the eighth round in making his case for a shot at Pacquiao.
Bradley vs. Pacquiao[link]
Bradley will now fight Manny Pacquiao on June 9, 2012.
Professional boxing record[link]
| 28 Wins (12 Knockouts, 16 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws, 1 No Contest[8] | ||||||||
| Res. | Record | Opponnent | Type | Rd., Time | Date | Location | Notes | |
| N/A | N/A | Manny Pacquiao |
- | ? (12) | 2012-06-09 | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada |
For WBO Welterweight title. | |
| Win | 28–0 1 NC |
Joel Casamayor |
TKO | 8 (12), 2:59 | 2011-11-12 | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada |
Retained WBO Light Welterweight title. | |
| Win | 27–0 1 NC |
Devon Alexander |
TD | 10 (12), 3:00 | 2011-01-29 | Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan |
Retained WBO & won WBC Light Welterweight title. | |
| Win | 26–0 1 NC |
Luis Abregu |
UD | 12 | 2010-07-17 | Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California |
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| Win | 25–0 1 NC |
Lamont Peterson |
UD | 12 | 2009-11-14 | Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California |
Retained WBO Light Welterweight title. | |
| NC | 24–0 1 NC |
Nate Campbell |
NC | 3 (12), 3:00 | 2009-08-01 | Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California |
Retained WBO Light Welterweight title. Fight stopped due to Campbell's cut over his left eye. | |
| Win | 24–0 | Kendall Holt |
UD | 12 | 2009-04-04 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec |
Retained WBC & won WBO Light Welterweight title. | |
| Win | 23–0 |  Edner Cherry |
UD | 12 | 2008-09-13 | Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi |
Retained WBC Light Welterweight title. | |
| Win | 22–0 | Junior Witter |
SD | 12 | 2008-05-10 | Nottingham Arena, Nottingham |
Won WBC Light Welterweight title. | |
| Win | 21–0 | Miguel Vazquez |
UD | 10 | 2007-07-27 | Omega Products International, Corona, California |
Retained WBC Youth World Light Welterweight title. | |
| Win | 20–0 | Donald Camarena |
UD | 10 | 2007-06-01 | Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California |
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| Win | 19–0 |  Nasser Athumani |
TKO | 5 (10), 1:35 | 2007-04-13 | Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California |
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| Win | 18–0 | Manuel Garnica |
UD | 8 | 2007-02-02 | Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California |
Retained WBC Youth World Light Welterweight title. | |
| Win | 17–0 |  Jaime Rangel |
TD | 8 (8), 1:54 | 2006-12-01 | Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California |
The fight was stopped due to Rangel's cut over right eye and he was unable to continue. | |
| Win | 16–0 | Alfonso Sanchez |
KO | 1 (8), 2:44 | 2006-10-16 | Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California |
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| Win | 15–0 | Martin Ramirez |
RTD | 5 (8), 3:00 | 2006-08-18 | Omega Products International, Corona, California |
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| Win | 14–0 | Arturo Urena |
TKO | 3 (10), 0:27 | 2006-06-23 | Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California |
Retained WBC Youth World Light Welterweight title. | |
| Win | 13–0 | Jesus Abel Santiago |
KO | 6 (8), ? | 2006-05-13 | Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, Lancaster, California |
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| Win | 12–0 | Eli Addison |
UD | 8 | 2006-03-31 | Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California |
Retained WBC Youth World Light Welterweight title. | |
| Win | 11–0 | Rafael Ortiz |
RTD | 2 (10), 3:00 | 2006-02-17 | Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California |
Retained WBC Youth World Light Welterweight title. | |
| Win | 10–0 | Jorge Alberto Padilla |
RTD | 9 (10), 3:00 | 2005-11-21 | Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California |
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| Win | 9–0 | Francisco Rincon |
UD | 10 | 2005-09-23 | Omega Products International, Corona, California |
Won vacant WBC Youth World Light Welterweight title. | |
| Win | 8–0 | Juan Yoani Cervantes |
UD | 6 | 2005-08-26 | Omega Products International, Corona, California |
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| Win | 7–0 |  Marcos Andre Rocha Costa |
TKO | 5 (6), 2:15 | 2005-07-21 | Athletic Club, Los Angeles, California |
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| Win | 6–0 | Justo Almazan |
UD | 6 | 2005-06-03 | Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California |
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| Win | 5–0 | Ramon Ortiz |
KO | 3 (6), 2:49 | 2005-04-25 | Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California |
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| Win | 4–0 | Carlos Parra |
KO | 1 (4), 1:59 | 2005-03-28 | Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California |
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| Win | 3–0 | Luis Medina |
TKO | 1 (4), 0:18 | 2004-11-22 | Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California |
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| Win | 2–0 | Raul Nunez |
UD | 4 | 2004-10-29 | Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California |
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| Win | 1–0 | Francisco Martinez |
TKO | 2 (4), 1:17 | 2004-08-20 | Omega Products International, Corona, California |
Bradley's professional debut. | |
See also[link]
References[link]
- ^ Christ, Scott. "Bradley scores early Upset of the Year contender". http://www.badlefthook.com/2008/5/11/507447/bradley-scores-early-upset. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
- ^ "Bradley was lucky to outpoints Holt to unify WBC and WBO titles". Associated Press. Sporting News holt was unlucky not to win the fight. 2009-04-05. http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=535252. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ WBC strips Timothy Bradley Jr. of junior welterweight title – ESPN. Sports.espn.go.com (2009-04-28). Retrieved on 2012-01-15.
- ^ Bradley Defends WBO Strap With Controversial Victory Over Campbell On SHOWTIME. Eastsideboxing.com (2009-08-02). Retrieved on 2012-01-15.
- ^ "Fight set for Bradley, Abregu". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=5208294. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ Timothy Bradley Turns Down Over $1.3 Million for Amir Khan Fight « Beats, Boxing and Mayhem. Beatsboxingmayhem.com (2011-04-27). Retrieved on 2012-01-15.
- ^ Fighthype \\ Gary Shaw And Tim Bradley Heading To Litigation Soon?. Fighthype.com (2011-06-12). Retrieved on 2012-01-15.
- ^ Timothy Bradley – Boxer. Boxrec.com. Retrieved on 2012-01-15.
External links[link]
| Achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Junior Witter |
WBC Light Welterweight Champion May 10, 2008 – April 28, 2009 Stripped |
Vacant
Title next held by
Devon Alexander |
| Preceded by Kendall Holt |
WBO Light Welterweight Champion April 4, 2009 – present |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by Devon Alexander |
WBC Light Welterweight Champion January 29, 2011 – July 28, 2011 Status Changed:Emeritus champion |
Vacant
Title next held by
Erik Morales |
| Persondata | |
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| Name | Bradley,Timothy |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | American boxer |
| Date of birth | August 29, 1983 |
| Place of birth | Palm Springs, California |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
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