Leonard Bundu

Leonard 'The Lion' Bundu ( (1974-11-21) 21 November 1974) born in Freetown is a Sierra Leonean/Italian amateur Light welter/Welter/Light middleweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s, and professional Welterweight boxer of the 2000s and '10s, who as an amateur won a Bronze medal representing Italy at Light welterweight at Boxing at the 1997 Mediterranean Games, won a Bronze medal representing Italy at Welterweight in the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, losing to eventual Gold medalist Juan Hernández Sierra, represented Italy at Welterweight in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, losing to Daniyar Munaytbasov of Kazakhstan, won a Bronze medal representing Sierra Leone in the 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament, and as a professional has won the International Boxing Federation (IBF) Mediterranean welterweight title, Italy welterweight title, European Boxing Union (EBU)-EU (European Union) welterweight title, World Boxing Association (WBA) Inter-Continental welterweight title, EBU (European) welterweight title, and Commonwealth welterweight title.

Errol Spence

Errol Spence, Jr. (born March 3, 1990) is an undefeated American professional boxer in the Welterweight division. Spence was the number one rated amateur boxer at Welterweight and represented the U.S. at the 2012 London Olympics.

Amateur career

Spence won the 2011 U.S. National Champion at Welterweight at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which he had won in 2009 and 2010.

On August 3, 2012 Errol won his fight against Vikas Krishan after the original result was overturned and made it to the quarterfinals of the London Olympics Games.

Professional career

In May 2013, Spence beat Brandon Hoskins at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada.

On December 13, 2014, Spence beat Javier Castro by TKO in the 5th round at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada marking one of his best performances to date.

On April 11, 2015 Spence defeated Samuel Vargas by TKO in Round 4 of 10 in a Premier Boxing Champions fight card at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, bringing his record to 16-0-0.

Bundu

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Keith Thurman

Keith Thurman, Jr. (born November 23, 1988) is an American professional boxer and the current WBA welterweight champion. Nicknamed "One Time," he is known for his punching power and analytical approach to the fight game.

Amateur career

Keith Thurman was born November 23, 1988 in Clearwater, Florida and is of African-American and European descent. Thurmans's first amateur fight was in 1997. He was trained by the late Benjamin Getty who worked with Sugar Ray Leonard. Getty took Thurman under his belt as a child and helped shape him into the fighter he is today. Thurman is now coached by Dan Birmingham. Thurman finished his amateur career with 101 victories (76 KO's), he won 6 National Championships including the 2006 PAL National Championships. In 2007 he lost twice to world champion Demetrius Andrade at the Olympic Trials and won the Silver Medal.

Pro career

On July 23, 2010 Thurman beat the undefeated Stalinn Lopez, the fight was on TeleFutura. On November 26, 2012 Keith brutally knocked Carlos Quintana out in the 4th round.

Leonard

'Leonard or Leo is a common English language masculine given name and a surname.

The given name and surname originate from the Old High German Leonhard containing the prefix levon ("lion") and the suffix hardu ("brave" or "hardy"). The name has come to mean "lion strength", "lion-strong", or "lion-hearted". It may also be from the Latin Leo ("lion"). Leonard was the name of a Saint in the Middle Ages period, known as the patron saint of prisoners.

Leonard is also an Irish origin surname, from the Gaelic O'Leannain, consisting of the prefix O ("descendant of") and the suffix Leannan ("lover"). The oldest public records of the surname appear in 1272 in Huntingdonshire, England, and in 1479 in Ulm, Germany.

Variations

The name has variants in other languages: