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James Shuler (basketball)
James Shuler (May 29, 1959 – March 17, 1986) was a U.S. Olympic and professional boxer from Philadelphia known as "Black Gold." Amateur career Shuler was trained by Joe Frazier. Shuler did not participate in the 1980 Olympics due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott, boycott. In 2007, he posthumously received one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes. Highlights National Golden Gloves (156 lbs), Indianapolis, Indiana, March 1979: *1/2: Defeated Alfred Mayes by decision *Finals: Defeated Randy Smith by decision Pan Am Trials (156 lbs), Toledo, Ohio, May–June 1979: *1/2: Defeated James Rayford by decision *Finals: Defeated Alfred Mayes by decision Pan American Games (156 lbs), San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 1979: *1/4: Defeated Luis Felipe Martínez (Cuba) by split decision, 3–2 *1/2: Defeated Jorge Amparo (Dominican Republic) by decision *Finals: Lost to José Molina (Puerto Rico) RSC 2 World Cup (156&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middleweight
Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to . Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1867. Chandler won, becoming known as the American middleweight champion. The first middleweight fight with gloves ''may'' have been between George Fulljames and Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey (no relation to the more famous heavyweight Jack Dempsey). Current world champions Current world rankings =''The Ring''= As of , . Keys: : Current '' The Ring'' world champion =BoxRec= As of , . Longest reigning world middleweight champions Below is a list of longest reigning middleweight champions in boxing measured by the individual's longest reign. Career total time as champion (for multiple time champions) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |