Éric Lucas (born May 29, 1971) is a Canadian former
professional boxer
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.
Lucas turned pro in 1991 and came up short in his first two title shots, against WBC Light Heavyweight Title holder
Fabrice Tiozzo in 1996 and IBF Super Middleweight Title holder
Roy Jones Jr.
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later that year. He lost the fight to Jones after Jones had played a basketball game earlier that day. Lucas won the WBC title from Briton
Glenn Catley
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Biography
Catley was born in Frampton Cotterell, south Gloucestershire, England. Known as "Catman", he turned pro in ...
in 2001. He defended it three times before losing a controversial split decision to
Markus Beyer
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in Germany in April 2003.
Eric Lucas, a former WBC super-middleweight world champion, announced his retirement following a 10th-round TKO loss to WBA super-middleweight champion
Mikkel Kessler
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in Copenhagen. His career record stands at 38-7-3, 14 knockouts. Lucas is now the president of InterBox, a boxing promotion company which also employs his former trainer
Stéphan Larouche.
Lucas came back to the ring in
Montreal
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on December 11, 2009, winning against Ramon Pedro Moyabo by KO in the 4th round. He subsequently faced
Librado Andrade
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on May 28, 2010, in
Quebec City
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. Lucas fought gallantly, but due to a deep cut near his left eye, the fight was stopped just before the 9th round was to begin. This loss marked the end to an 18-year boxing career, the fight occurring just one day before his 39th birthday.
Professional boxing record
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Light-heavyweight boxers
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1971 births
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