Dominick Alexander Guinn (born April 20, 1975) is an American professional

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. He is self-managed and he is trained by Ronnie Shields and Alexander Gutierrez. He stands at 6'3" tall. Known as the "Southern Disaster",Gerbasi, Thomas (2013)
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, boxingscene.com, August 2, 2013. Retrieved March 22, 2016 he currently resides in

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Amateur career

Born in

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, Guinn began boxing at age nine and lost in the quarterfinals in the Michigan Junior Olympic Tournament at 139 pounds. Fighting in the 147-pound class at 15 years of age, Guinn lost in the finals. Guinn won the 19-and-under Junior World title in 1993. Guinn had an amateur career record of 290-26, twice winning the

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in 1997 and 1999 but losing in the Olympic qualification to

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. In 1998, Guinn won the U.S. National Championships and won a Bronze Medal at the Goodwill Games in New York City.

Professional career

He began his career winning his first 24 fights, including a seventh-round knockout win over Michael Grant and a victory over Duncan Dokiwari. In 2004 he lost his first fight, a lackluster, but controversial decision to

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. He knocked out veteran

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but then lost his second fight to

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, who went on to win the WBO

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title. In 2005 he drew with Friday Ahunanya and lost to

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. In 2006, he defeated once-beaten British southpaw and Olympic Gold medalist Audley Harrison at the Agua Caliente casino, but lost his next fight against another southpaw Tony Thompson. In 2007 he continued his slide with losses against unbeaten

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in May and Robert Hawkins in December. In October 2008, Guinn knocked out heavyweight prospect Jean François Bergeron in the second round. In 2009, Guinn knocked out unbeaten Johnnie White (21-0) in a first-round knockout to move back into contendership status and recently defeated Charles Davis by decision. He has never been beaten inside the distance in his professional career.Dillian Whyte will face Dominick Guinn at The O2 on September 12, live on Sky Sports
,

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, August 27, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2016

Professional boxing record

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guinn, Dominick 1975 births Living people Boxers from Arkansas Heavyweight boxers National Golden Gloves champions Sportspeople from Hot Springs, Arkansas Winners of the United States Championship for amateur boxers American male boxers Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games