Glen Kelly (born 8 March 1971 in
La Perouse, New South Wales
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The La Perouse peninsula is th ...
) is an
Indigenous Australian
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professional
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
* Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
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. The pinnacle of Kelly's boxing career came in 2002, when he unsuccessfully challenged Roy Jones Jr for the WBC, WBA, IBF, IBO, WBF and IBA light heavyweight World titles. Kelly, who came in undefeated, was knocked out in the seventh round.
Career
Kelly won the New South Wales light-heavyweight title in 1996, before winning the
Australian Light Heavyweight title the following year and the
IBF Pan Pacific light heavyweight title (against
Anthony Bigeni
Anthony Bigeni (born 26 December 1963) is a retired boxer from New Zealand. He lost to Richard Hall for the World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest ...
) in 1999. he defended them titles against
Sam Soliman
Sam Soliman (born 13 November 1973) is an Australian professional boxer, and former kickboxer and mixed martial artist. In boxing, he held the IBF middleweight title in 2014.
Kickboxing career
Soliman is a former world champion in kickboxi ...
before relinquished his Australian titles to fight in USA, beating Billy Lewis for the
IBF Inter-Continental light heavyweight title in 2000. Kelly then moved to be trained by former world champion,
Jeff Fenech
Jeff Fenech (born 28 May 1964) is an Australian former professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2008. He won world titles in three weight divisions, having held the IBF bantamweight title from 1985 to 1987, the WBC super-bantamweight ...
. His biggest fight was against
Roy Jones Jr.
Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American former professional boxer who holds dual American and Russian citizenship. He competed in boxing from 1989 to 2018, and held multiple world championships in four weight classes, inc ...
for the
WBC,
WBA,
IBF
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,
IBO, WBF and IBA light heavyweight World titles in 2002. Kelly was outclassed by Jones, being knocked out in the seventh round.
His final fight was against
David Haye
David Deron Haye (born 13 October 1980) is a British former professional boxer who competed between 2002 and 2018. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, and was the first British boxer to reach the final of the World Amate ...
in 2005 which he lost by TKO in the 2nd round.
Professional boxing record
Personal life
His brother is also a professional boxer
Kevin Kelly
he is married to Tracy Kelly and they have 5 kids together. they have been together for over 20 years.
References
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Indigenous Australian boxers
Boxers from Sydney
Living people
1971 births
Australian male boxers
Cruiserweight boxers
Light-heavyweight boxers