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Kerron Speid (born May 25, 1972) is a retired male
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from Jamaica, who won the bronze medal in the
heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the Wo ...
division at the
1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, together with Brazil's
Marcelino Novaes Marcelino Novaes Rodrigues Fil (born July 9, 1967 in São Paulo) is a retired boxer from Brazil, who won the bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1999 Pan American Games, together with Jamaica's Kerron Speid. Nicknamed, ''Robo ...
. Speid was a three-time Caribbean heavyweight amateur boxing champion, and he finished his career with a record of 28-4-0. He made his professional debut in 2002, winning the first bout with a third-round knockout of Ohio's
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in Philadelphia, and losing the second on points to
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of New York.


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* 1972 births Living people Heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Jamaica Jamaican male boxers Pan American Games medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games {{Jamaica-boxing-bio-stub