Lafarrell Deshun Bunting (born October 1, 1980, in
Memphis, TN
Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-most ...
) is an American
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
* Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
Boxer or boxers may also refer to:
Animal kingdom
* Boxer crab
* Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans
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.
Professional career
Known as "Fabulous Fairway", Bunting began his professional career in 2001, and fought in the
ShoBox Super Middleweight eliminator tournament, but lost to
Anthony Hanshaw
Anthony Lavar Hanshaw (born March 28, 1978) is an American professional boxer from 2000 to 2013. As an amateur, he won the 1998 National Golden Gloves at welterweight.
Amateur career
Hanshaw was born in Warren, Ohio, and graduated from Mansfiel ...
via TKO. In 2007 he lost a decision to contender
Jean Pascal
Jean-Thenistor Pascal (born 28 October 1982) is a Haitian-born Canadian professional boxer. He held the WBA (Regular) light-heavyweight title from 2019 to 2021, and previously the WBC, IBO, '' Ring'' magazine and lineal light-heavyweight tit ...
.
The Contender
He was one of the featured boxers on the 3rd season of the boxing reality TV series,
The Contender,
The Contender (season 3), which premiered September 4, 2007 on
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...
.
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1980 births
Boxers from Tennessee
Living people
Sportspeople from Memphis, Tennessee
Super-middleweight boxers
American male boxers
African-American boxers
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American people
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