Manning Galloway (born April 27, 1960) is the former
WBO
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welterweight champion of the world.
Galloway's greatest fights were against
Gert Bo Jacobsen
Gert Bo Jacobsen (born 28 December 1961) is a Danish former professional boxer who competed between 1982 and 1995. He held the WBO welterweight title from February to October 1993.
Professional career
Jacobsen's greatest fights were against ...
which were all fought in Randers Hallen,
Randers,
Denmark
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. The first fight Manning beat Jacobsen, Jacobsen lost due to a corner retirement. The second fight was a
no contest
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. Jacobsen finally got the best of Galloway in the 3rd fight by decision. From 1990 to 1993 Manning Galloway defended the
WBO
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welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the ...
title eight times ultimately losing it to Gert Bo Jacobsen.
Galloway has also won the
USBA welterweight title, WBO interim welterweight title, and the Ohio State Light Middleweight Title.
See also
*
List of welterweight boxing champions
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Organizations
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External links
* http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/news/archives/00000244.htm
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070516103336/http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxing-article/2763/manning-galloway-boxing-odyssey/
* http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=006085&cat=boxer
1960 births
Living people
Boxers from Columbus, Ohio
Welterweight boxers
World Boxing Organization champions
American male boxers
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