Maurice Blocker (born May 15, 1963) is an American former

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who competed from 1982 to 1995. He was a two-time

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world champion, having held the WBC title from 1990 to 1991, and the

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title from 1991 to 1992. He also challenged for the WBC

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title in 1993.

Professional boxing career

Blocker became a professional boxer in 1982. He lost his first opportunity to win a title in 1987 to

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. In 1990 he captured the lineal and WBC welterweight titles from

Marlon Starling Marlon Starling (born August 29, 1959) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1979 to 1990. He held the WBA welterweight title from 1987 to 1988 and the WBC welterweight title from 1989 to 1990. Professional boxing career ...

, but lost them during his next fight to Simon Brown. In 1991 he defeated

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to capture the vacant

welterweight title. He defended the title successfully once and in 1993 moved up a weight class to fight

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for the WBC light middleweight title. He was TKO'd, and later that year took on Félix Trinidad to defend his IBF welterweight title but was KO'd in the 2nd. He retired in 1995. His record was 36–4 with 20 knockouts.

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Professional boxing career

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