Randall Bailey (born September 13, 1974) is an American
professional boxer
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. A veteran of the sport for over twenty years, he is a former world champion in two
weight classes
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, having held the
WBO light welterweight title from 1999 to 2000, and the
IBF
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welterweight
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title in 2012. Additionally, he held the
WBA interim
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light welterweight title in 2002. Nicknamed "The Knock-Out King" for his exceptional
knockout power, Bailey is considered to be one of the hardest punchers in boxing history.
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"Randall Bailey Aims To Land Deadly Power on Mike Jones"
BoxingScene. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
Professional career
Bailey turned pro in 1996 and won his first 21 fights by knockout, including the WBO Light Welterweight Title with a 1st-round KO over
Carlos Gonzalez in 1999. He defended the title twice before losing it in 2000 to
Ener Julio in a close split decision.
In 2002, he won the interim WBA Light Welterweight title with a 3rd-round KO win over Demetrio Ceballos. He fought
Diosbelys Hurtado for the vacant WBA Light Welterweight title but lost courtesy of a KO in the 7th round. In 2003, he challenged
DeMarcus Corley for the WBO Light Welterweight Title but lost a decision. In 2004, he fought
Miguel Angel Cotto
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for the WBO Light Welterweight Title, losing by TKO in the 6th round. The fight was stopped on cuts. In 2006, Bailey defeated
Lenin Arroyo
Lenin Arroyo (born October 19) is a Costa Rican former professional boxer.
Professional career
Arroyo aka "Volcano", made his professional debut on October 12, 2002 vs. Anolan Regal Del Valle at the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach ...
, Santos Pakau, Juan Polo Perez and Russell Stoner Jones to get the right to fight Shawn Gallegos for the IBA Intercontinental Light Welterweight title. He defeated Gallegos via a TKO inside eight rounds to become the new International Boxing Association Intercontinental champion.
In 2007, he beat Harrison Cuello by KO in the 2nd round. He then fought
Herman Ngoudjo
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and lost by a split decision over 12 rounds in an IBF eliminator bout. In 2008, Bailey fought a rematch with
DeMarcus Corley and won via decision.
In 2009, Bailey kayoed
Frankie Figueroa in the fourth round of an IBF eliminator to win another shot at the IBF world title against
Juan Urango
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. In the fight Bailey knocked down Juan Urango in the 6th round, the first time Urango had been knocked down. Bailey tired late in the fight and in the 11th round his corner threw in the towel after Urango had begun dominating the fight.
Moving up to welterweight
After the loss to Urango, Bailey moved up to 147 pounds and fought Germaine Sanders, whom Bailey knocked down three times before winning an 8-round decision. On March 19, 2010 Bailey fought an IBF title eliminator against
Sugar Jackson
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. Bailey knocked out Jackson in 90 seconds of the 1st round.
Instead of fighting the IBF Title against
Jan Zaveck, he fought
Said Ouali
Said Ouali (born May 24, 1979, in Agadir, Morocco) is a Belgian professional boxer at welterweight. His nicknames include "Prince", "The Crowd Pleaser" and "The Maaseik Sledgehammer" (Dutch: "De Moker van Maaseik").
Early life
Ouali was born in ...
on December 10, 2010 in
Antwerp, Belgium, with the fight resulting in a second round no-contest when Ouali was thrown out of the ring by Bailey and the fight could not continue.
Bailey became the IBF welterweight champion after knocking out top contender
Mike Jones June 9, 2012, becoming a world champion in two weight divisions 10 years after winning his last title (the interim WBA light welterweight title). His emotional response in his post fight interview drew cheers from the crowd.
Bailey lost his
IBF
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welterweight title against
Devon Alexander
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as a main event on
Showtime Championship Boxing
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. He then won three straight fights, culminating in a knockout win over Shusaku Fujinaka for the
WBO Asia Pacific Welterweight title, before a loss to
Jeff Horn
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on April 27, 2016. He has not fought since.
Professional boxing record
References
External links
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1974 births
Living people
People from Opa-locka, Florida
World welterweight boxing champions
Boxers from Florida
Sportspeople from Miami-Dade County, Florida
American male boxers
World Boxing Organization champions
International Boxing Federation champions
World light-welterweight boxing champions
Welterweight boxers