Randy Griffin (born June 7, 1976) is a professional

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. While best known as a

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, he began as a

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Gregg, Steve. ''Ward Outbattles Burton in War'' . The Boxing Times. July 13, 2001. Accessed November 11, 2007. and worked his way down in weight class. Griffin unsuccessfully challenged for the WBA Middleweight title on October 20, 2007, managing a draw against defending champion

Felix Sturm Adnan Ćatić (born 31 January 1979), known as Felix Sturm, is a Bosnian-German professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO middleweight title from 2003 to 2004, the WBA middleweight ti ...

, but losing against him July 5, 2008. As an amateur Griffin was the 1997 and 1999

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State

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champion. He also competed in the 1998

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, in the 75 kg weight class, losing to

Jean-Paul Mendy Jean-Paul Mendy (born December 14, 1973 in Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines) is a professional boxer from France, who won the bronze medal in the middleweight division (– 75 kg) at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest, Hu ...

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in the quarterfinals.CNNSI. ''Goodwill Games Results'' July 27, 1998. Accessed November 11, 2007. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/goodwillgames/1998/news/1998/07/27/boxing_results/

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