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Rau'shee Warren (; born February 13, 1987) is an American
professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...
who held the
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, and IBO
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titles from 2016 to 2017. As an
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he won a gold medal at the 2007 World Championships, as well as bronze at the
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and 2011 World Championships, all in the
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division.


Amateur career

At the 1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in 2004, at the age of 17, he upset
Rayonta Whitfield Rayonta Whitfield (born July 16, 1981) is an American professional boxer from Augusta, Georgia. Amateur career Whitfield was the 2002 Golden Gloves national champion. Early career He is a two-time North American Boxing Organization flyweight cham ...
and Diego Hurtado and international competitors
Raúl Castañeda Raúl Castañeda (September 20, 1982 – September 6, 2017) was a boxer from Mexico, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country. There he was stopped in the second round of the Light flyweight (48 kg) division by Ru ...
(
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), and Miguel Miranda (Venezuela) to qualify as the U.S. boxing team's 106-pound light flyweight representative at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He was both the youngest boxer in the games and the youngest US male in all sports. He was eliminated by the favored
Zou Shiming Zou Shiming (; born 18 May 1981) is a Chinese former professional boxer who competed from 2013 to 2017 and held the WBO flyweight title from 2016 to 2017. As an amateur, Zou is China's most successful boxer of all time. In the light-flyweight div ...
of China in the first round. He moved up to flyweight soon after and in 2005 and 2006 became US champion. At the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in
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he avenged a previous loss to European champion
Georgy Balakshin Georgy Ruslanovich Balakshin (russian: Георгий Русланович Балакшин; born March 6, 1980 in Antonovka, near Nyurba, Sakha Republic) is an Olympic boxer from Russia best known for winning the European title three times. Ca ...
before losing to the Korean surprise winner
Lee Ok-Sung Lee Ok-Sung (born February 7, 1981 in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea) is a South Korean amateur boxer best known for winning the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the men's flyweight division. Career Lee is relatively tall for a f ...
and having to settle for bronze. In 2006 Light middleweight Akima Stocks and Warren were named ''USA Boxing's 2006 Athletes of the Year''. That year he also moved up to fight as a bantamweight, and lost to highly regarded Cuban
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in November. In 2007 he returned to the flyweight ranks and repeated as US champion. At the
2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships The 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Chicago, United States from October 23, 2007 to November 3, 2007. It was held at the UIC Pavilion. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history. The competition is under the super ...
in Chicago he defeated European Champion
Georgy Balakshin Georgy Ruslanovich Balakshin (russian: Георгий Русланович Балакшин; born March 6, 1980 in Antonovka, near Nyurba, Sakha Republic) is an Olympic boxer from Russia best known for winning the European title three times. Ca ...
in a rematch and
Samir Mammadov Samir Mammadov ( az, Samir Məmmədov; born May 15, 1988) is a Boxing, boxer from Azerbaijan, who won the silver medal in the men's flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the 2006 European Championships in Bulgaria and bronze at the 2007 Worl ...
to reach the finals. In the finals he defeated Thai
Somjit Jongjohor Somjit Jongjohor ( th, สมจิตร จงจอหอ, , ; born January 19, 1975) is an amateur Thai boxer best known for winning gold medals in the flyweight division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the Beijing 200 ...
. In 2008 he became the first American boxer in more than 30 years to compete at two Olympic Games, accomplishing something not done since
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in 1972 and 1976. At the
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, Warren lost in the first round, again to
Lee Ok-Sung Lee Ok-Sung (born February 7, 1981 in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea) is a South Korean amateur boxer best known for winning the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the men's flyweight division. Career Lee is relatively tall for a f ...
, in a controversial decision given that he assumed that he had won on points. He remained in the amateur ranks and ascended to the bantamweight division again at the US Nationals 2009 where he controversially lost his semifinal 19:19 (countback loss) to eventual champion
Jesus Magdaleno Jesús Gabriel "Jessie" Magdaleno (born November 8, 1991) is an American professional boxer who held the WBO junior featherweight title from 2016 to 2018. He is the younger brother of boxer Diego Magdaleno. Amateur career Magdaleno was one of the ...
. While competing for the Los Angeles Matadors in the
World Series of Boxing 250px, LA Matadors vs. Moscow Dynamo in Hollywood, CA on 4 December 2011. Both amateur boxers compete without vests or head guards. The World Series of Boxing or WSB was an international boxing tournament that allowed amateur boxers to compete p ...
, Warren secured a Bronze in the US nationals in 2009, gold in 2010, and in 2011 a bronze at the Worlds. A gold medal in the 2011 individual competition (they also compete for team titles) at the WSB secured champions in 5 WSB weight classes the first Olympic slots, so participation in WSB saw Warren's first near miss at qualifying (only top 2 ranked boxers after team competition selected for individual title fight). Warren won the 2011 US Olympic Trials and came home with the Bronze after the 2011 AIBA World Championships, securing his place in a 3rd Olympics, unprecedented for an American boxer, at only 25 years old. On August 3, 2012 at the London Olympics, Rau'shee Warren failed to get past the first round of the brackets yet again for the third time of his amateur career losing to
Nordine Oubaali Nordine Oubaali (Arabic: نوردين أوبالي) (born 4 August 1986) is a Moroccan former professional boxer who competed from 2014 to 2021. He held the WBC bantamweight title from 2019 to 2021. As an amateur he won a bronze medal in the li ...
of France in a close decision of 19-18.


World Series of Boxing record


Professional career

Warren made his long-awaited professional debut on November 9, 2012, winning a four-round
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over Luis Rivera. Having won thirteen of his first fourteen fights (the only blemish being a three-round
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against
Javier Gallo Javier Gallo González (born 6 August 1983) is a Mexican professional boxer. Professional career In May 2011, Gallo lost a majority decision to former world champion Rodel Mayol on Showtime's televised portion of the Pacquiao vs. Mosley unde ...
on December 12, 2014), Warren attempted to win his first world championship—the
WBA (Undisputed) The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxi ...
and vacant IBO bantamweight titles—on August 2, 2015, but lost a debatable
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to Juan Carlos Payano. In a rematch with Payano on June 18, 2016, Warren gained revenge by winning both titles with a
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. However, Warren lost in his first defense to
Zhanat Zhakiyanov Zhanat Zhakiyanov ( kk, Жанат Ескендирулы Жакиянов; born 4 November 1983) is a Kazakh former professional boxer who competed from 2007 to 2017. He held the World Boxing Association, WBA (Undisputed) and International Boxin ...
by split decision. On 29 July 2017, Warren faced McJoye Arroyo in an IBF super flyweight eliminator. Warren outworked Arroyo in most of the rounds, often being the busier, sharper and tougher fighter. The scorecards read 118-110, 117-109 and 117-109 if favor of Warren. In his next fight against Juan Gabriel Medina, Warren had another dominant performance and defeated his opponent via unanimous decision, winning every single round on all of the scorecards. On September 5, 2018, it was announced that Warren would face former Olympics opponent Nordine Oubaali for the WBC bantamweight title, previously vacated by Luis Nery. Both fighters fought well, but it was Oubaali who was the bigger puncher and landed more eye-catching shots. In addition to that, Oubaali was simply busier and sharper than Warren, which ultimately made the difference. The scorecards read 117-111, 116-112 and 115-113 in favor of Oubaali. On 15 February, Warren faced Gilberto Mendoza. Warren outclassed Mendoza and won the fight comfortably on all three scorecards, 100-90, 99-91 and 99-91.


Professional boxing record


References


External links

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