Romallis Ellis (born December 16, 1965) is an American former

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 competed from 1989 to 2001, challenging for the

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title in 1997. As an amateur, he won the lightweight bronze medal at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Amateur career

* 1988 United States Amateur Lightweight champion * 1988 Olympic Lightweight Bronze Medalist. 1988 Olympic Results * Round of 64: received a bye * Round of 32: Defeated Lee Kang-Su (South Korea) by decision, 5-0 * Round of 16: Defeated Kassim Traoré (Mali) referee stopped contest in second round * Quarterfinal: Defeated

Emil Chuprenski Emil Todorov Chuprenski ( bg, Емил Тодоров Чупренски; born 14 September, 1960 in Sofia) is a retired boxer from Bulgaria, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ...

(Bulgaria) by decision, 3-2 * Semifinal: Lost to

Andreas Zülow Andreas Zülow (born 23 October 1965) is a retired amateur boxer from East Germany who won a Lightweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games. He also won the silver medal at the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow, and ...

(East Germany) by decision, 0-5 (was awarded bronze medal)

Professional career

Ellis began his professional career in 1989 and later moved up two weight classes. He came up short in his only attempt at a major title—a 1997 loss to IBF Light Middleweight titleholder

Raúl Márquez Raúl Márquez (born August 28, 1971) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008. He held IBF junior middleweight title between April and December 1997. Márquez also represented the U.S. at the 1992 Summer Olympics ...

via TKO in the fourth round. However, Ellis did outbox the heavily favored Vince Phillips in a non-title bout and earned a victory by decision. In 1998 Ellis took on

Fernando Vargas Fernando Javier Vargas (born December 7, 1977) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2007. He was a two-time light middleweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 1998 to 2000, and the WBA title from 200 ...

and was TKO'd in the second round. Ellis lost his next fight, in 2001, and retired with a record of 24-4-1 with 17 knockouts.

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