Troy Amos-Ross (born July 17, 1975) is a Guyanese-Canadian boxer. As an amateur, he competed in the

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division at the

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and

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Personal life

He is the son of retired boxer Charles Amos who represented

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at the

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and first cousin of

Egerton Marcus Egerton Marcus (born February 2, 1965) is a Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2007. As an amateur, he won the silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Early life Egerton is the ...

who won the silver medal for Canada in the Middleweight division at the

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Boxing career

In the 1996 Olympics, after having defeated Roland Raforme (

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) and Paul M'Bongo (

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), Ross lost 14–8 in quarterfinals to

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's eventual gold medalist

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. Ross entered the 2000 Olympics as a gold medal hopeful, however he was eliminated after a disappointing loss in his first fight with a knockout at the 2nd round by a Nigerian boxer

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Ross turned pro after the 2000 Summer Olympics, however he announced his retirement in 2005 after compiling a record of 13–1, due to the inability to get quality fights. In 2007 he began a comeback and on March 19, 2007, he captured the Commonwealth Cruiserweight title by knocking out

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in the second round.

''The Contender''

In 2008 Ross joined the cast of the boxing reality TV show '' The Contender'' filming in Singapore. He became a member of the gold team and on 14 January 2009 won his first round contest against Australian

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.
He fought American

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in the quarterfinals winning when the fight was stopped after 2:48 of the first round. In the semifinals Troy faced Nigerian

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, the fight was scored 50–45 by all three judges in Troy's favor. Troy fought another Nigerian,

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, in the Contender final on February 25, 2009, at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut. Ross defeated Ehikhamenor by fourth-round TKO to become the Contender Champion.

Acting career

Ross has also achieved success out of the ring starting his own fashion line, Ross Wear, and playing roles in movies. He appeared in the 2005 movie

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opposite

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playing the role of heavyweight boxer

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. Ross also appeared in the 2007 movie

Resurrecting the Champ ''Resurrecting the Champ'' is a 2007 American sports drama film directed by Rod Lurie and written by Michael Bortman and Allison Burnett, based on a ''Los Angeles Times Magazine'' article entitled "Resurrecting the Champ" by J. R. Moehringer. Th ...

with

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and

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, playing the younger version of the champ. He also appears in the movie Phantom Punch, in the role of Heavyweight boxer

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Championships and accomplishments

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** Commonwealth Cruiserweight Championship (One time) *

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**CBF Cruiserweight Championship (One time) * The Contender ** The Contender Season 4 Champion

Professional record

References

External links

Canadian Olympic Committee
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