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Chris Byrd
Christopher Cornelius Byrd (born August 15, 1970) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2009. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion, having first won the WBO title in 2000 after an upset corner stoppage over then-undefeated Vitali Klitschko. In his first title defense later that year, he lost to Vitali's brother Wladimir Klitschko. In 2002, Byrd defeated Evander Holyfield to win the IBF heavyweight title for his second reign as world champion. He made four successful defenses until losing his title again to Wladimir Klitschko in a 2006 rematch. He was ranked by BoxRec as the world's top 10 heavyweight from 1996 to 2003, reaching his highest ranking of No.4 in 1998. As an amateur, Byrd represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the middleweight division. He is also a three-time national amateur champion, winning the light middleweight title in 1989, and the middleweight title in 1991 and 1992. Early life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavyweight
Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, and the World Boxing Organization. In 2020, the World Boxing Council increased their heavyweight classification to 224 pounds (102 kg; 16 st) to allow for their creation of the bridgerweight division. Historical development Because this division had no weight limit, it has been historically vaguely defined. In the 19th century, for example, many heavyweight champions weighed or less (although others weighed 200 pounds). In 1920, the light heavyweight division was formed, with a maximum weight of . Any fighter weighing more than 175 pounds was a heavyweight. The cruiserweight division (first for boxers in the 175–190 pound range) was established in 1979 and recognized by the various boxing organizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Middleweight
Light middleweight, also known as junior middleweight or super welterweight,PeBoxRec/ref> is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the IBF or super welterweight in the WBA and WBC), is a weight division in professional boxing, above 66.7 kg and up to 69.9 kg (147–154 pounds). History This division was established in 1962, when the Austrian Board of Control recognized a fight between Emile Griffith and Teddy Wright for the "world" championship. The fight, which took place on October 17, was won by Griffith via a 15-round decision. Three days later, the World Boxing Association championship was created when Denny Moyer outpointed Joey Giambra. The World Boxing Council recognized the WBA champion as the true division champion until 1975, when it stripped their current champion and sanctioned a fight between Miguel de Oliveira and Jose Duran for the vacant title. De Oliveira won the title over 15 rounds i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Joppy
William Torelle Joppy (born September 11, 1970) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2011, and held the WBA middleweight title three times between 1996 and 2003. Professional career Joppy won his first of three WBA middleweight titles in June 1996 by stopping defender Shinji Takehara in Japan with a flurry of punches in the ninth round. He then would make a couple defenses of his crown. However, on August 23, 1997, Joppy lost a decision to Julio César Green. Joppy's very next fight, on January 31 of the next year, saw him avenge that loss with a decision win by a wide margin. This fight won Joppy the WBA title for the second time. After recovering from a neck injury, Joppy stopped Green on cuts in the seventh round in a rubber match (Green had been the interim champion while Joppy recovered), and made a few more defenses, including a 3rd-round TKO of a 47-year-old Roberto Durán. Unsuccessful unification against Trinidad Joppy lost the title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derrick James
Derrick James (born January 23, 1972) is an American boxing trainer and former professional boxer. Boxing Career James’ boxing record was 21-7-1 (12 TKOs). He is a two-time winner of Texas State Golden Gloves and won a Bronze Medal at the U.S. Olympic Festival. Training Career James is currently the trainer for Anthony Joshua, Errol Spence, Jermell Charlo, Ryan Garcia Ryan Garcia (born August 8, 1998) is an American professional boxer. He held the WBC interim lightweight title in 2021. As of May 2023, he is ranked as the world's fourth-best active lightweight by '' The Ring'' magazine, seventh-best by BoxRe ..., and Burley Brooks. Professional Boxing Record Honors * 2020 Sports Illustrated Trainer of the Year * 2020 WBA Trainer of the Year * 2020 WBC Trainer of the Year * 2019 & 2020 Trill Trainer of the Year * 2017 The Ring Magazine Trainer of the Year External links The Ring Trainer of the year 2017* * ''How Derrick James became the best boxing trainer - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Anashkin
Igor may refer to: People * Igor (given name), an East Slavic given name and a list of people with the name * Mighty Igor (1931–2002), former American professional wrestler * Igor Volkoff, a professional wrestler from NWA All-Star Wrestling * Igorrr, (born 1984) a French musician Fictional characters * Igor (character), a stock character * Igor Karkaroff, character in the ''Harry Potter'' series * Igor, the eagle in ''Count Duckula'' * Igor, the first enemy character in fighting game '' Human Killing Machine'' * Igor, a baboon with shape-shifting powers in Marvel comics (see List of fictional monkeys) * Igor, a reoccurring character in the ''Persona'' series * Igor, a character in ''Young Frankenstein'' * Igor Nevsky, an assassin in ''Air Force One'' (film) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Igor'' (album), a 2019 album by Tyler, The Creator * ''Igor'' (film), a 2008 American animated film * '' Igor: Objective Uikokahonia'', a 1994 Spanish MS-DOS PC video game released C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Laryea
Joe or JOE may refer to: Arts Film and television * Joe (1970 film), ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle * Joe (2013 film), ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage * Joe (TV series), ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971 * ''Joe'', a 2002 Canadian animated short about Joe Fortes Music and radio * Joe (Inspiral Carpets song), "Joe" (Inspiral Carpets song) * Joe (Red Hot Chili Peppers song), "Joe" (Red Hot Chili Peppers song) * "Joe", a song by The Cranberries on their album ''To the Faithful Departed'' *"Joe", a song by PJ Harvey on her album ''Dry (album), Dry'' *"Joe", a song by AJR on their album ''OK Orchestra'' * Joe FM (other), any of several radio stations Computing * Joe's Own Editor, a text editor for Unix systems * Joe, an object-oriented Java computing framework based on Sun's Distributed Objects Everywhere project Media * Joe (website), a news website for the UK and Ireland * Joe (magazine), ''Joe'' (magazine), a defunc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Crawford (boxer)
Justin Crawford may refer to: * Justin Crawford (American football) Justin Crawford (born February 19, 1995) is a former American football running back. He played college football at West Virginia Mountaineers football, West Virginia. Crawford graduated Hardaway High School in Columbus, Georgia. He first attend ... (born 1995), American football running back * Justin Crawford (Australian footballer) (1977–2022), Australian rules footballer * Justin Crawford (baseball), American baseball player {{Hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torsten Schmitz
Torsten Schmitz (born 26 August 1964 in Crivitz) is a retired German boxer in the Light Middleweight class. He represented East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Amateur career Schmitz was an amateur standout and fought in several notable European tournaments, compiling a record of 215–35. Amateur highlights *1982 Junior European Champion at Welterweight in Schwerin, Germany **Defeated Luciano Bruno (Italy) in the final. *1984 1st place at the Friendship Games in Havana, Cuba as a Welterweight **Defeated Khaidavyn Gantulga (Mongolia) RSCI 3 **Defeated Luis Garcia (Venezuela) PTS (5-0) **Defeated Jose Luis Hernandez (Cuba) PTS (4-1) *1985 competed at the European Championships in Budapest, Hungary as a Welterweight **Defeated Jacek Olejniczak (Poland) PTS (4-1) **Lost to Borislav Abadzhiev (Bulgaria) PTS (2-3) *1986 3rd place at World Championships in Reno, United States as a Welterweight **Defeated Stefan Driscu (Romania) PTS (4-1) **Defeated Kim Dong-Kil (South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Foster
Todd Foster (born August 27, 1967, in Great Falls, Montana) is a former American boxer in the Welterweight division. Amateur career Foster was an amateur boxing standout. In the Light welterweight division, he was the 1987 National Golden Gloves champion, silver medalist at the 1987 Pan American Games, and 1988 United States Amateur champion, which earned a seed in the Olympic trials. Olympic results Foster was a member of the 1988 US Olympic Team, boxing as a Light Welterweight. His results were: *1st round bye *Defeated Khalid Rahilou (Morocco) KO 2 *Defeated Chun Jil-Chun (South Korea) KO 2 Note: Chun was confused by the multi-ring setup with a bell to end rounds in a different ring and a gong in his own, and stopped fighting in the middle of a round after hearing a bell and was hit by Foster. Chun's coaches could be seen ringside directing Chun to fall, thinking they could win by foul. Chun was counted out, as there was no foul. The South Korean (host country) team protested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel Hernández (boxer)
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Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the American state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola ( Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The official area of the Republic of Cuba is (without the territorial waters) but a total of 350,730 km² (135,418 sq mi) including the exclusive economic zone. Cuba is the second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited by the Ciboney people from the 4th millennium BC with the Gua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |