Freddie Pendleton (born January 5, 1963) is an American former professional

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who competed from 1981 to 2001. Pendleton won his first title in October 1985 knocking out Darryl Martin (9-2) in the 6th round earning him the Pennsylvania State light welterweight title. In March 1986, "Fearless", who was (14-13) at the time, took on

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(23-3) at the

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. He knocked out Roger in the 6th round for a TKO win. Four months later, Pendleton took on

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(27-1) for the second time. Only this time was for the vacant USBA lightweight title. The fight went the distance and was a draw. Freddie later won the USBA lightweight title and defended it successfully in 1987 and 1988. In 1990, Pendleton fought a world title against unified WBC &

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lightweight champion,

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(20-1). Although prior to the contest, few had placed much faith in Freddie's abilities to provide a competitive effort in the fight, due to his 24-16 record, Freddie did just that. The fight turned out to be a, "barn burner," far better than anyone had expected; It was a genuinely classy effort by Pendleton against one of best fighters in the world. While correctly deemed a unanimous decision win for Whitaker, most observers generally thought the fight was much, much closer than the scorecards reflected(Judges Jim Traylor and Stuart Winston scored it 116-112, with Phil Newman 117-113 all for

). In 1993, he captured the Vacant IBF lightweight title with a decision win over Tracy Spann. He defended the belt once before losing it to

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in 1994. Although he continued to fight until 2001, Pendleton never regained a major belt, losing to IBF welterweight title holder

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in 1996, IBF light welterweight title holder

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in 1997, and WBA welterweight title holder James Page in 1999. He retired in 2001 after being KO'd by

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. On June 26, 2011, Freddie Pendleton was inducted into the Florida Boxing Hall of Fame.

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