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Career

Amateur

Dargan began boxing at age seven in 1992 and won the PAL tournament 2005 at 125 lbs, at the

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2002 on points to Lorenzo Reynolds in the finals and had to settle for 2nd. In 2005, Dargan became US champion but lost twice to Anthony Peterson at the Olympic team trials. In 2007, Dargan was upset by young

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at the US championships but rebounded to win the

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in Rio de Janeiro against local

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in the semi and Jonathan Gonzalez of Puerto Rico in the light welterweight final at the Riocentro Sports Complex (9:4). After failing to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Trials, Dargan finished his career as an amateur, and turned professional.

World Amateur Championship

2005 *Defeated Carl Heild (Bahamas) RSCO *Lost to

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(Kazakhstan) 26-37

Pro

Dargan made his pro debut in 2007 and is 19-1 as of November 2018. Dargan was being trained by his uncle,

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Personal life

In October 2014, Dargan married American entertainer

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(whose real name is Cynthia Loving). Dargan appeared occasionally alongside Loving on the reality television show '' R&B Divas: Los Angeles'' during the show's second and third seasons in 2014 and 2015. The couple had a child, a son Karl Dargan Jr. on August 28, 2015. Since October 2017, Dargan has appeared as a supporting cast member on the reality television show '' Love & Hip Hop: New York''. In November 2017, Dargan and Loving appeared on Couples Court with the Cutlers.

References

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