Mark Medal (born June 10, 1957 in
Manhattan, NY
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...
), was a professional
boxer in the
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 a ...
(154
lb) division.
Medal, a
Puerto Rican-American
Stateside Puerto Ricans ( es, link=no, Puertorriqueños de Estados Unidos), also ambiguously known as Puerto Rican Americans ( es, link=no, puertorriqueño-americanos,), or Puerto Ricans in the United States, are Puerto Ricans who are in the U ...
, turned pro in 1979 and won the vacant IBF Light Middleweight Title with a fifth round
TKO win over Earl Hargrove in 1984, becoming the inaugural champion. He lost the belt in his first defense to
Carlos Santos. In 1986 he took on WBC Light Middleweight title holder
Thomas Hearns
Thomas Hearns (born October 18, 1958) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 2006. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra", and more famously "The Hitman", Hearns's tall, slender build and oversized arms and shoulders allowe ...
, but lost via TKO. After his retirement from boxing at the age of 30 he became a member of the Jersey City Police Department.
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See also
* List of Puerto Ricans
* List of IBF world champions
This is a list of IBF world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the International Boxing Federation (IBF). The IBF is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and has certified world champions in 17 diffe ...
* List of Puerto Rican boxing world champions
In Puerto Rico, boxing is considered a major sport, having produced more amateur and professional world champions than any other sport in its history. Puerto Rico ranks 5th worldwide between countries with most boxing world champions in history (o ...
References
External links
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1957 births
Boxers from New York (state)
Living people
People from Manhattan
World boxing champions
Puerto Rican male boxers
American male boxers
Light-middleweight boxers
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