Terrance Davin Cauthen (born May 14, 1976) is an American

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. Nicknamed "Heat", Cauthen won the Lightweight Bronze medal at the

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. Cauthen grew up in

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'', April 19, 1996. Accessed December 4, 2007. "Cauthen, 19, grew up 40 miles north, in Trenton, but he has fought out of Frazier's gym in Philadelphia for nine years."

Amateur achievements

* 1995 United States Amateur Lightweight champion Member of the 1996 US Olympic Team as a Lightweight. A Bronze Medalist, his results were: * Round of 32:Defeated Mohamad Abdulaev of Uzbekistan- PTS (18-6) * Round of 16:Defeated Tumentsetseg Uitumen of Mongolia – PTS (10-9) * Quarterfinal:Defeated Pongsith Wiangwiset of Thailand – PTS (14-10) * Semifinal:Lost to

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of Bulgaria- PTS (12-15)

Professional career

Cauthen began his professional career in 1996 and built up a 15 fight winning streak heading into a 1999 showdown against the powerful Teddy Reid. Reid won via TKO in the 4th, and Cauthen set forth on an 11 fight winning streak to rebuild his credibility. This came to an abrupt end with a split decision loss to journeyman Dairo Esalas followed by a unanimous decision loss to rising star

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. Cauthen has yet to fight for a title, and another 5 fight winning streak came to end in with a loss to contender

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in an IBF title eliminator. Following the loss to Powwll, Cauthen lost two of his next three fights.

Professional boxing record

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* 1976 births Living people Boxers from New Jersey Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in boxing Sportspeople from Trenton, New Jersey Winners of the United States Championship for amateur boxers Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics American male boxers Lightweight boxers {{US-boxing-Olympic-medalist-stub