Caleb Truax
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Caleb Truax, alias Golden (born September 14, 1983), is a super middleweight
professional boxer
from Minnesota
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, Minnesota
. He has a twin sister and a younger brother, and he still lives in Osseo.
Truax is a 2002 high school graduate from Osseo Senior High. While attending high school he was an all-conference member of the football team.
Truax graduated from the University of Minnesota majoring in sociology, minoring in both African American studies and political science. He plans to move onto graduate school and study urban planning.
of Ray Walker. As of July 26, 2009 Truax had a professional record of 13 wins (nine by knockout) and no losses. Truax won his first fight outside of Minnesota, against Thomas Rittenbaugh in a Goossen-Tutor promoted event, on June 26. The Rittenbaugh fight was also Truax's first against a fighter coming off a win. On August 29, 2008 Truax defeated Bobby Kliewer, a fighter on a five-bout winning streak, and knocked Kliewer out in the third round. On July 25 2009 Truax defeated 25-6 Patrick Perez by seventh-round TKO, becoming just the third man to knock Perez out. Truax is considered a hot prospect, and was in fact named as the Boxing Digest Prospect of the Month for April, 2009. Truax fights in the orthodox stance. He is known to be a late match fighter. He will save his energy until the last few rounds.
Super middleweight
Super Middleweight is a boxing and Muay Thai weight division that has a weight limit of 168 pounds .- 1960s–1983 :There was interest in a division between Middleweight and Light Heavyweight in the late 1960s, the mid-1970s, and the early 1980s...
professional boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
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Personal life
Truax is a native of OsseoOsseo, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,434 people, 1,035 households, and 606 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,179.7 people per square mile . There were 1,060 housing units at an average density of 1,384.7 per square mile...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. He has a twin sister and a younger brother, and he still lives in Osseo.
Truax is a 2002 high school graduate from Osseo Senior High. While attending high school he was an all-conference member of the football team.
Truax graduated from the University of Minnesota majoring in sociology, minoring in both African American studies and political science. He plans to move onto graduate school and study urban planning.
Amateur career
Truax compiled a record of 24 wins and 8 losses as an amateur boxer. In 2006 he was the USA Boxing State Champion, the Region 1 Champion, and the Upper Midwest Golden Gloves Champion. Truax's amateur career came to an end when someone notified the state amateur governing body that he had participated in an amateur "tough guy" competition before his first amateur boxing match, and the state revoked his amateur status in the spring of 2007.Professional career
Caleb Truax debuted as a professional fighter in April 2007 with a 2nd-round knockoutKnockout
A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...
of Ray Walker. As of July 26, 2009 Truax had a professional record of 13 wins (nine by knockout) and no losses. Truax won his first fight outside of Minnesota, against Thomas Rittenbaugh in a Goossen-Tutor promoted event, on June 26. The Rittenbaugh fight was also Truax's first against a fighter coming off a win. On August 29, 2008 Truax defeated Bobby Kliewer, a fighter on a five-bout winning streak, and knocked Kliewer out in the third round. On July 25 2009 Truax defeated 25-6 Patrick Perez by seventh-round TKO, becoming just the third man to knock Perez out. Truax is considered a hot prospect, and was in fact named as the Boxing Digest Prospect of the Month for April, 2009. Truax fights in the orthodox stance. He is known to be a late match fighter. He will save his energy until the last few rounds.