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Calvin Vance Brock is a retired professional heavyweight

Heavyweight

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boxer

Boxing

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Following his loss to fellow American Eddie Chambers

Eddie Chambers

Edward "Eddie" Chambers is an American heavyweight boxer fighting out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-Professional career:Eddie started boxing professionally in 2000 at the age of 18...

, Brock was forced to retire from the sport of boxing, after receiving retinal damage in his right eye.

Biography

Brock is known not only for his boxing skills but also for his skill at handling money

Money

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. Brock has a degree in finance

Finance

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from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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and manages his own portfolio

Portfolio (finance)

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. http://www.calvinbrock.com/bio.php Brock — formerly a bank

Bank

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er — received his nickname from a Bank of America

Bank of America

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Advertising

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, in which he was referred to as The Boxing Banker.

Amateur career

Brock had a notable amateur boxing career. He was the National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion in 1998. In 1999, he won the U.S.

United States

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amateur championship at 201 lb.

At the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

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, he competed on the U.S. boxing team as a super heavyweight after narrowly beating one-time conqueror T.J.Wilson

T. J. Wilson (boxer)

T. J. Wilson is an American heavyweight who won the US Amateur Super Heavyweight championship in 2000.-Amateur:Tall southpaw Wilson had a stellar amateur career...

in the qualification.
He was a teammate of future world champions Jermain Taylor

Jermain Taylor

Jermain Taylor is an American professional boxer and former undisputed middleweight champion. He made his professional boxing debut in 2001 and won his first 25 bouts, which included victories over former champions Raúl Márquez and William Joppy...

, Jeff Lacy

Jeff Lacy

Jeffrey Scott Lacy is an American boxer. He is a former International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion.-Amateur career:...

, and Brian Viloria

Brian Viloria

Brian Viloria is a Filipino-American professional boxer He is the reigning WBO Flyweight champion. He also won the WBC Light Flyweight and IBF Junior Flyweight titles...

), but he lost to Paolo Vidoz

Paolo Vidoz

Paolo Vidoz is a boxer from Italy, who won the Olympic bronze medal, twice won the bronze medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships: 1997 and 1999 and also won a silver medal at the European Championships....

and did not win a medal

Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Amateur record 147-38

Professional career

Brock turned professional in 2001. Although he built an impressive record, Brock did not fight many top ranked heavyweights.

Brock's first well-known opponent was Clifford Etienne

Clifford Etienne

Clifford Etienne , also known as "The Black Rhino", is a former American boxer, who is currently serving a 150 year prison sentence without possibility of parole.-Background:...

—an opponent of Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson

Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson is a retired American boxer. Tyson is a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles, he was 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old...

whom Brock defeated by round 3 TKO on January 21, 2005.

Three months later, highly rated contender Jameel McCline

Jameel McCline

Jameel “Big Time” McCline is a professional heavyweight boxer notable for his speed, strength, and size at 6'6" and 269 lbs. Currently ranked at number 9 in the WBCworld heavyweight ratings...

knocked down Brock in round 7, but Brock got up and won the bout by unanimous decision.

On November 19, 2005, Brock won his first title—the IBA Continental Americas heavyweight title—when he defeated journeyman David Bostice by unanimous decision.

On February 25, 2006, Brock was part of the Shane Mosley

Shane Mosley

“Sugar” Shane Mosley is an American professional boxer from Pomona, California who has held world titles in three weight divisions.-Amateur career:Mosley was an amateur standout, capturing various amateur titles, including:...

vs. Fernando Vargas

Fernando Vargas

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undercard. He knocked out Zuri Lawrence

Zuri Lawrence

Zuri Lawrence is a professional heavyweight boxer best known to score a few notable wins over famous boxers but never reaching contender status.-Career:...

in round 6 with a counter left hook that caught Lawrence flush and ended up being the Ring Magazine knockout of the year

Ring Magazine knockouts of the year

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Brock defended his IBA Continental Americas title on June 24, 2006 against undefeated Timor Ibragimov by unanimous decision. The fight occurred outdoors at Caesars Palace

Caesars Palace

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in Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

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, where the temperature exceeded 100 °F

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(38 °C

Celsius

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).

Brock finally earned his first world title shot as he took on IBF

International Boxing Federation

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and IBO

International Boxing Organization

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heavyweight

Heavyweight

champion Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko

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in Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

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on November 11, 2006. However, he suffered his first professional loss when he was knocked out in the 7th round, dropping his record to 29-1.

In November he was edged out by Eddie Chambers

Eddie Chambers (boxer)

Edward "Eddie" Chambers is an American heavyweight boxer fighting out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-Professional career:Eddie started boxing professionally in 2000 at the age of 18...

in an IBF semifinal. During this bout, Brock suffered retinal damage in his right eye. As a result of botched surgery to repair the damage in December 2007, Brock became legally blind in his right eye, and forced to retire permanently from the sport of boxing

Boxing

. Brock can still see images of daylight in the right eye. After retirement, Brock, who has a wife and daughter, became a commercial real estate agent.

Professional boxing record

Eddie Chambers

Edward "Eddie" Chambers is an American heavyweight boxer fighting out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-Professional career:Eddie started boxing professionally in 2000 at the age of 18...

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, Washington, United States

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Boardwalk Hall

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, Atlantic City

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, New Jersey

New Jersey

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Biography

Amateur career

Professional career

Professional boxing record

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