Chris Pearson (boxer)
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Chris Pearson was an American amateur boxer and currently a professional boxer
in the Middleweight
division. He signed a professional managerial contract this with Al Haymon to launch his pro career, whose stable of fighters includes Floyd Mayweather Jr.
, Jermain Taylor
and Paul Williams
.
’s Yamaguichi Florentino, a veteran of 151 fights, and Bakhyt Sarsekbayev
of Kazakhstan
, the 2008 Beijing Games welterweight gold medalist — both of whom he conquered in Los Angeles.
Pearson spent two and a half months in Los Angeles fighting for the L.A. Matadors, a team of select amateurs who competed in the newly-formed World Series of Boxing.
He was also the:
in Cincinnati on November 26, 2011. It was on the undercard of Adrien Broner
versus Vicente Martin Rodriguez
for the recently vacated WBO super featherweight crown. He knocked out opponent Steven Chadwick within the opening two minutes of the first round.
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Steven Chadwick
|TKO
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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...
in the Middleweight
Middleweight
Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...
division. He signed a professional managerial contract this with Al Haymon to launch his pro career, whose stable of fighters includes Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. is an American professional boxer. He is a five-division world champion, where he has won seven world titles, as well as the lineal championship in three different weight classes...
, 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...
and Paul Williams
Paul Williams (boxer)
Paul Williams is an American boxer and is the former two-time WBO welterweight champion.With a height of six-feet-one inch, Paul is considered extremely tall for the three divisions he campaigns in: Welterweight, Jr...
.
Amateur career
A southpaw with a 93-8 amateur record, Pearson was the 2009 Police Athletic League national champion and now has beaten four former Olympians, including BrazilBrazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
’s Yamaguichi Florentino, a veteran of 151 fights, and Bakhyt Sarsekbayev
Bakhyt Sarsekbayev
Bakhyt Abdirakhmanovich Sarsekbayev is a Kazakh amateur boxer who won Olympic Gold 2008 at Welterweight. At the 2006 Asian Games he had also won the gold medal in the welterweight division.-Career:...
of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
, the 2008 Beijing Games welterweight gold medalist — both of whom he conquered in Los Angeles.
Pearson spent two and a half months in Los Angeles fighting for the L.A. Matadors, a team of select amateurs who competed in the newly-formed World Series of Boxing.
He was also the:
- U.S. National Amateur Middleweight Champion, sweeping his bracket.
- 2-time Silver Gloves Champ
- 4-time Jr Golden Gloves Champ
- 8-time State Fair Champ
- Jr Olympic Bronze Medalist
- Ringside World Champion
- National PAL Champion
Professional career
Pearson secured himself the perfect professional debut at U.S. Bank ArenaU.S. Bank Arena
U.S. Bank Arena is an indoor arena, located in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, along the banks of the Ohio River, next to the Great American Ball Park. Completed in September 1975, the arena seats 17,556 people...
in Cincinnati on November 26, 2011. It was on the undercard of Adrien Broner
Adrien Broner
Adrien Broner is an American Junior Lightweight boxer, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Adrien has been featured in the top ten of the Ring Magazine rankings for the Junior Lightweight division.-Professional career:2008...
versus Vicente Martin Rodriguez
Vicente Martin Rodriguez
Vicente Martin Rodriguez is an Argentine professional boxer in the Super Featherweight division.-Professional career:...
for the recently vacated WBO super featherweight crown. He knocked out opponent Steven Chadwick within the opening two minutes of the first round.
Professional boxing record
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|Win
|1–0
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Steven Chadwick|TKO
|1 , 1:42
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