Romallis Ellis was an American 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...

, who won the Lightweight Bronze medal

Olympic medalists in boxing

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 at the 1998 Olympics.

Amateur career

• 1988 United States Amateur Lightweight champion
• 1988 Olympic Lightweight Bronze Medalist.

Olympic Results

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Lee Kang-Su (South Korea) 5-0
• Defeated Kassim Traoré (Mali) RSC 2
• Defeated Emil Chuprenski
  Emil Chuprenski
  Emil Todorov Chuprenski is a retired boxer from Bulgaria, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the Men's Lightweight Division by USA's eventual bronze medalist Romallis Ellis.-References:*...
  
   (Bulgaria) 3-2
• Lost to Andreas Zülow
  Andreas Zülow
  Andreas Zülow was a boxer from East Germany who won a Lightweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games...
  
   (East Germany) 5-0

Pro career

Ellis began his professional career in 1989 and later moved up two weight classes. He came up short in his only attempt at a major title; a 1997 loss to IBF Light Middleweight Title holder Raúl Márquez

Raul Marquez

Raúl Márquez is a former American professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division and is the former IBF Light Middleweight Champion. Márquez also represented the U.S...

 via TKO in the 4th. However, he did outbox the heavily favored Vince Phillips in a non-title bout and earned the decision. In 1998 he took on Fernando Vargas

Fernando Vargas

Fernando Vargas is a retired Mexican American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. His nicknames include "Ferocious", "The Aztec Warrior" and "El Feroz"...

and was TKO'd in the 2nd round. He lost his next fight, in 2001, and retired with a record of 24-4 with 17 ko's.

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