Shane Swartz is an American

United States

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 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...

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Amateur career

Swartz was an outstanding amateur, having won back-to-back gold medals at the 1993 and 1994 U. S. Olympic Festival. He later was the U.S. National Amateur Champion at 165 pounds in 1994 and 1995.

Professional career

Known as "Hurricane", Swartz began his professional career in 1996 and has had limited success. He moved up to the heavyweight division and has fought several notable foes, such as Calvin Brock

Calvin Brock

Calvin Vance Brock is a retired professional heavyweight boxer.Following his loss to fellow American Eddie Chambers, 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...

 and Malik Scott

Malik Scott

Dohonna Malik Scott is an American Heavyweight boxer.-Amateur career:Scott started boxing at the age of 11 and had a stellar amateur career...

, but has generally come up short in his big fights.

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