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ShoBox: The New Generation is a boxing

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...

television program, on Showtime. Debuting in 2001, it focuses mainly on up-and-coming boxing prospects. This program, which is a spin-off of its sister boxing program, Showtime Championship Boxing
Showtime Championship Boxing
Showtime Championship Boxing is a television boxing program airing on Showtime. Debuting in March 1986, it is broadcast live on the first Saturday of every month...

, usually televises live at 11 p.m. ET/PT on selected Fridays. The show features Curt Menefee

Curt Menefee

Curt Menefee , is an American sportscaster who is the host of the Fox network's NFL show Fox NFL Sunday. His co-hosts are Jimmy Johnson, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, and Michael Strahan....

on blow-by-blow with Steve Farhood

Steve Farhood

Steven "Steve" Farhood is an American boxing historian and analyst.Farhood was born in Brooklyn, New York, New York to Lebanese American parents. Farhood served as editor-in-chief of The Ring and KO Magazine...

and Antonio Tarver

Antonio Tarver

Antonio Deon Tarver , nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional boxer from Orlando, Florida and the former WBC, WBA, IBF, & The Ring light heavyweight champion....

as the expert analysts. Menefee and Tarver joined the broadcast team in 2010, with Menefee taking over for Nick Charles

Nick Charles

Nicholas Charles Nickeas , better known as Nick Charles, was an American sportscaster and journalist. He was one of CNN's first on-air personalities and won three CableACE Awards for best sports program during his 17-year tenure as co-host of the network's Sports Tonight...

(who was suffering from bladder cancer

Bladder cancer

Bladder cancer is any of several types of malignant growths of the urinary bladder. It is a disease in which abnormal cells multiply without control in the bladder. The bladder is a hollow, muscular organ that stores urine; it is located in the pelvis...

that would ultimately claim his life in June 2011) and Tarver joining as a second color commentator.

Due to its fine matchmaking, ShoBox is generally seen by boxing fans and experts as a step up for a prospect. A phrased coined "ShoBox fighter", meaning a quality prospect primed for tougher competition, has origins from the show.

2001

07-21-01 John Molnar TW8 Victor Rosado,
Leonard Dorin KO9 Martin O'Malley

Martin O'Malley

Martin Joseph O'Malley is an American Democratic politician who is currently serving as the 61st Governor of Maryland. Previously, he served as the mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007. He is currently the chairman of the Democratic Governors Association.-Early life, education and career:O'Malley...

-Atlantic City, New Jersey

08-04-01 Luis Collazo

Luis Collazo

Luis Collazo is a boxer in the welterweight division. His boxing record is 31-4 . He is a former WBA welterweight champion.- Professional career :...

W8 Luis Santiago

Luis Santiago

Luis Santiago is a fictional character in the universe of the science fiction television drama Babylon 5, portrayed by a still photo of Douglas Netter...

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John Michael Johnson

John Michael Johnson

John Michael Johnson was an American bantamweight boxer. He briefly held a championship in that division.- Professional career :...

KO3 Antonio Diaz

Antonio Diaz

Antonio Magsaysay-Diaz was a Congressman of Zambales, the Philippines. He was a nephew of former President Ramon Magsaysay.-Early life:Diaz, a member of the Magsaysay political clan of Zambales, served the province variously as vice governor and representative since the 1960s.A lawyer, he was one...

-Washington Heights, New York

08-18-01 Kermit Cintron

Kermit Cintron

Kermit Cintrón is a Puerto Rican boxer who is from Carolina, Puerto Rico. Cintrón is trained by Ronnie Shields and managed by Josh Dubin. He is promoted by Top Rank.-Early and personal life:...

KO5 Said Ouali

Said Ouali

Said Ouali is a Belgian professional boxer at welterweight. His nicknames include "Prince", "The Crowd Pleaser" and "The Maaseik Sledgehammer" .- Early life :...

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Emmanuel Lucero

Emmanuel Lucero

-Professional career:Emmanuel Lucero is a current Mexican professional Super Featherweight boxer at thirty three years old he is best known for his fight against Manny Pacquiao for the IBF super bantamweight title on 26 July 2003 at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California...

W12 John Lowey

John Lowey

John Lowey is a former professional boxer. Lowey fought at super bantamweight and won the IBO world title in 1995.-External links:...

-Uncasville, Connecticut

09-29-01 Joan Guzmán

Joan Guzman

Joan Guzmán is a Dominican professional boxer who was the WBO's super bantamweight and super featherweight champion. His nickname is "The Little Tyson"." Guzmán is now trained by Former World Champion Roberto Garcia. Former unheralded boxer Floyd Mayweather, Sr...

W12 Edel Ruiz,
Ebo Elder

Ebo Elder

Ebo Elder, , is a former professional boxer. He is a former WBO NABO Lightweight titleholder, and has also held the IBA Continental Light Welterweight Title as well as the WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Title.-Pro Boxing Career:Ebo began boxing at the age of two when his father bought him...

TW6 Dagoberto Najera-Tacoma, WA

10-13-01 Jeff Lacy

Jeff Lacy

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

KO3 Scorpion Bawa,
Francisco Bojado

Francisco Bojado

Francisco Bojado is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division and represented Mexico at the 2000 Olympic Games. He's a former IBA Continental, WBC Youth World, and WBC Continental Americas Light Welterweight Champion...

KO2 Eleazar Contreras-Atlantic City, New Jersey

10-27-01 Eamonn Magee

Eamonn Magee

Eamonn Magee nicknamed the Terminator is a former boxer who is now a trainer with the Breen Team in Belfast...

W12 Matthews Zulu,
Ricky Hatton

Ricky Hatton

Richard John Hatton MBE, more commonly known as Ricky "the Hitman" Hatton, , is a former British professional boxer, and currently a promoter....

KO2 Freddie Pendleton

Freddie Pendleton

Freddie Pendleton is a retired professional boxer in the lightweight division.Known as "Fearless", Pendleton had a 1-5 amateur career & turned pro in 1982 losing to Rodney Watts at the Tropicana Hotel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.Pendleton won his first title in October 1985 knocking out...

-Manchester,England

11-10-01 Rocky Juarez

Rocky Juarez

Ricardo Rocky Juarez is a professional Mexican-American boxer. Juarez has a current professional record of 28 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, with 19 wins coming by way of knockout.- Professional career :...

KO2 Corey Alarcon,
Emmanuel Lucero

Emmanuel Lucero

W12 Ivan Alvarez

Iván Álvarez

Iván Álvarez is a Chilean football forward. He currently plays for Rangers de Talca. He is the twin brother of Cristián Álvarez.-External links:...

-Houston, Texas

12-01-01 Tim Williamson

Tim Williamson

Reginald Garnet "Tim" Williamson was an English football player who made 602 appearances as a goalkeeper for Middlesbrough, scoring two goals, as well as 7 appearances for England....

KO4 Andrew Greeley

Andrew Greeley

Father Andrew M. Greeley is an Irish-American Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, journalist and fiction writer....

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Hercules Kyvelos

Hercules Kyvelos

Hercules Kyvelos is a Greek-Canadian boxer in the Welterweight division and is the former Canadian Welterweight Champion. He fought at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-Amateur career:...

KO4 Michael Covington-Chester, WV

12-15-01 Steve Murray KO4 Jason Hall,
Ricky Hatton KO2 Justin Rowsell-London, England

2002

02-02-02 Andre Eason

Andre Eason

Andre Eason is a professional boxer. He appeared on the reality show, Contender Season 2, where he lost to Walter Wright....

W8 Delvin Rodriguez

Delvin Rodriguez

Delvin Antonio Rodriguez is an Dominican professional boxer in the Super Welterweight division. He fights out of Danbury, Connecticut...

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Hercules Kyvelos

Hercules Kyvelos

Hercules Kyvelos is a Greek-Canadian boxer in the Welterweight division and is the former Canadian Welterweight Champion. He fought at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-Amateur career:...

W10 John Molnar-Atlantic City, New Jersey

02-16-02 Joan Guzmán W10 Armando Guerrero,
Kermit Cintron KO2 Omar Davila-San Antonio, Texas

03-02-02 Dennis Bakhtov

Dennis Bakhtov

Denis Bakhtov is a world rated, Russian heavyweight boxer and two-time WBC International Heavyweight Champion.-External links:...

KO5 Mathew Ellis,
Tony Oakey

Tony Oakey

Tony Oakey is an English professional boxer who fights in the light heavyweight division.He is a former British, Commonwealth and WBU light-heavyweight boxing champion....

W12 Kostya Shvets-London, England

03-16-02 Carlos Vilches KO7 Scott Depompe,
Emmanuel Lucero

Emmanuel Lucero

W12 Frankie Archuleta-Bushkill, Pennsylvania

03-30-02 Jeff Lacy W10 Bobby Jones,
Zahir Raheem

Zahir Raheem

Zahir Raheem is an American boxer. Known as "Z-Man", his current professional record stands at 30 wins, 3 losses with 17 knockouts....

W12 Joe Morales-Concho, Oklahoma

04-13-02 Guillermo Jones

Guillermo Jones

Guillermo Jones is a Panamanian boxer best known for losing three world title fights in controversial decisions...

W10 Tim Williamson

Tim Williamson

Reginald Garnet "Tim" Williamson was an English football player who made 602 appearances as a goalkeeper for Middlesbrough, scoring two goals, as well as 7 appearances for England....

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Edwin Cassiani

Edwin Cassiani

Edwin Cassiani Tejedor is a retired male boxer from Colombia, who competed in the light-welterweight division during his career...

KO4 Luis Collazo-Las Vegas, Nevada

04-27-02 William Abelyan

William Abelyan

- References :Abelyan started boxing at the age of 12, and began training with the legendary Olympic Bronze Medalist David Torosyan. He started to box professionally in 1998. He is an NABO Pro-Boxing Champion. William was a WBO # 1 ranked contender, and he was named fighter of the year in 2005. ...

W10 Jesus Salud

Jesus Salud

Jesus Salud Born 3 May 1963 is an American professional boxer of Filipino descent. Originally from Sinait in the Philippines, he resides in Honolulu, Hawaii. He won the World Boxing Association super bantamweight title by disqualification on December 11, 1989 in a bout against Juan Jose Estrada....

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Carlos Navarro D10 Omar Adorno-Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

05-11-02 Ruslan Chagaev

Ruslan Chagaev

Ruslan Chagaev born October 19, 1978 in Andijan, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union) is an Uzbekistani former WBA heavyweight boxing champion of Tatar ethnicity...

W8 Christopher Issac,
Mohamed Abdulaev KO3 Juan Rivera-Biloxi, MS

05-25-02 Antonio Diaz

Antonio Diaz

W10 Rogers Mtagwa

Rogers Mtagwa

Rogers Mtagwa is a Tanzanian professional boxer who currently competes in the featherweight and super bantamweight divisions. Mtagwa is most notable for having fought for a version of the world title at both featherweight and super bantamweight...

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Joachim Alcine

Joachim Alcine

Joachim Alcine is a Haitian-Canadian professional boxer fighting out of Montreal, Quebec, where he now resides.-Pro career:...

W12 Marcos Primera-Charlotte, North Carolina

06-08-02 Alex Arthur

Alex Arthur

Alex Arthur, nicknamed "Amazing" Alex Arthur, is a professional boxer from Edinburgh in Scotland.Arthur is a former British, Commonwealth, European Boxing Union and WBO super featherweight champion...

KO6 Nikolai Eremeev,
Scott Harrison KO6 Victor Santiago

Víctor Santiago

Víctor Antonio Santiago Negrón, known as Víctor is a Puerto Rican singer notable for being one of the finalists of the fourth season of reality/talent show Objetivo Fama'....

-Glascow, Scotland

06-22-02 Dominick Guinn

Dominick Guinn

Dominick Alexander Guinn, , is an American professional boxer with a record of 33-6-1, with 22 KOs. He is self-managed and he is trained by Ronnie Shields...

KO1 Wade Lewis,
Nate Campbell

Nate Campbell

Nathaniel Campbell , more commonly known as Nate Campbell, is an American retired professional boxer. He is a former unified WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight champion.-Amateur career:...

KO5 Carlos Navarro-Biloxi, MS

07-13-02 Almazbek Raimkulov KO2 Douglas Villarreal,
Guillermo Jones

Guillermo Jones

Guillermo Jones is a Panamanian boxer best known for losing three world title fights in controversial decisions...

W10 Sione Asipeli-Warren, Ohio

07-27-02 Yusef Mack KO4 John McKinney (boxer),
Lamar Murphy KO8 Dario Esalas-Biloxi, MS

08-10-02 Hugo Lewis W8 Adan Hernandez,
Gerardo Espinoza

Gerardo Espinoza

Gerardo Espinoza Ahumada is a Mexican football player who plays for Jaguares de Chiapas.He was part of the Mexican 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, having finished third in group A, below group winners Mali and South Korea.Gerardo played for Atlante for a year and went...

W12 Omar Adorno-San Jacinto, California

08-24-02 Juan Díaz W10 Peter Nieves,
Kermit Cintron KO2 Ian Mackillip-Atlantic City, New Jersey

09-14-02 Kevin Lear

Kevin Lear

Kevin Lear, is a former English professional boxer who fought at super featherweight and lightweight.He is a former WBU super featherweight champion.-Professional career:...

KO7 Kirkor Kirkorov

Kirkor Kirkorov

Kirkor Kirkorov is a retired boxer from Bulgaria, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he was defeated in the first round of the Men's Featherweight Division by Germany's eventual bronze medalist Andreas Tews.Kirkorov also competed at the 1988...

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Wayne McCullough

Wayne McCullough

Wayne William McCullough is a professional boxer. During his professional career, which spans back to 1993, he held the WBC title in the Bantamweight category...

KO4 Johannes Maisa-London, England

09-28-02 Anthony Farnell

Anthony Farnell

Anthony Farnell , known as the Woodhouse Warrior, was born in Manchester and grew up in Failsworth, Greater Manchester. He is a former WBU middleweight champion...

W12 Ruben Groenewald,
Ricky Hatton DQ2 Stephen Smith

Stephen Smith (boxer)

Stephen Smith is a British professional boxer best known for being former British and Commonwealth Featherweight champion, and as an amateur won the featherweight division at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal at the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships...

-Manchester, England

10-05-02 Jerson Ravelo

Jerson Ravelo

Jerson Ravelo is a boxer from the Dominican Republic, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in the Men's 75 kg Division.-Personal:...

W8 George Walton

George Walton

George Walton signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second Chief Executive of that state.-Life and work:...

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Saul Montana

Saul Montana

Saul Montana is a Mexican boxer in the Heavyweight division. Montana is the former Mexican National Champion at Light Heavyweight, IBA, NABA, WBC Mundo Hispano, WBC Continental Americas Champion at Cruiserweight, NBA, and Mexican National Champion at Heavyweight.-Pro career:Montana turned pro in...

KO3 China Smith

China Smith

China Smith was a 1950s television adventure series starring Dan Duryea. The television show takes place in Singapore. Much of the cast and crew also worked on the film World for Ransom, which is considered an extension of the television program...

-Tampa, Florida

2003

04-24-03 Ishe Smith

Ishe Smith

Ishe Oluwa Kamau Bhoduri Ali "Sugar Shay" Smith is a professional boxer, and was a competitor on the first season of the reality TV show The Contender....

W10 Sam Garr,
Diego Corrales

Diego Corrales

Diego "Chico" Corrales was an American boxer.He was the WBC, WBO, & The Ring lightweight champion, and the WBO & IBF super featherweight champion....

KO3 Felix St. Kitts-Gulfport, MS

05-08-03 Bradley Pryce

Bradley Pryce

Bradley Pryce is a Welsh professional boxer. He usually fights at light middleweight or the divisions either side, is a two time challenger for the British title and is a former Commonwealth champion....

W10 Ivan Kirpa

Ivan Kirpa

Ivan Kirpa is a Russian welterweight boxer from Saint Petersberg, Russia.He won his first 19 fights, before losing to Bradley Pryce on points on May 8, 2003. Kirpa then won his next four fights against Tigran Saribekyan, Alexei Korobka, Sergey Zimnevich and then Jose Leonardo Corona, 32 months...

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Gary Lockett

Gary Lockett

Gary Lockett is a retired professional boxer from Cwmbran, Wales, who fought in the middleweight division.-Professional career:...

W10 Yuri Tsarenko-Widnes, England

05-22-03 Ruslan Chagaev KO3 Zak Graham,
Kuvanych Toygonbayev W10 Andrey Tsurkan

Andrey Tsurkan

Andrey Tsurkan is a light middleweight boxer from Ukraine.-Pro career:On October 4, 2009 Herrera lost by 10th round T.K.O. to top light middleweight Prospect, Mexican Alfredo Angulo.-External links:*...

-Yonkers, New York

06-05-03 Koba Gogoladze

Koba Gogoladze

Koba Gogoladze is a professional boxer from Georgia. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics as a lightweight, losing on points in the quarterfinals to Leonard Doroftei.-Olympic career:...

W8 Carl Johanneson

Carl Johanneson

Carl Johanneson is super featherweight boxer. His nickname, "Ingemar" is a nod to the famous Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson and is the nephew of former Leeds United player Albert Johanneson...

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Rico Hoye W12 Prince Badi Ajamu

Prince Badi Ajamu

Prince Badi Ajamu — nicknamed the Boxing Prince — is best known for taking a fight against former champion Roy Jones Jr.-Pro career:...

-Detroit, Michigan

07-03-03 Bernard Dunne

Bernard Dunne

Bernard Dunne is a retired Irish professional boxer and a former WBA, and European super bantamweight champion.On Saturday 21 March 2009, Dunne waged the war that he would be best remembered for and defeated Ricardo Cordoba in the 11th round to become the WBA super bantamweight champion in a fight...

KO1 Mario Lacey,
Carlos Quintana

Carlos Quintana (boxer)

Carlos Quintana is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Quintana represented Puerto Rico. He debuted as a professional in 1997. On February 24, 2006, he participated in his first professional championship fight, defeating Raul Bejerano for the World Boxing Organization's Latino...

W10 Vinroy Barrett-Chester, WV

07-17-03 David Barnes

David Barnes (boxer)

David Barnes is a British professional boxer from Manchester in England who competes in the light welterweight division. He is the former holder of both the British light welterweight and welterweight titles. -Early career:...

W12 Jimmy Vincent,
Graham Earl

Graham Earl

Graham Earl is a retired English lightweight boxer from Luton, England. He is a former British and Commonwealth lightweight champion.-Professional career:...

W12 Bobby Vanzie-Dagenham, England

07-31-03 Koba Gogoladze

Koba Gogoladze

Koba Gogoladze is a professional boxer from Georgia. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics as a lightweight, losing on points in the quarterfinals to Leonard Doroftei.-Olympic career:...

KO4 Miguel Torrecillas,
Ishe Smith

Ishe Smith

Ishe Oluwa Kamau Bhoduri Ali "Sugar Shay" Smith is a professional boxer, and was a competitor on the first season of the reality TV show The Contender....

W10 David Estrada

David Estrada

David Estrada is a Guatemalan-American boxer who is from Chicago.-Amateur career:Estrada started his amateur career in Chicago. He won several titles, including the Chicago Park District Championship in 1993, the PAL National Championship in 1997, and the Texas State Golden Gloves Championship in...

-Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

09-18-03 Nicolay Popov KO2 John McDermott

John McDermott (boxer)

John McDermott is an English heavyweight boxer from Horndon-on-the-Hill, Essex, England. He is a two-time challenger for the British heavyweight title and former English title holder....

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Stephen Foster

Stephen Foster

Stephen Collins Foster , known as the "father of American music", was the pre-eminent songwriter in the United States of the 19th century...

KO4 Alexander Abramenko-Dagenham, Eng.

10-03-03 Daniel Edouard W10 Miguel Espino

Miguel Espino

Miguel Angel Espino is a professional American boxer.-Personal life:Espino, a Mexican-American, was born in North Hollywood, California. Espino is from the "hood", and sees boxing as an escape from this - looking to the day when he can present his family the keys to a new house...

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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...

KO10 Cedric Boswell

Cedric Boswell

Cedric Boswell is a professional heavyweight boxer from the United States. He was touted as a future heavyweight contender early in his pro career, which began in 1994....

-Las Vegas, Nevada

2004

01-15-04 Jose Ojeda KO3 Arturo Barraza,
Ishe Smith W12 Randall Bailey

Randall Bailey

Randall Bailey is an American boxer at welterweight. Nicknamed "The Knockout King", Bailey is widely considered to be one of the hardest punchers in boxing today.- Professional career :...

-Santa Ynez, California

02-26-04 Thomas McDonagh KO2 Bobby Banghar,
Stephen Foster

Stephen Foster

Stephen Collins Foster , known as the "father of American music", was the pre-eminent songwriter in the United States of the 19th century...

KO6 Sean Hughes-Widnes, England

03-18-04 Daniel Edouard D10 Dorian Beaupierre,
Rico Hoye

Rico Hoye

Rico Hoye is an American professional boxer who competes in the light heavyweight and cruiserweight divisions. He comes from Monroe, MI, is a former World title challenger and was a contestant in the fourth season of the Contender.-Early professional career:...

KO1 Donnell Wiggins-Santa Ynez, California

04-01-04 Steve Murray W10 Martin Watson,
Michael Jennings KO6 Brett James-London, England

04-15-04 Jameel McCline KO1 Wayne Llewelyn,
Jeremy Williams

Jeremy Williams (boxer)

Jeremy Williams is a former professional boxer and mixed martial artist.-Amateur career:As an amateur, he was the 1989 and 1990 United States amateur Light Heavyweight champion and the 1990 and 1991 National Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight champion, and is a member of the Golden Gloves hall of...

KO8 Attila Levin

Attila Levin

Attila Levin is a Swedish boxer in the Heavyweight division.-Amateur career:Levin had a stellar amateur career prior to turning professional....

-New York City, New York

05-06-04 Choi Tseveenpurev

Choi Tseveenpurev

Choijiljavyn "Choi" Tseveenpürev is a Mongolian featherweight boxer based in the United Kingdom. Tseveenpurev won the Prizefighter series Featherweights tournament on 29 October 2011, the same month that he passed 40...

W8 Kevin O'Hara,
Thomas McDonagh W12 Bradley Pryce

Bradley Pryce

-Barnsley, England

05-20-04 Yusef Mack D8 Randy Griffin

Randy Griffin

Randy Griffin is a professional boxer. While best known as a middleweight, he began as a light heavyweight and worked his way down in weight class...

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Darnell Wilson

Darnell Wilson

Darnell Wilson is a US-American boxer. Graduated from Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland.-Amateur career:...

D12 James Lubwama-Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

06-03-04 Jorge Martínez W12 Juan Carlos Ramirez

Juan Carlos Ramírez

Juan Carlos "Ranchero" Ramírez is a Mexican professional boxer in the lightweight division...

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Robert Guerrero

Robert Guerrero

Robert Joseph Guerrero is a professional American boxer of Mexican descent. He is the former IBF Super Featherweight champion and a former two-time IBF featherweight champion of the world. Nicknamed The Ghost, Guerrero's record is 29 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw, and 2 no contest, with 18 of his wins...

KO8 Enrique Sanchez

Enrique Sánchez

Enrique José Sánchez León was a Mexican boxer in the Super Bantamweight division...

-Lincoln City, Oregon

06-17-04 Sechew Powell

Sechew Powell

Sechew Powell is an American boxer.-Amateur career:Nicknamed "Iron Horse", Powell was an amateur standout and was the 2000 National Golden Gloves Light Middleweight Champion and 2001 United States Amateur Light middleweight champion.-Professional career:Powell turned pro in 2002 and was undefeated...

W8 Grady Brewer

Grady Brewer

Grady Brewer, , is a professional boxer. A former IBA Light Middleweight titleholder, he is the 2006 winner of the ESPN reality show, The Contender. Outside the ring, he works at the Goodyear plant in Lawton to support his wife and four children.In a family of boxers, it was natural that Brewer...

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Paul Malignaggi

Paul Malignaggi

Paul "Paulie" Malignaggi is an Italian-American professional boxer. He is the former IBF junior welterweight champion, and former WBO NABO light welterweight champion.-Light Welterweight:...

W10 Ramiro Cano-Laughlin, Nevada

07-01-04 George Armenta W8 Irving Garcia

Irving Garcia

Irving Garcia is an American soccer player who is currently without a club.-College and Amateur:Garcia attended San Luis High School and played college soccer at Yavapai College from 2006 to 2007 before transferring to UC Irvine in 2008...

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Adrian Mora W10 Steve Quinonez-Lemorre, California

07-15-04 Jose Ojeda D8 Mohammed Kayongo

Mohammed Kayongo

Mohammed Kayongo, alias The Dark Destroyer or The African Assassin, is a welterweight professional boxer from the U.S. state of Minnesota.-Personal life:Kayongo was born in Kampala, Uganda...

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David Estrada

David Estrada

W12 Nurhan Suleyman-Santa Ynez, California

08-05-04 Juan Urango

Juan Urango

Juan "Iron Twin" Urango is a professional boxer in the junior welterweight division.-Pro Career:...

D12 Mike Arnaoutis

Mike Arnaoutis

Mike Arnaoutis is a professional boxer in the welterweight division. He is a former WBO NABO Lightweight titleholder.-Career:...

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Samuel Peter

Samuel Peter

Samuel Okon Peter , nicknamed "The Nigerian Nightmare," is a professional heavyweight boxer and the former WBC heavyweight champion....

W10 Jovo Pudar-Hollywood, Florida

08-19-04 Armando Velardez KO8 Matt Vanda

Matt Vanda

Matt Vanda, nicknamed the Predator, is a middleweight boxer from east Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.-Professional career:Vanda's first fight as a professional boxer was on March 30, 1996 in the welterweight division against Ed Fuller in Kearney, Nebraska...

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Bernard Dunne W10 Adrian Valdez-St. Paul, Minnesota

09-02-04 Francisco Diaz W8 Guadalupe Martinez,
Ian Gardner

Ian Gardner

Ian Gardner, nicknamed The Cobra because of his slithering movements on the boxing ring, is a junior-middleweight boxer who was born and raised in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, but now resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.-External links:...

W10 Kuvanych Toygonbayev-Kansas City, Missouri

09-16-04 Al Seeger

Al Seeger

Al Seeger , nicknamed "The Quiet Storm", is a boxer from the United States.- Background :Al Seeger was born in on January 23, 1980 to Bonnie and Al Seeger. He spent most of his younger years traveling abroad with the family...

W8 Eric Aiken

Eric Aiken

Eric Aiken is a professional boxer from the United States in the featherweight division. His record is 16-7-1...

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Rico Hoye

Rico Hoye

W12 Montell Griffin

Montell Griffin

Montell Julian Griffin is an American boxer. He is best known for his two bouts at Light Heavyweight with Roy Jones Jr.- Professional career :...

-Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

10-22-04 Agnaldo Nunes

Agnaldo Nunes

Agnaldo Nunes Magalhães is a Brazilian boxer, who represented his native country twice in the lightweight division at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.-Reference:*...

D8 Isidro Granados,
Mike Arnaoutis

Mike Arnaoutis

Mike Arnaoutis is a professional boxer in the welterweight division. He is a former WBO NABO Lightweight titleholder.-Career:...

KO1 Jessie Feliciano-Santa Ynez, California

11-19-04 Shamone Alvarez KO1 Mohammed Kayongo,
Troy Rowland

Troy Rowland

Troy Rowland is a professional boxer in the Super Middleweight division and is the former Midwestern Boxing Federation Middleweight Champion.-Amateur career:...

W10 Epifanio Mendoza-Detroit, Michigan

12-17-04 Mike Arnaoutis

Mike Arnaoutis

Mike Arnaoutis is a professional boxer in the welterweight division. He is a former WBO NABO Lightweight titleholder.-Career:...

KO3 Juaquin Gallardo

Juaquin Gallardo

Juaquin Gallardo is a Mexican American professional boxer in the Welterweight division and is the former WBC Latino Light Welterweight Champion.-Amateur career:...

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Ebo Elder

Ebo Elder

KO12 Courtney Burton-Santa Ynez, California

2005

01-21-05 Sechew Powell W8 Patrick Thompson

Patrick Thompson

Hugh Patrick Thompson, known as Patrick Thompson, is a British Conservative Party politician. Educated at Felsted School and Cambridge University...

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David Estrada KO11 Chris Smith-Uncasville, Connecticut

02-04-05 Oscar Diaz W10 Al Gonzales,
Kendall Holt

Kendall Holt

Kendall Holt is an American professional boxer fighting in the light welterweight class. He is a one-time world champion, having held the WBO junior welterweight championship from July 5, 2008 until April 5, 2009.-Personal:...

KO8 David Díaz-Manshantucket, Connecticut

02-18-05 Shamone Alvarez KO4 Jose Medina

José Medina

For the Chilean track and road cyclist see José Medina José Alexander Medina is a retired male weightlifter from Venezuela. He competed for his native South American country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....

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Mike Arnaoutis

Mike Arnaoutis

Mike Arnaoutis is a professional boxer in the welterweight division. He is a former WBO NABO Lightweight titleholder.-Career:...

W12 Roberto Santa Cruz-Santa Ynez, California

03-04-05 Kelly Pavlik

Kelly Pavlik

Kelly Pavlik is an American professional boxer. He was The Ring, WBC, & WBO middleweight champion from when he beat Jermain Taylor on September 29, 2007 until he lost his titles to Sergio Martinez on April 17, 2010....

KO2 Dorian Beaupierre,
Almazbek Raimkulov KO6 Koba Gogoladze

Koba Gogoladze

Koba Gogoladze is a professional boxer from Georgia. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics as a lightweight, losing on points in the quarterfinals to Leonard Doroftei.-Olympic career:...

-Choctaw, MS

04-01-05 Malcolm Tann

Malcolm Tann

Malcolm Earl Tann is an American boxer in the heavyweight division.-Amateur career:Tann started boxing while serving in the United States Air Force...

KO2 Leroy Childs,
Robert Guerrero

Robert Guerrero

KO12 Adrian Valdez-Lemorre, California

04-22-05 Rolando Reyes KO9 Jose Antonio Ojeda,
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...

W10 Terrance Cauthen

Terrance Cauthen

Terrance Davin Cauthen is an American boxer. Nicknamed "Heat", Cauthen won the Lightweight Bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Cauthen grew up in Trenton, New Jersey and trained in Philadelphia....

-Santa Ynez, California

05-06-05 Yuri Foreman

Yuri Foreman

Yuri Foreman is a Belarusian-born Israeli-American professional boxer. He is a former World Boxing Association super welterweight champion...

W8 Kevin Cagle,
Sechew Powell KO1 Cornelius Bundrage

Cornelius Bundrage

Cornelius Bundrage, , is a professional boxer and current IBF Junior Middleweight Champion. He is a former UBA Light Middleweight champion and was member of the ESPN reality show, The Contender.-Pro career:...

-Manshantucket,CT

05-20-05 Allan Green

Allan Green

Allan Lamar Green is a professional boxer of the super middleweight division. A notable contender, Green has a current record of 30 wins with 21 knockouts, and three losses.-Amateur career:...

TW7 Rocky Smith,
Americo Santos

Americo Santos

Americo Santos, Jr. is a Mexican-American professional boxer.He was born in Dallas, Texas. Santos was first introduced to the world of boxing through his father Americo Sr. At the age of nine, Americo Jr and his brother, Argenis joined the Dallas Pal Boxing Program...

W10 Isaac Mendoza-Miami, Oklahoma

06-03-05 Michael Jennings KO9 Gavin Down,
Scott Harrison KO4 Michael Brodie

Michael Brodie

Michael Brodie is a former professional boxer who fought in the Super Bantamweight and Featherweight divisions.-Boxing career:...

-Manchester, England

07-22-05 Ahmed Kaddour W8 Maxell Taylor,
Rolando Reyes KO8 Courtney Burton-Santa Ynez, California

09-23-05 Andy Morris

Andy Morris (boxer)

Andy Morris is an English boxer who currently fights in the Featherweight division. He is a former holder of the English and British featherweight titles and has fought for the British super featherweight title...

KO4 Mickey Coveney,
Ossie Duran W12 Colin McNeil

Colin McNeil

Colin McNeil is a professional boxer.McNeil began boxing professionally late in his life, debuting in 2004 at the age of 32. In his career, he has lost only once , but has faced and beaten some tough competition. Currently, he is scheduled to box in The Contender Challenge: UK vs...

-London, England

10-21-05 Mario Santiago

Mario Santiago

Mario Santiago Figueroa is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. Santiago debuted as a professional in 2000, and is the current World Boxing Council Caribbean Featherweight Champion.- Personal information :...

KO5 Cornelius Lock

Cornelius Lock

Cornelius Eugene Lock is a professional boxer in the Lightweight division and is the former WBO NABO Featherweight Champion.-Pro career:...

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Agnaldo Nunes

Agnaldo Nunes

Agnaldo Nunes Magalhães is a Brazilian boxer, who represented his native country twice in the lightweight division at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.-Reference:*...

W10 Adalberto Borquez-Santa Ynez, California

11-04-05 Allan Green KO1 Jaidon Codrington

Jaidon Codrington

Jaidon "The Don" Codrington is a professional boxer. He fights at Light Heavyweight out of Queens, New York and had a record of 20 wins and 2 losses, with 16 wins by knockout....

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Sechew Powell W10 Archak Ter-Meliksetian -Miami, Oklahoma

11-18-05 Marteze Logan W8 Americo Santos

Americo Santos

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Chad Dawson

Chad Dawson

"Bad" Chad Dawson is an American boxer from Hartsville, South Carolina, USA, and the former WBC & IBF light heavyweight champion. Dawson is rated by The Ring Magazine as the number four Light Heavyweight boxer in the world.-Early life:...

KO11 Ian Gardner

Ian Gardner

-New Haven, Connecticut

12-02-05 Paul Williams

Paul Williams (boxer)

KO5 Alfonso Sanchez,
Gamaliel Diaz

Gamaliel Díaz

Gamaliel Díaz Magaña is a Mexican professional boxer in the Lightweight division. He's the former NABF Featherweight, WBC Continental Americas Lightweight, and is the current WBC CABOFE Super Featherweight Champion.-NABF Featherweight Championship:In December of 2005, Díaz upset the undefeated...

W12 Robert Guerrero

Robert Guerrero

-Lemorre, California

2006

01-06-06 Raul Hernandez KO8 Andres Ledesma,
Joel Julio

Joel Julio

Joel Jalil Julio Mejia is a professional Colombian boxer rated as a junior middleweight. In 2005, he was named ESPN.com's Boxing Prospect of the Year and he has appeared on Ring Magazine's New Faces feature, as well as in ShoBox.-Professional career:Julio's first loss was a 12 round unanimous...

KO3 Robert Kamya-Cicero, Illinois

01-20-06 Israel Hernandez

Israel Hernandez

Israel Hernandez served as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Trade and Promotion and Director-General of the United States Commercial Service under President George W. Bush. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 3, 2005. This U.S. government agency is a global trade...

KO4 Tyrone Harris,
Nonito Donaire

Nonito Donaire

Nonito Donaire, Jr. is a Filipino-American professional boxer, who is widely known as "The Filipino Flash." He is a three-division world champion, having won five titles across three different boxing weight classes. He is a known switch-hitter with the ability to fight either southpaw or orthodox...

W10 Kahren Harutyunyan-Temecula, California

02-03-06 Andre Berto

Andre Berto

Andre Michael Berto is a Haitian-American professional boxer. On June 21, 2008, Berto became the WBC welterweight champion by defeating Miguel Rodriguez by seventh round technical knockout. He lost his WBC welterweight title on April 16, 2011 to Victor Ortiz via unanimous decision...

KO3 Jonathan Tubbs,
Sechew Powell W10 Robert Frazier

Robert Frazier

Robert Alexander Frazier is an American writer of speculative poetry and fiction, as well as an impressionist painter on Nantucket Island....

-Airway Heights, WA

03-03-06 Rustam Nugaev KO5 Anthony Mora,
Vic Darchinyan

Vic Darchinyan

Vakhtang "Vic" Darchinyan is an Armenian professional boxer discovered by HyeFighters. He is a three-division world champion, having won eight titles in three different weight classes. He is a former IBF Flyweight World Champion and a former Undisputed WBA, WBC & IBF Super Flyweight World...

KO8 Diosdado Gabi

Diosdado Gabi

Diosdado Gabi, nicknamed Prince is a retired Filipino professional boxer.-Personal life:...

-Santa Ynez, California

03-31-06 Victor Ortíz

Victor Ortíz

Victor Ortiz is an American professional boxer of Mexican descent and the former WBC welterweight champion.He was previously in the light welterweight division, where he held the USBA & NABO title....

KO1 Freddie Barrera,
Anthony Thompson W10 Darnell Boone-Maywood, California

04-28-06 Anthony Peterson

Anthony Peterson

Anthony Peterson is a professional boxer.-Amateur career:Peterson had an outstanding amateur career, and was the 2003 National Golden Gloves Lightweight Champion. In 2004 he lost twice to Mexican American Vicente Escobedo at 132 lbs which cost him his place in Athens...

KO3 Jermaine White

Jermaine White

Jermaine Gavin White is a professional boxer in the Middleweight division and is the former Indiana Boxing Association Welterweight Champion.-Professional career:...

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Lamont Peterson

Lamont Peterson

-Background:Peterson and his brother Anthony Peterson are regularly featured on ESPN boxing telecasts, and their story has been frequently discussed on the show. The Petersons were left without parents at an early age, with their father in prison and their mother suffering personal issues. The...

W10 Mario Jose Ramos-New Town, ND

05-05-06 Juan Buendia KO4 Alexis Division,
Glenn Donaire

Glenn Donaire

Glenn Donaire is a Filipino flyweight boxer. He was born in General Santos City, Philippines. He moved to the United States at a young age and grew up in the Bay Area where he still lives...

W12 Cesar Lopez

Cesar Lopez

César López is a Colombian musician. For the past several years, López has been part of a group, the Battalion of Immediate Artistic Reaction, which consists of various other musicians and activists seeking alternatives to the ever-present violence that plagues Colombia and its capital of Bogotá...

-Concho, Oklahoma

06-02-06 Mario Santiago

Mario Santiago

KO7 Lenny DeVictoria,
Chad Dawson W12 Eric Harding

Eric Harding

-Career:Harding turned pro in 1991 and was undefeated in his first 20 fights. These wins included a fight in which he defeated future champion Montell Griffin by split decision to win the NABF light heavyweight title on Nov 13, 1998, and a unanimous decision over then undefeated contender Antonio...

-Santa Ynez, California

06-23-06 Anthony Dirrell

Anthony Dirrell

Anthony Dirrell is an American boxer from Flint, Michigan. He was born on October 14, 1984. He is a super middleweight boxer.-Personal:Dirrell is the younger brother of Olympic Bronze medalist and fellow pro boxer Andre Dirrell...

KO1 James Morrow

James Morrow

James Morrow is a fiction author. A self-described "scientific humanist", his work satirises organized religion and elements of humanism and atheism....

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Andre Dirrell

Andre Dirrell

Andre Dirrell is an American boxer, who won the middleweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...

KO3 Don Hall

Don Hall

Don Hall is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who spent the majority of his career with the Johnstown Jets of the Eastern Hockey League....

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Robert Guerrero

Robert Guerrero

KO6 Gamaliel Diaz

Gamaliel Díaz

-Oakland, California

07-01-06 Ronald Hearns

Ronald Hearns

Ronald Hearns is an American professional boxer and the son of Thomas "Hitman" Hearns.Hearns fights at light middleweight.-Background:...

KO6 Hector Hernandez

Héctor Hernández

Héctor Hernández is a Mexican football forward who played for Mexico in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He also played for C.D. Guadalajara.-External links:*...

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James McGirt Jr.

James McGirt Jr.

James Anthony McGirt , who fights as James McGirt Jr., is a professional boxer of the Super middleweight division. He is the son of former IBF Junior welterweight and WBC welterweight champion James "Buddy" McGirt, who also serves as his trainer...

W8 Stephan Pryor,
Chazz Witherspoon

Chazz Witherspoon

Chazz Witherspoon is a heavyweight boxer and the second cousin of former boxing champion Tim Witherspoon.-Background:...

W10 Mike Alexander

Mike Alexander (boxer)

Michael Alexander, more commonly known as Mike Alexander is a professional boxer who fights in the cruiserweight division.-Professional career:...

-Manistee, Michigan

07-28-06 Henry Buchanan

Henry Buchanan

Henry Kanonta Buchanan is an American boxer.-Professional career:Known as "Sugar Poo", Buchanan began his professional career in 2004, and was undefeated heading into a ShoBox Super Middleweight eliminator tournament, and lost to Jean Paul Mendy.-The Contender:He will be one of the featured boxers...

W10 Lucas Green-Arias,
Jean-Paul Mendy

Jean-Paul Mendy

Jean-Paul Mendy is a professional boxer from France, who won the bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest, Hungary.-Amateur:...

KO1 Dallas Vargas-Las Vegas, Nevada

08-04-06 LaFarrell Bunting KO5 Jose Luis Herrera,
Anthony Hanshaw

Anthony Hanshaw

Anthony Lavar Hanshaw was a professional boxer, from Massillon, Ohio. He was born on March 28, 1978, in Warren, Ohio. Hanshaw graduated from Mansfield Senior High School in 1996...

W10 Esteban Camou

Esteban Camou

Esteban Camou is a Mexican super middleweight boxer.-Pro career:He has fought future champions Andre Ward and Jean Pascal and legendary Mexican boxer Luis Ramon Campas. -External links:...

-Las Vegas, Nevada

10-06-06 Jean-Paul Mendy

Jean-Paul Mendy

Jean-Paul Mendy is a professional boxer from France, who won the bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest, Hungary.-Amateur:...

W10 Henry Buchanan

Henry Buchanan

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Anthony Hanshaw

Anthony Hanshaw

Anthony Lavar Hanshaw was a professional boxer, from Massillon, Ohio. He was born on March 28, 1978, in Warren, Ohio. Hanshaw graduated from Mansfield Senior High School in 1996...

KO3 LaFarrell Bunting-Santa Ynez, California

Notable fights

A match between Sechew Powell

Sechew Powell

and Cornelius Bundrage

Cornelius Bundrage

on May 6, 2005, featured an extremely rare double knockdown. Both threw simultaneous rights to the chin, although the referee didn't score any single knockdowns possibly due to the shock of the occurrence. It had a feature on SportsCenter
SportsCenter
SportsCenter is a daily sports news television show, and the flagship program of American cable network ESPN since the network launched on September 7, 1979. Originally broadcast only daily, SportsCenter is now shown up to twelve times a day, replaying the day's scores and highlights from major...

on the same day.

Another match between Allan Green

Allan Green

Allan Lamar Green is a professional boxer of the super middleweight division. A notable contender, Green has a current record of 30 wins with 21 knockouts, and three losses.-Amateur career:...

and Jaidon Codrington

Jaidon Codrington

Jaidon "The Don" Codrington is a professional boxer. He fights at Light Heavyweight out of Queens, New York and had a record of 20 wins and 2 losses, with 16 wins by knockout....

, on November 4, 2005 featured a devastating knockout win for Green in 18 seconds. It won Ring Magazine knockout of the year

Ring Magazine knockouts of the year

Ring Magazine was established in 1922. Since 1989, it has named a knockout as Knockout of the Year based on the magazine's writers' criteria. Here is a list of Ring Magazines knockouts of the year:-1990s:...

for 2005.

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Notable fights

See also