Thomas Tate is retired American

United States

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 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...

 and super-middleweight professional 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...

. His record was 41-7 (28KO).

He twice fought for world titles at middleweight, losing to Julian Jackson

Julian Jackson

Julian Jackson is a retired professional boxer and former three-time world champion in the light middleweight and middleweight divisions...

 and Roy Jones Jr respectively. He twice challenged Sven Ottke

Sven Ottke

Sven Ottke, known as "The Phantom", is a German former professional boxer who was the IBF/WBA super middleweight champion...

 unsuccessfully for the super-middleweight title.

He suffered a back injury whilst training to fight Joe Calzaghe

Joe Calzaghe

Joseph William Calzaghe, CBE, MBE is a Welsh former professional boxer. He is the former WBO, WBA, WBC, IBF, The Ring & British super middleweight champion and The Ring light heavyweight champion....

and retired from the sport.

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