"a decision over Howard Davis Jr. in February 1986. He went on to win the International Boxing Federation light welterweight title with a 10th-round knockout over Gary Hinton in October 1986. He lost the title to Terry Marsh in 1987. He retired in 1989 after a loss to future world champion Loreto Garza and James McGirt. Joe Manley Joe Louis Manley Jr. (born June 11, 1959) is an American former boxer who fought at light welterweight. Manley qualified as a lightweight for the 1980 United States Olympic team, defeating Frankie Randall on his way to earning his berth. Manley did"
"he announced that he had epilepsy, which came as a surprise to his manager Frank Warren, who read about it in the newspaper. He took up chessboxing at the age 56 winning the World Chessboxing association welterweight title against Dymer Agasaryan from Armenia. On 30 November 1989, Warren was to attend one of his boxing promotions at The Broadway theatre in Barking which featured Colin McMillan. As he arrived at the venue he was approached by a masked gunman who appeared from the crowd and shot him twice in the chest with .22 bullets from a Luger pistol at close"
"Charles Williams (boxer) Charles Williams (born June 2, 1962 in Columbus, MS), is a retired professional boxer, who was the IBF Light Heavyweight (175lb) Champion of the World for 6 years, from 1987-1993. Williams, known as ""Prince"" Charles, turned pro in 1978. He would lose his pro debut against former Olympic boxer Henry Bunch. However, in 1987 he captured the IBF Light Heavyweight Title by TKO'ing Bobby Czyz in the 9th round. He defended the title eight times before losing the title to Henry Maske in 1993. In 1994 he moved down to Super Middleweight to take on IBF Super"
"against Scottish boxer, Alex Dickson. The fight was held in Glasgow, and Dickson won on points over twelve rounds to take Willis's title. After losing his title, Willis continued fighting but retired in May 1989 after being knocked out in a light-welterweight fight by Pat Barrett. Tony Willis Anthony ""Tony"" Willis (born 17 June 1960 in Liverpool, England) is a British former boxer who won a Light Welterweight Bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. As a professional, he held the British lightweight boxing title between 1985 and 1987. Representing Great Britain, Willis was a bronze medalist in the Light"
"Marlon Starling. He was fined $1,500 by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Lloyd-honeyghan-reflecting-on-ragamuffin-man-p1- Lloyd-honeyghan-part-ii-reflects-on-breland-beyond Lloyd Honeyghan Lloyd Honeyghan (born 22 April 1960) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 1995. He reigned as the undisputed welterweight champion from 1986 to 1987, and held the WBC, ""Ring"" magazine, and lineal welterweight titles twice between 1986 and 1989. At regional level he held the European, British, and Commonwealth welterweight titles between 1983 and 1985, as well as the Commonwealth light-middleweight title from 1993 to 1994. Honeyghan was born in Jamaica and spent his early years in that country."
"Middleweight Title holder James Toney, but he was KO'd in the 12th round. He retired in 1996. Charles Williams (boxer) Charles Williams (born June 2, 1962 in Columbus, MS), is a retired professional boxer, who was the IBF Light Heavyweight (175lb) Champion of the World for 6 years, from 1987-1993. Williams, known as ""Prince"" Charles, turned pro in 1978. He would lose his pro debut against former Olympic boxer Henry Bunch. However, in 1987 he captured the IBF Light Heavyweight Title by TKO'ing Bobby Czyz in the 9th round. He defended the title eight times before losing the title to"
"counting on him and that too many of his friends had bet their hard earned money on him. Williams died on September 5, 1994 at his home in the Wilshire District of Los Angeles of natural causes. Williams was ""The Ring"" magazine's Fighter of the Year for 1948, was inducted into ""The Ring"" Boxing Hall of Fame (disbanded in 1987), and was an inaugural 1990 inductee to the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Ike Williams Ike Williams (August 2, 1923 – September 5, 1994) was a lightweight world boxing champion. He took the World Lightweight Championship in April 1945 and"
"neurosurgeon, both of whom had become his personal friends. On 4 February 2004 Watson was awarded the MBE by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to disability sport. Watson was announced as a torchbearer in the 2012 Paralympic relay. Michael Watson Michael Watson, (born 15 March 1965) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1991. He held the Commonwealth middleweight title from 1989 to 1991, and challenged three times for a world title between 1990 and 1991. Watson's career was cut short as a result of near-fatal injury sustained during a loss to Chris Eubank for"
"Vernon Forrest Vernon Forrest (January 12, 1971 – July 25, 2009) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008. He was a four-time, two-weight world champion, having held the IBF welterweight title in 2001; the unified WBC, ""Ring"" magazine, and lineal welterweight titles from 2002 to 2003; and the WBC super welterweight title twice, from 2007 to 2009. In 2002, Forrest was voted Fighter of the Year by ""The Ring"" magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America. In 2009, Forrest was murdered after he was robbed at a gas station in the Mechanicsville neighborhood of Atlanta,"
"knocked out in round 2. In 1998 Tucker challenged John Ruiz for his NABF belt. Despite a big 6th round where he had Ruiz in trouble, Tucker was eventually stopped in the 11th round. He came back in May to knock out journeyman Billy Wright in one round, but later had his license revoked due to medical concerns about Tucker's vision. Tony Tucker Tony Craig Tucker (born December 27, 1958) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 1998. He won the IBF heavyweight title in 1987, and was the shortest-reigning world heavyweight champion, at 64 days."
"Duke McKenzie Duke McKenzie, (born 5 May 1963) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1998. He is a three-weight world champion, having held the IBF flyweight title from 1988 to 1989; the WBO bantamweight title from 1991 to 1992; and the WBO junior-featherweight title from 1992 to 1993. At regional level he held the British flyweight title from 1985 to 1988; the European flyweight title from 1986 to 1988; and the British featherweight title from 1993 to 1994. After retiring from the sport, McKenzie has worked as a boxing commentator for broadcaster ITV. Previously a"
"Thunder, and George Foreman. J. B. Williamson J. B. Williamson (born December 18, 1956 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a retired American professional boxer who was the former WBC light heavyweight Champion of the World. Williamson turned pro in 1979 after a successful amateur career and won the Vacant WBC Light Heavyweight Title in 1985 in a decision over Prince Mama Mohammed. He lost the title in his first defense against Dennis Andries. Although he never challenged again for another major title, he moved up to heavyweight and became a journeyman fighter, fighting until 1995, losing matches against notable heavyweights Henry"
"Dennis Andries Dennis Andries MBE (born 5 November 1953) is a British former professional boxer who fought at light heavyweight. Andries turned pro in 1978 and won the WBC Light Heavyweight Title in 1986 in a decision over American JB Williamson. He defended the title once against fellow Briton Tony Sibson before losing the belt in 1987 to Thomas Hearns. In 1989 he captured the Vacant WBC Light Heavyweight Title with a win over American Tony Willis, but lost the title in his first defence to Jeff Harding. In 1990 he won a rematch with Harding via 7th-round KO, recapturing"
"in 1989 won the WBC Light Heavyweight Title with a 12th-round TKO over Dennis Andries in only his 15th professional fight with Johnny Lewis in his corner. He defended the title twice before losing the belt via KO in 1990 in a rematch with Andries. In 1991 he recaptured the WBC Light Heavyweight Title by taking a majority decision over Andries in their third match. He defended the belt twice before losing the title in 1994 to Mike McCallum by unanimous decision. Harding retired after the bout. Jeff Harding (boxer) Jeff Harding (born 5 February 1965 in Sydney) is a"
"Charles Murray (boxer) Charles Murray (born August 18, 1968 in South Orange, New Jersey, United States) is a retired American boxer who boxed at light welterweight. Murray was the 1987 United States Amateur Lightweight champion. Known as ""The Natural"", Murray turned pro in 1989 and won the vacant IBF light welterweight title with a decision win over Rodney Moore in 1993. He defended the title twice before losing it in 1994 to Jake Rodriguez via a majority decision. After the loss to Rodriguez, Murray quickly drifted from championship status to journeyman. He never challenged for a major title again and"
"IBF supervisor for IBF heavyweight world title bout Evander Holyfield vs Chris Byrd in Atlantic City. He was also an IBF official on bouts featuring world champions Vic Darchinyan, Lovemore Ndou, Nonito Donaire and Muhammad Rachman. Wheatley was voted Vice President of the International Boxing Federation in Acapulco Mexico in 2000 There have been eleven (11) Australian based boxers who were successful in capturing IBF world titles . Lester Ellis IBF super featherweight champion 1985 Jeff Fenech IBF bantamweight champion 1985-86 Barry Michael IBF super featherweight champion 1985-86,Kostya Tszyu IBF light welterweight champion1995-97&2001-2005,Vic Darchinyan IBF flyweight champion 2004-2007,Robbie Peden super"
"title and was stopped on the three-knockdown rule at the end of a wild first round in which both fighters were hurt. After losing to Benn, Barkley underwent surgery for a detached retina and was inactive for a year. Barkley returned with two low-key wins at light heavyweight in 1991, then defeated Darrin Van Horn to win the IBF super middleweight title in two rounds in January 1992 in Paramount Theatre, New York. Just two months later, he went on to again defeat Hearns and take his WBA light heavyweight title via a twelve-round split decision. Barkley vacated the title"
"the title. He made two further defences before in 1991 losing the title again to Harding, via majority decision, capping their trilogy. He eventually moved up to Cruiserweight, and never fought again for a major world title, retiring in 1996. He was appointed MBE in the 1991 Birthday Honours. !colspan=3 style=""background:#C1D8FF;""| Regional championships Dennis Andries Dennis Andries MBE (born 5 November 1953) is a British former professional boxer who fought at light heavyweight. Andries turned pro in 1978 and won the WBC Light Heavyweight Title in 1986 in a decision over American JB Williamson. He defended the title once against"
"Pat Barrett (boxer) Pat Barrett (born 22 July 1967) is a British former boxer and now a boxing trainer and promoter. He was British light welterweight champion between 1989 and 1990 and European champion from 1990 to 1992. He went on to fight for World titles at welterweight and light middleweight. Nicknamed 'Black Flash' and trained by Brian Hughes, Barrett took up boxing at the age of 16 and was an area champion as an amateur before making his professional debut in May 1987 with a win over Gary Barron. He won 13 of his first 15 fights, including a"
"Frank Warren (promoter) Frank Warren (born 28 February 1952) is an English boxing manager and promoter. The son of a bookmaker, Warren trained as a solicitor's clerk with J Tickle & Co on Southampton Row in London. Warren was approached by his second-cousin Lenny McLean who having just lost a fight and wanting a rematch, could not find a promoter. Warren agreed to become an unlicensed promoter, getting McLean a trainer who had worked with Chris Finnegan, and made the rematch at the Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park. Warren's first licensed show was held at the Bloomsbury Crest Hotel, in London"
"on the Federal inmate locator online in May 2017, indicating Nunn has received credit time off his sentence for good behavior Michael Nunn Michael John Nunn (born April 14, 1963) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2002. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the IBF middleweight title from 1988 to 1991, and the WBA super middleweight title from 1992 to 1994. During both those reigns, he also held the lineal championship. In 2004, Nunn was sentenced to 24 years in prison for drug trafficking. Nunn won three Iowa Golden Gloves titles and posted"
"bribe. A jury of the Federal Court had found him guilty in mid-January. During the initial arrests made on December 20, 1945 the FBI suspected mob activity as ""gangster methods"" consisting of physical violence were used to silence complaints"". Several gangs were using muscle to compete for the lucrative kickbacks. Living a long life for a championship boxer, he died on January 30, 2002, in his hometown of Brooklyn at the age of 89. Louis Salica Louis (""Lou"") Salica (November 16, 1912 – January 30, 2002) was an American boxer, who captured the National Boxing Association World Bantamweight Title twice"
"away. He underwent surgery for the wound. Martin checked out of hospital following surgery on August 10. Charles Martin (boxer) Charles Lee Martin (born April 24, 1986) is an American professional boxer who held the IBF heavyweight title from January to April 2016. His 85-day reign as champion is the second-shortest in heavyweight boxing history, after Tony Tucker's 64 days in 1987 (also as IBF champion). During Martin's short reign as IBF champion, he reached a peak active heavyweight ranking of ninth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Martin had 63 fights as an amateur, having started boxing at the"
"Derrick Harmon and George Khalid Jones. Montell Griffin Montell Julian Griffin (born June 6, 1970) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2011, and held the WBC light heavyweight title in 1997. Montell Griffin was born June 6, 1970 in Chicago. By age 22, Griffin was living in Midway City, California and defeated Frank Vassar of Spokane, Washington in the 1992 U.S. Amateur Boxing Championships. He defeated future heavyweight contender Jeremy Williams at the box-offs, to make the 1992 Olympic team. Griffin compiled an amateur record of 36-5. He won the 1992 United States Amateur Light"
"heart disease. Aaron Pryor Aaron Pryor (October 20, 1955 – October 9, 2016) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 1990. He was a two-time light welterweight world champion, having held the WBA title from 1980 to 1983, and the IBF title from 1984 to 1985. Additionally, he held the ""Ring"" magazine title from 1980 to 1983, and the lineal title from 1983 to 1986. In 1982, the Boxing Writers Association of America named Pryor as their Fighter of the Year. Pryor was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996, and in 1999 was"
"pitbulls, and on one occasion had used tape to bind the jaws of a Labrador shut before allowing his pet pitbull ""Deuce"" to kill it. Gerald McClellan Gerald Allen McClellan (born October 23, 1967) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 1995. He is a two-time middleweight world champion, having held the WBO title from 1991 to 1992, and the WBC title from 1993 to 1995. McClellan was forced to retire from boxing after a severe brain injury suffered during his final fight in 1995, a loss to WBC super middleweight champion Nigel Benn. Known for"
"with homas McDonagh after Hughes retired, working with boxers such as Scott Quigg, Matty Hall, Matty Askin, and Barrett's nephew Zelfa. In 2011 Barrett got a promoter's licence, initially working with Wally Dixon, and in 2014 started Black Flash Promotions. Pat Barrett (boxer) Pat Barrett (born 22 July 1967) is a British former boxer and now a boxing trainer and promoter. He was British light welterweight champion between 1989 and 1990 and European champion from 1990 to 1992. He went on to fight for World titles at welterweight and light middleweight. Nicknamed 'Black Flash' and trained by Brian Hughes, Barrett"
"Arthur Johnson (boxer) Arthur Anthony Johnson (born February 16, 1966 in East St. Louis, Illinois) is a former professional boxer from the United States, nicknamed ""Flash"". 1984 Light Flyweight Champion for the Western Olympic Trials 1984 Light Flyweight Junior Nationals Champion 1985 Light Flyweight National Sports Festival Qualifying Champion 1985 Light Flyweight National Sports Festival Champion, in Baton Rouge, LA 1985 Light Flyweight National Golden Gloves Champion 1985 Flyweight Amateur Boxing Federation Champion 1986 Flyweight Amateur Boxing Federation Champion 1986 Flyweight World Champion Box-off 1986 Inaugural Goodwill Games Gold Medalist (an International Championship) 1987 Flyweight Amateur Boxing Federation Champion 1987"
"Iran Barkley Iran Barkley (born May 6, 1960) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1999. He held world championships in three weight classes, including the WBC middleweight title from 1988 to 1989, the IBF super middleweight title from 1992 to 1993, and the WBA light heavyweight title in 1992. As an amateur, Barkley won a bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 1982 World Championships. Iran Barkley was the youngest of eight children raised in the Patterson Houses. His parents were Frank Barkley, Sr. and Georgia Barkley. He was a member of the Black"
"Nigel Benn Nigel Gregory Benn (born 22 January 1964) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1987 to 1996. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBO middleweight title in 1990, and the WBC super-middleweight title from 1992 to 1996. Additionally he held the Commonwealth middleweight title from 1988 to 1989. Nicknamed ""The Dark Destroyer"" for his formidable punching power and aggressive fighting style, Benn is ranked by BoxRec as the fourth best British super-middleweight boxer of all time. Benn was born in Ilford, London, on 22 January 1964 to parents from Barbados, the sixth of"
"he was allowed out of prison twice a week to coach young boxers at Goole Boxing Club. Frank Grant (boxer) Frank Grant (born 22 May 1965) is a British former boxer who was British middleweight champion between 1992 and 1993. Born and raised in Bradford, Grant trained out of Phil Martin's Champs Camp gym in Moss Side, Manchester, and made his professional debut in October 1986, when he was stopped by Lincoln Pennant in the first round. He won 19 of his first 22 fights, including a win over Shaun Cummins and defeat to Kid Milo, before getting a shot"
"Henry Maske Henry Maske (born 6 January 1964, in Treuenbrietzen, Bezirk Potsdam) is a German former professional boxer, and one of Germany's most popular sports figures. Maske was an Olympic Gold Medalist 1988 in Seoul (middleweight) for East Germany. His results were: Maske won the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow and the silver medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno, Nevada. During his career, Maske was a five-time boxing champion of East Germany. After reunification in 1990, he turned professional, and became the IBF world title holder in the light heavyweight category on 20 March"
"fight back under the Warren banner he was out pointed easily by Irishman Stephen Ormond for the WBO European title on 7 December 2013. On 10 May 2014 he won the British lightweight Title for the second time by out pointing Martin Gethin over 12 Rounds at the Liverpool Olympia. He subsequently relinquished the title for Terry Flanighan to challenge Martin Gethin for the vacant Title In Manchester a couple of months later. On 5 March 2017 he announced his retirement from boxing following a 3rd round stoppage against Ohara Davies the night before. Derry Mathews Derry Mathews (born 23"