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unusual facts about Cruiserweight



Air Paris

After vacating the Cruiserweight Title, Paris began feuding with Ganz and faced him on June 5 in a tag team match, but was unsuccessful as he and Jason Valentine lost to Ganz and Tommy Rich.

Black Bob

Bob Tuckett (born 1948), nicknamed Black Bob, professional light heavyweight/cruiserweight boxer of the 1970s

Corrie Sanders

He fought 12 more times over the next five years, including a first round knockout over former world cruiserweight champion Carlos De León and a second round knockout over another former world champion, Bobby Czyz.

Darroll Wilson

After 13 wins and a draw he fought another unbeaten prospect in light-hitting Cruiserweight Terry McGroom, a former light-heavy Golden Gloves champ.

Elix Skipper

Seven months later, Skipper began wrestling on Thunder and Nitro under the ring name Skip Over, facing members of the cruiserweight division and fellow Power Plant graduates.

František Kasanič

In 2008 he boxed Marco Huck for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental cruiserweight title but lost by TKO in the 9th round.

Hammond Civic Center

On September 9, 2012, K.O. Sports Promotions hosted a boxing card for a capacity crowd at the Civic Center, with the main event featuring former USBO cruiserweight champion Carl Davis (boxer) in an eight round heavyweight bout against former number one heavyweight contender Bert Cooper.

Julio Cesar Matthews

Matthews, a resident of Reading, Pennsylvania out of the boxing stable of Reading promoter Marshall Kauffman during his comeback, was the longtime sparring partner of top cruiserweight contender Rob Calloway, also handled by Kauffman.

Karim Ayari

Karim Ayari (born March 27, 1983) is a professional Tunisian boxer based in Tukums, Latvia who fights in the Cruiserweight division.

Lawrence Tauasa

He comes from Sydney, is a former Australian cruiserweight champion and was a contestant on the fourth season of the Contender.

Lee Shone

In 2007 Shone was managed by ex cruiserweight boxing champion Glenn McCrory and was coached by the Cuban olympic boxing coaches training with Team USA from The Contender Challenge UK vs. USA series for preparation for K-1 oceania 155 lbs tournament.

Mark Haskins

Two days later, he would lose to Prince Devitt in a fatal four way for the IPW:UK British Cruiserweight Championship which also included El Ligero and Noam Dar.

Marvis Frazier

After his loss to Holmes, Frazier continued to fight and won his next six bouts, including victories over future world cruiserweight champion Bernard Benton, heavyweight contenders Jose Ribalta and James "Quick" Tillis, and future champion James "Bonecrusher" Smith.

Nathaniel James

James answered Klitschko's call a second time in February 2009, joining former IBF Heavyweight Champion Chris Byrd and Tony Thompson in training camp, this time to prepare WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko as he geared up to face Cuban amateur standout and former Cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez in Stuttgart, Germany.

Paddy Toland

Paddy Toland is the coach of the current Middle and Light Middleweight kickboxing champion, Tommy McCafferty (born in Letterkenny, Ireland) and the ISKA World Heavyweight and Cruiserweight champion, Daniel Quigley (born in Derry City, Northern Ireland).

Piet Crous

Crous turned pro in 1977 and won the WBA cruiserweight title with a decision win over Ossie Ocasio in 1984.

Ricardo Araneda

Ricardo Anibal Araneda Aviles (born January 3, 1971 in Valdivia, Los Ríos Region) is a cruiserweight boxer from Chile, who won the silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

The West Hollywood Blondes

On the October 3 episode of WCW Monday Nitro, Psychosis was announced as having defeated Lane for the World Cruiserweight Championship at an unspecified house show.

Vadim Tokarev

He was undefeated in his first 24 fights picking up the Russian, IBF Inter-Continental and NABF cruiserweight titles.

W.A.K.O. European Championships 2002

Notable winners included a young Muamer Hukić (more commonly known as the cruiserweight boxing champion Marco Huck) and there were a number of repeat winners from the last world championships in Belgrade with Ramadani Besnik, Fouad Habbani, Olesya Gladkova, Oxana Vassileva, Barbara Plazzoli and Marjut Lappalainen all picking up gold medals.

WWE Cruiserweight Championship

Then, on March 20, 1996, Shinjiro Otani defeated The Pegasus Kid (Chris Benoit) in a decision match to win what then became known as the WCW Cruiserweight Championship.

Yōsuke Nishijima

Debuting as a professional boxer on March 26, 1992 Nishijima complied a 24-2-1 record, and over the course of his career, won the WBO NABO cruiserweight title, the OPBF cruiserweight title and the World Boxing Federation Cruiserweight title.


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