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5 unusual facts about International Boxing Federation


Antonio Tarver vs. Roy Jones, Jr. III

Jones attempted to rebound from the fist sound defeat of his career by challenging Glen Johnson for the IBF light heavyweight title, but Jones was dominated for much of the fight before being knocked out in the ninth.

Bernard Hopkins vs. Jermain Taylor

Bernard Hopkins vs. Jermain Taylor, billed as "Next in Line", was a professional boxing match contested on July 16, 2005 for the WBA (Super), WBC, WBO, IBF and The Ring middleweight championships.

James Toney vs. Roy Jones, Jr.

James Toney vs. Roy Jones, Jr., billed as "The Uncivil War", was a professional boxing match held on November 14, 1994, for the IBF super middleweight championship.

Jay Pina

He fought for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental Super Middleweight Title and WBC United States (USNBC) Super Middleweight Title in 2006 but lost after been stopped in round four by Joey Spina.

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad, billed asThe Fight Of The Millennium, was a boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 18, 1999, to unify the WBC and IBF's world Welterweight championships.


Cory Spinks

On July 8, 2006, Spinks earned his fifth world title, the IBF Junior Middleweight Championship (also called Super Welterweight by some sanctioning bodies), in a fight with reigning champion Roman Karmazin at the Savvis Center.

Dan Birmingham

Birmingham is the trainer of the 2000 Olympian and former IBF Super middleweight Champion, Jeff Lacy (a fellow St. Petersburg native) and the highly regarded boxing prospect, Chad Dawson.

Darryl Tyson

On August 15, 1986, he lost by unanimous decision in his first world title shot to Jimmy Paul for the IBF lightweight title.

Duke McKenzie

Both titles were relinquished when McKenzie won the IBF flyweight Title on 5 October 1988 with an 11th round knockout over Rolando Bohol.

Elvin Ayala

The draw dropped Ayala's record to 18-2-1, setting up the biggest fight of Ayala's young career — a showdown against undefeated International Boxing Federation (IBF) middleweight world champion Arthur Abraham.

Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer

Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer was a professional boxing match contested on April 22, 1994 for the WBA, IBF and Lineal Heavyweight Championships.

Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer II

Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer II was a professional boxing match contested November 8, 1997 for the WBA and IBF Heavyweight championships.

Evander Holyfield vs. Vaughn Bean

Evander Holyfield vs. Vaughn Bean, billed as "The Power and the Glory", was a professional boxing match contested on September 19, 1998 for the WBA and IBF heavyweight titles.

Florante Condes

(born May 20, 1980 in Looc, Romblon, Philippines), is a Filipino professional boxer and a former IBF Minimumweight World Champion.

Floyd Mayweather vs. Carlos Baldomir

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Carlos Baldomir, billed as Pretty Risky, was a championship unification fight for Mayweather's International Boxing Federation Welterweight title and Baldomir's World Boxing Council and The Ring (magazine) Welterweight titles.

Greg Haugen

On December 5, 1986, Haugen captured the International Boxing Federation Lightweight Title with a majority decision over reigning champion Jimmy Paul.

Jesús Felipe Rodríguez

Jesús lost close fights to undefeated Mexican American Mike Alvarado, then to former WBC and IBF Light Welterweight champion Devon Alexander.

Joe Manley

He went on to win the International Boxing Federation light welterweight title with a 10th round knockout over Gary Hinton in October 1986.

José Cotto

On April 9, 2011 he lost a 10 round unanimous decision to former IBF Light Welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi, managing to buckle Maligaggi a couple of times.

Juan Alberto Rosas

Juan Alberto Rosas (born November 28, 1984 in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico) is a Mexican professional boxer and the former IBF Super Flyweight champion.

Konstantin Airich

After Airich became the vacant IBF Inter-Continental heavyweight titleholder by knocking out German fighter Varol Vekiloglu in round 1, on March 9, 2012 he faced Ondrej Pala for the second time to retain his IBF Inter-Continental heavyweight title and for Pala’s WBO European heavyweight title.

Lennox Lewis vs. Tony Tucker

After defeating the WBC's number one ranked heavyweight Donovan "Razor" Ruddock on October 31, 1992, Lennox Lewis became the number one contender for the WBC Heavyweight championship, which at the time was unified with both the WBA and IBF versions of the heavyweight title.

Leonard Doroftei

A lightweight title unification bout on 17 May 2003 with American boxer Paul Spadafora, the IBF champion, ended in a draw, 114-114, 115-113, 114-115.

Michael Moorer vs. George Foreman

Michael Moorer vs. George Foreman was a professional boxing match contested on November 5, 1994 for the WBA, IBF and Lineal Heavyweight championships.

Miguel Barrera

Miguel Angel Barrera Estrada (born on 15 November 1978 in San Jose de Canalete) is a former Colombian strawweight boxer, who once held the International Boxing Federation version of the Minimumweight world title.

Mike Tyson vs. Frank Bruno

Mike Tyson vs. Frank Bruno was a professional boxing match contested on February 25, 1989 for the WBA, WBC, IBF and Lineal Heavyweight championships.

Mike Tyson vs. Larry Holmes

Mike Tyson vs. Larry Holmes, billed as "Heavyweight History", was a professional boxing match contested on January 22, 1988 for the WBA, WBC and IBF Heavyweight Championships.

Mike Tyson vs. Tony Tubbs

Mike Tyson vs. Tony Tubbs was a professional boxing match contested on March 21, 1988 for the WBA, WBC and IBF Heavyweight Championships.

Mike Tyson vs. Tyrell Biggs

Mike Tyson vs. Tyrell Biggs, billed as "The Clash for the Crown", was a professional boxing match contested on October 16, 1987 for the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship, which consists of the WBA, WBC and IBF Heavyweight Championships.

Rafael Ruelas

Shortly after a TKO in 10 over the popular Jorge Páez in 1992, Ruelas earned a shot at IBF Lightweight Title Freddie Pendleton, overcoming an early knockdown and winning by unanimous decision.

Rances Barthelemy

Barthelemy defeated Arash Usmanee on January 4, 2013 by a controversial twelve round unanimous decision which many observers thought Usmanee had won and became the #2 contender for the IBF Super Featherweight title.

Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield III

After the previous fight between the two in which Holyfield was able to regain the WBA, IBF and Lineal heavyweight titles by defeating Bowe via majority decision, Holyfield would face undefeated southpaw Michael Moorer in his first defense.

Riddick Bowe vs. Jesse Ferguson

The fight took place in RFK Stadium in Washington, DC, was Bowe's second defense of the title he had won from Evander Holyfield in November 1992, and was the main event of a card that included a fight between Roy Jones, Jr. and Bernard Hopkins for the vacant IBF middleweight championship, which Jones won.

Roy Jones, Jr. vs. Vinny Pazienza

Roy Jones, Jr. vs. Vinny Pazienza, billed as "The Devil and Mr. Jones" was a professional boxing match contested on June 24, 1995 for the IBF Super Middleweight championship.

Tracy Harris Patterson

In 1995 he captured the IBF Super Featherweight Title by TKO'ing Eddie Hopson, but lost the belt later in the year when defending against Arturo Gatti.

Vincent Pettway

He challenged Gianfranco Rosi for the IBF light middleweight Title in 1994 in a bout that was ruled a sixth round technical draw.


see also

Natascha Ragosina

On December 19, 2009, Ragosina defeated heavyweight world champion Pamela London by knockout to add two heavyweight championships to her resume - the WIBF Women's International Boxing Federation heavyweight title and the World Boxing Federation heavyweight title.