In 1994 he took on Orzubek Nazarov for the WBA Lightweight Title, but suffered a TKO in the 2nd.
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He has trained light middleweight Boyd Melson, who won the gold medal at the 2004 World Military Boxing Championships, 69-kg.
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He won the WBA lightweight title in 1993 in South Africa against Dingaan Thobela and defended it on the road against contenders Thobela, Joey Gamache and Leavander Johnson and two lesser fighters in his adopted home country.