Bristol Marunde (born April 20, 1982) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
He also fought for the WMMAF Super Welterweight International Full Contact title, losing against Alessandro Riguccini on points in June 2010 in Mexico City.
He has won the IBA Intercontinental Welterweight title.
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Thus, on June 28, 1975, Espada became the WBA's world Welterweight champion, and Puerto Rico's fourth world boxing champion in history, by outpointing the well known "?title=Clyde Gray">Clyde Gray, over fifteen rounds in San Juan.
The fight in Burghausen represented a first contest of 12 rounds for Theophane and returned a majority decision for the Londoner against Harasch Hotaki from Afghanistan for the IBO international welterweight title.
Nat Fleischer rated him as the greatest welterweight of all time and in 2003 he was included in the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.
He lost his most recent bout to Matthew Hatton on 22 September 2008 on the undercard to Ricky Hatton's Light Welterweight title defence in Las Vegas.
In his second fight for the promotion, Marunde faced promotional newcomer Viscardi Andrade in a welterweight bout on August 3, 2013 at UFC 163.
In the second, Wilfred Benítez, also of Puerto Rico, would defend his WBC world Jr Middleweight championship against the former WBA Welterweight champion of the world Thomas Hearns, of Detroit, Michigan.
César lost a light-welterweight bout to Irish fighter Paul McCloskey on a decision in Donegal, Ireland, on 29 March 2008.
Alexander returned to action on October 20, 2012, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where he won the IBF Welterweight title by unanimous decision against Ring Top 10 Welterweight, Randall Bailey.
Lima faced Russian MMA prospect Michail Tsarev in Season Eight Welterweight Tournament on January 24, 2013 at Bellator 86.
Magee's highest profile fight was against Ricky Hatton for the WBU Light Welterweight Title which took place at the Manchester Evening News Arena in 1 June 2002 and was billed as "Anarchy in the UK" and was a 20,000 ticket sell out.
Champions who worked under Futch's tutelage include Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Riddick Bowe, Michael Spinks, Alexis Arguello, Marlon Starling, Wayne McCullough, Montell Griffin, and his first world champion fighter, Don Jordan, who was crowned world welterweight champion in 1958.
Edwin Cassiani Tejedor (born October 28, 1972 in San Basilio de Palenque, Mahates) is a retired male boxer from Colombia, who competed in the light-welterweight division (– 63.5 kg) during his career.
He later defeated former champion Freddie Pendleton and in 1995 challenged Mexican legend Julio César Chávez for the WBC Light Welterweight Title, losing a unanimous decision.
In 2006 he breathed new life into his career with an upset win over prospect Oscar Diaz, setting up a fight for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental Welterweight Championship against American Antonio Margarito.
Michael Carruth, a gold-medal winner in the welterweight boxing division at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympic Games, was from St Peter's Road and retains close ties to the area.
Representing France at the 2005 World Taekwondo Championships in Madrid, she won the silver medal in the welterweight division, losing to Hwang Kyung-Seon from South Korea in the final.
In 2008, she participated in the European Takwondo Championships in Rome, Italy, and won the gold medal in the welterweight division, winning over Gwladys Épangue of France in the final.
Another of Peskin's photographs is said to have inspired the set design for the film "Rocky": boxer Carmen Basilio leaping into the arms of his cornermen after knocking out Tony DeMarco in their 1955 welterweight title fight.
Vikas Krishan was the only boxer to reach the semi-final of the welterweight category where he lost against the eventual winner, Ukrainian boxer, Taras Shelestyuk and settled for a bronze medal.
The following year, Gibson Jr. and Carbo, Carbo's partner Frank "Blinky" Palermo (a member of the St. Louis crime family, and Los Angeles mobsters Joe Di Sica and Louis Dragna, were charged with conspiracy and extortion against National Boxing Association Welterweight Champion Don Jordan.
Jimmy Connors (boxer), American welterweight boxer and brother of mobster Edward G. Connors (died 2006)
On November 5, 2005, Stevenson defeated Luke Cummo by unanimous decision, winning The Ultimate Fighter 2 welterweight tournament and earning a six-figure contract with the UFC, UFC president Dana White said "that was Stephan Bonnar and Forrest Griffin, only on the ground".
Indrisano defeated two world welterweight champions; Lou Brouillard (in two out of three bouts) and Jackie Fields.
Lazcano now fights at light welterweight and is a former WBF, NABF and IBA lightweight title holder and challenged for the IBO light welterweight title in May 2008 against Ricky Hatton.
In 2000 Kayes wrote weight loss diets for Ricky Hatton and other Billy Graham boxers, then in 2002 at the request of Billy Graham (Ricky Hatton's boxing coach) Kayes became the strength and nutrition coach for light welterweight boxing champion Ricky Hatton, his main responsibilities being to make Hatton stronger and helping him to make weight, no small task given Hatton's love of junk food between fights.
Known as "Irish", Haley turned pro in 1973 and captured the WBC light welterweight title with a split decision win over Saoul Mamby in 1982.
After a military discharge, Foster turned pro, becoming the third Fresno boxer of note (Young Corbett III was a world welterweight champion and Wayne Thornton rose through the rankings to become a number one heavyweight contender in 1970.
He had limited success as a pro, losing in both of his defining pro bouts; in 1997 against Mihai Leu for the WBO Welterweight title and in 2000 against Adrian Stone for the IBO Light Middleweight title.
Michael Kenneth Finney (born October 7, 1991 in Smiths Station, Alabama) is an undefeated professional boxer in the Welterweight division.
Mike Alvarado lost his WBO light welterweight title to Ruslan Provodnikov on October 19, 2013 at the FirstBank Center in Alvarado's hometown of Denver, Colorado.
Mike Arnaoutis (Mighty Mike) (born September 6, 1979 in Zefyri, Athens, Greece) is a professional boxer in the welterweight (147 lb) division.
Manny Pacquiao,PLH - Congressman of the lone district of Sarangani and WBO Welterweight World Champion (Super Champion)
Coy defeated Ultimate Fighter Alumni Ryan McGillivray on May 4, 2012 at MFC 33 via third round Doctor Stoppage to win the MFC Welterweight Championship.
Oktay Urkal (born 1970), Turkish-German professional welterweight
At Sengoku 13, Omar entered the Welterweight Grand Prix, after suffering from food poisoning and fever since arriving to Japan his team decided not to cancel the fight and after struggling to make weight and not being able to recover from the weight cut he lost to Keita Nakamura via TKO in the second round.
The second season featured WBA world light-welterweight boxing champion, Amir Khan, Hollywood actor, Anthony LaPaglia, and former England soccer international, Warren Barton.
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.
From October 1980 to August 1981, Oliva won thirteen straight fights before he fought for his first title belt, the Italian light welterweight title against Giuseppe Russi on 4 November 1981 in Ischia.
Nuumbembe came to prominence in April 2005, when he fought to a points draw with undefeated British Champion David Barnes in a challenge for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title.
Aaron Simpson - 11 UFC veteran, competing in both the Middle Weight and Welterweight division.
Rigoberto comes from a big boxing family, his brothers are Welterweight Prospects Ramon Álvarez, Ricardo Álvarez and the former WBC, WBA, and Ring Magazine Light Middleweight Champion, Saúl Álvarez.
Ruslan Bodişteanu (born May 15, 1977 in Fundul Galbenei, Hîncești) is an amateur Moldovan freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's lightweight and welterweight categories.
Launched in 2003 and based in Hollywood, Florida, the company amassed veterans like Oliver McCall, Lance Whitaker, and prospects like Danny O'Connor, Roman Greenberg, Wilmer Vasquez, Carl Davis Drummond and Jonathan González.
In April, 2003, Bami won the vacant WBF light welterweight title with a 9th round knockout of Vasile 'Laszlo' Herteg.
Welterweight Diego Sanchez returned after his decision loss at UFC 69 to Josh Koscheck when he faced Jon Fitch, a training partner of Koscheck and a former Purdue University wrestler who was in the midst of a thirteen-fight win streak.
In February, Matthysse scored his most notable win, a controversial fourth-round stoppage of former junior welterweight Vivian Harris.