Loren Ross
Loren "The Boss" Ross (September 18, 1964 – July 31, 2013) in Nashville, Tennessee) is a former professional heavyweight boxer.
Amateur career
Ross won the 1984, 1985, and 1986 United States Amateur Light Heavyweight Championships.[1][2][3] This feat was also accomplished by future Heavyweight Champions Cassius Clay known better as Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks. Spinks, while serving in the United States Marine Corps won three consecutive United States Amateur Light Heavyweight Championships '74, '75 and '76. Lost to Pablo Romero (Cuba) at the World Amateur Championships in 1986 (4–1) for the 178 pound title.[4]
1986 World amateur championships results
- Defeated Markus Bott (West Germany) 5–0
- Defeated Nurmagomed Shanavazov (Soviet Union) 5–0
- Defeated Deyan Kirilov (Bulgaria) 3–2
- Lost to Pablo Romero (Cuba) 1–4, in final (placed 2nd)
Professional career
Ross had a professional record of 17–2 (12 KOs) with 1 no contest.[5] Ross won his first 15 fights with 10 of those by KO. Ross' last fight was February 26, 1991 against Bert Cooper. Scheduled for 10 rounds, Cooper scored an 8th round TKO.[6] Ross was hospitalized after the fight. Ross had to give up boxing because of a heart condition, Cooper went on to fight former Heavyweight Champion Evander Holyfield. In 20 fights, he boxed a total of 79 rounds and had a KO% of 60%.
Professional boxing record
17 Wins (12 knockouts, 5 decisions), 2 Losses (2 knockouts, 0 decisions), 1 No Contest [1] | |||||||
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
Loss | 22-7 | ![]() | TKO | 8 | 26/02/1991 | ![]() | |
Win | 6-23-3 | ![]() | KO | 2 | 08/02/1991 | ![]() | |
Win | 17-2 | ![]() | TKO | 3 | 20/01/1991 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 2:42 of the third round. |
Loss | 18-1 | ![]() | TKO | 7 | 08/11/1990 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 0:21 of the seventh round. |
Win | -- | Lamar Johnson | KO | 1 | 21/08/1990 | ![]() | |
Win | 12-28-6 | ![]() | UD | 4 | 30/07/1990 | ![]() | |
No Contest | 2-8-1 | ![]() | NC | 2 | 15/06/1990 | ![]() | |
Win | 6-18-1 | ![]() | PTS | 6 | 21/04/1990 | ![]() | |
Win | 16-3-1 | ![]() | TKO | 8 | 20/03/1990 | ![]() | WBA North American Cruiserweight Title. |
Win | -- | ![]() | KO | 1 | 17/02/1990 | ![]() | |
Win | 39-9-3 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 26/12/1989 | ![]() | |
Win | 8-4-1 | ![]() | TKO | 3 | 21/11/1989 | ![]() | |
Win | 4-15-1 | ![]() | UD | 8 | 25/10/1989 | ![]() | 80-69, 80-70, 80-60. |
Win | -- | Billy "The Kid" Moore | KO | 4 | 30/09/1989 | ![]() | |
Win | -- | ![]() | KO | 1 | 05/09/1989 | ![]() | |
Win | -- | Tony Best | KO | 1 | 31/08/1989 | ![]() | |
Win | -- | Larry "Cable Guy" Anderson | TKO | 1 | 11/07/1989 | ![]() | |
Win | 6-13 | ![]() | PTS | 6 | 24/06/1989 | ![]() | |
Win | 0-3 | ![]() | KO | 2 | 22/05/1989 | ![]() | |
Win | 2-7 | ![]() | TKO | 1 | 16/05/1989 | ![]() |
External links
- Boxing record for Loren Ross from BoxRec (registration required)
References
- ^ "USA_history". Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
- ^ "Loren Ross - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia". Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ^ "World Amateur Boxing Championships". Archived from the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ^ "BOXING - 7 GOLD MEDALS FOR CUBA - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. 19 May 1986. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ^ "Loren Ross - Boxer". Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
- ^ "The Cyber Boxing Zone". Archived from the original on 2009-05-10. Retrieved 2009-05-16.