world boxing champions
Daniel Reyes (boxer)
1972 births | colombian boxers | ibf champions | living people | strawweights | world boxing champions | world minimumweight championsDaniel Reyes Torres (born 1972-05-05 in Cartagena, Colombia), is a professional boxer.
Amateur Career
Reyes represented Colombia as a Flyweight at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. His results were:- Defeated Tebebu Behonebn (Ethiopia) 16-2
- Defeated Khaled Falah (Syria) 15-13
- Lost to Albert Pakeyev (Russia) 13-13
Alfred Kotey
1968 births | bantamweights | boxers at the 1988 summer olympics | flyweights | ghanaian boxers | living people | olympic boxers of ghana | world bantamweight champions | world boxing championsAlfred Kotey (born 3 June 1968) is a Ghanaian boxer. Born in Bukom, Kotey represented Ghana at the 1988 Summer Olympics and held the WBO Bantamweight Championship.
Sources
- Profile BoxRec.com
- Alfred Kotey Interview eastsideboxing.com
Johnny Bratton
1927 births | 1993 deaths | people from arkansas | welterweights | world boxing champions | world welterweight championsJohnny Bratton, also known as Honey Boy Bratton, (born 1927-09-09 in Little Rock, AR and died 1993-08-15), was a professional boxer in the welterweight (147 lb) division. He fought many of the best fighters of his era in the division >.
Amateur Career
Bratton started boxing at age 14 and competed in several Golden Gloves events before turning pro.JB Williamson (boxer)
light-heavyweights | living people | world boxing championsJB Williamson (born December 18, 1956 in Indianapolis, IN) was a professional boxer in the light heavyweight (175 lb) division.
Williamson turned pro in 1979 after a successful amateur career and won the Vacant WBC Light Heavyweight Title in 1985 in a decision over Prince Mama Mohammed. He lost the title in his first defense against Dennis Andries. Although he never challenged again for another major title, he moved up to heavyweight and became a journeyman fighter, fighting until 1995, losing matches against notable heavyweights Henry Akinwande, Peter McNeeley, Jimmy Thunder, and George Foreman.
Juan Díaz (American boxer)
1983 births | american boxers | lightweights | living people | people from houston | world boxing champions Juan Díaz (born September 17, 1983 in Houston, Texas, United States) is a professional boxer in the lightweight (135 lb) division. His record is 30-0 (15 KOs). He is the current WBA world lightweight champion.
Díaz made his professional boxing debut on June 23, 2000 with a first-round TKO victory over Rafael Ortiz.BoxRec.com editors. "Juan Diaz." BoxRec.com. URL accessed 3 August 2006. He won all of his first five fights by KO or TKO.
Eagle Kyowa
1978 births | living people | strawweights | thai boxers | world boxing championsEagle Kyowa (born December 4, 1978 in Pichit, Thailand) is a professional boxer in the strawweight (105 lb) division. His record is 16-1 (6 KOs). He is the current WBC world strawweight champion.
Kyowa originally won the WBC strawweight title on January 10, 2004, when he defeated José Antonio Aguirre.BoxRec.com editors. "Eagle Kyowa." BoxRec.com. URL accessed 13 July 2006. In his second defense of the title, a shoulder injury forced him to lose to Isaac Bustos by TKO. Kyowa fought against Katsunari Takayama for the WBC strawweight title again in his first match after the injury (eight months later, on August 6, 2005). Kyowa regained the title in that match with a unanimous decision victory. He has defended the title twice since then.
