Lawrence Clay-Bey

Lawrence Clay-Bey
Born	Lawrence Marvin Clay-Bey (1965-12-14) December 14, 1965 Bloomfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Nationality	American
Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Reach	75 in (191 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	25
Wins	21
Wins by KO	16
Losses	3
Draws	1
Medal record Men's boxing United States National Championships 1995 Hartford, CT Super heavyweight 1996 Hartford, CT Super heavyweight Representing United States World Amateur Championships 1995 Berlin Super heavyweight

Lawrence Marvin Clay-Bey (born December 14, 1965) is an American former professional boxer who fought at heavyweight. As an amateur he was a two-time winner (1995 and 1996) of the United States National Championships as well as a bronze medalist at the 1995 World Championships, all in the super heavyweight division.

Amateur career

Lawrence Clay-Bey started to box at the age of 26. He lost his first two amateur fights but stuck with it and eventually won the National Golden Gloves in his next eight fights. At this point he weighed around 260 pounds.

Clay-Bey won a super heavyweight bronze medal at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, later KOd Joe Mesi to win the right to go to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and was also team USA's captain. However he was put out of the tournament in his first fight by a close/controversial 10-8 decision to eventual Gold medalist Wladimir Klitschko. He was the only fighter Klitschko had problems with as he managed to rattle Klitschko, prompting the referee to issue a standing 8 count. After the fight he raised some eyebrows downplaying it as "just a loss" which let journalists question his dedication. He finished the amateurs with a 60-9 record.

• United States amateur (AAU) Super Heavyweight champion (1995, 1996)

Professional career

After a year of debating if he wanted to turn pro Lawrence Clay-Bey decided he wanted to see how far he could go. He got into much better shape and shed 25-30 pounds to a better fighting weight of 235. He turned pro in 1997 and he easily blew past his early opponents despite them having more experience and glossy pro records. Clay-Bey was thought very highly of, and was being groomed to be a future title holder until he met the streaking Clifford Etienne in 2000. The two traded shots round after round with Etienne being the more active of the two, and Etienne took the decision. After the loss to Etienne, Clay-Bey began putting on weight and coming into fights out of shape. But he stayed busy and took a victory over promising prospect Charles Shufford in 2003, setting up a fight against Eliecer Castillo. Castillo KO'd Clay-Bey in the 9th round. Clay-Bey's once promising career drifted into obscurity. Although he was able to beat former cruiserweight champ Imamu Mayfield in 2004, he dropped a decision to Sinan Samil Sam and drew with Derek Bryant in 2005.

Professional boxing record

21 Wins (16 knockouts, 5 decisions), 3 Losses (1 knockout, 2 decisions), 1 Draw
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Draw	18-4	Derek Bryant	MD	10	2005-08-05	Mashantucket, Connecticut, U.S.
Loss	22-2	Sinan Samil Sam	UD	12	2005-02-12	Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany	WBC International Heavyweight Title.
Win	22-16-1	Otis Tisdale	TKO	8	2004-10-15	Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 2:40 of the eighth round.
Win	24-4-2	Imamu Mayfield	TKO	5	2004-07-02	Pala, California, U.S.	IBA Continental Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:50 of the fifth round.
Win	15-9-2	Carlton Johnson	KO	3	2003-09-10	Rochester, New York, U.S.
Loss	23-3-2	Elieser Castillo	KO	9	2003-06-06	Uncasville, Connecticut, U.S.	NABF Heavyweight Title.
Win	19-2	Charles Shufford	UD	10	2003-01-03	Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.
Win	18-16-1	Sedreck Fields	KO	2	2002-10-18	Buffalo, New York, U.S.	Fields knocked out at 0:42 of the second round.
Win	17-8	Brian Nix	TKO	3	2002-08-02	Mashantucket, Connecticut, U.S.
Win	25-3	Gary Winmon	TKO	6	2001-10-14	McAllen, Texas, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 0:10 of the sixth round.
Win	9-11-3	Agustin Corpus	UD	8	2001-08-18	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Win	18-2-1	Ken Murphy	TKO	5	2001-03-17	Philadelphia, Mississippi, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 0:58 of the fifth round.
Loss	18-0	Clifford Etienne	UD	10	2000-11-11	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Win	22-5	Mike Williams	TKO	6	2000-09-17	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 0:35 of the sixth round.
Win	39-3-1	Robert Daniels	UD	10	2000-01-23	Venice, Florida, U.S.
Win	15-0	Dale Crowe	UD	8	1999-08-28	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Win	20-9	Abdul Muhaymin	TKO	3	1998-04-17	Uncasville, Connecticut, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 2:23 of the third round.
Win	17-2	Nate Tubbs	TKO	4	1998-03-27	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 2:34 of the fourth round.
Win	21-0	Mario Cawley	TKO	2	1998-01-16	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 2:32 of the second round.
Win	7-9-2	Louis Monaco	UD	8	1997-11-18	Upper Marlboro, Maryland, U.S.
Win	24-10	Tony LaRosa	TKO	3	1997-10-03	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Win	9-0	Dan Conway	RTD	3	1997-09-23	Mashantucket, Connecticut, U.S.	Conway retired after the third round.
Win	6-5	Bryant Smith	TKO	2	1997-08-23	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.	Referee stopped the bout at 2:11 of the second round.
Win	4-1-1	Jason Farley	KO	2	1997-07-20	Indio, California, U.S.
Win	0-1	Billy McDonald	KO	1	1997-07-05	Moline, Illinois, U.S.	McDonald knocked out at 0:35 of the first round.

Personal life

He now works as a corrections officer in Connecticut. He is married with 5 children.

External links

• Boxing record for Lawrence Clay-Bey from BoxRec (registration required)