Tavoris Cloud
Tavoris Cloud | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tavoris Karod Cloud January 10, 1982 Tallahassee, Florida, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Thunder |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Light Heavyweight |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 24 |
| Wins | 24 |
| Wins by KO | 19 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Tavoris Karod Cloud (born January 10, 1982 in Tallahassee, Florida, USA) is an American professional boxer and the current IBF Light Heavyweight Champion.
Early life
When interviewed by ESPN, Tavoris Cloud explained that he had a tough childhood. His neighbourhood, as he recalled, was very rough. He lived in a small home that housed at times 10-15 people. It was a very poor environment. He went on to explain how meager his family's situation was, and spoke on how his family used a foot hole with Ice in it as a fridge. His mother Emma Smith, reflected upon the day that Tavoris Cloud declared that he was going to take care of this situation. He was around 14–15 years of age. Alonzo Johnson,(his coach), trained and housed Tavoris during his high school years. Tavoris has been training with Alonzo since his Amateur days. Alonzo Johnson can be seen working in his corner along side Al Bonanni during fights. Al Bonanni, a recent Florida Boxing Hall of Famer is his professional boxing trainer, and has been for the past 5 years.
Career
Cloud started boxing at 17 and had a 46-8 amateur record, representing his country at the 2000 U19 world championships. He lost the final of the 2002 US-championships to Curtis Stevens.
His record is 22-0 (18) including a KO of Aaron Williams conqueror Jose Luis Herrera.
On August 8, 2008, at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Cloud defeated former WBO Light Heavyweight Champion Julio César González by technical knockout in the tenth round in an IBF Light Heavyweight title eliminator.[1] Cloud set the tempo of the fight early, hurting Gonzalez with a right cross in dominating the first round. It was more of the same in the next two rounds, although Gonzalez made the third round the most competitive. He kept the fight in the middle of the ring, but Cloud kept sending him back with uppercuts and left hooks. With González taking a beating for the majority of the fight, in round ten, the referee stopped the fight after Cloud landed a right hand.
Recent fights
Tavoris won the IBF Light Heavyweight title against durable Englishman Clinton Woods by way of a 12 round unanimous decision after former champion Chad Dawson vacated the belt. (It is argued in the boxing community that Chad Dawson vacated the IBF belt to avoid Tavoris Cloud, whom he represented the country with during his amateur career. However,this argument can not be concluded as fact.) The fight against Clinton Woods took place on August 28. Cloud threw well over 1000 punches in the fight which is well over the average for that weight division.
Cloud defeated Glen Johnson by unanimous decision on August 7, 2010.
Cloud faced the Columbian knockout artist Fulgencio Zuniga (24-5-1 (20 KO))for a title defense and earned a unanimous decision.
Following the Zuniga win, Cloud improved his record with another TKO decision over Yusaf Mack.
After Mack, Cloud defeated Spaniard Gabriel Campillo via split decision. The win stirred up controversy, however, many fans overlooked the pre-fight "no standing 8 count" rule. Campillo was afforded two standing 8-counts, as he was forced to the canvas and also into the ropes in the first round of the contest.
Cloud's next opponent will be Canadian Jean Pascal, August 2012.
Professional boxing record
References
- ^ Chavez, Jacob (2008-08-08). "Cloud stops Gonzalez in ten!". Fightnews.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
- ^ Tavoris Cloud's Professional Boxing Record – BoxRec.com
External links
- Boxing record for Tavoris Cloud from BoxRec (registration required)
- Article
- http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4430588