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Allen Litzau

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Allen Curtis Litzau, alias The American Boy (born April 12, 1982) is a featherweight professional boxer from Minnesota.

Personal life

Allen Litzau is the older brother of featherweight prospect Jason Litzau. Both are from St Paul, Minnesota.

Amateur career

  • Won the MBF tournament in 1996.[1]
  • Took Bronze in PAL tournament in 1999.[1]
  • Took Bronze in Western Olympic trials in 1999.[1]
  • Took Bronze in Blue and Gold Tournament in 1999.[1]
  • Four times Upper Midwest Golden Gloves champion:[1]
    • 112# division in 1999
    • 119# division in 2000
    • 125# division in 2001
    • 132# division in 2002

Professional career

Allen Litzau won his professional debut in November 2002, but lost his next fight. On June 4 of 2005 Litzau defeated 8-0 Darby Smart for the Minnesota State Featherweight Title.[2] After putting together nine consecutive wins, Litzau lost again to Terry Lantz in May 2006. Litzau has fought in his native Minnesota, as well as in Nevada, New Jersey, and Texas. Allen Litzau, his brother Jason Litzau, and their friend Antonio Johnson are closely associated both professionally and personally, referring to themselves as the Three Musketeers.[3]

Litzau defeated Mario Galan on June 6, 2008 to improve his professional record to 13-3.[2] In what could have been a big break, Litzau was contracted to fight Australian prospect William Kickett on August 22, 2008 but the bout was called off.[4]

In February 2009 it was announced that Litzau would meet 10-0 prospect Wilton Hilario for the IBA Americas featherweight title in a grudge match headlining the April 18 event at Target Center in Minneapolis.[5] Litzau lost the fight by TKO when referee Mark Nelson stopped the fight in the fifth round.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e The American Boys Boxing Team Website Archived December 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b "BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  3. ^ http://www.minnesotaboxing.com/%7C"Three[permanent dead link] Musketeers Update"
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2009-04-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)