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	"Smokin" Bert Cooper	TKO	8	26/02/1991	Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Win	6-23-3	Robert "Bobby" Thomas	KO	2	08/02/1991	La Vergne, Tennessee, United States
Win	17-2	Melton Bowen	TKO	3	20/01/1991	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:42 of the third round.
Loss	18-1	Tony Willis	TKO	7	08/11/1990	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:21 of the seventh round.
Win	--	Lamar Johnson	KO	1	21/08/1990	Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Win	12-28-6	Danny Blake	UD	4	30/07/1990	Chicago, Illinois, United States
No Contest	2-8-1	Dave Slaughter	NC	2	15/06/1990	Georgetown, Kentucky, United States
Win	6-18-1	Trent Surratt	PTS	6	21/04/1990	Bristol, Tennessee, United States
Win	16-3-1	Arthur "Stormy" Weathers	TKO	8	20/03/1990	Nashville, Tennessee, United States	WBA North American Cruiserweight Title.
Win	--	John Swafford	KO	1	17/02/1990	Bristol, Tennessee, United States
Win	39-9-3	Michael Greer	PTS	10	26/12/1989	Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Win	8-4-1	Danny Wofford	TKO	3	21/11/1989	Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Win	4-15-1	Trent Surratt	UD	8	25/10/1989	Nashville, Tennessee, United States	80-69, 80-70, 80-60.
Win	--	Billy "The Kid" Moore	KO	4	30/09/1989	La Vergne, Tennessee, United States
Win	--	Tony "Wooden" Nichols	KO	1	05/09/1989	Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Win	--	Tony Best	KO	1	31/08/1989	Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Win	--	Larry "Cable Guy" Anderson	TKO	1	11/07/1989	Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Win	6-13	Rocky Bentley	PTS	6	24/06/1989	Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Win	0-3	Robert Raglin Strickland	KO	2	22/05/1989	Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States
Win	2-7	Arthur Pruitt	TKO	1	16/05/1989	Nashville, Tennessee, United States

External links

Boxing record for Loren Ross from BoxRec (registration required)

References

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^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-10. Retrieved 2009-05-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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