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589:5 (12)
526:3 (10)
493:4 (10)
425:9 (10)
392:7 (10)
352:Record
349:Result
250:trained
1500:BoxRec
1408:6 (6)
1375:6 (6)
1345:6 (6)
1312:4 (4)
1282:6 (6)
1252:5 (5)
1222:7 (7)
1192:2 (?)
1162:4 (4)
1132:2 (5)
1102:6 (6)
1072:6 (6)
1042:1 (6)
1012:3 (6)
370:Notes
151:Losses
106:Stance
90:Height
57:, U.S.
1498:from
1320:Forum
1123:10–0
1093:11–0
1063:12–0
1033:13–0
1003:14–0
973:15–0
943:16–0
913:17–0
883:18–0
853:19–0
823:20–0
791:20–1
788:Loss
761:21–1
731:22–1
689:23–1
654:24–1
616:24–2
613:Loss
580:24–3
577:Loss
547:25–3
517:26–3
484:27–3
449:28–3
416:28–4
413:Loss
381:28–5
378:Loss
364:Date
358:Type
98:Reach
1399:1–0
1396:Win
1372:PTS
1366:2–0
1363:Win
1336:3–0
1333:Win
1309:PTS
1303:4–0
1300:Win
1279:PTS
1273:5–0
1270:Win
1249:PTS
1243:6–0
1240:Win
1213:7–0
1210:Win
1183:8–0
1180:Win
1159:PTS
1153:9–0
1150:Win
1129:TKO
1120:Win
1099:PTS
1090:Win
1069:PTS
1060:Win
1030:Win
1000:Win
970:Win
949:PTS
940:Win
910:Win
889:PTS
880:Win
859:PTS
850:Win
820:Win
758:Win
737:TKO
728:Win
715:Won
686:Win
651:Win
624:TKO
586:TKO
544:Win
523:TKO
514:Win
481:Win
446:Win
422:TKO
389:TKO
265:USBA
135:Wins
38:Born
1405:UD
1342:TD
1219:UD
1189:TD
1117:10
1087:11
1057:12
1039:KO
1027:13
1009:KO
997:14
979:UD
967:15
937:16
919:KO
907:17
877:18
847:19
829:KO
817:20
799:MD
785:21
767:UD
755:22
725:23
717:WBA
697:KO
683:24
662:TD
648:25
610:26
574:27
553:UD
541:28
511:29
490:TD
478:30
455:UD
443:31
410:32
375:33
345:No.
332:20
207:WBA
173:WBA
66:Art
1555::
1393:1
1360:2
1330:3
1297:4
1267:5
1237:6
1207:7
1177:8
1147:9
335:1
324:4
321:8
271:.
233:.
221:.
138:28
130:33
46:)
1481:.
1460:.
154:5
146:8
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