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After his disappointing loss in the
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In 2001 Gurucharan signed up for Pro Boxing in the United States. His first bout was with a lesser known
Derrick Minter which he won in the first round on TKO. He was nicknamed Guru "The Storm" Nagra and had unbeatable run for record 20 straight fights with 11 KO/TKO's before he was stopped in the
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in Sydney. Although he lost in the first round at the 1996 Summer
Olympics, Singh excelled his boxing performance at the Sydney games by defeating South Korea's Ki Soo-Choi, and South Africa's Danie Venter in the first two rounds. During the quarterfinal match, Singh made an early lead against
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Heavyweight Boxer", In the later part of his professional boxing career Guru suffered various bodily injuries and subsequent surgeries that kept him away from the ring with only professional 4 bouts from 2004 to 2010 .
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He competed in the light heavyweight division at the
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600:The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
700:Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
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1360:Asian Games bronze medalists for India
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1320:Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
186:(born 10 April 1977) is an Indian
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1278:Boxing record for Gurcharan Singh
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1146:Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
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246:(as a light heavyweight boxer)
235:(as a light heavyweight boxer)
1370:Recipients of the Arjuna Award
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328:Professional boxing record
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866:Reading, Pennsylvania
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638:Pikesville, Maryland
454:Aleksandrs Selezens
207:2000 Summer Olympics
203:1996 Summer Olympics
269:Professional boxing
205:in Atlanta and the
1310:Indian male boxers
1176:"So near and yet…"
990:Forrest McFarland
810:Andrew Hutchinson
467:New Bingley Hall,
435:Hollywood, Florida
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188:professional boxer
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1138:Mallon, Bill
1103:24 Mar 2001
1071:28 Apr 2001
999:19 Dec 2001
965:18 Jan 2002
931:16 Mar 2002
897:26 Apr 2002
857:22 Jun 2002
789:13 Dec 2002
759:31 Jan 2003
726:18 Mar 2003
687:John Battle
666:27 Jun 2003
657:Scott Jones
536:The Spectrum
531:19 Oct 2007
522:Mike Miller
497:27 Sep 2008
488:Colin Kenna
426:24 Aug 2010
389:Round, time
357:By decision
346:By knockout
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196:Philadelphia
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130:Total fights
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1300:1977 births
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821:9 Aug 2002
696:6 Jun 2003
629:9 Dec 2003
596:6 Mar 2004
566:4 Jun 2004
463:7 Mar 2009
322:Indian Army
280:Indian Army
219:Indian Army
170:No contests
56:Nationality
1294:Categories
1259:29 October
1237:29 October
1207:29 October
1201:Rediff.com
1182:29 October
1160:29 October
1120:References
885:Phil Ford
469:Birmingham
294:Singh vs.
210:Ukraine's
146:Wins by KO
83:Statistics
37:1977-04-10
505:, England
503:Bracknell
471:, England
420:10 (10),
395:Location
383:Opponent
316:With the
296:Ibragmiov
90:Weight(s)
77:The Storm
338:20 wins
256:Lost to
113:Orthodox
47:Rurawal
891:1 (?),
623:3 (6),
380:Record
377:Result
341:1 loss
1282:BoxRec
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786:2 (4)
756:1 (4)
494:4 (8)
398:Notes
298:(left)
286:Career
264:point)
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192:Punjab
154:Losses
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485:19–0
451:20–0
409:20–1
406:Loss
392:Date
386:Type
162:Draws
68:India
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1162:2012
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1054:Win
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1026:TKO
1020:3–0
1017:Win
1006:, US
993:TKO
987:4–0
984:Win
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959:TKO
953:5–0
950:Win
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925:TKO
919:6–0
916:Win
905:, US
893:2:35
888:TKO
882:7–0
879:Win
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843:8–0
840:Win
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807:9–0
804:Win
783:TKO
774:Win
753:TKO
744:Win
711:Win
681:Win
651:Win
640:, US
625:2:59
611:Win
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516:Win
482:Win
457:PTS
448:Win
437:, US
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417:TKO
318:AIBA
244:2000
233:1996
138:Wins
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620:KO
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