Al Seeger (born January 23, 1980),
nicknamed "The Quiet Storm", is a
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from the United States.
Background
Al Seeger was born in
Savannah
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,
Georgia
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to Bonnie and Al Seeger. He spent most of his younger years traveling abroad with the family. Seeger began boxing at age eleven under the guidance of Mike Jarrell, Sr., and Jimmy Chumley of Jarrell's Boxing Gym in Savannah. Seegers first amateur fight was on March 22, 1991. As an amateur, he fought several times in the 80 lb weight division, and went on to compile a record of 26-6 while capturing several
Junior Olympics and open division titles.
Professional career
He made his professional debut on April 27, 2002, against Daniel Amaro (1-1-1). Through December 2008, Seeger had compiled a professional record of 27 wins and 4 losses.
Seeger first won the IBA Americas Super Bantamweight title on August 30, 2003. His first loss was on May 29, 2004, to Phillip Payne
when he suffered a heat stroke. Seeger, however, rebounded from this loss and regained the IBA Americas title by defeating Luis Rivera. He went on to fight several more times before a rematch with Phillip Payne on April 14, 2006, which Seeger won by a third round
TKO.
On September 2, 2005, Seeger won the International Boxing Association (IBA) World Super Bantamweight title by defeating Cesar Figueroa.
He then successfully defended his title in a second-round TKO on July 28, 2006, against former
Mexican Olympian,
César Morales. On October 21, 2006, however, he lost the title to
Daniel Ponce de León
Daniel Ponce de León (born July 27, 1980) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2014. He was a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBO super bantamweight title from 2005 and 2008, and the WBC feathe ...
(WBO, IBA).
Seeger has since fought Mike Oliver on November 8, 2007 (IBO), and
Yuriorkis Gamboa
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(WBC Intercontinental) on July 18, 2008. He lost both fights - the former by
majority decision
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, and the second by a first-round TKO (a fight he took on two days' notice).
On April 30, 2009, Seeger fought
Benjamin Flores (NABF). The referee stopped the fight in the eighth round. Flores was led to his corner but collapsed shortly afterward. He was rushed to hospital but never regained consciousness and died five days later.
[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/sports/6408955.html Boxer dies days after collapse in the ring]
References
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1980 births
Boxers from Georgia (U.S. state)
Super-bantamweight boxers
Living people
Sportspeople from Savannah, Georgia
American male boxers