Byron Deangelo-Tarone Mitchell (born October 31, 1973) is an American former
professional boxer
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who fought from 1996 to 2012. He was the
Lineal and two-time
WBA super middleweight
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Boxing
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champion, winning the titles in 1999 and 2001.
Amateur career
September 1991 Byron Mitchell first started boxing at Johnny Trawick's Wolfpack Boxing Gym in
Ozark, Alabama
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. Mitchell was the 1996
National Golden Gloves Middleweight Champion
Pro career
He turned professional in 1996 for
Don King and won the
World Boxing Association
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and Lineal Super Middleweight titles in 1999 after defeating the southpaw
Frankie Liles
Frank ("Frankie") Liles (born February 14, 1965) is an American former professional boxer who held the Lineal and WBA super-middleweight titles.
Amateur career
Liles won a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games. Liles had a stellar am ...
(32-1) by KO in the 11th round. Later that year, he drew with
Bruno Girard
Bruno Girard (born November 25, 1970 in Blois, France) was a French boxer (187 cm height) at super middleweight and light heavyweight division who held the Lineal and WBA super middleweight titles.
Professional boxing career
The light-hi ...
and lost the title to Girard the next year. He recaptured the WBA belt the following year by beating
Manny Siaca then made defenses against Siaca, in a rematch, and
Julio César Green before losing a split decision in a unification bout to
Sven Ottke
Sven Ottke (born 3 June 1967) is a German former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2004. He was a unified super-middleweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 1998 to 2004, and the WBA (Unified) title from 2003 to 200 ...
in Germany, 2003.
Later that year he lost to WBO title holder
Joe Calzaghe
Joseph William Calzaghe ( ; born 23 March 1972) is a Welsh former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2008. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the unified WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, WBO, '' Ring'' magazi ...
by KO in the 2nd round. He became the first man to floor the Welshman but was later stopped on his feet. He retired after the fight, then after more than four years away from the pro game returned to the ring in 2007. As of February 2010, Mitchell's comeback had netted him three wins and two losses, His last loss was to current
WBA light heavyweight champion
Beibut Shumenov
Beibut Amirhanovich Shumenov ( kk, Бейбіт Әмірханұлы Шүменов; born 19 August 1983) is a Kazakhstani former professional boxer. He is a multiple-time world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBA (Regular) crui ...
, who won and lost two razor thin controversial decisions to
Gabriel Campillo
Gabriel Campillo (born 19 December 1978) is a Spanish former professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2015, and held the WBA light-heavyweight title from 2009 to 2010.
Professional career
Campillo made his professional debut on 2 February ...
.
His last win was against 30-7-0
David Telesco.
See also
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List of super middleweight boxing champions
This is a chronological List of World Super Middleweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
* The ...
*
List of WBA world champions
This is a list of WBA world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Association (WBA). The list also includes champions certified by the National Boxing Association (NBA), the predecessor to the WBA.
Boxers who won t ...
References
External links
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Byron Mitchell - CBZ Profile
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Living people
Middleweight boxers
Sportspeople from Orlando, Florida
World boxing champions
1973 births
American male boxers
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