Chris Pearson (born November 12, 1990) is a former American amateur boxer and currently a professional
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in the
Middleweight
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Boxing Professional
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division. He signed a professional managerial contract with Al Haymon to launch his pro career, whose stable of fighters includes
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,
Jermain Taylor and
Paul Williams.
Amateur career
A southpaw with a 93-8 amateur record, Pearson was the 2009 Police Athletic League national champion and now has beaten four former Olympians, including
Brazil
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’s Yamaguichi Florentino, a veteran of over 150 fights, and
Bakhyt Sarsekbayev
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of
Kazakhstan
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, the 2008 Beijing Games welterweight gold medalist — both of whom he conquered in Los Angeles. Pearson spent two and a half months in Los Angeles fighting for the
L.A. Matadors, a team of select amateurs who competed in the newly formed World Series of Boxing.
He was also the:
* U.S. National Amateur Middleweight Champion, sweeping his bracket.
* 2-time Silver Gloves Champ
* 4-time Jr Golden Gloves Champ
* 8-time State Fair Champ
* Jr Olympic Bronze Medalist
* Ringside World Champion
* National PAL Champion
Professional career
Pearson secured himself the perfect professional debut at
U.S. Bank Arena
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in
Cincinnati
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on November 26, 2011. It was on the undercard of
Adrien Broner
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versus
Vicente Martin Rodriguez for the recently vacated WBO super featherweight crown. He knocked out opponent Steven Chadwick within the opening two minutes of the first round.
On February 25, 2012, he made quick work of Jeremy Wood (1-5, 1 KO) stopping his fellow Ohioan in one round, on the non-televised undercard of the
HBO
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show headlined by
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As of May 2019, his professional record is 19-2.
Professional boxing record
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Notes
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Boxers from Ohio
African-American boxers
Sportspeople from Dayton, Ohio
Middleweight boxers
1990 births
Living people
American male boxers
21st-century African-American sportspeople