Ian Gardner (born May 5, 1981), nicknamed ''The Cobra'' for his slithering movements in the boxing ring, is a
Canadian
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former
professional boxer
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who was born and raised in
Saint John, New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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. In 2001, he moved to the
United States
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to train under
Goody Petronelli in
Brockton Massachusetts
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.
He primarily fought at
middleweight
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Boxing Professional
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, but also fought once at
junior middleweight against
Tokunbo Olajide for the vacant
NABO and
NABC junior middleweight titles in 2004, winning the bout by majority decision. Gardner would then face future middleweight and
super-middleweight
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Boxing
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champion
Arthur Abraham in 2005 for the vacant
WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title, losing by a 12-round decision.
He later fought future
light heavyweight
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Boxing
Professional
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The light heavyweight class has ...
champion
Chad Dawson for the vacant NABO super middleweight title in the same year, losing by TKO in round 11.
Gardner is one of just six men who have gone the distance with future WBA,
WBC,
IBF, and
IBO middleweight champion
Gennadiy Golovkin, dropping an 8-round decision in 2008.
He fought once more and defeated
Marcus Thomas by KO in 2009, retiring afterwards.
Professional boxing record
References
External links
Gardner PromotionsArchived
from the original on January 31, 2019.
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Black Canadian boxers
Black Canadian sportsmen
Light-middleweight boxers
Living people
Canadian male boxers
Sportspeople from Saint John, New Brunswick
1981 births
21st-century Canadian sportsmen
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