Karl Sharif Dargan (born June 17, 1985) is an American boxer. Nicknamed "The Dynamite", Dargan is best known for winning the gold medal at the 2007 Pan Am Games in the Men's Light Welterweight.
Career
Amateur
Dargan began boxing at age seven in 1992 and won the PAL tournament 2005 at 125 lbs, at the
National Golden Gloves
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2002 on points to Lorenzo Reynolds in the finals and had to settle for 2nd. In 2005, Dargan became US champion but lost twice to
Anthony Peterson at the Olympic team trials. In 2007, Dargan was upset by young
Javier Molina at the US championships but rebounded to win the
Pan American Games
The Pan American Games, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas. It features thousands of athletes participating in competitions to win different summer sports. It is held among athletes from nations of th ...
in Rio de Janeiro against local
Myke Carvalho
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in the semi and
Jonathan Gonzalez of Puerto Rico in the light welterweight final at the Riocentro Sports Complex (9:4). After failing to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Trials, Dargan finished his career as an amateur, and turned professional.
World Amateur Championship
2005
*Defeated
Carl Heild (Bahamas) RSCO
*Lost to
Serik Sapiyev
Serik Zhumangaliyevich Sapiyev (, born 16 November 1983) is an amateur boxer from Kazakhstan
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(Kazakhstan) 26-37
Pro
Dargan made his pro debut in 2007
[ and is 19-1 as of November 2018. Dargan was being trained by his uncle, ]Naazim Richardson
Naazim Richardson (November 26, 1965 – July 24, 2020) was an American boxing trainer from Philadelphia. Richardson is most notable for training Bernard Hopkins and "Sugar" Shane Mosley, in addition to Steve Cunningham and Karl Dargan. He is al ...
.
Personal life
In October 2014, Dargan married American entertainer Lil' Mo
Cynthia Karen Loving (born November 19, 1978), known professionally as Lil' Mo, is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 2001 single "Superwoman Pt. II" (featuring Fabolous), which peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot ...
(whose real name is Cynthia Loving). Dargan appeared occasionally alongside Loving on the reality television show '' R&B Divas: Los Angeles'' during the show's second and third seasons in 2014 and 2015. The couple had a child, a son Karl Dargan Jr. on August 28, 2015. Since October 2017, Dargan has appeared as a supporting cast member on the reality television show '' Love & Hip Hop: New York''. In November 2017, Dargan and Loving appeared on Couples Court with the Cutlers.
References
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1985 births
Living people
Light-welterweight boxers
Boxers from Philadelphia
Boxers at the 2007 Pan American Games
Winners of the United States Championship for amateur boxers
American male boxers
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in boxing
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games