Larry Ali Donald (born January 6, 1967) is an American former
professional boxer
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. As an
amateur
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he won a bronze medal in the
super heavyweight
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Boxing
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division at the 1991 World Championships and won a gold medal at the 1992 World Championship Challenge and becoming amateur world Super heavyweight champion going into the 1992 Olympic Games represented the United States at the 1992 Olympics. During his professional career, he defeated the likes of
Evander Holyfield
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Donald was the American representative at Super Heavyweight at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. His results were:
*1st round bye
*Defeated Nikolay Kulpin (Unified Team/Former Soviet Union) RSC 3
*Lost to Roberto Balado (Cuba) 4–10
In addition to his Olympic run, Donald had a successful amateur career, including:
*National Golden Gloves Super Heavyweight Champion (1989, 1990)
* United States National Amateur Champion at Super Heavyweight (1991)
He also won the World Championship Challenge in Tampa, Florida, March 13–14, 1992, right before going into the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Donald finished his with 72 fights, completing a record of 67 wins, 5 losses.Larry Donald Record at BoxingRecords.com
Professional career
Larry "The Legend" Donald turned pro on January 3, 1993, earning a technical knockout against Craig Brinson. In 1994 he beat fellow undefeated prospect Jeremy Williams, and Bert Cooper, but suffered his first defeat when losing widely to ex-champ
Riddick Bowe
Riddick Lamont Bowe (born August 10, 1967) is an American former professional boxer and professional kickboxer who competed between 1989 and 2008 in boxing, and from 2013 to 2016 in kickboxing (Muay Thai). He held the undisputed world heavyweig ...
, who had infamously
sucker punch
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ed Donald twice at the pre-fight press conference.
He resurfaced in late 1997 outpointing ex-champ Tim Witherspoon, but spent many years fighting low profile on Don King under cards, unpopular with fans and the press for his negative, ultra-defensive and extremely unentertaining style.
In July 2001 he had a high-profile world title eliminator with Kirk Johnson, 31–0–1, but lost a close decision.
In 2002 he traveled to Germany to face
Vitali Klitschko
Vitalii Volodymyrovych Klychko (; ; born 19 July 1971), known as Vitali Klitschko, is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer. He serves as mayor of Kyiv,Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2011. He reigned as the undisputed championship (boxing), undisputed champion in the cruiserweight (boxing), cruiserweight division ...
, winning nearly every round against the Hall of Famer ex-champ for the NABC World Champion Title.
In 2005, Donald controversially lost a title eliminator bout to giant-sized Russian Nicolay Valuev which would have earned him the right to fight John Ruiz for the WBA belt.
On July 30, 2007, Donald returned to ring to face
Alexander Povetkin
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Alexander Povetkin
Alexander Vladimirovich Povetkin (; born 2 September 1979) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2021. He held the World Boxing Association (WBA) ( Regular version) heavyweight title from 2011 to 2013; the World Boxing ...
Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2011. He reigned as the undisputed championship (boxing), undisputed champion in the cruiserweight (boxing), cruiserweight division ...
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Vitalii Volodymyrovych Klychko (; ; born 19 July 1971), known as Vitali Klitschko, is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer. He serves as mayor of Kyiv,1 Jun 2002
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Riddick Bowe
Riddick Lamont Bowe (born August 10, 1967) is an American former professional boxer and professional kickboxer who competed between 1989 and 2008 in boxing, and from 2013 to 2016 in kickboxing (Muay Thai). He held the undisputed world heavyweig ...
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