Cam F. Awesome (born August 6, 1988 in
Uniondale, New York), formerly known as Lenroy Thompson, is an American amateur
boxer best known for winning the US title in 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2014 and the
Golden Gloves in 2009, 2011 and 2013 at super heavyweight.
He is featured in the 2017 Netflix boxing documentary, Counter Punch.
He frequently fights in pink to show his commitment to and involvement with the
Breast Cancer Awareness Program. Awesome is the U.S. National Team Captain and is also the Athlete Director on USA Boxing Board of Directors.
He is a
vegan since 2012 and promotes the lifestyle. He now tours the nation educating students on cultural
Amateur boxing career
Awesome is a
Southpaw
Southpaw is another name for a left-handed individual, particularly in sports. Southpaw may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''The Southpaw'', a 1952 novel by Mark Harris
* Southpaw (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel comic ''Sh ...
that fights with a
counterpuncher
Players use different strategies while playing tennis to enhance their own strengths and exploit their opponent's weaknesses in order to gain the advantage and win more points.
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style. He first started boxing in 2005 to lose weight. A few months later he moved to
Port St. Lucie,
Florida, where he continued to box for Fort Pierce P.A.L. and won 18 consecutive matches in the
super heavyweight
Super heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and competitive bodybuilding.
Boxing
In amateur boxing, the super heavyweight division is a weight class division for fighters weighing in excess of 91 kilograms (200 pounds). Introduced for th ...
class.
In 2012 he was suspended for a year by the
United States Anti-Doping Agency for multiple failures to provide his location in order to be available for drug testing. On his return from the suspension, he legally changed his name to "Cam F. Awesome" and resumed his pursuit of the
2016 Olympic Games
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, closing = 21 August 2016
, opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer
, cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...
in
Rio de Janeiro, where he became a leading frontrunner to represent the United States as a super-heavyweight. He lost to
Lenier Pero at the
2015 Pan American Games
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*15 (number), the natural number following 14 and preceding 16
*one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015
Music
*Fifteen (band), a punk rock band
Albums
* ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005
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but was noted for his energetic performance during the bout and in post-fight interviews, where he gained attention for calling himself "the
Taylor Swift of boxing".
At the U.S. Olympic team trials in December 2015, he won the 201-pound weight class. However, due to his international ranking, this only qualified him for the
2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier
The 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier for the boxing tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was held between July 3 and July 8, 2016 in Vargas, Venezuela.
Medal table
Qualified boxers
Boxer qualif ...
where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
He lives and trains in
Lenexa, Kansas.
[Pete Grathoff]
"After losing bout, Lenexa’s Cam F. Awesome says he’s been called the Taylor Swift of boxing"
'' The Kansas City Star'', July 24, 2015.
Boxing record; 62-18
See also
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List of vegans
References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
American male boxers
Heavyweight boxers
National Golden Gloves champions
Pan American Games medalists in boxing
Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
Boxers at the 2015 Pan American Games
People from Lenexa, Kansas
People from Uniondale, New York
Boxers from New York (state)
Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games