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Quincy Lee Taylor (born July 18, 1963) is an American former
professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...
who competed between 1986 and 2001. He held the WBC
middleweight Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to . Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have beg ...
title from 1995 to 1996.


Professional career

Taylor, a southpaw, turned pro in 1986. In 1987, he nearly KO´d Sugar Ray Leonard whilst sparring in preparation for Leonard's match against Marvin Hagler and which in Sugar Ray Leonards biography he gives credit to Quincy Taylor for helping him prepare for that fight. In 1994, he landed a shot at WBC middleweight champion Julian Jackson. Taylor scored an upset TKO victory over Jackson, but lost the title in a forced mandatory title defense in his next fight and coming off knee surgery which was not fully recovered to Keith Holmes. After a two-year layoff and a victory in 1998, followed by a three-year layoff and a victory in 2001, Taylor retired from boxing. He coaches amateur boxers at the Boys and Girls Club and trains along with them.


Professional boxing record


See also

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List of world middleweight boxing champions Championship recognition 1884–1910 Champions were recognized by public acclamation. A champion in that era was a fighter who had a notable win over another fighter and kept winning afterward. Retirements or disputed results could lead to a cha ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Quincy 1963 births Living people American male boxers Boxers from Dallas African-American boxers Middleweight boxers World middleweight boxing champions World Boxing Council champions 20th-century American sportsmen