Ross J. Thompson (born June 2, 1973) is an American retired professional boxer from
Buffalo, New York
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.
Amateur career
In 1991 he won the national golden gloves and the us Olympic festival.
Thompson was a 5x national champion as an amateur.
Professional career
In 1996 he won the
NABA welterweight title and in 1999 he won the WBA North American jr middleweight title.
In 2000, he lost to
Fernando Vargas
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for the
International Boxing Federation
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super welterweight
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Boxing
The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the IBF o ...
title.
In 2001, he lost to
Eric Mitchell for the North American Boxing Association middleweight title.
In 2002 he won the wbc continental americas title at super middleweight
In 2002, he lost to future world champion Jeff Lacy.
In 2002 he won the wbc continental americas title at super middleweight
In 2004, he lost to both Kelly Pavlik and Antwun Echols.
Professional boxing record
References
1973 births
Living people
American male boxers
Middleweight boxers
20th-century American sportsmen
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