Ross J. Thompson (born June 2, 1973) is an American retired professional boxer from
Buffalo, New York
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In 1991 he won the national golden gloves and the us Olympic festival
Thompson was a 5x national champion as an amateur who underachieved as a professional
In 1996 he won the naba welterweight title
In 1999 he won the wba North American jr middleweight title
In 2000, he lost to
Fernando Vargas
Fernando Javier Vargas (born December 7, 1977) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2007. He was a two-time light middleweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 1998 to 2000, and the WBA title from 2001 ...
for the
International Boxing Federation
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super welterweight
Light middleweight, also known as junior middleweight or super welterweight,PeBoxRec/ref> is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing
The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the IBF or super welterweight in the WBA a ...
title.
In 2001, he lost to
Eric Mitchell for the
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The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA) ...
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
Kelly Robert Pavlik (born April 5, 1982) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2012. He won the unified WBC, WBO, ''Ring'' magazine and lineal middleweight titles by defeating Jermain Taylor in 2007, and made three ...
and
Antwun Echols
Antwun Echols (born December 4, 1971 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American boxer who was a world middleweight contender throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. His hometown is Davenport, Iowa.
Career
Echols turned professional in 1993 and i ...
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1973 births
Living people
American male boxers
Middleweight boxers
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