Shaun George (born March 20, 1979) is an American

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. He is best known for sensationally upsetting former heavyweight champ

Chris Byrd Christopher Cornelius Byrd (born August 15, 1970) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2009. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion, having first won the WBO title in 2000 after an upset corner stoppage over the ...

which all but ended Byrd's career. George is the nephew of former world title challenger and trainer

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. He studied paralegal studies at Northern Michigan University.

Amateur

As an amateur, George accumulated a record of 51-7. In 1993 and 1995 George won Junior Olympic titles. George won 1996 and 1997 New York Golden Gloves titles in the 178-pound division but lost his first fight at the

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.Gloves 1997
/ref> During his amateur career George defeated current-IBF cruiserweight champion

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(x2) and 2004 US Olympian

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Pro

George turned professional in 2000 and boxed at both light-heavy and Cruiserweight. He sat out 2001 with shoulder problems to his right arm that needed to be operated on twice. He remained unbeaten for five years (11 wins, 2 draws), racking up wins over Cruiser Chad Van Sickle (record 20-1) and Jermell Barnes before losing his first fight to undefeated amateur star

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in May 2006 by TKO1. In February 2007 George fought comebacking former European champion Alexander Gurov in Gurov's

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n hometown, with Gurov winning a controversial twelve-round decision. George then moved down to light-heavyweight and beat former light-heavyweight title challenger Richard Hall by unanimous decision. When former two-time heavyweight champion

dropped down two weightclasses to compete at light-heavyweight he chose George as his first fight. George scored a knockdown in the first round and then followed up with two more in the ninth round to score a TKO in the 9th. This all but retired Byrd and is certainly the signature win for George in the pro ranks. He added a KO1 over shopworn 40-year-old veteran Jaffa Ballogou (46-7) to keep his title hopes at 175 lbs alive but a KO6 to fringe contender Chris Henry (23-2) in 2009 was a big setback for the now 30-year-old George. He is trained by Tommy Brooks, promoted by

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and advised by Donna Brooks. His public relations are handled by Boxing Buzz Media.

Professional boxing record

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