Trevor Cosmo Bryan Jr (born August 23, 1989) is an American
professional boxer
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and former
WBA (Regular) heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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Champion.
Early life
Trevor Bryan was born on August 23, 1989 in
Albany, New York
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.
He began boxing at the age of 11, and had a very promising but short amateur career. He is trained by Stacey McKinley, a former trainer of
Mike Tyson
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and promoted by boxing promoter
Don King.
Professional career
Bryan made his professional debut in May 2011 defeating Demarcus Young by RTD in the second round in
Hollywood, Florida
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. In August 2015, Bryan beat
Derric Rossy
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Rossy knocked out Gary Bell in the second ro ...
in
Las Vegas
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,
Nevada
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and won the
WBC
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NABF Junior
heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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title. Even though Bryan scored a first-round knockdown, Rossy proved to be a tricky opponent and the fight ended being very competitive and exciting until the last bell.
Bryan would go on to beat former
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title challenger
BJ Flores to win the
WBA interim
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heavyweight title.
Bryan was due to fight
Mahmoud Charr
Mahmoud Omeirat Charr ( ar, محمود عميرات شعار), previously known as Manuel Charr, is a German professional boxer who held the WBA (Regular) heavyweight title from 2017 to 2021, and challenged for the WBC heavyweight title in 20 ...
on January 29, 2021 for his WBA (Regular) heavyweight title; however, Charr could not travel to fight as he did not have a valid
United States visa. Due to this, Bryan instead fought former
WBC
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champion
Bermane Stiverne
Bermane Stiverne (born November 1, 1978) is a Haitian-Canadian professional boxer. He held the WBC heavyweight title from 2014 to 2015. He also challenged twice for world titles in 2017 and 2021.
Amateur career
Stiverne started boxing at the a ...
for the vacant title, which had been stripped from Charr due to being inactive for too long. Bryan knocked his opponent down twice and won the bout by eleventh-round technical knockout, becoming the WBA (Regular) champion.
Bryan lost his title when he was defeated by
Daniel Dubois by knockout in the fourth round in front of approximately 500 spectators at
Casino Miami in Florida on 11 June 2022 on a card promoted by
Don King.
Daniel Dubois knocks out American Trevor Bryan to win WBA 'regular' heavyweight title
BBC (11 June 2022)
Professional boxing record
References
External links
*
Trevor Bryan - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings
a
Box.Live
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1989 births
Living people
American male boxers
African-American boxers
African-American Muslims
American people of Jamaican descent
Sportspeople from Albany, New York
Boxers from New York (state)
Heavyweight boxers
World heavyweight boxing champions
World Boxing Association champions
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American people