Jermain Taylor

Statistics

Nickname(s)

Bad Intentions

Rated at

Height

6 ft 1 in (185 cm)

Reach

78 in (198 cm)

Nationality

American

Born

August 11, 1978 (age 38)
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.

Stance

Orthodox

Boxing record

Total fights

Wins

Wins by KO

Losses

Draws

Medal record

Men's amateur boxing
Representing United States
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	Light middleweight

Jermain Taylor (born August 11, 1978) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2014. He remains the most recent undisputed middleweight champion, having unified the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, Ring magazine, and lineal titles in 2005 by beating Bernard Hopkins, and in doing so ending Hopkins' 12-year reign as middleweight champion. This made Taylor the first boxer in history to claim each title from all four major boxing sanctioning organizations in a single fight (Hopkins had won each of his world titles separately from 1995 to 2004). He has also held the IBF middleweight title twice.

Taylor made his professional debut in 2001 and won his first 25 bouts, which included victories over former champions Raúl Márquez and William Joppy. Taylor, who began boxing officially at age 13, earned numerous accolades throughout his amateur career, starting with his achievement of the 1996 Under-19 Championship. He went on to win a pair of Police Athletic League (PAL) Championships and National Golden Gloves titles and he finished second and third at the 1997 and 1998 United States Championships, respectively. In 1998, Taylor won a bronze medal at the Goodwill Games. Then, in 2000, he earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic boxing team, becoming the first ever boxer from Arkansas to compete in the Olympic Games. At the 2000 Olympics, Taylor won a bronze medal in the light middleweight division.

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