Troy Waters

Troy Weston Waters (born 23 April 1965 in London, England) is a retired light middleweight boxer and member of the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame. Waters fought for the world title three times during his career, losing to Gianfranco Rosi, Terry Norris and Simon Brown. He is the son of Ces Waters, the brother of Dean Waters and Guy Waters, and the sister of Tracey Waters.

Waters turned pro in 1984 and won his first five professional fights before losing to future IBF super middleweight champ Chul Baek for the OPBF light middleweight title. Waters lost a twelve-round decision.

He won the Commonwealth title knocking out Lloyd Hibbert in the fourth round. In his 16th fight and on a nine fight win streak he fought Gianfranco Rosi in Italy for the IBF light middleweight title.

His second attempt at a world title came six wins later in 1993 when he lost to WBC light middleweight champ Terry Norris in three rounds. The second round of his fight with Norris was named The Ring's round of the year for 1993. Waters knocked down Norris in the second round, but lost by TKO in the third round.

Just two fights later Waters lost his third and final title fight to Simon Brown in Las Vegas by majority decision. In his next fight he defeated Mexican champ and former WBC welterweight champ Jorge Vaca.

After a car accident and almost retiring, his last major fight for Don King (Promoter) was a loss in a WBC eliminator match to future champion Félix Trinidad in the first round. He ended his career stopping Ambrose Mlilo to finish at 28-5, with 20 knockouts.

Troy was the 2009 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Moderns catergory.

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