Vernon Forrest
| Vernon Forrest | |||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Viper | ||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Reach | 73 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Born |
January 12, 1971 Augusta, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Died | July 25, 2009 (aged 38) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 45 | ||||||||||||
| Wins | 41 | ||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 29 | ||||||||||||
| Losses | 3 | ||||||||||||
| No contests | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Vernon Forrest (January 12, 1971 – July 25, 2009) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008. He was a four-time, two-weight world champion, having held the IBF welterweight title in 2001; the unified WBC, Ring magazine, and lineal welterweight titles from 2002 to 2003; and the WBC super welterweight title twice, from 2007 to 2009.
In 2009, Forrest was murdered after he was robbed at a gas station in the Mechanicsville neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia.
A native of Augusta, Georgia, Forrest began boxing at the age of 9. After compiling an impressive 225-16 record as an amateur, he became the 1992 US junior welterweight champion, and won silver at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships, losing in the finals to Kostya Tszyu. Forrest was the first in his family to graduate from high school receiving his diploma from Marquette Senior High School in Marquette, Michigan. Staying in Marquette, Forrest was on scholarship to Northern Michigan University where he majored in business administration through the U.S. Olympic Education Center. Forrest continued to train with the US National Team under head coach Al Mitchell.
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