John Thompson (boxer)

John Thompson
Statistics
Real name John Thompson
Nickname(s) Apollo Kidd
Weight(s) Light middleweight
Middleweight
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.8 m)
Nationality American
Born (1989-03-05) March 5, 1989
Newark, New Jersey
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 21
Wins 18
Wins by KO 6
Losses 3
Draws 0

John Thompson (born March 5, 1989) is an American junior middleweight professional boxer.

2015 Boxcino tournament

Thompson won the 2015 Boxcino tournament - a tournament featured exclusively on ESPN Friday Night Fights. At the finals of this tournament he also won the interim North American Boxing Association and WBO Inter-Continental junior middleweight titles.[1]

WBO world title fight

The Boxcino win increased Thompson's ranking in the WBO. When the WBO title was stripped from Demetrius Andrade, Liam Smith was to fight Michel Soro for the vacant title. Soro pulled out of the fight for the vacant title so Thompson was awarded the title shot by virtue of being the next highest available fighter. The fight took place October 10, 2015 on the undercard of the Andy Lee-Billy Joe Saunders title fight, with Thompson losing by knockout.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "John Thompson and Andrey Fedosov Score KO Wins on FNF Finale". Round By Round Boxing.
  2. ↑ "John Thompson to face Liam Smith for vacant junior middleweight world title". ESPN.com.
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