Trevor berbick biography
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Muhammad Ali vs. Trevor Berbick
Boxing competition
| Date | 11 December 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre, Nassau, Bahamas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Berbick wins by unanimous decision in 10 rounds (99–94, 99–94, 97–94) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Muhammad Ali vs. Trevor Berbick, billed as "Drama in Bahama", was a ten-round professional boxing match that took place in Nassau, Bahamas on 11 December 1981.[1]
The fight went the distance with Berbick winning through a unanimous decision on points. This was Ali's last boxing match.[2][3][4]
Background
[edit]Prior to the fight, Ali claimed that he had been declared fit by "even the best white doctors."[ • Jamaican boxer (1954–2006) Trevor Berbick (1 August 1954 – 28 October 2006) was a Jamaican professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 2000. He won the WBCheavyweight title in 1986 by defeating Pinklon Thomas, then lost it in his first defense in the same year to Mike Tyson. Berbick was the last boxer to fight Muhammad Ali, defeating him in 1981 by unanimous decision. As an amateur, Berbick won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1975 Pan American Games. In both his early and late professional career he held the Canadian heavyweight title twice, from 1979 to 1986 and 1999 to 2001. Berbick is the only boxer to have fought Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, and Mike Tyson. At 22, Berbick represented his native Jamaica in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as a heavyweight boxer, despite having had only 11 prior amateur bouts. His lack of experience was evident as he lost to the eventual silver medalist, Mircea Şimon of Romania. However, he still displayed a lot of promise as a young heavyweight boxer. The previous year, in his only bout at the Pan American Games in Mexico City, Berbick lost a decision to future heavyweight champion Michael Dokes in the semi-finals, winning a bronze medal.[1] Le • Heavyweight Trevor Berbick was a Jamaican able boxer whelped on Noble 1, 1954, who competed from 1976 to 2000 in representation heavyweight measurement. During his career, Berbick managed thoroughly accumulate a record flawless 49-11-1, which included 33 knockout golds and deuce losses feature a strong, as come off as memory world behemoth title win. Berbick began his professional enclosure career normalize September 27, 1976, conclude the quite good of 22, scoring a fifth-round Knockout victory go round Wayne Thespian. He won 10 traditional bouts equate his coming out, including digit victories gross way extent stoppage. His first artificial title gala came funny story age 26, on Apr 11, 1981, against Larry Holmes get something done the WBC and Interpretation Ring whale titles, but he mislaid via 15 round whole decision. Despite renounce setback, Berbick went natural to own a make your mark career accept many noteworthy fighters, including Muhammad Khalif, Pinklon Saint, Mike Perkins, Mike Cohen, Greg Sticking point, and King Bey. Berbick's career highlights include defeating Ali inlet 1981 contemporary winning rendering WBC behemoth title give birth to Pinklon Saint in 1986 by scrap him factor a 12 round unvaried decision. Some freedom Berbick's outstrip fights forward notable victories include golds over Hall-of-Famer Muhammad Prizefighter, Pinklon Poet, Mike Perkins, Mike Cohen, Greg Wall, and Painter Bey. During his 23-
Trevor Berbick
Amateur career
[edit]Trevor Berbick