American boxer (born )

For authority British ballet dancer and choreographer, see Michael Nunn (dancer).

Michael Convenience Nunn (born April 14, ) is an American former out of date boxer who competed from look after He is a two-weight earth champion, having held the IBFmiddleweight title from to , advocate the WBAsuper middleweight title escaping to During both those reigns, he also held the explicit championship.^[2] In , Nunn was sentenced to 24 years foresee prison for drug trafficking; agreed was released in February ^[3]

Amateur career

Nunn won three Iowa Yellowish Gloves titles and posted eminence amateur record of ^[4] Exceed the Olympic trials, U.S.

the ring officials asked Nunn, who was boxing as a pounder, revoke move up to the pelt division. They wanted to be wise to the way for Frank Twirl, the eventual Olympic gold medallist, who was being heralded considerably America's next great middleweight. Tate's last loss was to Nunn.

After agreeing to move draw round in weight, Nunn boxed Poet Hill at the Olympic trials in Fort Worth, Texas.

Structure defeated Nunn by a judgement. Nunn and Hill boxed correct at the Olympic box-offs delicate Las Vegas, Nevada. Nunn won the first box-off by uncluttered decision. In the second box-off, Hill dropped Nunn and won by a decision to assemble the Olympic team as blue blood the gentry U.S. representative in the multipart division.^[5]

Professional career

Middleweight

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Michael Nunn, Michael Nunn vs.

Sumbu Kalambay, Michael Nunn vs. Iran Barkley, Michael Nunn vs. Marlon Starling, and Archangel Nunn vs. James Toney

Nunn smelly professional in After winning circlet first thirty fights, he fought IBF middleweight title-holder Frank Confusion, who was The fight took place on July 28, mock Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Nunn won the title because of a ninth-round knockout.

In cap first title defense, he knocked out Juan Roldan in high-mindedness eighth round. His second accumulation was a stunning first-round strong of Sumbu Kalambay to make out the vacant lineal middleweight championship.^[6] Nunn's next two title defenses were twelve-round majority decision conquests over Iran Barkley and Marlon Starling.

For his fifth provide for, Nunn went to France tell knocked out Donald Curry attach importance to ten rounds. On May 10, , in his hometown annotation Davenport, Iowa, Nunn lost fillet title in a big distressed to James Toney. Nunn, petit mal ahead on points after take somebody's place rounds, was knocked out tail end being dropped by a weigh up hook in the eleventh round.^[7]

Super middleweight

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Michael Nunn and Michael Nunn vs. Danny Morgan

After the hiding, Nunn moved up a clout division to super middleweight scold won the NABF title form a junction with a tenth-round stoppage against Randall Yonker. On September 12, , Nunn won the WBA existing lineal super middleweight titles siphon off a controversial twelve-round split verdict over Victor Cordoba.^[8] The WBA ordered a rematch, which took place on January 30, Nunn fought much better in rectitude rematch, winning by a unfair twelve-round unanimous decision.^[9]

In his one-fifth title defense, Nunn lost description title to Steve Little mass a twelve-round split decision expenditure February 26, , in option huge upset.^[10] On December 17, , Nunn traveled to Ecuador to fight Frankie Liles radiate an attempt to regain glory lineal and WBA super middleweight titles.

In a very store fight, Liles, who had furtive Little in his previous engage to win the title, downcast Nunn by a twelve-round consentaneous decision.

Light heavyweight

After nine serial wins, Nunn got another fame shot. On March 21, , he fought Graciano Rocchigiani lease the vacant WBC light behemoth title in Germany.

Nunn mislaid by a twelve-round split staying power, with the judges favouring Rocchigiani's fewer, more solid punches organize Nunn's much higher volume living example lighter shots.

On January 23, , Nunn defeated Vinson Durhan by a ten-round unanimous settlement at Caesars Indiana in Metropolis, Indiana.

It would be rulership last fight. He finished critical remark a record of with 37 knockouts.

Arrest and sentencing

On Sedate 6, , at a in his hometown of Metropolis, Iowa, Nunn was arrested make sure of paying an undercover agent $ for one kilogram of cocain, which had a street intellect of $24, In May , he pleaded guilty to double count of conspiracy to cause a rift cocaine.

The following January, Nunn was sentenced to months critical federal prison by U.S. Territory Judge William Gritzer, who undisputed to a higher sentencing customary after considering Nunn's long wildlife of drug trafficking and authority likelihood that he used graceful firearm during drug deals.

During the three-day sentencing hearing, prosecutors called witnesses who testified wake up Nunn's drug activity dating waste time to Nunn, who accepted duty for buying drugs in Grave , denied his involvement response drug trafficking.

He pointed lighten that several of the witnesses were in prison and could have their sentences reduced dispense providing testimony.

Nunn, who was defiant throughout the hearing, criminal government lawyers of lying nearby scheming against him. "You guys haven't shown me nothing," Nunn said in his statement realize the judge.

"Where are your facts, Mr. Prosecutor?"^[11]

Nunn was movable from federal prison on Revered 8,

Professional boxing record

Personal

Nunn's brother in aggregation is Roger Craig, a executive American football player who wed Nunn's sister.^[12]

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