Anthony Dirrell
Anthony Dirrell 
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| Birth Name | Anthony Dirrell |
| Fight name | The Dog |
| Weight class | Super middleweight |
| nationality |
 US-american
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| birthday | October 14, 1984 |
| place of birth | Flint |
| style | Left-hand boom |
| size | 1.84 m |
| Combat Statistics | |
| Struggles | 36 |
| Victories | 33 |
| Knockout victories | 24 |
| Defeats | 2 |
| draw | 1 |
| Profile in the BoxRec database | |
Anthony Dirrell (born October 14, 1984 in Flint , Michigan ) is an American professional boxer and former two-time world champion of the WBC in the super middleweight division. He is the younger brother of the professional boxer Andre Dirrell .
Boxing career
As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the US welterweight championships in 2003, and another bronze medal at the US middleweight championships in 2004. In the national Olympic qualification in 2004 he competed in the light heavyweight division in order not to have to box against his brother who was competing in the middleweight division. However, with three wins and two losses, he could not qualify.
In 2005 he started his professional career and won 26 fights in a row, 22 of them prematurely, 10 of them in the first round. He achieved his most important victories against Renan St-Juste (23-2) and Anthony Hanshaw (23-3). On December 7, 2013 he boxed for the WBC world championship in super middleweight against Sakio Bika (32-5), but reached only one draw. For this he won the title in the rematch on August 16, 2014 by unanimous scoring.
On April 24, 2015, he lost the title by losing points to Badou Jack (18-1). In September 2015 he defeated the Mexican Marco Rubio (59-7) unanimously on points. In April 2016, he beat Caleb Truax (26-2) early. In April 2018 he defeated Abraham Han (26-3).
On February 23, 2019, he boxed for the vacant WBC World Championship and narrowly won through a technical decision against Avni Yıldırım (21-1), but lost the belt in the first defense to David Benavidez (21-0).
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Sakio Bika | Super Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) August 16, 2014 - April 24, 2015 |
Badou Jack |
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| David Benavidez | Super middleweight boxing champion ( WBC ) since February 23, 2019 - September 28, 2019 |
David Benavidez |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dirrell, Anthony |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | The Dog |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Flint, Michigan, USA |