Eddie Chambers
Eddie Chambers | |
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Eddie Chambers |
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Birth Name | Eddie Chambers |
Fight name | Nearly |
Weight class | Heavyweight |
nationality | US-american |
birthday | March 29, 1982 |
place of birth | Pittsburgh |
style | Left delivery |
size | 1.85 m |
Range | 1.91 |
Combat Statistics | |
Struggles | 47 |
Victories | 42 |
Knockout victories | 23 |
Defeats | 5 |
Eddie Chambers (born March 29, 1982 in Pittsburgh , USA ) is an American boxer.
Professional career
Eddie Chambers turned professional in 2000 at the age of 18 after only four years as an amateur , in which he played 85 amateur fights and boxed mostly light heavyweight . He fought mainly in his home state Pennsylvania against initially nameless opponents , which is why he was initially hardly noticed. But Chambers steadfastly boxed one opponent after another and won, often only on points. The years 2004 and 2005 saw a significant increase in the strength of his opponents, he now beat more renowned opponents such as Ross Puritty , Robert Hawkins and Domonic Jenkins and the former World Cup challenger Ed Mahone. He boxed against Jenkins so convincingly that he was signed by Goossen Tutor , a well-known US doctoral company. He is occasionally compared to Chris Byrd , also a rather small boxer for the heavyweight division without great punching power, but with quick hands and good taker skills, who was able to assert himself successfully in the premier class. In contrast to Byrd, Chambers is a left-wing sender . He served Wladimir Klitschko as a sparring partner before his fight against Calvin Brock .
In 2007 he started with a fight against New York's Derek Rossy (15-0), who weighed 115 kg and was also unbeaten, whom he clearly mastered in his hometown with cleared boxing and beat him prematurely. He achieved an advanced title of the IBF and a position in their ranking list. Shortly afterwards, he also beat Dominick Guinn .
In autumn 2007 the IBF Association set up an elimination tournament with four participants, the winner of which could challenge the IBF World Champion. Chambers defeated his compatriot Calvin Brock in this tournament on November 2, 2007 by a narrow point victory and then fought on January 26, 2008 in the final against the also undefeated Russian Alexander Powetkin , who was able to prevail against Chris Byrd . Chambers lost the fight in the Berlin Tempodrom over twelve rounds on points and had to accept his first defeat as a professional boxer.
After three successful development fights and a points victory on March 27, 2009 over the former WBC title holder Samuel Peter , he was able to defeat the Ukrainian Alexander Dimitrenko, who was traded as a heavyweight hope, clearly on points on July 4, 2009 in Hamburg in an elimination match of the WBO association and rose thus becoming the official challenger of IBF and WBO world champion Wladimir Klitschko . The fight with Klitschko finally came on March 20, 2010 in the Düsseldorf ESPRIT arena , Chambers was knocked out with difficulty in the twelfth round after a left hook.
Chambers played his last professional fight on April 30, 2016 against Gerald Washington. He lost unanimously on points. The fight was scheduled for 8 rounds.
List of professional fights
35 wins (18 knockout wins), 3 defeats , 0 draws | |||||
year | Day | place | opponent | Result for Chambers | |
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2000 | December 29th | Mountaineer Race Track, Chester, West Virginia, United States | Tyrone Austin | Victory / TKO 2nd round | |
2001 | 3 March | Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, United States | Ed Barry | Victory / KO 1st round | |
7th of April | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | Scott Hosaflook | Victory / TKO 3rd round | ||
20th of April | Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, United States | Joe Lenhart | Points victory (unanimous) / 6 rounds | ||
23rd June | Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, United States | Anthony Prince | Victory / KO 1st round | ||
3rd August | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | Joe Lenhart | Points win / 6 rounds | ||
August 25 | Pepsi Roadhouse, Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, United States | Carlos Igo | Points victory (unanimous) / 6 rounds | ||
October 27 | St. John's Arena, Steubenville, Ohio, United States | Mark Johnson | Victory / TKO 4th round | ||
2002 | 26th of April | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | David Chappell | Points victory (unanimous) / 8 rounds | |
May 24th | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | David Chappell | Points victory (unanimous) / 6 rounds | ||
September 20th | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Antonio Colbert | Victory / TKO 5th round | ||
6th of December | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Dean Storey | Points victory (unanimous) / 6 rounds | ||
2003 | 21st of February | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Kevin Tallon | Victory / TKO 1st round | |
April 25 | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Craig Tomlinson | Victory / TKO 4th round | ||
15th of August | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Allen Smith | Victory / KO 2nd round | ||
December 5th | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Sam Tillman | Victory / TKO 3rd round | ||
2004 | 27th of February | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Cornelius Ellis | Point victory (majority decision) / 8 rounds | |
April 23 | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Marcus Rhode | Victory / TKO 2nd round | ||
25th June | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | John Sargent | Victory / TKO 1st round | ||
8th October | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Ron Guerrero | Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds | ||
3rd of December | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Louis Monaco | Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds | ||
2005 | April 22 | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Melvin Foster | Victory / TKO 5th round | |
17th of May | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Ross Puritty | Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds | ||
the 9th of September | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Robert Hawkins | Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | ||
2006 | February 10th | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Andrew Greeley | Points victory (unanimous) / 8 rounds | |
2th of June | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Ed Mahone | Victory / TKO 4th round | ||
August 19th | Reno Events Center, Reno, Nevada, United States | Domonic Jenkins | Victory / TKO 5th round | ||
2007 | February 9 | Suffolk Community College, Selden, New York, United States | Derric Rossy | Victory / TKO 7th round | |
May 4th | Palms Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Dominick Guinn | Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds | ||
November 2 | Emerald Queen Casino, Tacoma, Washington, United States | Calvin Brock | Points win (split decision) / 12 rounds | ||
2008 | January 26th | Tempodrom , Kreuzberg , Berlin, Germany | Alexander Powetkin | Loss on points (unanimously) / 12 rounds | |
20th June | Royal Watler Cruise Terminal, Georgetown , Cayman Islands | Raphael Butler | Victory / TKO 6th round | ||
October 3 | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Livin Castillo | Victory / TKO 5th round | ||
13th December | Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Cabazon, California, United States | Cisse Salif | Points victory (unanimous) / 8 rounds | ||
2009 | 27th of March | Nokia Theater, Los Angeles, California, United States | Samuel Peter | Points victory (majority decision) / 10 rounds | |
July 4th | Color Line Arena , Altona, Hamburg , Germany | Alexander Dimitrenko | Point victory (majority decision) / 12 rounds | ||
2010 | March, 20th | ESPRIT arena , Düsseldorf , Germany | Wladimir Klitschko | Loss / KO 12th round | |
2011 | February 11th | Bally's Atlantic City, Atlantic City , United States | Derric Rossy | Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | |
2012 | June 16 | Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA | Tomasz Adamek | Loss / 12 rounds | |
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Others
His younger brother is a professional light welterweight, boxing under the name Steve Upsher (Chambers); he has a 2007 record of 15-1-1-1.
Web links
- Eddie Chambers in the BoxRec database
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Chambers, Eddie |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American heavyweight boxer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pittsburgh |