Emanuel Augustus

Emanuel Augustus
Data
Birth Name	Emanuel Burton
Weight class	Light welterweight
nationality	US-american
birthday	2nd January 1975
place of birth	Chicago
style	Left delivery
size	170 cm
Combat Statistics
Struggles	78
Victories	38
Knockout victories	20th
Defeats	34
draw	6th

Emanuel Augustus , born Emanuel Burton, (born January 2, 1975 in Chicago , Illinois ) is a former American professional boxer.

He was considered a classic “journeyman”, ie a boxer who was hired as an opponent for up-and-coming boxing talents, traveled across the United States and stood in the ring almost monthly.

Emanuel Augustus achieved a certain prominence in the international boxing world through his fighting style, which eventually earned him the nickname "The Drunken Master" from commentators. He often provoked his opponents with dance performances and gestures, a method known in American parlance as clowning .

Title fights

Burton began boxing professionally in 1994. He celebrated the most important victory of his career on September 26, 1998 in Norwich ; He defeated the later European champion and reigning number 1 in the WBO rankings of the world championship challenger Jonathan Thaxton in his hometown by knockout in the seventh round and thereby became intercontinental champion of the world associations WBO and IBF in the light welterweight division.

He put down the WBO title, however, and focused on defending the IBF title, which he lost to Allan Vester on June 25, 1999 in Aarhus by knockout in the final round.

On September 17, 1999, he boxed in Las Vegas against Antonio Diaz for the internationally unimportant world title of the International Boxing Association (IBA) light welterweight and lost on points. On April 2, 2004, however, he was able to secure the IBA light welterweight title in Tucson , after he had defeated the new title holder Alex Trujillo on points. However, he lost the title in the first defense on June 18 in Hidalgo to Tomas Barrientes, after he had been disqualified in the seventh round due to a verbal attack against the referee.

On October 15, 2005 he boxed in Montreal against Herman Ngoudjo for the international championship title of the WBC and the North American championship title of the NABF . He had Ngoudjo on the ground in the last lap, but lost on points in the end.

On March 10, 2006 he lost in the fight for the intercontinental championship of the WBO on points against Arturo Morua.

On December 9, 2006 he was in North Little Rock champion of the American continent of the WBC light welterweight. He defeated it Russell Stoner Jones unanimously on points.

On August 31, 2007 he was allowed to fight for the Asian-Pacific championship title of the WBO in the Siberian Jugorsk , but was defeated by the Russian Sergei Sorokin on points.

On July 4, 2008 he won in Sydney by knockout in the second round against the Thai Jakkirt Suwunnalirt the Oriental championship of the WBO welterweight.

Selection of major fights

• June 20, 1995: loss to Jesús Gabriel Sandoval Chávez (WBC super featherweight world champion, IBF lightweight world champion)
• July 21, 1996: loss to Ivan Robinson
• October 2, 1997: loss to Diosbelys Hurtado (WBA light welterweight champion)
• September 4, 1998: Draw against Søren Søndergaard (European light welterweight champion)
• September 26, 1998: Victory against Jon Thaxton (European lightweight champion)
• May 12, 2000: Loss to John John Molina (WBO and IBF super featherweight champion)
• October 21, 2000: Lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr.
• July 13, 2001: Losing to Micky Ward (The duel was voted Fight of the Year by Ring Magazine )
• September 28, 2001: defeat against Leonard Doroftei
• June 7, 2002: Tie with Leavander Johnson
• July 19, 2002: Victory against Carlos Wilfredo Vilches (South American light and light welterweight champion; his victory made him number 2 in the IBF world rankings)
• January 30, 2004: loss to David Díaz (WBC lightweight world champion)
• May 21, 2010: defeat by Ruslan Provodnikov

Web links

• Emanuel Augustus in the BoxRec database