Hasim Rahman

Hasim Rahman
Data
Birth Name	Hasim Shariff Rahman
Fight name	The Rock, Rockman
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	US-american
birthday	November 7, 1972
place of birth	Baltimore
style	Left delivery
size	1.89 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	62
Victories	50
Knockout victories	41
Defeats	9
draw	2
No value	1
Profile in the BoxRec database

Hasim Rahman Shariff (* 7. November 1972 in Baltimore , Maryland , USA ) is a retired American professional boxer in the heavyweight and former World Champion of organizations WBC , IBF and IBO .

Career

After only a short amateur career, in which he boxed Joe Mesi twice (one win, one loss), he turned pro in December 1994. The first notable opponents in 1996 were Ross Puritty and 40-year-old Trevor Berbick , ex-world champion of the WBC Association, whom he defeated on points. 1997 points victories against Obed Sullivan and Jesse Ferguson followed .

He suffered his first defeat as a professional on December 19, 1998 against the powerful David Tua by technical knockout in the tenth round. This fight result was controversial because Rahman, clearly in the lead, received an effective hit shortly after the gong at the end of the ninth round, but the referee did not grant him the five-minute recovery time he was actually entitled to because of the irregular hit. So Rahman went to the next round, still clearly battered, whereupon and then after Tuas hit more, the fight was broken off.

He suffered another controversial defeat in 1999 against the Russian Oleg Maskayev - again Rahman was clearly ahead, again he was knocked out. The point of contention this time: he was hit so hard that he fell out of the ring by the ring ropes. After ten seconds the referee stopped the count and declared Maskayev the winner; according to the rules, however, he should have counted to twenty in this special case. However, Rahman was not ready to fight again even after this time.

In May 2000 he competed against Corrie Sanders and won the fight by technical knockout in the seventh round, in a wild exchange of blows he was on the ground himself before.

Surprising knockout win against Lennox Lewis

On April 22, 2001 Hasim Rahman caused a sensation in boxing. In Carnival City ( South Africa ) as a clear outsider, he completely surprisingly knocked out the clearly favored world champion Lennox Lewis in the fifth round and thus won the titles of the WBC and IBF associations . Allegedly Lewis hadn't trained properly because he made a brief appearance on the set of the film Ocean's Eleven and hadn't properly prepared for the high altitude conditions in South Africa. He had also relied on a rematch clause in his contract.

Rahman signed after the win with the promoter Don King and tried to avoid a rematch with Lewis. However, he lost a corresponding lawsuit brought by Lewis and therefore had to defend the title against Lewis only seven months later. The fight on November 17, 2001 in Las Vegas was clearly dominated by the concentrated acting Lewis and ended in the fourth round with a knockout loss for Rahman. Both duels were preceded by verbal arguments in front of the cameras, up to and including a fight between Lewis and Rahman during a press conference.

On June 1, 2002 Rahman lost in an elimination match of the WBA federation against the ex-world champion Evander Holyfield . After an accidental headbutt from Holyfields on lap eight, Rahman's forehead was so badly swollen that the fight had to be stopped. In the opinion of two of the three judges, he was behind and therefore lost due to a technical point decision. Holyfield was already considered "obsolete" at this point because he had passed the zenith of his career.

Rahman then denied a rematch against David Tua in March 2003. Despite being overweight (118 kg compared to his usual 105 to 110 kg fighting weight) Rahman showed a good performance, for almost all journalists he was considered the winner, but the fight was scored as a draw. On December 13, 2003 followed a defeat in the fight for the interim WBA title against John Ruiz .

Rahman had been in the ring for four fights and two years without a win, so in 2004 he first boxed against a number of build-up opponents. In November 2004 he defeated the Australian Kali Meehan by technical knockout in the fourth round. Meehan had earned respect through a good performance and a controversial, narrow point defeat to Lamon Brewster , but had not beaten any opponent of any name. In his only fight of 2005, Rahman lackluster defeated Monte Barrett on points.

Without a fight, won the WBC title again

After the world championship fight against Vitali Klitschko , which was planned for April 2005 , was postponed several times due to Klitschko's injuries and finally did not take place due to the Ukrainian’s temporary resignation, Rahman was again appointed world heavyweight champion by the World Boxing Council (WBC). In the course of a bankruptcy declaration , Rahman was able to dissolve his contract with Don King and sign with his arch-rival Bob Arum .

On March 18, 2006, he defended the WBC title with a draw against the favored James Toney . A referee had seen him with 9-3 rounds, the broadcaster HBO with 8-4 rounds. The other two judges thought the fight was even (6-6 rounds). In the meantime, the Russian Oleg Maskayev qualified as a compulsory challenger of the WBC Association for a world championship fight and went on August 12, 2006 against Rahman. Rahman could not win this rematch either, like seven years before, he lost the match, and with it the WBC title, through a technical knockout.

Then he got four wins in 2007 against average opponents. On July 16, 2008, he met James Toney again. In a relatively even fight, Rahman suffered a severely bleeding laceration over his left eye after a head collision. Since Rahman assumed that the fight would not be counted if it was abandoned, he gave the referee to understand that he could not continue boxing because of the injury. However, Toney was initially declared the winner by technical knockout. A few days later, however, the result of this fight was canceled by a decision of the California State Athletic Commission, as the number of four rounds required for victory was not reached. Rahman could not win the fourth rematch of his professional career, his record: two defeats (Lewis, Maskajew), a draw (Tua) and a fight without evaluation (Toney).

World Cup fight against Wladimir Klitschko

When the Russian Alexander Powetkin injured himself in October 2008 in preparation for his planned world championship fight on December 13, 2008 in Mannheim against the Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko , Klitschko kept the fight date and Hasim Rahman, who was fifth in the IBF world rankings, as Substitute opponent obliged. The fight took place in Germany. The now 36-year-old Rahman finally had nothing to oppose Wladimir Klitschko's jab and went down after Klitschko's left hook in the sixth round. After a few more impact hits in the seventh round, the referee stopped the fight. Rahman lost by technical knockout in the seventh round.

World championship fight against Alexander Powetkin

In 2012, after a few successful fights in his home country, but also a ring break of over a year, Rahman got another World Cup chance, this time against Powetkin, who had meanwhile been declared World Champion of the WBA. The fight took place in Hamburg on September 29th. Rahman, who looked poorly trained, lost in the second round without a chance through TKO . The referee had stopped the fight as a result of a heavy series of hits Powetkins.

In his last fight, Rahman lost on June 4, 2014 in Auckland, New Zealand by unanimous decision on points in a three-round match against Anthony Nansen.

List of professional fights

50 wins (41 knockout wins), 9 losses (6 knockout losses), 2 draws , 1 no rating
year	Day	place	opponent	Result for Rahman
1994	3rd of December	Caesars Palace , Las Vegas, USA	Gregory Harrington	Victory / KO 1st round
1995	6th January	Virginia Beach , Virginia, USA	Robert Jackson	Victory / TKO 1st round
	11th January	Martin's West, Woodlawn, USA	Dennis Cain	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	28th March	Casino Magic 500 , Bay Saint Louis (Mississippi), USA	Jeff Williams	Points victory (majority decision) / 4 rounds
	6th of June	Martin's West, Woodlawn, USA	Eric Valentine	Victory / KO 1st round
	July 13th	Martin's Crosswinds, Greenbelt (Maryland), USA	Larry Davis	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	26th of August	Bismarck Hotel , Chicago, USA	Carl McGrew	Victory / TKO 1st round
	12th September	Martin's West, Woodlawn, USA	Matt Green	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	October 10th	Blue Cross Arena , Rochester (New York), USA	James Johnson	Victory / TKO 3rd round
	13th December	Tropworld Hotel Casino, Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA	Mike Robinson	Victory / KO 1st round
1996	February 9	Tropworld Hotel Casino, Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA	Bradley Rone	Victory / TKO 1st round
	9th March	Taj Majal Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA	Mike Mitchell	Victory / KO 1st round
	26th of March	Blue Cross Arena , Rochester (New York), USA	Ross Puritty	Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds
	May 3rd	Mark of the Quad Cities, Moline (Illinois), USA	Steve Edwards	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	June 4th	Martin's West, Woodlawn, USA	Tim Knight	Victory / TKO 4th round
	June 9th	Fernwood Resort, Bushkill, USA	Martin Foster	Victory / KO 2nd round
	8th August	Civic Center, Lake Charles, USA	Mark Young	Victory / TKO 3rd round
	15th October	Caesars Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA	Trevor Berbick	Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds
	November 8th	Arizona Charlie's, Las Vegas, USA	Brian Sargent	Victory / TKO 1st round
	3rd of December	Everton Park Sports Center, Liverpool, UK	Marcos Gonzalez	Victory / KO 1st round
	December 17th	National Guard Armory, Pikesville, USA	Herman Delagado	Victory / KO 2nd round
1997	January 9th	Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills, USA	Marshall Tillman	Victory / KO 1st round
	15th of July	Riverside Convention Center, Rochester (New York), USA	Jeff Wooden vacant USBA championship	Victory / TKO 9th round
	November 1st	Apollo Theater , New York City, USA	Obed Sullivan USBA defending title IBF Intercontinental Championship	Point victory (majority decision) / 12 rounds
	December 4th	Pepsi Arena , Albany (New York), USA	Tui Toia	Victory / KO 1st round
1998	31 January	Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA	Jesse Ferguson USBA title defense IBF Intercontinental title defense	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
	the 14th of March	Olimpijski Hall, Moscow, Russia	Melvin Foster	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	April 21	Players Island Casino, Lake Charles, USA	Steve Pannell USBA title defense IBF Intercontinental title defense	Victory / KO 2nd round
	July 9	Grand Casino Avoyelles, Marksville (Louisiana), USA	Garing Lane	Victory / abandonment 2nd round
	19. December	Miccosukee Gaming Indian Resort, Miami, USA	David Tua USBA Ttel Defense IBF Intercontinental Championship	Loss / TKO 10th round
1999	March 12th	Roseland Ballroom, New York City, USA	Michael Rush	Victory / TKO 5th round
	April 15th	Miccosukee Indian Gaming Resort, Miami, USA	Arthur Weathers	Victory / KO 1st round
	November 6th	Convention Hall, Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA	Oleg Maskaev	Loss / KO 8th round
2000	1st March	Martin's West, Woodlawn, USA	Marion Wilson vacant US championship	Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds
	May 20th	Bally's Park Place Hotel Casino, Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA	Corrie Sanders WBU Championship	Victory / TKO 7th round
	4th of August	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino , Las Vegas, USA	Frankie Swindell	Victory / abandonment 7th round
2001	April 22	Carnival City, Brakpan, South Africa	Lennox Lewis IBF / WBC / IBO World Championship	Victory / KO 5th round
	November 17th	Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino , Las Vegas, USA	Lennox Lewis IBF / WBC / IBO title defense	Loss / KO 4th round
2002	June 1st	Boardwalk Hall , Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA	Evander Holyfield	Loss of points / technical decision 8th round
2003	March 29	Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	David Tua	Tie (split decision) / 12 rounds
	13th December	Boardwalk Hall , Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA	John Ruiz WBA Interim World Championship	Loss of points (unanimously) / 12 rounds
2004	March 11	Michael's Eighth Avenue, Glen Burnie, Maryland, USA	Alfred Cole	Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds
	April 16	Dover Downs Hotel & Casino, Dover (Delaware), USA	Mario Cawley	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	17th of June	Michael's Eighth Avenue, Glen Burnie, Maryland, USA	Rob Calloway	Victory / KO 2nd round
	July 28th	Frontier Field, Rochester (New York), USA	Terrence Lewis	Victory / KO 2nd round
	November 13th	Madison Square Garden , New York City, USA	Kali Meehan	Victory / abandonment 4th round
2005	13 August	United Center , Chicago, USA	Monte Barrett WBC Interim World Championship	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2006	March 18th	Boardwalk Hall , Atlantic City (New Jersey), USA	James Toney WBC title defense	Draw (majority decision) / 12 rounds
	12. August	Thomas & Mack Center , Las Vegas, USA	Oleg Maskaev WBC title defense	Defeat / TKO 11th round
2007	14th June	Main Street Armory, Rochester (New York), USA	Taurus Sykes NABF Interim Championship	Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds
	7th of September	Soaring Eagle Casino, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA	Dicky Ryan	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	October 18	Kewadin Casino, Sault Saint Marie (Michigan), USA	Cerrone Fox	Victory / TKO 1st round
	15th of November	Sovereign Center , Reading, USA	Zuri Lawrence NABF Championship	Victory / TKO 10th round
2008	16th of July	Pechenga Resort & Casino, Temecula (California), USA	James Toney vacant WBO NABO championship	Invalid ("No Contest")
	13th December	SAP Arena , Mannheim, Germany	Wladimir Klitschko IBF / WBO / IBO World Championship	Loss / TKO 7th round
2010	26th of March	Beaumont Club, Kansas City (Missouri), USA	Clinton Boldridge	Victory / TKO 1st round
	June 19th	Niagara Falls Conference Center, Niagara Falls, USA	Shannon Miller	Victory / TKO 4th round
	August 14th	Scope Arena, Norfolk, Virginia, USA	Damon Reed	Victory / KO 6th round
	October 2nd	Arena Roberto Duran, Panama City, Panama	Marcus McGee	Victory / KO 1st round
2011	June 11th	DeSoto Civic Center, Southaven, USA	Galen Brown	Victory / TKO 6th round
2012	September 29th	Sports hall Hamburg , Hamburg, Germany	Alexander Powetkin WBA World Championship	Defeat / TKO 2nd round
2014	June 4th	The Trusts Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand	Anthony Nansen	Point defeat (unanimous) / 3 rounds

Others

The devout Muslim has one son and lives with his family in Las Vegas . He has a large scar on the right side of his face from a car accident.

Web links

Commons : Hasim Rahman  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Hasim Rahman in the BoxRec database

predecessor	Office	successor
Lennox Lewis	Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) April 22, 2001 - November 17, 2001	Lennox Lewis
Lennox Lewis	Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( IBF ) April 22, 2001 - November 17, 2001	Lennox Lewis
Lennox Lewis	Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( IBO ) April 22, 2001 - November 17, 2001	Lennox Lewis
interim Vitali Klitschko	Heavyweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) November 9, 2005 - August 12, 2006	Oleg Maskayev