Michael Hunter

Michael Hunter
Data
Birth Name	Michael Hunter
Fight name	The bounty
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	United States
birthday	July 10, 1988
place of birth	Las Vegas
style	Left delivery
size	1.88
Range	2.02
Combat Statistics
Struggles	18th
Victories	16
Knockout victories	10
Defeats	1
draw	1
Profile in the BoxRec database

Michael Hunter (born July 10, 1988 in Las Vegas , Nevada ) is an American boxer .

His greatest successes in the professional career are winning the international heavyweight titles of the IBO and WBA in 2018.

Amateur career

Michael Hunter grew up in Las Vegas and started boxing there in 2002, animated by his father, who was a former professional boxer. He developed under the guidance of his trainer Michael Newson Jr. with a height of 1.83 m to an excellent super heavyweight with a fighting weight of almost 100 kg body weight. In addition to boxing, Michael Hunter also enjoys playing basketball and football.

In 2006, Michael Hunter was American junior champion (under 19) in the super heavyweight division. He was then used at the Junior World Championships in Agadir. There he won over Andrei Wolkow, Russia (32:26) on points and over Pawel Kulda, Lithuania by breaking off in the 4th round. In the semifinals he lost to Christian Ciocan, Romania on points (15:22). He won a bronze medal right away at his first start in an international championship. In the same year he started at the National Golden Gloves and finished there after a point defeat in the final fight against Felix Stewart an excellent 2nd place.

In January 2007 he took part in the US elimination for the Pan American Games in Colorado Springs and was defeated there in the final with a tie of 16:16 against Jonte Willis only because of the better points from Willis. At the USA Championship, which also took place in Colorado Springs, Michael Hunter then achieved his first big win in the seniors. With victories over John Parsons, Lenroy Thompson and Mike Wilson , he became the American super heavyweight champion. He had his first international missions in May 2007 in two international matches in Regina, Canada . He won the first fight against the Canadian Didier Bence on points (40:34) and had to admit defeat to the same boxer just on points in the second fight (28:30).

In August 2007, Michael Hunter also won the US Olympic Super Heavyweight Trials in Houston. He won over James Nate, Andrew Shepherd and twice over Kimdo Bethel on points. In October 2007 he also represented his country at the World Championship for Amateurs in Chicago . As a newcomer to the international boxing scene, he cut an excellent figure. He won there over Andrew Ruiz Ponce from Mexico by breaking off in the 3rd round and defeated Kurban Günebakan from Turkey (30: 7) and Jassem Delevari from Iran (19:13) on points. In the quarter-finals he met the Russian Islam Timursijew , to whom he was defeated on points (15:22). He finished 5th in the super heavyweight division, which in view of the fact that only 16 super heavyweights are allowed to compete in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , but not enough for the Olympic qualification.

In November 2007, Michael Hunter took part in the Olympic test tournament in Beijing with the US team. He won there over Paramjeet Samota from India by breaking off in the 2nd round and over Rustam Rygebajew from Kazakhstan on points (24:20) and was defeated in the final to Russian Denis Sergejew just on points (18:21). He took 2nd place. In February 2008 Michael Hunter started in two international matches against Russia . In Magnitogorsk he managed to take revenge against Denis Sergejew, because he defeated him on points (23:13) and in Novosibirsk he defeated the Russian starter Shamil Gadschiew on points (26: 6).

At the American Olympic elimination for Beijing in Port of Spain / Trinidad , he fought his way into the final with points wins over Oscar Rivas from Colombia (11: 4) and Clayton Laurent from the Virgin Islands (25: 5), in which he beat Cuban Robert Alfonso faced. In this match Alfonso turned out to be the better and clearly won with 9: 1 goals. Since only the tournament winner qualified for Beijing, Michael Hunter also started at the second American Olympic elimination tournament in Guatemala City . He won there over Didier Bence just on points (4: 3), but surprisingly lost in the semifinals against Jose Payares from Venezuela on points (3:10) and thus again failed to qualify for the Olympics.

In 2009 Michael Hunter was again USA super heavyweight champion. In the final he won over Javier Torres clearly on points (31:12). At the 2009 World Championships in Milan he was unlucky, because he met the Italian local hero, the Olympic champion and world champion Roberto Cammarelle , against whom he lost on points in the round of the last "32" (1: 8) in the first round . He was eliminated and together with all the losers of this round finished 17th.

In 2010 Michael Hunter did not take part in any championships. In 2011 he won the National Golden Gloves Tournament in the heavyweight division with four demolition wins and one point win. In July 2011 he won the so-called "Trials" in the heavyweight division for the US team for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. In the final he defeated Joseph Williams on points (21: 9). Before taking part, however, he still had to qualify. He achieved this in May 2012 by winning the American qualifying tournament in Rio de Janeiro. It took four wins there in the heavyweight division. He won the final fight against Yamil Peralta from Argentina on points (12:10).

Michael Hunter had bad luck twice at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. For the first time he met one of the favorites in the heavyweight division in the first round, namely the Russian Artur Beterbijew . He fought this one big fight, which ended up with a score of 10:10. The judges then decided for Beterbijew as the winner, while Michael Hunter had to retire and only came in 9th place.

Profile career

At the beginning of 2013, Michael Hunter joined the professionals. He played his first two fights in 2013, which he won. He won the following 10 boxing matches, four each in 2014 and 2015 and two encounters in 2016, including the first title fight for the WBO NABO cruiserweight title. This was followed in 2017 by a loss on points in the title fight for the WBO World Cruiserweight Championship against Oleksandr Usyk . He then won contested boxing matches in 2018, including against Martin Illnga for the international heavyweight title of the IBO and against Alexander Ustinov for the international heavyweight title of the WBA .

Professional balance

16 wins (10 knockout wins), 1 defeat , 1 draw
Professional fight	date	opponent	Venue	Result
1	March 9, 2013	Chad Davis	Celebrity Theater , Phoenix	Victory / TKO 3rd round
2	August 30, 2013	Francisco Mireles	Four Points Sheraton Hotel, San Diego	Victory / KO 1st round
3	January 24, 2014	Gary Tapusoa	Little Creek Casino Resort, Shelton	Victory / TKO 1st round
4th	3rd April 2014	Rodney Hernandez	Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio	Win / point win
5	June 21, 2014	Jerry Forrest	StubHub Center, Carson	Win / point win
6th	22nd August 2014	Harvey Jolly	Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula	Victory / TKO 4th round
7th	5th February 2015	Avery Gibson	The Hangar, Costa Mesa	Win / point win
8th	20th June 2015	Deon Elam	MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas	Victory / TKO 4th round
9	July 25, 2015	Mike Bissett	Palms Casino and Resort, Pearl Theater, Las Vegas	Victory / TKO 1st round
10	October 13, 2015	Jason Douglas	Little Creek Casino Resort, Shelton	Victory / Referee Technical Decision ( RTD ) 4th round
11	February 27, 2016	Phil Williams	Honda Center , Anaheim	Victory / KO 1st round
12	May 13, 2016	Isiah Thomas	Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Las Vegas	Victory / points victory WBO NABO cruiserweight title fight
13	April 8, 2017	Oleksandr Usyk	MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill	Loss on points WBO World Cruiserweight title fight
14th	April 21, 2018	Terrell Jamal Woods	International Plaza, Biloxi	Win / point win
15th	June 10, 2018	Iago Kiladze	Pioneer Event Center, Lancaster	Victory / KO 5th round
16	October 13, 2018	Martin Bakole Ilunga	York Hall, Bethnal Green , London	Victory / TKO 10th round IBO intercontinental heavyweight title fight
17th	November 24, 2018	Alexander Ustinov	Casino de Monte Carlo Salle Medecin, Monte Carlo	Victory / TKO 9th round WBA international heavyweight title fight
18th	7th December 2019	Alexander Povetkin	Diriyah Arena, Diriyah	Tie (split decision) / 12 rounds
Source: Michael Hunter in the BoxRec database

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
2006	3.	Junior World Championships in Agadir	Super heavy	after victory on points over Andrei Wolkow, Russia (32:26), demolition victory in the 4th round over Pawel Kulda, Lithuania and point defeat against Christian Ciocan, Romania (15:22)
2007	5.	World Cup in Chicago	Super heavy	behind Roberto Cammarelle , Italy , Vyacheslav Glaschkow , Ukraine , Islam Timursiev , Russia and Zhang Zhilei , China
2007	2.	Olympic test tournament in Beijing	Super heavy	behind Denis Sergejew , USSR a. in front of Rustam Rygebayev, Kazakhstan
2008	2.	Americ. Olympic elimination tournament in Port of Spain / Trinidad	Super heavy	behind Robert Alfonso , Cuba a . off Clayton Laurent, Virgin Islands
2008	3.	Americ. Olympic elimination tournament in Guatemala City	Super heavy	behind Jose Payares, Venezuela u. Oscar Rivas, Colombia
2008	5.	World Cup in Moscow	Super heavy	behind Robert Alfonso, Marko Tomasovic, Croatia, Niyaz Fayzulin, Russia a. Azer Mamadov, Azerbaijan
2009	17th	World Cup in Milan	Super heavy	after a point defeat against Roberto Cammarelle, Italy (1: 8)
2011	9.	Qualification tournament for the Panamerica. Games in Cumana / Venezuela	Heavy	after a point loss to Deivis Julio, Colombia
2012	1.	Americ. Olympic qualification tournament in Rio de Janeiro	Heavy	after winning points over Ryan Charles, SLU (14: 5), Mario Figueroa, Nicaragua (25: 7), Julio Castillo, Ecuador (14: 8) and Yamil Peralta, Argentina (12:10)
2012	9.	OS in London	Heavy	after losing points to Artur Beterbijew, Russia (10: 10+)

International battles

year	place	encounter	Weight class	Result
2007	Regina	Canada versus USA	Super heavy	Points winner over Didier Bence
2007	Regina	Canada versus USA	Super heavy	Point defeat against Didier Bence
2008	Zunyi / China	USA versus Kazakhstan	Super heavy	Points winner over Ruslam Rygebayev
2008	Magnitogorsk	Russia versus USA	Super heavy	Points winner over Denis Sergejew
2008	Novosibirsk	Russia versus USA	Super heavy	Points winner over Shamil Gadschiew
2009	Dublin	Ireland versus USA	Super heavy	Demolition winner 2nd round over Anthony Crampton

National successes

year	space	competition	Weight class
2006	1.	USA Junior Championship	Super heavy
2006	2.	National Golden Gloves	Super heavy	behind Felix Stewart u. before Erick Correa
2007	2.	USA trials for the Pan American. Games in Colorado Springs	Super heavy	behind Jonte Willis
2007	1.	USA championship	Super heavy	before Mike Wilson et al. Lenroy Thompson
2007	1.	USA Olympic Trials in Houston	Super heavy	before Felix Stewart u. Erick Correa
2009	1.	USA championship	Super heavy	after winning points over Andrew Shepherd (11: 1) and Lenroy Thompson (8: 7), a demolition win in the first round over J'von Wallace and a point win over Javier Torres (31:12)
2011	1.	National Golden Gloves Tournament	Heavy	after demolition wins over Victor Gomes (1st round), Terry Carter (3rd round), Jake Sahlaney (2nd round) and James Shorter (2nd round) and a point win over Robert Jekabson
2011	1.	US Olympic Trials	Heavy	after winning points over Andrew Tabiti (24:12), Steve Geffrard (19:12) and Joseph Williams (21: 9)
2012	1.	USA championship	Heavy	after demolition wins over Gabriel Yellewowl and Chinton Nelson and point wins over Robert Jekabson (17:12), Steve Geffrard (16: 9) and Jawota Charles

Explanation

• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
• Heavyweight, weight class up to 91 lg, super heavyweight, over 91 kg body weight (amateurs)

swell

• Box Sport trade journal from 2006 to 2008,
• Website "www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl",
• Website "sports.123",
• Website "www.usaboxing.org"

Web links

• - 30k - portrait of Michael Hunter in English