Milton McCrory

McCrory, Milton
Data
Birth Name	McCrory, Milton
Weight class	Welterweight
nationality	United States
birthday	February 7, 1962
place of birth	Detroit
style	Left-hand boom
size	1.84 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	40
Victories	35
Knockout victories	25th
Defeats	4th
draw	1

Milton McCrory (born February 7, 1962 ) is a retired American boxer . He was world champion of the professional boxers of the WBC welterweight association from August 13, 1983 to December 6, 1985.

Career

Amateur career

Milton McCrory started boxing at the Lasky Recreation Center in Detroit when he was 12 years old . His first coach there was Jacques Farmer. As a 17-year-old he was one of the best American amateur boxers in the light welterweight division (up to 63.5 kg body weight at that time). He reached the final of the US Seniors Championship in this weight class in 1979 and was defeated by Lemuel Steeples on points. In the same year he also played his only international match for the US national relay and won in Milwaukee over the Poland Kazimierz Szczerba on points.

At the Junior World Championship in Yokohama in 1979 , Milton McCrory represented the USA in the light welterweight division. He won there over Edward Miles, Scotland in the 2nd round by canceling, over Ikki Oka from Japan in the 1st round by canceling, over Jewgeni Distel, USSR on points and in the final over Jerzy Kaczmarek from Poland also on points and was thus Junior world champion . Milton McCrory's younger brother Steve McCrory was also a very successful boxer. He was Olympic flyweight champion in Los Angeles in 1984 .

Profile career

In 1980 Milton McCrory was a professional boxer and played his first fight on September 10, 1980 in Detroit, where he knocked Calvin Straughter in the first round. This was followed by 16 short-round victories in a row over the next two and a half years. He knocked out a boxer as good as Randy Shields on February 3, 1982 in Detroit. His trainer and manager was Emanuel Steward in those years.

On March 19, 1983 he fought in Reno ( Nevada ) against Colin Jones for the resigned by Sugar Ray Leonard world title of the WBC welterweight. This fight ended in a draw, so this title remained vacant. On August 13, 1983, the revenge between Milton McCrory and Colin Jones took place in Las Vegas (Nevada), which was again about this title. This time Milton McCrory won 2-1 judges' votes just on points and was the new welterweight champion of the WBC.

Milton McCrory defended this title for the next two and a half years on January 14, 1984 in Sterling Heights, Michigan by a technical knockout victory in the 6th round over Milton Guest, on April 15, 1984 in Detroit by another technical Knockout victory in the 6th round over Gilles Elbilia and on March 9, 1985 in Miami Beach (Florida) through a technical knockout victory in the 3rd round over Carlos Trujillo, successful.

On December 6, 1985 he lost to Donald Curry in Las Vegas in the 2nd round by knockout. In this fight it was the world title of the associations WBC, WBA and IBF. Donald Curry was the world champion of the three most important professional welterweight boxing associations in the world.

Milton McCrory won on March 7, 1987 in Detroit the North American professional title in the light middleweight division by a technical knockout victory in the 1st round over Rafael Corona, but lost on April 19, 1987 in Phoenix ( Arizona ) while trying to WBA - To become world champion in this weight class against Mike McCallum by technical knockout in the 10th round. After that he didn't get any more big fights and only boxed sporadically. After a knockout defeat in the first round against Robert Curry on April 6, 1991 in Honolulu ( Hawaii ), he ended his boxer career.

Life after boxing

Milton McCrory was only 29 years old when he retired from boxing. He did this primarily in order to be able to devote more time to his family. He took on a coaching position at Kronk Gym in Detroit, where he primarily devotes himself to working with youth. He is also with Chrysler Corp. employed in Detroit.

Web links

• Amateur Boxing Results
• Milton McCrory's fight record as a professional