Quincy Taylor

Quincy Taylor
Data
Birth Name	Quincy Taylor
Weight class	medium weight
nationality	United States US-american
birthday	July 18, 1963
place of birth	Dallas
style	Legal display
size	177 cm
Combat Statistics
Struggles	32
Victories	28
Knockout victories	24
Defeats	4th

Quincy Taylor (born July 18, 1963 in Dallas , Texas ) is a former American professional boxer and former WBC middleweight champion.

As an amateur, he was able to win the Texas Golden Gloves . At the Golden Gloves 1986 he lost to Thomas Tate , later professional boxer and World Cup challenger to Julian Jackson , Roy Jones junior and Sven Ottke .

In 1986 he switched to the professional camp and was trained by ex-world champion and International Boxing Hall of Fameer Curtis Cokes , among others . By August 1988 he won each of his 10 professional fights, 9 of them by knockout. He also defeated the undefeated young talents Joe Walker (8-0) and Roy Bedwell (5-0). In 1987 he was hired as a sparring partner for Sugar Ray Leonard , who was just in preparation for a World Cup fight against Marvin Hagler . He caused an impressive surprise when he sent Leonard to the ground with a heavy impact hit and thus revealed his difficulties in dealing with southpaws.

On August 12, 1988, he suffered a narrow point defeat against Terry Norris in Las Vegas . He then won four more fights in a row, including against World Cup challenger Gilbert Baptist (17-10), the Californian champion Tomás Pérez (22-4) and the undefeated Argentine Mario Alberto Gastón Chavez (23-0). On October 8, 1990 he lost on points against the Mexican ex-world champion Jorge Vaca (45-9) and was subject to this in the rematch on points.

On December 13, 1990 he won by a knockout victory against Armando Rodríguez (21-3) from Venezuela, the intercontinental championship of the IBF in the light middleweight division. After six more victories against opponents he boxed on March 15, 1994 against the undefeated, eventual world champion Otis Grant (22-0) for the North American middleweight title of the NABF and won by knockout in the twelfth round.

He defended the title in August 1994 by knockout in the eighth round against Derrick Rolon (19-1) and in January 1995 by knockout in the twelfth round against the undefeated Rodney Toney (19-0). In May 1995 he defended the title by knockout in the seventh round for the third and last time against Rafael Williams.

Then he received on August 19, 1995 in Las Vegas a title fight for the world champion belt in the middleweight division according to the WBC version against the current title holder Julian Jackson (51-3). Taylor won the fight by knockout in the sixth round and was thereby after his coach Curtis Cokes, the only second world boxing champion from Dallas , Texas. However, he lost the title prematurely to Keith Holmes in the first defense on March 16, 1996 in Las Vegas .

After more than two years of abstinence from the ring, he won in April 1998 by knockout against Melvin Wynn and then retired from boxing for over three years. On June 16, 2001, he played one last boxing match against the favorite Fred "Fabulous" Moore (25-0, 23 knockout) and surprisingly won by knockout in the fourth round.

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predecessor	Office	successor
Julian Jackson	World Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) August 19, 1995 - March 16, 1996	Keith Holmes

personal data
SURNAME	Taylor, Quincy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American boxer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 18, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dallas , Texas , USA