Randall Bailey

Randall Bailey
Data
Birth Name	Randall Bailey
Fight name	Knock-out King
Weight class	Welterweight
nationality	US-american
birthday	September 13, 1974
place of birth	Grandpa-locka
style	Left delivery
size	1.75 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	56
Victories	46
Knockout victories	39
Defeats	9
draw	0
No value	1

Randall Bailey (born September 13, 1974 in Opa-locka , Florida ) is an American professional boxer, former WBO world light welterweight champion and former IBF welterweight champion.

Boxing career

Born in Miami, Bailey began boxing at the 27th Avenue Police Athletic League Gym in Liberty City at the age of 14 . After only 19 amateur fights, he moved to the professional camp in 1996 after a two-month prison sentence for gun offenses.

He won his first 18 fights in a row by knockout, 12 of them in the first round. He then boxed on May 15, 1999 in the Jai Alai Fronton in Miami against the Mexican Carlos González (match record; 48-3, 42 knockout) for the WBO world championship in the light welterweight division, the González by an early victory against the Italian Giovanni Parisi (36-2) had fought. In one of the shortest world championship fights of all time, Bailey won after only 41 seconds of the first round by knockout, which was also the first precipitation in the career of his opponent.

He played his first title defense on December 11, 1999 in the Grand Casino of Tunica , Mississippi, against the Mexican Héctor López (40-6), who had already boxed twice for a world championship and never lost prematurely. Bailey also won on points as the leader (77:74, 78:71, 77:74) by tKo in the ninth round, although this was the only premature defeat in López's career.

On April 8, 2000, he defended the world championship belt in the French Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy , with a tKo victory in the seventh round against Ray "Rocky" Martínez (32-3). The Mexican was taken out of the fight after the sixth round on the advice of the ring doctor due to a cut injury to his left eye. Here, too, Bailey had been clearly in the lead with all three judges (three times 60:54) until the cancellation.

On July 22, 2000, he played his third title defense against the Colombian Ener Julio (22-3). In the balanced-looking fight in the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Bailey went down for the first time in the first round, but also scored a knockdown in round 6. For the first time in his career, Bailey had to go through the full twelve rounds and lost in the end by majority decision ( 115: 111, 111: 113, 111: 114).

With four subsequent knockout victories, including in February 2002 against world championship challenger Demetrio Ceballos (24-3), he received a fight for the vacant WBA world championship light welterweight on May 11, 2002 in San Juan . His opponent in this fight was the Cuban Diosbelys Hurtado (34-2), who was ranked second in the world by the WBA. In this technically clean fight, Bailey went to the ground in the second round, but also scored a brief knockdown in round 6. While leading on points, Bailey was forced to his knees in round 7 by a punch combination, where he was finally beaten by referee Luis Pabón was tallied.

After a subsequent knockout victory against a build-up opponent, still ranked 7th by the WBO and 5th in their world rankings by the WBA, he played a world championship fight for the WBO belt on January 4, 2003 in Washington, DC at light welterweight. The reigning world champion DeMarcus Corley (27-1), who only defended his title against Bailey for the second time, was able to assert himself unanimously on points in his hometown (twice 117: 111, 116: 112). Bailey was only able to convince clearly in the first lap and had difficulties with Corley's mobility in the following laps.

After a subsequent victory on points against Reggie Strickland (61-247), he lost on January 15, 2004 on points against Ishe Smith (13-0), he also suffered a knockdown in round 2. In March 2004, he defeated another opponent early.

On December 11, 2004, he boxed in Las Vegas for the sixth time for the WBO light welterweight championship, but was against the six years younger title holder Miguel Cotto (21-0) twice on the ground and was behind on points before he was due was removed from the bout by the referee in the sixth round due to blow injuries in both eyes.

In his following seven fights he remained unbeaten again, with knockout successes against Santos Pakau (27-1) and ex-world champion Juan Polo Pérez (46-42). In a subsequent IBF elimination match at light welterweight against Canadian Herman Ngoudjo (15-1), both boxers were on the ground; in the end, Ngoudjo was voted the winner by majority vote.

In 2008 he defeated Anthony Mora (15-1) and Dairo Esalas (31-13) both prematurely and in a rematch, DeMarcus Corley unanimously on points, which he also had on the ground. In an IBF elimination match in April 2009, he was also able to prevail by knockout in the fourth round against Francisco Figueroa (20-2).

So he boxed on August 28, 2009 in Hollywood , Florida, as a challenger for the IBF World Light Welterweight Championship against the right-wing Colombian and two-time former world champion Juan Urango (21-2). Bailey already had the defending champion on the ground in the sixth round, after which he was counted up to 9. Urango also suffered a cut injury and a swelling in his left eye. However, Bailey struggled to keep up his pace in the later rounds and suffered rainfall in rounds 9 and 10 himself. In the eleventh round, Bailey seemed stamina exhausted and fell on his knees and braces, which is why his corner ended the fight and Urango was declared the winner by tKo. After this fight, Bailey moved to the next higher weight class, the welterweight.

In December 2009 he won unanimously on points against Germaine Sanders (27-7) and fought in March 2010 in Belgium against the local Jackson Bonsu (31-3); He defeated this with two downfalls prematurely in the first round. In the fight against the Belgian Said Ouali (27-3) in December 2010, he also had it twice on the ground. After a counter-attack by Ouali, he flew out of the ring and injured himself in the neck area, whereupon the fight was ended without valuation. He then won unanimously against Yoryi Estrella (10-5) from the Dominican Republic in September 2011.

On June 9, 2012 in Las Vegas he got a chance for the title of the vacant IBF welterweight championship against the physically taller and eight years younger Mike "Machine Gun" Jones (26-0, 19 knockout) from Pennsylvania. On points behind, Bailey managed an impressive knockdown in the tenth round, which was the first in Jones' career. In the eleventh round, a right uppercut from Bailey sent Jones onto the boards. Since Jones couldn't get up, referee Tony Weeks stopped the fight ten seconds before the end of the round; Bailey was declared the winner by knockout.

But already in his first title defense on October 20, 2012 in Brooklyn , he lost the world championship belt by losing points to Devon Alexander (23-1). Bailey had been very passive in the fight, trying mostly to land with his right hand. It was the first world championship fight in Brooklyn since 1931.

On November 23, 2013, he met the Ecuadorian Humberto Toledo (41-10) in Tampa . Bailey dominated the fight from the start and put Toledo under massive pressure, which led to unsporting behavior. In the eighth round, Toledo was finally disqualified after an attack on the referee and Bailey was awarded the WBC International Championship , which is why he is now in the top 10 of this association.

He then only got back into the ring in June 2015 and defeated Gundrick King (18-14). In October 2015, he defeated Shusaku Fujinaka (12-5) by knockout in the seventh round and was thereby Asia-Pacific champion of the WBO welterweight. In the fight for the intercontinental titles of the WBO and IBF welterweight on April 27, 2016 in Brisbane , he lost by giving up after the seventh round against the Australian Jeffrey Horne (13-0). In the course of the fight, both boxers also managed to knock down.

predecessor	Office	successor
Carlos González	World Light Welterweight Boxing Champion ( WBO ) May 15, 1999 - July 22, 2000	Ener Julio

predecessor	Office	successor
Andre Berto	Welterweight Boxing Champion ( IBF ) June 9, 2012 - October 20, 2012	Devon Alexander

Web links

• Q&A with Randall Bailey , 15Rounds.com
• Profile in the BoxRec database