Randall Cobb
Randall "Tex" Cobb | |
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Data | |
Birth Name | Randall Craig Cobb |
Weight class | Heavyweight |
nationality | US-american |
birthday | May 7, 1950 |
place of birth | Bridge City , Texas |
style | Legal display |
size | 1.91 m |
Combat Statistics | |
Struggles | 52 |
Victories | 43 |
Knockout victories | 36 |
Defeats | 7th |
draw | 1 |
No value | 1 |
Randall Craig "Tex" Cobb (born May 7, 1950 in Bridge City , Texas ) is an American boxer and actor .
Life
Cobb grew up in Abilene , where he attended high school and university . At the age of 19 he dropped out of school and began a career as a boxer. He moved to Philadelphia and trained at a boxing school run by Joe Frazier . At first he fought successfully as a kickboxer , then he switched to boxing. In 1977 he had his first professional fight, which he won against Pedro Vega by TKO . His next 13 fights he won each by knockout , against Roy Wallace he won on points. After further victories, including against Earnie Shavers , he joined in November 1982 in Houston in the title fight against Larry Holmes , the reigning heavyweight world champion of the WBC . The fight went over the full distance of 15 rounds and went clearly to Holmes on points. In 1984 he was defeated by James "Buster" Douglas . Cobb faced Michael Dokes twice (1981 and 1985) , but lost both fights. In 1988 Cobb ended his career after beating Leon Spinks . In 1992 he had a short comeback, after ten fights he resigned from boxing a second time.
Cobb's acting career began in 1979 in the Oscar- nominated film The Champ, starring Jon Voight and Faye Dunaway , in which he had a small role as a boxer. From the 1980s onwards, he had guest roles on various television series such as Miami Vice , MacGyver and A Terribly Nice Family . He also had supporting roles in many successful feature film productions, including the comedies In Search of the Golden Child with Eddie Murphy , the fourth part of the Police Academy film series, and The Naked Cannon 33⅓ . He also appeared in two Jim Carrey comedies in the mid-1990s .
In 2008, Cobb graduated from university at the age of 57. He received a bachelor's degree in sports from Temple University, Philadelphia , his adopted home .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Philadelphia Inquirer (English)
Movies
- 1979: The Champ
- 1983: The Daring Seven (Uncommon Valor)
- 1985: A Case for Brakers (Brakers)
- 1985: Code of Vengeance
- 1986: In search of the golden child
- 1987: Police Academy 4 - And now it's all about
- 1987: Arizona Junior
- 1987: Critical Condition
- 1987: The Dirty Dozen III - The Deadly Mission
- 1988: Two great pikes in jail (Buy and Cell)
- 1989: blind rage
- 1989: Detroit City - A crazy job
- 1989: Fletch - the jack of all trades
- 1990: Chaos in jail
- 1991: Raw Nerve
- 1992: The super fist
- 1994: The naked cannon 33⅓
- 1994: Ace Ventura - An animal detective
- 1997: The idiot
- 1998: The Next Tenant
- 2000: Vice
Series
- 1985: Hardcastle & McCormick
- 1987: Miami Vice
- 1987: The model and the sniffer
- 1988: MacGyver
- 1990: In the heat of the night
- 1993: A terribly nice family
- 1994: Highlander
- 2000: The X-Files, The FBI's Scary Cases
- 2001: Walker, Texas Ranger
Web links
- Randall Cobb in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Randall Cobb in the BoxRec database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cobb, Randall |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cobb, Tex (nickname); Cobb, Randall Craig (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American boxer and actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1950 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bridge City , Texas |