Richard Hall (boxer)

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Richard Hall boxer
Data
Birth Name Richard I. Hall
Fight name The Destroyer
Weight class Light heavyweight
nationality Jamaican
birthday October 25, 1971
place of birth Kingston
style Left delivery
Combat Statistics
Struggles 41
Victories 30th
Knockout victories 28
Defeats 11
Profile in the BoxRec database

Richard Hall (* 25. October 1971 in Kingston than I. Richard Hall ) is a Jamaican boxer in light heavyweight . He is a former WBA world champion in this weight class. He held his title for 2 fights until he was dethroned by Roy Jones junior .

biography

Early life

Hall grew up with his brother in Jamaica. His parents left him when he was one year old, which is why he lived with his grandmother in Negril . Hall wasn't happy there either. He had a bad relationship with his uncle, who is said to have raped him. He fled Jamaica as a teenager after allegedly attacking his uncle with a knife. In Florida , ( United States of America ) he tried to work in a bakery to pay for his apartment. Hall was enthusiastic about boxing at an early age, which is why he started playing in a gym.

Career

Little is known about Hall's amateur career. According to his own statements, he should not have suffered a single defeat. His first two opponents are said to have been Glen Johnson and Antonio Tarver . Box experts like to question this statement. His Porif debut was against the American Francisko Harris. Hall played 18 development fights before his first loss to Rocky Gannon. After 5 more development fights he was allowed to fight Anthony Bigeni for the WBA title. Hall brought Bigeni down three times in the 4th round and was thus world champion of the WBA. But already in his second title defense, he suffered a defeat against Roy Jones junior . The fight took place in Indiana , ( United States of America ). He had to go down three times against Junior and finally gave up in the 11th round.

The Michalczewski Fights

Marked by his defeat, he fought against the reigning world champion of the WBO , as well as former world champion of the IBF and WBA Dariusz Michalczewski . The Pole held his title for 7 years and was unbeaten in 44 professional fights. The fight took place in Cologne , Germany . Hall was hit by the defending champion several times during the fight, but was able to convince with good taker skills. Hall received many jabs from Michalczewskis, so that his right eye swelled up completely. After Hall had major problems with his eye in the final rounds of the fight, he was taken out of the fight by the referee in the penultimate round. Michalczewski later described Hall as one of the most worthy fighters he had ever met in the ring. On September 14, 2002, there was a rematch between the two opponents. Hall was also able to convince in the rematch and brought the defending champion into serious trouble several times. But Michalczewski's stronger clout, which Hall often felt on his head, caused the referee to take the badly marked Hall out of the fight.

Career low

After that fight things didn't look good for Hall. He was able to win a build-up battle until he suffered another defeat by Rico Hoyce. Even against Glen Johnson , who wanted to defend his IBF title, he had no chance. Only one fight later, he suffered another defeat against Shaun George. Despite his 3 defeats in a row, he never thought of an end to his career. He defeated Byron Mitchell and Jaffa Bollogou until he suffered another defeat against Yordanis Despaigne. After he had ended the career of boxer O'Neil Bell by a TKO in round 2 , he had to accept another 3 defeats in a row. Despite several suspicions, Hall announced that his career was far from over.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Richard Hall in the BoxRec Wiki
  2. ↑ a b c Richard Hall in the BoxRec database
  3. ↑ Michalczewski with work victory against Hall, Ulrich and Kovacs with comeback ( Memento from September 20, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Michalczewski ready for World Championship fight against Hall. In: Hamburger Morgenpost. December 10, 2001, accessed February 12, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Hall, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hall, Richard I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION jamaican boxer
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston