Rock Allen
Rock Allen (born September 5, 1981 in Philadelphia ) is an American boxer .
Amateur career
He was American junior lightweight champion in 1999, American lightweight champion in 2000, American light welterweight champion in 2001 and 2002 , and US runner-up in light welterweight in 2003. He is also the winner of the US Junior Olympics in 1998 and the Junior Olympic International Tournament in Mexico in 1998 , where he was crowned the winner in the final through a walkover exit by Baqtiyar Artajew . In 2002 he won the US Light Welterweight Challenge , defeating Chad Aquino in the semifinals and Lamont Peterson in the final . In 2003 he was able to win the Juan Evangelista Venegas tournament in Puerto Rico, as well as the Police Athletic League's, where he a. a. Devon defeated Alexander .
His other successes include a second place in the Police Athletic League's 1993 and 1999, a third place in the Junior Olympic International Tournament 1997, a third place in the US-American Junior Championships 1998 and a third place in the Police Athletic League's 2001 (loss to Andre Dirrell ).
In 2002 he was used in the light welterweight division at the 9th World Cup in Kazakhstan, where he lost his two fights against Manus Boonjumnong from Thailand and the Romanians Ionuț Dan Ion .
In 2004 he qualified for the 28th Summer Olympics in Athens . He defeated Lamont Peterson twice , as well as Lorenzo Reynolds and Devon Alexander in the national elimination . In the American elimination he also defeated u. a. Marcos Maidana from Argentina and Breidis Prescott from Colombia. At the games themselves, however, he already lost his first fight against the later bronze medalist Boris Georgiev from Bulgaria.
Professional career
In 2005 he moved to the professional camp under the promoter Golden Boy Promotions and won each of his 15 professional fights by April 2009, seven of them by knockout. He fought ten times against opponents with a positive match record.
In June 2011, Rock and his twin brother, Tiger, were involved in a traffic accident on Pennsylvania Route 309 in Montgomery County , in which they were critically injured. Neither of them have fought since then.
family
His twin brother Tiger, his brother Bear and his cousins Karl and Mike Dargan were or are also boxers. His father Nazim is a boxing trainer and has coached world champions such as Bernard Hopkins , Steve Cunningham and Shane Mosley .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allen, rock |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th September 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |