Eddie Chambers
Eddie Chambers | |
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| Born | Edward Chambers 29 March 1982 |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Fast |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Heavyweight, Cruiserweight |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Reach | 75 in (191 cm) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 42 |
| Wins | 38 |
| Wins by KO | 20 |
| Losses | 4 |
| Draws | 0 |
Edward "Eddie" Chambers (born March 29, 1982 in Pittsburgh) is an American heavyweight boxer fighting out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Amateur career
Chambers had an amateur record of 60-20.
Professional career
Eddie started boxing professionally in 2000 at the age of 18. For the first five years, he fought unknown opponents before raising his level of competition significantly in 2005 against clubfighters Ross Puritty and Robert Hawkins.
In 2006 he took a further step upward by defeating former title challenger Ed Mahone and renowned clubfighter Domonic Jenkins (in spite of his record of only 9-5 Jenkins had beaten several prospects).
In May 2007, Chambers stopped 15–0 Derric Rossy and defeated Dominic Guinn on Shobox. Later in 2007 he took part in IBF's 4-man elimination tournament to face the current champion Wladimir Klitschko. Chambers beat Calvin Brock via split decision in semifinals, but lost unanimously to Alexander Povetkin in the final bout.
After his fight with Povetkin he won three more bouts against opponents like Raphael Butler before facing Samuel Peter on March 27, 2009 and defeated him by majority decision. He scored another decision win afterwards against Alexander Dimitrenko on July 4, 2009 in a WBO title eliminator bout, which made him the mandatory challenger for the WBO heavyweight title held by Wladimir Klitschko.
On March 20, 2010 he faced Wladimir Klitschko for his first ever title shot in Düsseldorf, Germany.[1] Klitschko defeated Chambers by knockout five seconds before the end of the final round. The Ukrainian was criticized between rounds by his trainer Emanuel Steward for not fighting aggressively enough despite having won all prior rounds and Chambers only fighting back weakly. Klitschko began punching more often during the final round than he had done before which eventually led to his left hook hitting Chambers to the forehead. The punch made Chambers fall forwards and lose consciousness for a short amount of time. The referee stepped in and called an end to the contest instantly.
After beating Derric Rossy in an IBF title eliminator, Chambers faced former light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek for the vacant IBF North American Heavyweight title. Adamek won the fight by unanimous decision in a relatively close fight, where judge Alan Rubenstein controversially scored it 119-109 in favour of Adamek.
Other media
Eddie Chambers appeared on the video game, Fight Night Round 4 as a heavyweight. He also appeared on Fight Night Champion. He regularly appears as a commentator on the UK boxing tv channel Box Nation.
Professional boxing record
References
- ^ "Wladimir Klitschko vs. Eddie Chambers March 20 in Germany! » FightFan.com Boxing News". Fightfan.com. 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
- ^ "Eddie Chambers - Boxer". Boxrec.com. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
External links
- Official website
- Interview March 2013
- Boxing record for Eddie Chambers from BoxRec (registration required)
