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Zuri Lawrence
Born
Zuri Lawrence

(1970-06-22) June 22, 1970 (age 54)
Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
NationalityAmerican
Statistics
Weight(s)Heavyweight
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights44
Wins24
Wins by KO0
Losses15
Draws4
No contests1

Zuri Lawrence (born June 22, 1970 in Poughkeepsie, New York) is a professional heavyweight boxer best known for scoring a few notable wins over famous boxers but never reaching contender status. He is most well-known for having never scored a knockout win in 44 professional fights.

Career

He stands 6'4" (193 cm) and has a typical fight night weight of between 230 and 240 pounds. His professional record stands at 24 wins (22 by unanimous decision, 1 by disqualification), 14 loses (6 by unanimous decision, 5 by technical knockout, 1 by knockout) and 4 draws with 1 no contest (as of November 1, 2007).[1]

Lawrence has never fought for a major heavyweight title (WBC, WBA, IBF or WBO) but he is an important test for many up-and-coming prospects. Notable losses include a technical knockout loss in 11 (after being down 4 times)[2] to Russian prospect Sultan Ibragimov and being brutally rendered unconscious by Calvin "the Boxing Banker" Brock.[3]

Notable wins include upsetting the comeback trail of Jameel McCline after McCline's second heavyweight title loss and being the first to defeat highly touted Italian Olympic medallist[4] and prospect Paolo Vidoz.

Lawrence is a quick and skilled boxer who is rarely stopped and can give 12 rounds of technical boxing; this combined with his seeming lack of the ability to knock an opponent out (0 knockouts in 40 fights) makes Lawrence a popular opponent amongst matchmakers looking to get some notice for their prospects. Prior to their fight Calvin Brock gave an example of this thinking in an interview with Tiger Boxing: “Zuri Lawrence? Sure. He’s good, but he doesn’t have any power, so I wouldn’t call it a high-risk fight."[5]

In November 2007 Lawrence took on Hasim Rahman on short notice on the Versus Channel. In a close battle in which Versus' viewers had Lawrence leading, he was knocked out by Rahman in the 10th and final round. The scores at the time of stoppage were 86-84 Lawrence, 86-84 and 88-82 Rahman. In a rare feat, Lawrence was knocked out of the ring and onto the arena floor, only to return to the ring prior to the 20 count and continue fighting.

In July 2008 Lawrence won in a huge upset over heavyweight prospect Albert Sosnowski after taking the fight on late notice.

He fought Jason Estrada on September 2, 2009 and which Lawrence was knocked down once in the second and once in the seventh before the referee stopped the fight at 2:33.

Professional boxing record

24 Wins (0 knockouts, 24 decisions), 15 Losses (8 knockouts, 7 decisions), 4 Draws, 1 No Contest [1]
Result Record Opponent Typ Round Date Standort Notes
Loss 24-15-4 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Jason Estrada TKO 7 02/09/2009 New York (state) Syracuse, New York, Vereinigte Staaten Referee stopped the bout at 2:33 of the seventh round.
Win 24-14-4 (1) Polen Albert Sosnowski UD 8 06/08/2008 New York (state) Brooklyn, New York, Vereinigte Staaten 80-72, 80-72, 80-72.
Loss 23-14-4 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Darrel Madison UD 8 30/05/2008 New York (state) Monticello, New York, Vereinigte Staaten New York Heavyweight Title. 75-77, 75-77, 75-77.
Loss 23-13-4 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Hasim Rahman TKO 10 15/11/2007 Pennsylvania Reading, Pennsylvania, Vereinigte Staaten NABF Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:20 of the tenth round.
Win 23-12-4 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Jermaine Woods UD 8 26/10/2007 New York (state) Monticello, New York, Vereinigte Staaten 78-73, 77-74, 78-73. Lawrence was knocked down in the first round.
Win 22-12-4 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Jason Bergman UD 4 03/08/2007 New York (state) Monticello, New York, Vereinigte Staaten
Win 21-12-4 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Harvey Jolly UD 6 29/06/2007 Connecticut Hartford, Connecticut, Vereinigte Staaten 59-55, 59-55, 58-56.
Loss 20-12-4 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Dominick Guinn TKO 2 02/02/2007 New York (state) Rochester, New York, Vereinigte Staaten Referee stopped the fight at 2:59 of the second round after Lawrence was knocked down twice in the round.
Loss 20-11-4 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Calvin Brock KO 6 25/02/2006 Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada, Vereinigte Staaten Lawrence knocked out at 2:58 of the sixth round.
Win 20-10-4 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Jameel McCline UD 10 21/10/2005 Florida Hollywood, Florida, Vereinigte Staaten 100-90, 97-93, 97-93.
Loss 19-10-4 (1) Russland Sultan Ibragimov TKO 11 22/04/2005 New Jersey Atlantic City, New Jersey, Vereinigte Staaten WBO Asia Pacific Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the fight at 0:32 of the 11th round.
Win 19-9-4 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Demetrice King UD 6 24/08/2004 New York (state) Poughkeepsie, New York, Vereinigte Staaten 60-54, 60-54, 60-53.
Loss 18-9-4 (1) Deutschland Timo Hoffmann UD 12 22/11/2003 Deutschland Riesa, Sachsen, Deutschland WBO Intercontinental Heavyweight Title. 109-118, 109-118, 108-119.
Draw 18-8-4 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Ray Austin MD 10 15/02/2003 Nevada Laughlin, Nevada, Vereinigte Staaten 94-96, 95-95, 95-95.
Loss 18-8-3 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Tony Thompson TKO 7 20/10/2002 Washington (state) Tacoma, Washington, Vereinigte Staaten Referee stopped the bout at 1:06 of the seventh round.
Win 18-7-3 (1) Italien Paolo Vidoz UD 8 17/08/2002 New Jersey Atlantic City, New Jersey, Vereinigte Staaten 77-75, 77-75, 77-75.
Win 17-7-3 (1) Vereinigte Staaten David Vedder UD 6 25/05/2002 Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada, Vereinigte Staaten 59-55, 58-56, 58-56.
Win 16-7-3 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Louis Monaco UD 6 04/05/2001 Connecticut Uncasville, Connecticut, Vereinigte Staaten
Win 15-7-3 (1) Nigeria King Ipitan DQ 9 24/08/2000 Idaho Worley, Idaho, Vereinigte Staaten Ipitan was disqualified for repeated low blows.
Win 14-7-3 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Anthony Moore PTS 8 29/04/2000 Antigua und Barbuda St John's, Antigua and Barbuda, Vereinigte Staaten
Win 13-7-3 (1) Mexiko Mike Sedillo UD 10 06/04/2000 Idaho Worley, Idaho, Vereinigte Staaten 96-94, 97-94, 98-93.
Loss 12-7-3 (1) Vereinigte Staaten David Bostice UD 10 02/03/2000 Illinois Rosemont, Illinois, Vereinigte Staaten
Loss 12-6-3 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Brian Nix UD 8 07/10/1999 Michigan Mount Pleasant, Michigan, Vereinigte Staaten
Win 12-5-3 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Darroll Wilson UD 10 02/09/1999 New York (state) Saratoga Springs, New York, Vereinigte Staaten 100-89, 99-91, 99-91.
Win 11-5-3 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Brian Watson DQ 6 09/07/1999 Massachusetts Hyannis, Massachusetts, Vereinigte Staaten Watson was disqualified after tackling Lawrence out of the ring.
Win 10-5-3 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Domingo Monroe PTS 4 15/05/1999 Massachusetts Leominster, Massachusetts, Vereinigte Staaten
Win 9-5-3 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Juan Quintana PTS 4 27/02/1999 Massachusetts Leominster, Massachusetts, Vereinigte Staaten
Win 8-5-3 (1) Vereinigtes Königreich Derek Williams PTS 6 02/10/1998 Polen Wroclaw, Poland
Loss 7-5-3 (1) Usbekistan Furkat Tursunov PTS 8 25/09/1998 Polen Poznan, Poland
Loss 7-4-3 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Willie Williams PTS 6 22/11/1997 New Jersey Atlantic City, New Jersey, Vereinigte Staaten
Loss 7-3-3 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Greg Pickrom TKO 5 11/09/1997 Connecticut Mashantucket, Connecticut, Vereinigte Staaten
Win 7-2-3 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Craig Tomlinson UD 6 12/06/1997 Maryland Woodlawn, Maryland, Vereinigte Staaten 59-55, 59-55, 59-56.
Win 6-2-3 (1) Nigeria Josh Imardiyi PTS 6 30/03/1997 Connecticut Uncasville, Connecticut, Vereinigte Staaten
Win 5-2-3 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Exum Speight PTS 6 07/07/1996 Virginia Springfield, Virginia, Vereinigte Staaten
Win 4-2-3 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Rashid Latif UD 4 28/06/1996 New Jersey Somerset, New Jersey, Vereinigte Staaten
Win 3-2-3 (1) Kanada Dean Storey PTS 6 31/03/1996 Maine Portland, Maine, Vereinigte Staaten
Win 2-2-3 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Mike Whitfield UD 6 08/11/1995 Maryland Baltimore, Maryland, Vereinigte Staaten 60-54, 60-54, 59-55.
Loss 1-2-3 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Rodney Price PTS 4 22/09/1995 New Jersey West Orange, New Jersey, Vereinigte Staaten
Draw 1-1-3 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Derrick Lampkins PTS 4 18/08/1995 New York (state) Middletown, New York, Vereinigte Staaten
Win 1-1-2 (1) Russland Georgy Peskov UD 4 02/06/1995 New York (state) Latham, New York, Vereinigte Staaten
Draw 0-1-2 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Garth Hedger PTS 4 05/05/1995 New York (state) Schenectady, New York, Vereinigte Staaten
NC 0-1-1 (1) Vereinigte Staaten Domingo Monroe NC 2 28/01/1995 Rhode Island Warwick, Rhode Island, Vereinigte Staaten
Loss 0-1-1 Vereinigte Staaten Kasson Saxton TKO 1 28/07/1994 New Jersey Atlantic City, New Jersey, Vereinigte Staaten
Draw 0-0-1 Vereinigte Staaten Maurice Harris PTS 4 21/06/1994 Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts, Vereinigte Staaten

References

  1. ^ boxer Zuri Lawrence
  2. ^ Sultan Ibragimov vs. Zuri Lawrence - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia
  3. ^ HBO: Boxing: Fighters: Bio: CALVIN BROCK
  4. ^ Paolo Vidoz Olympic medals and stats Archived 2007-02-14 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ http://tigerboxing.com/articles/index.php?aid=1001245460
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