Larry Donald
Larry Ali Donald (born January 6, 1967) is an American former professional boxer. As an amateur he won a bronze medal in the super heavyweight division at the 1991 World Championships and won a gold medal at the 1992 World Championship Challenge and becoming amateur world Super heavyweight champion going into the 1992 Olympic Games represented the United States at the 1992 Olympics. During his professional career, he defeated the likes of Evander Holyfield, Jeremy Williams, Bert Cooper, Tim Witherspoon, and Ross Puritty.
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| Real name | Larry Ali Donald | |||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Legend | |||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | Heavyweight | |||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | |||||||||||||
| Reach | 81 in (206 cm) | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||
| Born | January 6, 1967 | |||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||
| Boxing record | ||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 50 | |||||||||||||
| Wins | 42 | |||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 24 | |||||||||||||
| Losses | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Draws | 3 | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amateur career
Donald was the American representative at Super Heavyweight at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. His results were:
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Nikolay Kulpin (Unified Team/Former Soviet Union) RSC 3 (0:02)
- Lost to Roberto Balado (Cuba) 4–10
In addition to his Olympic run, Donald had a successful amateur career, including:
- National Golden Gloves Super Heavyweight Champion (1989, 1990)
- United States National Amateur Champion at Super Heavyweight (1991)
He also won the World Championship Challenge in Tampa, Florida, March 13–14, 1992, right before going into the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Donald finished his with 72 fights, completing a record of 67 wins, 5 losses.[1]
Professional career
Larry "The Legend" Donald turned pro on January 3, 1993, earning a technical knockout against Craig Brinson. In 1994 he beat fellow undefeated prospect Jeremy Williams, and Bert Cooper, but suffered his first defeat when losing widely to ex-champ Riddick Bowe, who had infamously sucker punched Donald twice at the pre-fight press conference.
He resurfaced in late 1997 outpointing ex-champ Tim Witherspoon, but spent many years fighting low profile on Don King under cards, unpopular with fans and the press for his negative, ultra-defensive and extremely unentertaining style.
In July 2001 he had a high-profile world title eliminator with Kirk Johnson, 31–0–1, but lost a close decision.
In 2002 he traveled to Germany to face Vitali Klitschko. Even at the age of 35, Donald was considered one of the most durable fighters in the world, but the heavy hitting Klitschko surprisingly stopped the veteran, decking him three times in the 10th round.
Although things looked over, Donald seemingly reinvented himself in November 2004 with an upset win over the legendary Evander Holyfield, winning nearly every round against the Hall of Famer ex-champ for the NABC World Champion Title.
In 2005, Donald controversially lost a title eliminator bout to giant-sized Russian Nicolay Valuev which would have earned him the right to fight John Ruiz for the WBA belt.
On July 30, 2007, Donald returned to ring to face Alexander Povetkin, and lost a lopsided decision.
Professional boxing record
| 50 fights | 42 wins | 5 losses |
| By knockout | 24 | 1 |
| By decision | 18 | 4 |
| Draws | 3 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 50 | Loss | 42–5–3 |  |
UD | 10 | 30 Jun 2007 | |
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| 49 | Loss | 42–4–3 | |
MD | 12 | 1 Oct 2005 |  |
For WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight title, WBA Heavyweight title eliminator |
| 48 | Draw | 42–3–3 |  |
MD | 12 | 30 Apr 2005 | |
For WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight title, WBA Heavyweight title eliminator |
| 47 | Win | 42–3–2 | |
UD | 12 | 13 Nov 2004 | |
Won vacant NABC World Champion Heavyweight title |
| 46 | Win | 41–3–2 | |
TKO | 3 (10), 1:31 | 7 Aug 2004 | |
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| 45 | Win | 40–3–2 | |
UD | 10 | 15 May 2004 | |
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| 44 | Loss | 39–3–2 |  |
TKO | 10 (12), 2:35 | 23 Nov 2002 | |
For WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight title, WBA Heavyweight title eliminator |
| 43 | Win | 39–2–2 | |
UD | 10 | 1 Jun 2002 | |
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| 42 | Loss | 38–2–2 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
UD | 10 | 7 Jul 2001 | |
WBA Heavyweight title eliminator |
| 41 | Draw | 38–1–2 | |
MD | 12 | 28 Nov 2000 | |
Retained WBO NABO Heavyweight title |
| 40 | Win | 38–1–1 | |
KO | 5 (10), 2:28 | 25 May 2000 | |
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| 39 | Win | 37–1–1 | |
TKO | 2 (12), | 29 Feb 2000 | |
Won vacant WBO NABO Heavyweight title |
| 38 | Win | 36–1–1 | |
TKO | 2 (10), 1:02 | 11 Dec 1999 | |
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| 37 | Win | 35–1–1 | |
TD | 5 (10) | 12 Jun 1999 | |
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| 36 | Win | 34–1–1 | |
UD | 10 | 6 Mar 1999 | |
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| 35 | Win | 33–1–1 |  |
UD | 10 | 18 Dec 1998 | |
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| 34 | Win | 32–1–1 | |
UD | 10 | 21 Apr 1998 | |
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| 33 | Win | 31–1–1 | |
UD | 10 | 5 Feb 1998 | |
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| 32 | Win | 30–1–1 | |
UD | 10 | 13 Dec 1997 | |
Retained WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight title |
| 31 | Win | 29–1–1 |  |
TKO | 5 (10), 2:32 | 6 Nov 1997 | |
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| 30 | Win | 28–1–1 | |
KO | 2 (10), 1:00 | 11 Sep 1997 | |
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| 29 | Win | 27–1–1 | |
KO | 3 (10) | 30 Aug 1997 |  |
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| 28 | Win | 26–1–1 |  |
TKO | 6 (10) | 15 Jul 1997 | |
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| 27 | Win | 25–1–1 | |
TKO | 9 (10) | 5 Jun 1997 | |
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| 26 | Win | 24–1–1 |  |
UD | 12 | 8 Apr 1997 | |
Won WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight title |
| 25 | Win | 23–1–1 | |
PTS | 8 | 24 Jan 1997 |  |
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| 24 | Win | 22–1–1 | |
UD | 10 | 17 Dec 1996 | |
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| 23 | Win | 21–1–1 | |
UD | 10 | 8 Nov 1996 | | |
| 22 | Win | 20–1–1 | |
TKO | 2 (10), 2:41 | 8 Aug 1996 | |
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| 21 | Win | 19–1–1 |  |
TKO | 6 (12), 2:32 | 2 Jun 1996 | |
Won vacant WBO NABO Heavyweight title |
| 20 | Win | 18–1–1 | |
SD | 10 | 3 May 1996 | |
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| 19 | Win | 17–1–1 | |
TKO | 2 (10), 2:32 | 16 Sep 1995 | |
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| 18 | Draw | 16–1–1 | |
TD | 4 (10), 3:00 | 28 Mar 1995 | |
Bout stopped due to Donald being cut by an accidental headbutt |
| 17 | Loss | 16–1 | |
UD | 12 | 3 Dec 1994 | |
Lost WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight title |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | |
UD | 10 | 5 Jul 1994 | |
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| 15 | Win | 15–0 | |
KO | 6 (12), 1:27 | 4 Jun 1994 | |
Won WBA Fedelatin Heavyweight title |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | |
TKO | 7 (12), 1:16 | 14 Apr 1994 | |
Retained WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight title |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | |
MD | 12 | 12 Mar 1994 | |
Won WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | |
TKO | 6 (10), 3:00 | 13 Feb 1994 | |
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| 11 | Win | 11–0 | |
TKO | 3 (6) | 16 Dec 1993 | |
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| 10 | Win | 10–0 | |
TKO | 2 (6) | 19 Nov 1993 | |
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| 9 | Win | 9–0 | |
TKO | 1 (?) | 30 Oct 1993 | |
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| 8 | Win | 8–0 | |
KO | 3 (8) | 27 Aug 1993 | |
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| 7 | Win | 7–0 | |
KO | 5 (6), 1:13 | 17 Jul 1993 | |
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| 6 | Win | 6–0 |  |
MD | 6 | 6 Jun 1993 | |
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| 5 | Win | 5–0 | |
TKO | 4 (6), 2:16 | 8 May 1993 | |
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| 4 | Win | 4–0 | |
UD | 6 | 14 Mar 1993 | |
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| 3 | Win | 3–0 | |
KO | 4 (6), 1:59 | 6 Feb 1993 | |
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| 2 | Win | 2–0 | |
TKO | 2 (6), 2:27 | 17 Jan 1993 | |
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| 1 | Win | 1–0 | |
TKO | 2 (6), 1:47 | 3 Jan 1993 | |
Professional debut |
References
- Larry Donald Record at BoxingRecords.com
External links
| Preceded by Edward Escobedo |
United States Amateur Super Heavyweight Champion 1991 |
Succeeded by Samson Po'uha |
