Troy Dorsey

Troy Dorsey
Troy Dorsey
	Dorsey at Texas A&M University-Commerce campus, 2014
Born	Troy Glenn Dorsey; November 19, 1962; Mansfield, Texas, U.S.
Other names	The Destroyer
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight	58.9 kg (130 lb; 9.28 st)
Division	Bantamweight; Featherweight; Super featherweight; Lightweight
Reach	66 in (170 cm)
Style	Boxing, Karate, Kickboxing, Taekwondo
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Fort Worth, Texas
Team	Troy Dorsey's Karate
Trainer	Casey Malone
Rank	9th degree black belt in Karate ; Black belt in Taekwondo
Years active	1980-1998
Professional boxing record
Total	30
Wins	15
By knockout	11
Losses	11
By knockout	5
Draws	4
Kickboxing record
Total	35
Wins	33
By knockout	24
Losses	2
By knockout	0
Draws	0
Representing United States
Men's Semi Contact Kickboxing
WAKO Amateur World Championships
Men's Full Contact Kickboxing
WAKO Amateur World Championships

Troy Glenn Dorsey (born November 19, 1962) is an American former boxer and kickboxer who competed in the bantamweight, featherweight and lightweight divisions. Known predominantly for his indominatable spirit, amazing physical endurance and a propensity to hammer an opponent with a withering constant barrage of punches, Dorsey began his martial arts training in karate and taekwondo at the age of ten before later making the switch to full contact kickboxing where he was a three-time world champion as well as a gold medalist the WAKO Amateur World Championships in both 1985 (London) and 1987 (Munich). He began dedicating himself to boxing in 1989 and would win the IBF World Featherweight Championship and IBO World Super Featherweight Championship before retiring in 1998.

Early life

Born and raised in Mansfield, Texas, Troy Dorsey began training in karate and taekwondo at the age of ten, eventually reaching the rank of eighth degree black belt.[1] After competing in point karate competitions, he made the switch to kickboxing, fighting under full contact rules.

Career

After a brief and successful run as an amateur kickboxer in 1980, Dorsey soon turned professional and rose to prominence with a one-sided knockout defeat of Santae Wilson for the KICK United States Featherweight Championship and a defense against Jorge Angat in 1983. At the W.A.K.O. World Championships 1985 (London), held in London, England on November 2, 1985, Dorsey won gold in both semi contact and full contact kickboxing in the -57 kg/125 lb division.[2]

His first loss was a controversial split decision against dominant longtime PKA Bantamweight Champion Felipe Garcia in Garcia's hometown of Denver, Colorado in January 1987. They rematched six months later on August 8, 1987 in El Paso, Texas for the ISKA World Bantamweight (-54.5 kg/120.2 lb) Full Contact Championship and Dorsey would conclusively avenge that blemish with a unanimous decision win that ended Garcia's eight-year reign. Dorsey defended his ISKA bantamweight world title with knockouts over Steve Demencuk and Jeff Watt. In his victory over Demecuk, Dorsey would drop Demencuk no less than six times before finally knocking his opponent out in the seventh round. At the W.A.K.O. World Championships 1987 in Munich, West Germany in October 1987, Dorsey again took gold in full contact kickboxing but was only able to manage silver in semi contact, losing out to Oliver Drexler in the final.[3]

On March 18, 1989, Dorsey went up to -60 kg/132 lb to fight Michael Kuhr at a USA vs. Germany event at the Deutschlandhalle in West Berlin, losing a controversial decision after a five-round fight. The following month, Dorsey was scheduled to fight for the Professional Kickboxing Organization (PKO) World Bantamweight (-57 kg/125 lb) Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden against Dennis Sigo but the Swede had broken his hand during sparring just one week prior to the event and Michael Kuhr was asked to take the fight and move down in weight on short notice. Dorsey won by unanimous decision to take his second world title on April 13, 1989.[4]

Having turned professional as a boxer back in 1985, Dorsey won his first title in that sport on August 10, 1989 when he beat Harold Rhodes by technical knockout for the NABF North American Featherweight (-57.1 kg/126 lb) Championship. The two men met each round center ring both firing large volumes of powerful punches until Dorsey dropped Rhodes for a ten count in the final moments of an exciting bout. He then challenged Jorge Páez for the IBF World Featherweight (-57.1 kg/126 lb) Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 4, 1990, losing a controversial split decision.

After a TKO of Bernardo Piñango two months later, Dorsey rematched Páez for both the IBF and WBO World Featherweight titles on July 8, 1990. The bout was scored a split draw and Páez kept the belts. Dorsey would finally get his hands on the IBF featherweight title after Páez vacated it, knocking out Alfred Rangel in round one for the vacant championship on June 3, 1991. He lost it to Manuel Medina two months later.[5]

Dorsey made a brief return to kickboxing in 1994, knocking out Mechell Rochette in San Jose, California to be crowned the ISKA World Lightweight (-60 kg/132.3 lb) Full Contact Champion.

He became a two-time boxing world champion on October 18, 1996 when he forced Jimmi Bredahl to quit on his stool in Vejle, Denmark, taking the IBO World Super Featherweight (-58.9 kg/130 lb) Championship. Dorsey had a tendency to cut easily and saw several of his later fights stopped due to cuts: this subsequently hastened his retirement from the ring in 1998.[6]

Personal life

He has two daughters, Kendra and Shelly, with his wife Leslie.[1] Troy is also a Brazilian jiu-jitsu Black Belt under Travis Lutter

Championships and awards

Boxing

International Boxing Federation
- IBF World Featherweight (-57.1 kg/126 lb) Championship
International Boxing Organization
- IBO World Super Featherweight (-58.9 kg/130 lb) Championship
North American Boxing Federation
- NABF North American Featherweight (-57.1 kg/126 lb) Championship

Kickboxing

International Sport Karate Association
- ISKA World Bantamweight (-54.5 kg/120.2 lb) Full Contact Championship
- ISKA World Super Lightweight (-63.5 kg/139 lb) Full Contact Championship[7]
Karate International Council of Kickboxing
- KICK United States Featherweight Championship
Professional Kickboxing Organization
- PKO World Bantamweight (-57 kg/125 lb) Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden[8]
WAKO Amateur World Championships

Boxing record

15 wins (11 KOs), 11 losses, 4 draws

For the IBA Intercontinental Lightweight (-61.2 kg/135 lb) Championship.
Date	Result	Opponent	Venue	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
1998-07-11	Loss	Gabriel Ruelas	Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas, USA	TKO	6	1:25	15-11-4
1997-10-04	Loss	Jesús Chávez	Caesars Atlantic City	Atlantic City, New Jersey	TKO	7		15-10-4
For the NABF North American Super Featherweight (-58.9 kg/130 lb) Championship.
1997-04-19	Win	Rudy Zavala	Celebrity Theatre	Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Decision (unanimous)	10	3:00	15-9-4
1996-10-18	Win	Jimmi Bredahl	Idraettens hus	Vejle, Denmark	TKO (retirement)	7	3:00	14-9-4
Wins the IBO World Super Featherweight (-58.9 kg/130 lb) Championship.
1996-04-12	Win	Hector Vicencio		Dallas, Texas, USA	Decision (unanimous)	10	3:00	13-9-4
1994-10-27	Loss	Eddie Hopson		Washington, D.C., USA	Decision	12	3:00	12-9-4
For the NABF North American Super Featherweight (-58.9 kg/130 lb) Championship.
1993-06-07	Loss	Oscar De La Hoya	Thomas & Mack Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	TKO (retirement)	1	3:00	12-8-4
1993-02-21	Loss	Calvin Grove	Blue Horizon	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Decision (unanimous)	10	3:00	12-7-4
1992-10-03	Loss	Jesse James Leija	HemisFair Arena	San Antonio, Texas, USA	TKO (retirement)	5	3:00	12-6-4
1992-05-02	Win	Juan Valenzuela		Fort Worth, Texas, USA	TKO	4	2:30	12-5-4
1992-02-18	Loss	Kevin Kelley	Paramount Theatre	New York City, New York, USA	Decision (unanimous)	12	3:00	11-5-4
For the WBC Continental Americas Featherweight (-57.1 kg/126 lb) Championship.
1991-08-12	Loss	Manuel Medina	The Forum	Inglewood, California, USA	Decision (unanimous)	12	3:00	11-4-4
Loses the IBF World Featherweight (-57.1 kg/126 lb) Championship.
1991-06-03	Win	Alfred Rangel	Caesars Palace	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	KO	1	2:37	11-3-4
Wins the IBF World Featherweight (-57.1 kg/126 lb) Championship.
1990-11-18	Draw	Tom Johnson	Fort Worth Convention Center	Fort Worth, Texas, USA	Draw	12	3:00	10-3-4
Retains the NABF North American Featherweight (-57.1 kg/126 lb) Championship.
1990-07-08	Draw	Jorge Páez	Las Vegas Hilton	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Draw (split)	12	3:00	10-3-3
For the IBF World Featherweight (-57.1 kg/126 lb) Championship and WBO World Featherweight (-57.1 kg/126 lb) Championship.
1990-04-07	Win	Bernardo Piñango	Las Vegas Hilton	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	TKO	8	0:34	10-3-2
1990-02-04	Loss	Jorge Páez	Las Vegas Hilton	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Decision (split)	12	3:00	9-3-2
For the IBF World Featherweight (-57.1 kg/126 lb) Championship.
1989-08-10	Win	Harold Rhodes		Billings, Montana, USA	TKO	10	2:46	9-2-2
Wins the NABF North American Featherweight (-57.1 kg/126 lb) Championship.
1989-02-05	Win	Anthony Boyle	Trump Castle	Atlantic City, New Jersey	TKO	10	2:53	8-2-2
1988-09-17	Draw	Rogelio Lopez	Dallas Convention Center	Dallas, Texas, USA	Draw	10	3:00	7-2-2
1988-08-12	Win	Alberto Santana		Pasadena, Texas, USA	KO	1		7-2-1
1988-06-10	Win	Fernando Ramos		Fort Worth, Texas, USA	KO	3		6-2-1
1988-05-01	Win	Delfino Perez	Garden City Ballroom	Dallas, Texas, USA	TKO	7		5-2-1
1988-01-19	Win	David Moreno		Fort Worth, Texas, USA	Decision (unanimous)	8	3:00	4-2-1
1987-10-27	Win	Eduardo Rodriguez		Fort Worth, Texas, USA	KO	1		3-2-1
1987-09-29	Loss	Tom Johnson	Premier Center	Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA	Decision (split)	8	3:00	2-2-1
1987-04-09	Draw	Darrell Hayes		Houston, Texas, USA	Draw	4	3:00	2-1-1
1987-03-06	Win	Conrad Sanchez	Will Rogers Memorial Center	Fort Worth, Texas, USA	Decision (majority)	6	3:00	2-1
1986-12-09	Loss	Scott Phillips		Fort Worth, Texas, USA	KO	1		1-1
1985-04-02	Win	Rafael Rodriguez	Gorman's Gym	Fort Worth, Texas, USA	TKO	2	2:15	1-0

Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes

Kickboxing record

33 wins (24 KOs), 2 losses, 0 draws

Wins the ISKA World Super Lightweight (-63.5 kg/139 lb) Full Contact Championship.[7]
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
1994-04-15	Win	Michel Rochette	Battle of the Masters	San Jose, California, USA	KO	5
1993-	Loss	Khalid Rahilou			Decision	12	2:00
For the WKA Full contact world championship.
1992-00-00	Win	Alexi Nachaev			KO	5
Retains the PKO World Bantamweight (-57 kg/125 lb) Championship.
1989-04-13	Win	Michael Kuhr		Gothenburg, Sweden	Decision (unanimous)	10	2:00
Wins the PKO World Bantamweight (-57 kg/125 lb) Championship.
1989-03-18	Loss	Michael Kuhr	USA vs. Germany	West Berlin	Decision	5	2:00
1988-00-00	Win	Jeff Watts		United States	KO	3
Retains the ISKA World Bantamweight (-54.5 kg/120.2 lb) Full Contact Championship.
1987-00-00	Win	Steve Demencuk		United States	KO	7
Retains the ISKA World Bantamweight (-54.5 kg/120.2 lb) Full Contact Championship.
1987-08-08	Win	Felipe Garcia		El Paso, Texas, USA	Decision	12	2:00
Wins the ISKA World Bantamweight (-54.5 kg/120.2 lb) Full Contact Championship.
1987-01-00	Loss	Felipe Garcia		Denver, Colorado, USA	Decision (split)
0000-00-00	Win	Jorge Angat		United States
Retains the KICK United States Featherweight Championship.
1983-00-00	Win	Santae Wilson		United States	KO
Wins the KICK United States Featherweight Championship.

Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes

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References

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"Troy Dorsey, IBF Feather and World Kick Boxing Champ". Doghouseboxing.com. 2010-12-02. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
"Troy Dorsey vs. Michael Kuhr |". Backkicks.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
Franco, Luca De (2006-01-03). "Kickboxers in the Ring". The Sweet Science. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2013-07-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Mellen, Greg (1994-04-16). "Farley unhappy, but holds onto title". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz. p. 13. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
"Troy Dorsey vs. Michael Kuhr |".

External links

Boxing record for Troy Dorsey from BoxRec

Sporting positions
Major world boxing titles
Vacant Title last held by Jorge Páez	IBF featherweight champion June 3, 1991 - August 12, 1991	Succeeded by Manuel Medina
Minor world boxing titles
Vacant Title last held by Israel Cardona	IBO super featherweight champion October 18, 1996 - 1996 Vacates	Vacant Title next held by Charles Shepherd

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