Maurice Harris ( born Maurice Harris ; born February 21, 1976 , , New Jersey , USA ) is an American professional boxer in the heavyweight category.
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| Full name | Wilbur Maurice Harris |
| Nickname | ( Eng. "Mo Bettah" ) |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Date of Birth | February 21, 1976 (43 years old) |
| Place of Birth | East Orange , New Jersey , USA |
| Accommodation | East Orange, New Jersey , USA |
| Weight category | Heavy (over 91 kg) |
| Rack | Right-handed |
| Growth | 193 cm |
| Arm span | 203 cm |
| Ratings | |
| Position by BoxRec rating | 287 (10 points) |
| Professional career | |
| First fight | December 4, 1992 |
| The last battle | July 6, 2018 |
| Number of battles | 52 |
| Number of wins | 26 |
| Knockout wins | eleven |
| Defeats | 22 |
| Draws | 3 |
| Failed | one |
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Professional career
Maurice Harris became a professional boxer at age 16. Debuted with light heavyweight. In an early professional career, Harris often lost, but entered the ring against experienced boxers. He met with John Andred (15-0), Vaug Bean (18-0), brought in a draw with a debutant, Zuri Lawrence .
Defeated the undefeated Olympic medalist, David Aizon (18-0).
In 1997, in a controversial decision, he confronted Larry Holmes himself . After a controversial defeat, he spent 7 consecutive victories, including Jeremy Williams (34-2), and went to battle against the undefeated American Derrick Jefferson (21-0-1).
Fight with Derrick Jefferson
An interesting confrontation was in November 1999 , where Derrick Jefferson met with Maurice Harris. Both opponents took an open fighting style, so the duel turned out to be spectacular. In the middle of the 2nd round, Jefferson with a left hook hit right on the opponent's jaw. Harris immediately fell. He got to the count of 9. Jefferson tried to finish off the enemy, but Harris went into a dead defense. Nevertheless, 50 seconds before the end of the round, Jefferson struck the left uppercut on the opponent's jaw. Harris was back on the floor. He got to the count of 7. Jefferson again rushed to finish, but missed the oncoming right cross from Harris and he was knocked down. He immediately got up. The ending of the round was a mutual exchange of strokes. A minute before the end of the 6th round, Harris stagnated at the ropes. Jefferson, taking advantage of the moment, broke a left hook into the jaw and added a few more blows to the body. The exhausted Harris fell to the floor. He got into account 9. Jefferson wanted to finish, but Harris suddenly went on the attack. At the very end of the round, Harris missed a powerful counter left hook, from which he burst out of his mouth, and he was in a deep knockout. Referee Steve Smoger stopped the fight without opening an account. “Derrick Jefferson, I love you!” (Derrick Jefferson, I love you!) Shouted HBO commentator Larry Merchant. The fight received the status of “knockout of the year” according to the magazine “Ring”.
2000—2010
In 2000 , Harris defeated two boxers, Bradley Ron and Harold Skoners. In 2001, he entered the IBF 4 strongest tournament, and lost to Chris Byrd in the first round.
A month after losing to Byrd, he lost to another former champion by knockout in the first round, Henry Akinwade .
A year did not enter the ring, but when he returned, he unexpectedly knocked out an undefeated Belarusman, Sergei Lyakhovich, in the 9th round.
Then he lost by knockout to Fresu Oquendo and Tay Fields .
In 2007, he had a fight with Randy Wales, and left boxing until 2010 .
In 2010, he returned with a victory over Billy Zambran .
In March, he defeated Julis Long, then the jornimen Robert Hawkins .
In August 2010, Dominican Nagi Aguilera defeated a 12-round bout. [1] And after regular victories, he again entered the IBF strongest tournament.
Fight with Tony Thompson
In 2011, the IBF appointed the strongest tournament, in one of the bouts of which Tony Thompson and Maurice Harris met. The fight began actively, Thompson immediately seized the initiative in the ring. Already in the second round, Thompson knocked down Harris, and after two knockdowns in the third round, referee Vic Draculich decided to stop the fight. Thompson took revenge after an informal meeting with Harris, in which he lost to him [2] [3] .
2011-2012
In July 2011 , Harris unexpectedly knocked out Derrick Rossi (25-4), in the 12th round [4] [5] .
And in May 2012, he lost on points in an 8-round fight, to the undefeated young German boxer, Edmund Gerber . The result came out rather controversial, and not fair. Many agreed that Harris was condemned [6] [7] .
June 20, 2012, Harris took part in the prestigious British tournament, Prizefighter , in which in the first fight he met with the Pole, a former contender for the championship title, Albert Sosnowski . The Pole was more active, and outplayed Harris on points, by a separate decision of the judges in a 3-round battle [8] .
Notes
- ↑ Mo Harris defeats Nagi Aguilera | FightNews.RU
- ↑ Thompson won and took revenge on Harris
- ↑ Thompson Knocked Out Harris (Link unavailable) . Date of treatment June 4, 2012. Archived May 18, 2014.
- ↑ Maurice Harris defeats Derrick Rossi
- ↑ UABOXING.com - Boxing News | Harris defeated Rossi (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment June 4, 2012. Archived March 12, 2016.
- ↑ Harris was robbed in battle with Gerber
- ↑ Harris: I was robbed in a fight with Gerber
- ↑ Prizefighter Tournament. Results.
Links
- Harris, Maurice - professional boxing statistics for BoxRec
- On the site allboxing.ru
- Page on boxnews.com.ua