David Reid ( Eng. David Terell Reid ; September 17, 1973 , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA ) - American boxer - professional , performing in the super welterweight division. World champion in super welterweight ( WBA version, 1999-2000). 1995 Pan American Games Champion, 1996 Olympic Champions.
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| Full name | David Terrell Reed ( eng. David Terell Reid ) | |||||||||||||
| Nickname | American Dream ( eng. American Dream ) | |||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  USA | |||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | September 17, 1973 (45 years) | |||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Philadelphia , PA , USA | |||||||||||||
| Accommodation | Philadelphia , PA , USA | |||||||||||||
| Weight category | Welterweight (up to 67 kg), 1st medium (up to 71 kg), super welterweight (up to 69.85 kg) | |||||||||||||
| Rack | Right-handed | |||||||||||||
| Growth | 175 cm | |||||||||||||
| Professional career | ||||||||||||||
| First fight | March 21, 1997 | |||||||||||||
| The last battle | November 11, 2001 | |||||||||||||
| Championship belt | Super welterweight (up to 69.85 kg) WBA | |||||||||||||
| Number of battles | nineteen | |||||||||||||
| Number of wins | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Knockout wins | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Defeats | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Draws | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Amateur career | ||||||||||||||
| Number of battles | 165 | |||||||||||||
| Number of wins | 150 | |||||||||||||
| Number of lesions | 15 | |||||||||||||
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Amateur career
David Reed had a stellar amateur boxing career, culminating in winning a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. She followed the victory the year before at the 1995 1995 Pan-American Games in Mar del Plata. Since he was, like four years before Oscar De La Hoya , the only Olympic gold medalist in boxing for the United States, his comparison with De La Hoya was virtually inevitable. De La Hoya's nickname was “Golden Boy,” and Reed called “American Dream.”
Olympic results :
Won on points (20-4) Wang Kyun Lee (South Korea)
Won on points (12-5) Pavel Polakovich (Czech Republic)
Won on points (13-8) Mohamed Marmoury (Tunisia)
Won on points (12-4) Karim Tulyaganova (Uzbekistan)
Defeated by knockout (KO 3 (0:36)) Alfredo Durwehel (Cuba)
Professional career
He began his professional career on March 21, 1997, with much attention from the US boxing community, winning points on Sam Calderon by unanimous decision in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This was followed by more victories and on October 24, 1998, by defeating James Cocker on points, Reed got his first belt of the continental champion of America. After this victory, he moved into the contenders for the world title and already in the next professional fight on March 6, 1999, became the WBA world middleweight champion, winning points on the unanimous decision of the French champion Laurent Buduani . Twice he successfully defended his title, in one of the fights, winning a unanimous decision from former world champion Keith Mullings in Las Vegas.
In the next fight, Reed lost his title, losing on points to Puerto Rican Felix Trinidad .
Subsequently, he spent 4 more fights, won 3 of them and lost by technical knockout to little-known Sam Hill on November 11, 2001. After that, having problems with the retina, so as not to lose his sight, he left boxing.
Links
- Reed, David (boxer) (English) - statistics of professional fights on the site BoxRec
- David Reed - Olympic statistics on Sports-Reference.com (English)