Vernon Forrest (February 12, 1971 – July 25, 2009) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBC, IBF, Ring magazine and lineal welterweight between 2002 and 2003, and the WBC super welterweight title twice between 2007 and 2009. In 2002, Forrest was named Fighter of the Year by The Ring and the Boxing Writers Association of America.
In 2009, Forrest was murdered after he was robbed at a gas station in the Mechanicsville neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia.
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VernonForrest (February 12, 1971 – July 25, 2009) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008. He held multiple world championships...
defeated VernonForrest via a 12-round majority decision to become the WBC super welterweight champion. In the build-up to the fight, Forrest threatened...
unbeaten VernonForrest. It was finally announced that Mosley would be defending his WBC and Lineal welterweight titles against VernonForrest (33-0, 26...
in a rematch to Mayorga in 2002 via 5th-round TKO. In January 2003, VernonForrest (35–0–0) fought Mayorga. Mayorga was a mostly unknown fringe contender...
Entertainment. Around 2000, Haymon ventured into boxing when he managed VernonForrest. Over the next decade, he gained considerable influence in boxing, mainly...
USA–USSR Duals (63,5 kg), Spokane, Washington, March 1991: Lost to VernonForrest (United States) by split decision, 2–3 European Championships (63,5 kg)...
champion VernonForrest at Madison Square Garden, New York by scores of 93–96, 94–95, & 94–95. CompuBox stats showed Quartey outlanding Forrest (201 out...
was thrown aside. On July 28, on HBO's Boxing after Dark, he fought VernonForrest for the vacant WBC Light Middleweight championship, losing a lopsided...
Griffin Tim Austin Sergio Reyes Jr. Julian Wheeler Oscar De La Hoya VernonForrest Pepe Reilly Raúl Márquez Chris Byrd Montell Griffin Danell Nicholson...
Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer Sr. (March 10, 1908 – January 10, 1966) was an American civil rights movement leader and president of the Forrest County chapter...
Holyfield fought to a draw for the WBA Heavyweight Championship January 26 VernonForrest upsets Shane Mosley by unanimous decision, to capture the WBC Welterweight...
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ESPN. September 7, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2022. "Arturo Gatti/VernonForrest/Alexis Arguello". Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. April 13, 2010. HBO...
An example of this occurred when VernonForrest won a controversial decision in 2006 over Ike Quartey. When Forrest thanked those close to him, Merchant...
rematch that was on the undercard of the rematch between Shane Mosely and VernonForrest. Tarver was trailing on the scorecards until the 4th round, when he...
worked with are: Mike Tyson Evander Holyfield David Tua Pernell Whitaker VernonForrest Arturo Gatti Juan Díaz Kassim Ouma Egerton Marcus Dominick Guinn Raúl...
title against WBC and The Ring champion VernonForrest. Ricardo Mayorga – Unified champion (def. VernonForrest) 25 Jan – 13 Dec 2003 2 Mayorga fought...
Louisiana, U.S. For WBO–NABO light welterweight title 45 Loss 40–5 VernonForrest UD 12 Jan 22, 2000 The Joint, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. For NABF welterweight...
Griffin Tim Austin Sergio Reyes Jr. Julian Wheeler Oscar De La Hoya VernonForrest Pepe Reilly Raúl Márquez Chris Byrd Montell Griffin Danell Nicholson...
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