Gurcharan Singh (boxer)

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Gurcharan Singh Nagar
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Nickname(s)The Storm
Weight(s) Light heavyweight
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
NationalityFlag of India.svg  India
Born (1977-04-10) 10 April 1977 (age 46)
Rurawal Punjab, India
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights21
Wins20
Wins by KO11
Losses1
Draws0
No contests0

Gurcharan Singh (born 10 April 1977) is an Indian professional boxer born in Rurewal, Punjab, and currently settled in Philadelphia, US. [1]

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He competed in the light heavyweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. [1] Although he lost in the first round at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Singh excelled his boxing performance at the Sydney games by defeating South Korea's Ki Soo-Choi, and South Africa's Danie Venter in the first two rounds. During the quarterfinal match, Singh made an early lead against Ukraine's Andriy Fedchuk; however, he failed to evade a punch in the last round until Fedchuk drew a sudden death point to end the match. As a result, the judges made a decision to break a deadlock and earned a score of 60–42 to the Ukrainian boxer; therefore, Singh did not advance into the semi-final match. [2]

Gurucharan Singh was last employed as a Naik Subedar in the 17 Sikh Battalion in the Indian Army.

Gurucharan Singh relocated to the US and settled in the boxing town of Philadelphia while pursuing his professional boxing career from 2001 to 2010.

Olympic results

1996 (as a light heavyweight boxer)

2000 (as a light heavyweight boxer)

Professional boxing

After his disappointing loss in the Olympics semifinal to Andriy Fedchuk, which Gurucharan still believes was an unfair result against him due to a sudden death point, 6 months after the Olympic loss while he was training in Czech at a boxing camp he left without informing anyone, [3] only after a while it was realized that he migrated to USA. As he left without informing anyone at workplace or in the Indian Boxing Federation his then employer Indian Army considered him AWOL (Absent Without Official Leave) and faced and inquiry on arrival. [4]

Career

Singh vs. Ibragmiov (left) Ibragmiov batters Singh on the ropes.JPG
Singh vs. Ibragmiov (left)

In 2001 Gurucharan signed up for Pro Boxing in the United States. His first bout was with a lesser known Derrick Minter which he won in the first round on TKO. He was nicknamed Guru "The Storm" Nagra and had unbeatable run for record 20 straight fights with 11 KO/TKO's before he was stopped in the 10th round by Timur Ibragimov in 2010. Guru was also promoted as "The world's first professional Asian Heavyweight Boxer", In the later part of his professional boxing career Guru suffered various bodily injuries and subsequent surgeries that kept him away from the ring with only professional 4 bouts from 2004 to 2010 [5] .

Return to India

With the AIBA easing its restrictions on professional boxers participating in Olympics or other international boxing events, in 2014 Guru patched up with the Indian Boxing Confederation and the Indian Army and returned to Indian 15 years after he had disappeared with a desire to represent India at the 2016 Rio Olympics

Professional boxing record

21 fights20 wins1 loss
By knockout111
By decision90
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
21Loss20–1 Timur Ibragimov TKO10 (10), 1:4524 Aug 2010 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, US
20Win20–0Aleksandrs SelezensPTS67 Mar 2009New Bingley Hall, Birmingham, England
19Win19–0Colin KennaKO4 (8)27 Sep 2008Bracknell Leisure Centre, Bracknell, England
18Win18–0Mike MillerUD619 Oct 2007 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
17Win17–0Jermell BarnesMD104 Jun 2004Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
16Win16–0Charles BrownUD66 Mar 2004The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
15Win15–0Cliff NellonKO3 (6), 2:599 Dec 2003 Pikesville Armory, Pikesville, Maryland, US
14Win14–0Scott JonesUD627 Jun 2003Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
13Win13–0John BattleUD66 Jun 2003Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
12Win12–0Alejandro TorresUD418 Mar 2003 Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
11Win11–0Bryan BlakelyTKO1 (4)31 Jan 2003Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
10Win10–0Francisco PenaTKO2 (4)13 Dec 2002World Fitness Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
9Win9–0Andrew HutchinsonUD49 Aug 2002Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
8Win8–0Donald ColbertKO2 (?)22 Jun 2002 Sovereign Center, Reading, Pennsylvania, US
7Win7–0Phil FordTKO1 (?), 2:3526 Apr 2002Holiday Inn, Rutland, Vermont, US
6Win6–0Jesse OltmannsTKO1 (6)16 Mar 2002Fernwood Resort, Bushkill, Pennsylvania, US
5Win5–0Thomas TalleyTKO1 (?)18 Jan 2002Sports Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina, US
4Win4–0Forrest McFarlandTKO2 (4)19 Dec 2001 Essington, Pennsylvania, US
3Win3–0Benny GarciaTKO1 (4)9 Nov 2001 The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
2Win2–0Jerry ArentzenPTS428 Apr 2001Pottstown, Pennsylvania, US
1Win1–0Derrick MinterTKO1 (?)24 Mar 2001 Pottstown, Pennsylvania, US

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