Julius Fogle

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Julius Fogle
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Statistics
Nickname(s)K.O.B.
Weight(s) Light heavyweight
NationalityAmerican
Born (1971-12-02) December 2, 1971 (age 51)
Tacoma, Washington
Stanceorthodox
Boxing record
Total fights27
Wins16
Wins by KO11
Losses10
Draws0
No contests1

Julius Fogle (born December 2, 1971) is an American former professional boxer. He was also a recruiter for the United States Army and served 20 years of active duty. After his military and boxing career were over, he started a career as a stand-up comedian and author. His book, which is an autobiography is called, "The Last Round".

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Amateur career

Fogle had a distinguished amateur career, culminating in him winning the 2002 national amateur middleweight championship and 2002 United States Challenge. [1] He was also the 1997 and 2000 National Police Athletic League middleweight champion. He qualified for both the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Trials in the middleweight division. He was a seven-time former All-Army and Armed Forces Gold Medalist and 1997 World Military Games bronze medalist. He won the inaugural 2001 National Ringside Tournament and won a silver medal in the 2003 Pan Am Games Qualifier. He was a 3-time State and Regional Golden Gloves Gold Medalist winning a Silver Medal in the 1998 and Bronze in the 1999 National Golden Gloves. He served as a USA Boxing Athlete Representative on the Board of Directors from 2003 to 2004 and had a brief amateur coaching stint in 2004. During his amateur career he faced the likes of Jermain Taylor, Jeff Lacy, Jerson Ravelo, Daniel Eduourd, Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell.

Professional career

Fogle turned professional in 2004 as a light heavyweight. He won a minor title, the International Boxing Council Americas Super Middleweight championship, by beating knocking out Isaiah Henderson in two rounds in December 2005, [2] then moved up in weight class to light heavyweight. His last boxing match was in 2013 and he finished with a 16-10 record. In one of his last fight, he fought against Sergei "Krusher" Kovalev losing by 2nd round TKO. [3]

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References

  1. "JULIUS FOGLE SIGNS WITH TITAN ENTERTAINMENT". Boxing Talk. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. "Julius Fogle v Isaiah Henderson". BoxRec . Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  3. "Profile: Sergey Kovalev – Canelo Vs Kovalev". Boxing News 24. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2021.