Jameson Bostic | |
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Born | Jameson Bostic 29 January 1984 Brooklyn, New York USA |
Residence | Denver Colorado |
Nationality | American |
Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) |
Division | Light Heavyweight |
Style | Boxing |
Stance | Southpaw |
Years active | 2003–2011 |
Professional boxing record | |
Total | 28 |
Wins | 23 |
By knockout | 13 |
Losses | 5 |
By knockout | 2 |
Draws | 0 |
Other information | |
Children | Jaxan Joyce Bostic |
Boxing record from BoxRec | |
last updated on: 28 January 2017 |
Jameson Bostic (born 29 January 1984, Brooklyn, New York, USA) is an American professional boxer who now resides in Auckland, New Zealand. Bostic is a former OPBF light heavyweight champion and was ranked in the WBC after defeating WBC 13th-ranked Japanese boxer Yuzo Kiyota. [1]
In 2007, Bostic took on Don King as his manager, [2] but the two split apart due to contractual issues and keeping Bostic inactive for over 13 months in 2008. After splitting from King, Bostic was brought over to New Zealand by Craig Thomson to restart his career. [3] Bostic moved over to New Zealand in 2009.
28 fights | 23 wins | 5 losses |
By knockout | 13 | 2 |
By decision | 10 | 3 |
Draws | 0 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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28 | Lose | 23–5 | KO | 2 (8) 1:48 | 11 October 2010 | |||
27 | Win | 23–4 | TKO | 1 (12) 2:08 | 11 October 2010 | vacant WBC – OPBF light heavyweight title | ||
26 | Win | 22–4 | RTD | 2 (4) 3:00 | 21 August 2010 | |||
25 | Win | 21–4 | MD | 4 | 22 July 2010 | |||
24 | Win | 20–4 | UD | 6 | 31 March 2010 | |||
23 | Win | 19–4 | RTD | 2 (6) 3:00 | 11 March 2010 | |||
22 | Lose | 18–4 | RTD | 7 (10) 3:00 | 10 December 2009 | interim WBC Youth World cruiserweight title | ||
21 | Win | 18–3 | TKO | 1 (4) 1:29 | 20 August 2009 | |||
20 | Win | 17–3 | TKO | 1 (6) 2:45 | 15 August 2009 | |||
19 | Win | 16–3 | UD | 8 | 8 May 2009 | |||
18 | Win | 15–3 | UD | 4 | 2 May 2009 | |||
17 | Win | 14–3 | UD | 4 | 21 April 2009 | |||
16 | Win | 13–3 | KO | 2 (4) 1:25 | 21 March 2008 | |||
15 | Win | 12–3 | UD | 6 | 6 October 2007 | |||
14 | Win | 11–3 | TKO | 3 (6) | 18 May 2007 | |||
13 | Win | 10–3 | KO | 1 (4) 1:51 | 19 January 2007 | |||
12 | Win | 9–3 | KO | 4 (6) 1:45 | 23 September 2006 | |||
11 | Win | 8–3 | PTS | 6 | 15 September 2006 | |||
10 | Win | 7–3 | MD | 6 | 28 July 2006 | |||
9 | Win | 6–3 | MD | 6 | 4 May 2006 | |||
8 | Win | 5–3 | UD | 6 | 9 March 2006 | |||
7 | Win | 4–3 | TKO | 1 (6) 2:36 | 2 March 2006 | |||
6 | Win | 3–3 | TKO | 1 (4) 1:55 | 13 January 2006 | |||
5 | Lose | 2–3 | UD | 6 | 2 December 2005 | |||
4 | Win | 2–2 | TKO | 2 (6) 0:53 | 5 August 2005 | |||
3 | Lose | 1–2 | SD | 4 | 6 May 2005 | |||
2 | Lose | 1–1 | UD | 4 | 14 October 2004 | |||
1 | Win | 1–0 | TKO | 1 (4) 1:11 | 5 December 2003 | Professional debut |
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