Rau'shee Warren

Rau'shee Warren ( born February 13, 1987 in Cincinnati, Ohio ) is an American boxer. He was world champion of amateurs, 2007 in Chicago flyweight.

Career

Rau'shee Warren, as he writes his name, comes from the Westwood neighborhood in Cincinnati. He began at the age of six years with the boxes, as his older brother Steven once took him with the training. He stuck with it and was assisted by a coach Mike Stafford to an exquisite boxer. He is a southpaw, for top American boxers is a rarity, and belongs to the boxing club Milville Golden Gloves on.

As a junior he was already one of the best U.S. junior boxers. He was American student champion in the weight class up to 42 kg with a demolition victory over Diego Maldonado 2001. In 2002 and 2003 he was U.S. junior champion in the light flyweight and 2003, he also took part in the World Championships for Cadets in Bucharest. In light flyweight, he won it in his first fight against the South Koreans Si Woo Myung - by termination in the first round, but retired in the next round by one point defeat ( 19:25 ) against Dewydan Pablo, a Ukrainian from.

In 2004 he started, only 17 years old at the USA Championship of seniors and finished in light flyweight after wins over Kenyon Lowe and Raytone Whitfield and a very narrow point defeat ( 13:15) in the final against Austreberto Juarez 2nd place. When a little later Olympic subsequent excretion of Americans to him but a first major success came in his career. With victories over Wiley McCanery, Diego Hurtado and Raytone Whitfield, he qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team at the Olympic Games in Athens. Previously, he won but in Tijuana / Mexico nor the U.S. Olympic elimination tournament with wins over Nestor Narvaes, Argentina, Miguel Miranda, Venezuela and Raul Castaneda, Mexico. In Athens, he was 17 years old the youngest boxer of the tournament. He was also the youngest competitor who has ever stood up to that point in a U.S. Olympic team. In Athens, he stood in the first round in the light flyweight against the Chinese Zhou Shiming, whom he defeated with 9:22 points. Zhou Shiming later won at least a bronze medal.

2005 Rau'shee Warren was then passed through a demolition victory in the third round of Aaron Alafa first American flyweight champion. This title he won in 2006 and 2007. 2005 he started then at the World Championships in Mianyang / China flyweight. He was greatly improved and defeated the Ukrainians Georgi Tschigajew by termination in the 2nd round, David Oltvanyi from Hungary by demolition in the 3rd round and Georgi Balakschin from Russia by points ( 31:21 ). In the semifinals, he lost to the South Koreans Lee Ok -sung by points ( 27:44 ), but won by reaching the semi-finals, a bronze medal. Lee Ok -sung later became world champion in this weight class.

In 2006, a year without international championships, Rau'shee Warren launched at the World Cup in Baku bantamweight. He met, among others there on the Cuban double Olympic champion in 2000 and 2004 Guillermo Rigondeaux. He gave this a courageous battle and was defeated narrowly with 17:21 points.

The World Championships were held in 2007 in Chicago. Rau'shee Warren started there again flyweight and won with a points victory ( 20:8 ) over Tulaschboy Danijorow, Uzbekistan, a demolition victory in the third round of Braulio Avila from Mexico and point victories over Violito Payle from the Philippines ( 25: 11), Georgi Balakschin, Russia, ( 23:13 ), Samir Mammadow, Azerbaijan ( 26:13 ) and the World Champion from 2003 Somjit Jongjohor from Thailand ( 13:9 ) deserved the world title.

Rau'shee Warren was also at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing flyweight at the start. In the U.S. Olympic excretion he won the final battle over Qa'id Muhammad by termination in the 2nd round. In the games he prepares in the power center of the U.S. boxers in Colorado Springs along with his teammates, especially with Luis Yanez and Raynell Williams before. For Rau'shee Warren the dream of Olympic gold in Beijing was after his first fight to an end. He lost in this against the South Koreans Lee Ok -sung, 2005 World Champion, on points ( 8:9 ) and thus retired.

After this failure Warren took, except for set union struggles for Los Angeles in the World Series of Boxing, a long time to no longer participate in international tournaments. Also at the 2009 World Cup, he did not start.

In 2011, Warren announced at the World Championships back impressively and won the bronze medal. With the associated direct qualification for the 2012 Olympics in London he could in turn make hopes for an Olympic medal.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, light flyweight, flyweight and bantamweight, up to 48 kg, 51 kg and 54 kg body weight)

National success

Countries fighting

Swell

• Trade journal Box Sport from 2001 to 1008
• Website " www.amateur - boxing.strefa.pl "
• Website " sports123 "
• Website of the U.S. american. boxing federation,
• Website of the Washington Post