Clifford Etienne

Clifford Etienne ( born March 9, 1972 in Lafayette, Louisiana) is an American heavyweight boxer. His nickname is The Black Rhino, translated as "The Black Rhino ".

1987 Etienne was sentenced to forty years in prison for a robbery, but pardoned after ten years. In prison he won the championships prisoners of the state of Louisiana.

In 1998, he punched after release on parole his first professional heavyweight fight. On 5 June 2000, he fought against the then-undefeated WBO champion later and later conqueror of Wladimir Klitschko, Lamon Brewster and hit him with surprising clarity on points. He was impressed by his action-packed fighting style (Pressure Fighter ). In the same year he also get victories against Cliff Couser and the Olympian Lawrence Clay -Bey also in a very fast-paced combat.

However, Etienne has neither outstanding impact strength nor good taker abilities, which means a huge risk when his offensive style. In March 2001, he had no chance against Fres Oquendo and went in the eighth round knockout.

In 2002, he boxed a draw against Francois Botha; However, right in the next fight he went against Mike Tyson after only 49 seconds of the first round knockout. He never came back near the top of the world and defeated 2005 Calvin Brock and Nikolai Valuev each prematurely in three rounds.

In August 2005, he was shooting for armed robbery, kidnapping, and the trial, a police officer and a kidnapped family from him, re-arrested and charged in March 2006. On 22 June 2006 he was sentenced to 150 years in prison without parole for these crimes.