Milton McCrory
Milton McCrory ( born February 7, 1962) is a retired American boxer. He was world champion professional boxer of the Association WBC welterweight from 13 August 1983 to 6 December 1985.
Career
Amateur career
Milton McCrory began as a 12- year-old boy in the Lasky Recreation Center in Detroit with the boxes. His first coach there Jaques was a farmer. Even as a 17 year old boy he was one of the best amateur boxers in the U.S. Light Welterweight (then to 63.5 kg of body weight). He reached the final of the 1979 U.S. Championship of seniors in this weight class and defeated it against Lemuel Steeples on points. In the same year he also denied his only international match for the U.S. national team, and won in Milwaukee over the poles Kazimierz Szczerba on points.
At the Junior World Cup 1979 in Yokohama Milton McCrory represented the U.S. in the light welterweight. He won there over Edward Miles, Scotland in the 2nd round by demolition, about Ikki Oka from Japan in the first round of demolition, over Jewegeni thistle, USSR on points and in the final Jerzy Kaczmarek from Poland also on points and was thus Junior World Champion. Milton McCrory 's younger brother Steve McCrory was also a very successful boxer. It was in 1984 in Los Angeles Olympic champion in the flyweight.
Professional career
In 1980, Milton McCrory was a professional boxer and played his first match on September 10, 1980 in Detroit, where he defeated Calvin Straughter in the 1st round ko. This was followed in the next two and a half years kurzrundige 16 victories in a row. He suggested including on February 3, 1982 in Detroit also such a good boxer Randy Shields ko His trainer and manager Emanuel Steward was in those years.
On March 19, 1983, he fought in Reno ( Nevada) against Colin Jones to the principles laid down by Sugar Ray Leonard world championship title the WBC welterweight. This fight ended in a draw, so this title remained vacant. On August 13, 1983, therefore, in Las Vegas (Nevada ) was the rematch between Milton McCrory and Colin Jones, in which it came to this title. This time, Milton McCrory won 2:1 vote just on points and was the new world champion of the WBC welterweight.
Milton McCrory defended this title in the next two and a half years on January 14, 1984 in Sterling Heights, Michigan by a technical knockout victory in the sixth round of Milton Guest, in Detroit by a further technical on April 15, 1984 knockout victory in the sixth round of Gilles Elbilia and on March 9, 1985 in Miami Beach ( Florida) by a technical knockout victory in the third round of Carlos Trujillo, successfully.
On December 6, 1985, he then lost in Las Vegas against Donald Curry in the 2nd round by a knockout in this fight had been about the world title of the associations WBC, WBA and IBF. Donald Curry was so world champion of the three major professional Boxverbände the world welterweight.
Milton McCrory won on March 7, 1987 in Detroit the North American professional title in the light middleweight division by a technical knockout victory in the first round of Rafael Corona, but was defeated on April 19, 1987 in Phoenix ( Arizona) when trying to WBA world Champion to be in this weight class, against Mike McCallum by technical knockout in the 10th round. Then he got no more big fights and punched only sporadically. After a knockout defeat in the first round against Robert Curry on April 6, 1991, Honolulu ( Hawaii), he finished his boxer 's career.
Life after boxing career
Milton McCrory was only 29 years old when he finished his boxer 's career. He did this in the first place also, in order to dedicate more of his family. He took over at the Kronk Gym in Detroit is a place trainer and dedicated to there in the first line of work with youth. He is also at the Chrysler Corp.. employed in Detroit.