Quincy Taylor

Quincy Taylor ( born July 18, 1963 in Dallas, Texas ) is a former American professional boxer and former world champion of the WBC middleweight.

As an amateur he won the Texas Golden Gloves. At the Golden Gloves in 1986 he lost to Thomas Tate, who later became a professional boxer and world title challenger by Julian Jackson, Roy Jones Jr. and Sven Ottke.

Still in 1986 he became a professional and has been trained, among others, former world champion and International Boxing Hall of Fameer Curtis Cokes. Until August 1988, he won each of his 10 professional fights, including 9 by knockout. He also defeated the undefeated young talent Joe Walker (8-0 ) and Roy Bedwell (5-0 ). In 1987 he was a sparring partner for Sugar Ray Leonard committed, who just was in the preparatory training for a world title bout against Marvin Hagler. He made ​​an impressive surprise when he sent Leonard hit by a heavy impact to the ground and thus its difficulties revealed in dealing with legal arms.

On August 12, 1988 he suffered in Las Vegas a concise point loss to Terry Norris. Then he again won four consecutive fights, including against world title challenger Gilbert Baptist ( 17-10 ), the California Master Tomás Pérez ( 22-4 ) and the undefeated Argentine Gastón Mario Alberto Chavez ( 23-0 ). On 8 October 1990, he lost on points against the Mexican former world champion Jorge Vaca ( 45-9 ) and subject to that in the rematch on points.

On 13 December 1990, he won by a knockout win against Armando Rodríguez ( 21-3 ) from Venezuela, the Intercontinental Championship title the IBF light middleweight. After six more victories against construction opponent he punched on 15 March 1994 against the undefeated, eventual champion Otis Grant ( 22-0 ) to the North American title of the NABF middleweight and won by KO in the twelfth round.

He defended the title in August 1994 by co in the eighth round against Derrick Rolon (19-1 ) and in January 1995 by co in the twelfth round against the undefeated Rodney Toney ( 19-0 ). In May 1995, he defended the title by whacked in the seventh round for the third and last time against Rafael Williams.

Then he received on August 19, 1995 in Las Vegas a title fight for the world middleweight belt by WBC version against the current title holder Julian Jackson ( 51-3 ). Taylor won the fight by whacked in the sixth round and thus was named after his coach Curtis Cokes, only the second world champion boxer from Dallas, Texas. However, he lost the title in the first defense on 16 March 1996 in Las Vegas early to Keith Holmes.

After over two years of abstinence ring he won in April 1998 by co Melvin Wynn and then withdrew again for over three years from boxing. On 16 June 2001, he played one last boxing match against categorized as favorites Fred "Fabulous" Moore ( 25-0, 23 Ko) and surprisingly won by KO in the fourth round.

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