- Tye Fields
Infobox Boxer
name=Tye Fields
realname=Walter Tyeson Fields
nickname=Big Sky
height=height|ft=6|in=8
weight=Heavyweight
nationality=flagicon|USA American
birth_date=birth date and age|1975|02|08
birth_place=Missoula, Montana ,United States
death_date=
death_place=
home=Las Vegas, Nevada ,United States
style=Southpaw
total=43
wins=41
losses=2
draws=0
KO=37Walter Tyeson "Tye" Fields (born
February 8 1975 ,Missoula, Montana ) is an Americanheavyweight boxer.Career
Before taking up boxing, Fields played college basketball and was a starter at forward for
San Diego State University . Fields never was an amateur. Standing at 6 feet and 8 inches and weighing around 275lbs (125kg), thesouthpaw Fields is considered large even for the heavyweight division.In his professional career he has beaten opponents such as
Saul Montana ,Bruce Seldon ,Sedreck Fields ,Maurice Harris , Domonic Jenkins, Kendrick Releford and Roderick Willis. He started his career with a streak of 17 consecutive KO victories (16 of them coming in the first round) before he suffered his first loss toJeff Ford via a 1st round KO. He would later avenge this defeat by knocking out Ford in a rematch, also in the 1st round. In total Fields has 23 first round knockouts among his 41 professional victories. He has won 4 regional titles.On June 28th 2008 Fields faced off against
Monte Barrett on theManny Pacquiao -David Diaz undercard at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Fields suffered the second defeat of his career losing via knockout after just 57 seconds of the first round when Barrett (34-6, 20 KOs) delivered a series of accurate right hands, knocking Fields down and leaving him unable to beat the referee's count. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3465748 espn.go.com, Luevano retains crown with split draw; DQ costs Soto] ] [ [http://www.secondsout.com/USA/news.cfm?ccs=229&cs=25788 secondsout.com, Luevano Held To Draw/Soto Shock/Barrett Win] ]External links
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* [http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=11969&more=1 "It Came From Montana: The Odyssey of Tye Fields" by Steven Shabo]References
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