Rhoshii Wells

Rhoshii Wells

Rhoshii Wells (December 30, 1976 – August 11, 2008) was an American boxer, who won the bronze medal in the Middleweight Division at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He was born in Austin, Texas.

Amateur career

Olympic Results
*Defeated Sefid Dashti Mollal (Iran) 24-7
*Defeated Ricardo Rodríguez (Brazil) 16-2
*Defeated Dilshod Yarbekov (Uzbekistan) 8-8, judges cards
*Lost to Ariel Hernández (Cuba) 8-17

Pro career

Nicknamed "The Great One", Wells began his professional career in 1997, and got off to a 17-0-2 start in the Light Middleweight division, setting up a shot at WBA Light Middleweight Title holder Alejandro Garcia in 2003. He was ahead on the scorecards before Garcia stopped him in the 11th round.cite web | author = Thomas Gerbasi | title = Rhoshii Wells 1976-2008 | url = http://www.maxboxing.com/Gerbasi/Gerbasi081408.asp | date = 2008-08-14 | accessdate = 2008-08-15 | publisher = Maxboxing.com] In 2005, Wells got shot at a rematch with Garcia and lost via TKO in the 9th.

He attempted a comeback on the the 3rd season of the boxing reality TV series, The Contender on ESPN, but was eliminated before the competition began.

Death

Roshii Wells was shot and killed in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 11, 2008. [ [http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=15378 Title Challenger, Olympic Rhoshii Wells Dead at 31] "Boxing Scene" ]

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