Andre Dirrell

Andre Dirrell (born September 7, 1982 in Flint, Michigan) is an American boxer, who won the middleweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Amateur career

Southpaw Dirrell was a standout as an amateur and won the National Amateur Championship at Middleweight (165 lb.) in 2003. (Brother Anthony Dirrell won it in 2004 and 2005.)

He also competed at the Panamerican Games 2003 in Santo Domingo. His results were:
**Lost to Yordanis Despaigne (Cuba) 20-21

He avenged the Despaigne loss 41-28 in their second bout later and world champ Gennady Golovkin 15-14 at the 2003 USA vs. Kazakhstan Dual. [http://www.olympic-usa.org/73_25961.htm]

He won the Middleweight Bronze medal for the United States at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. His results were:
**Defeated Ha Dabateer (China) 25-18
**Defeated Kassel Nabil (Algeria) RSC-2 (1:59)
**Defeated Yordanis Despaigne (Cuba) 21-20
**Lost to Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan) 18-23

Professional career

Dirrell began his professional career in 2005 and is currently undefeated based on fights against limited competitors. He, and his brother Anthony Dirrell, are featured regularly on ESPN fight cards.

Dirrell recently stepped up and defeated prospect Curtis Stevens on HBO's Boxing After Dark in June 2007.

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