- Maurice Blocker
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Maurice Blocker (born May 15, 1963 in Washington, D.C., United States) was a professional boxer in the welterweight (147lb) division. Blocker turned pro in 1982 and lost his first title shot in 1987 to Lloyd Honeyghan. In 1990 he captured the Lineal and WBC Welterweight Titles from Marlon Starling, but lost them in his next fight to Simon Brown. In 1991 he beat Glenwood Brown to capture the vacant IBF Welterweight Title. He defended the title once and in 1993 moved up a weight class to fight Terry Norris for the WBC Light Middleweight Title. He was TKO'd, and later that year took on Félix Trinidad to defend his IBF Welterweight Title but was KO'd in the 2nd. He retired in 1995.
His record was 36-4 with 20 knockouts.
Preceded by
Marlon StarlingWBC Welterweight Champion
19 August 1990– 18 March 1991Succeeded by
Simon BrownLineal Welterweight Champion
19 August 1990– 18 March 1991Preceded by
Simon Brown
vacant titleIBF Welterweight Champion
4 October 1991– 19 June 1993Succeeded by
Félix TrinidadSee also
External links
- Professional boxing record for Maurice Blocker from BoxRec
Categories:- 1963 births
- Living people
- African American boxers
- Boxers from Washington, D.C.
- Light-middleweight boxers
- Welterweight boxers
- World boxing champions
- American boxing biography stubs
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