- Robert Hawkins (boxer)
Robert Hawkins (born
1970-03-19 inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania ) is ajourneyman heavyweight boxer who fought many contenders and champions in the 1990s and 2000's.Early life
On ESPN's
Friday Night Fights telecast on Dec 28, 2007 it was revealed that Hawkins began boxing in aPennsylvania prison while serving six years foraggravated assault .Background
Hawkins, known for stepping in for fighters on late notice, turned pro in 1994 and took on future champion
Oleg Maskaev in 1995 in his 4th fight and was KO'd in the 4th round. After another loss to prospectGary Bell , Hawkins went on a 15 fight win streak and ascended to a heavyweight contender, but the lost toLivin Castillo in a close decision in 2004. The following year he lost toEddie Chambers by decision. After a win overRobert Wiggins , he went on a 5 fight losing streak, losses toSamuel Peter , heavyweight prospect Kevin Johnson,David Tua ,Jason Estrada , andJean Francois Bergeron , all by decision. In the loss to Peter, the fight was delayed for about ten minutes at the close of round four whenPanama Lewis , the advisor forSultan Ibragimov , collapsed in the audience and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Hawkins seemed destined for permanentclubfighter status before scoring an upset win overTerry Smith in late 2007. The momentum was lost when he was KO'd in his next bout against Ukrainian contenderVladimir Virchis . Hawkins most recently upset former contenderDominick Guinn on ESPN after taking the fight on 2 weeks notice afterAlonzo Butler pulled out [ [http://www.kocorner.com/boxing/category/Robert-Hawkins/ Robert Hawkins - KO Corner ] ] .References
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