Dorsett Barnwell

Dorsett Barnwell (born December 2, 1987) is an American boxer who won the heavyweight bronze at the Junior World Championships 2006 in Agadir.

Career

Barnwell, a puncher with fast hands, took up boxing in 2002 under Dan Campbell who is now USA Boxing National Coaching Director. In 2004 he was shot in the arm at a party but was able to continue boxing.

In 2006 he participated in the Golden Gloves (seniors) but lost his second fight to Erick Vega. He became under-19 national champion in Kansas City, and with 30 amateur fights to his credit he went to the junior (under-19) world championships. He had a first round bye, then beat Uzbekistan's Muralimov Ahvov in the quarterfinal round 28-18 in his first major international bout, but lost his semifinal to highly touted Russian Sergey Kalchugin by RSCO. He was one of three American bronze medallists, the others being Luis Yanez and Michael Hunter.

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Name	Barnwell, Dorsett
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Date of birth	December 2, 1987
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