Chazz Witherspoon
Chazz Witherspoon (born September 16, 1981, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a heavyweight boxer and the second cousin of former boxing champion Tim Witherspoon.
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| Real name | Chazz Witherspoon |
| Nickname(s) | The Gentleman |
| Weight(s) | Heavyweight |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | September 16, 1981 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 42 |
| Wins | 38 |
| Wins by KO | 29 |
| Losses | 4 |
Background
The oldest of three children graduated from Paulsboro High School in 1999, with a 4.0 GPA and as a member of the National Honor Society. Upon Graduation from High School he was offered three Division I Basketball scholarships and 2 Track scholarships, but he instead chose to accept the academic scholarship offered by St. Joseph’s University.
Amateur career
He began his amateur boxing career in his sophomore year of college. A year later Witherspoon won the Pennsylvania State Golden Gloves title. Five months later he placed third at the 2003 National Police Athletic League Tournament. Three months after that he won the Middle Atlantic Regional Tournament, qualifying him for the U.S. Championships and in the process was awarded the title of “Most Outstanding Boxer”.
He took second place at the 2004 U.S. Championships which qualified him for the Olympic Trials, where he advanced to the Olympic Box-offs but only made the Olympic team as an alternate.
Two months after returning from the Athens Olympics he won his second Pennsylvania Golden Gloves Title, thus advancing to the 2004 National Golden Gloves finals in Kansas City, Missouri which he won, all wins via stoppage. He is the first man in the history of the Golden Gloves to with the National Title by all stoppages.
His complete amateur record is 32 bouts with 26 wins and 6 losses.
He graduated from St. Joseph’s University in May 2005 with a degree in Pharmaceutical Marketing.
Professional career
Known as "The Gentleman", Witherspoon turned pro in 2004 and was undefeated for the first 23 of his professional bouts, winning 15 by KO.
On June 21, 2008, he lost a fight against fellow heavyweight prospect Chris Arreola in which he was disqualified in the third round. In the third round, Arreola landed a barrage of punches that was capped off by a chopping right that sent Witherspoon to the canvas. The bell rang early in the count, prompting Witherspoon's corner to begin entering the ring. This was ruled by the referee to be a disqualification since the round is not technically over until the count is over.
Witherpoon in his very next fight defeated Adam Richards by 8th-round TKO, in an action packed fight which received Ring Magazine's 2008 Heavyweight Fight Of The Year Award.
Witherspoon is currently the IBS Champion and the American Boxing Association (ABA) Champion. His record stands at 34 Wins with 4 Defeats and 26 Knockouts.
Professional boxing record
| 43 fights | 39 wins | 4 losses |
| By knockout | 29 | 3 |
| By decision | 10 | 0 |
| By disqualification | 0 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| Loss | 39-4 |  Oleksandr Usyk |
RTD | 7 | 12/10/2019 |  Chicago, Illinois, United States |
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| Win | 39-3 |  Santander Silgado |
RTD | 2 | 23/03/2019 |  Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States |
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| Win | 38-3 | Lamont Capers |
UD | 8 | 03/03/2018 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States |
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| Win | 37-3 |  Carlos Sandoval |
TKO | 4 | 01/10/2016 | Trenton, New Jersey, United States |
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| Win | 36-3 | Mike Marrone |
TKO | 3 | 06/08/2016 |  Bristol, Tennessee, United States |
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| Win | 35-3 | Nick Guivas |
TKO | 3 | 15/08/2015 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States |
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| Win | 34-3 | Galen Brown |
TKO | 5 | 18/04/2015 | Pennsauken, New Jersey, United States |
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| Win | 33-3 | Cory Phelps |
TKO | 8 | 24/01/2015 | Pennsauken, New Jersey, United States |
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| Win | 32-3 | Tyyab Beale |
TKO | 8 | 12/07/2014 | West Deptford, New Jersey, United States |
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| Loss | 31-3 | Seth "Mayhem" Mitchell |
TKO | 3 | 28/04/2012 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States |
For WBO NABO heavyweight title. Witherspoon down once in 3rd round. | |
| Win | 31-2 | David Saulsberry |
KO | 2 | 04/02/2012 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States |
IBS North American Continental Heavyweight Title. Saulsberry knocked out at 0:42 of the second round. | |
| Win | 30-2 | Ty "Tyger" Cobb |
KO | 3 | 22/10/2011 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States |
Cobb knocked out at 1:07 of the third round. | |
| Win | 29-2 |  Alexis Mejias |
RTD | 4 | 19/11/2010 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States |
Mejias retired at 3:00 of the fourth round. | |
| Win | 28-2 |  Livin Castillo |
TKO | 7 | 28/08/2010 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States |
Referee stopped the bout at 2:21 of the seventh round. | |
| Loss | 27-2 | Tony "The Tiger" Thompson |
TKO | 9 | 05/12/2009 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States |
Referee stopped the bout at 2:13 of the ninth round. | |
| Win | 26-1 | Willie Perryman |
KO | 2 | 29/08/2009 |  Tunica, Mississippi, United States |
Perryman knocked out at 2:09 of the second round. | |
| Win | 25-1 | Travis "Ironman" Fulton |
TKO | 3 | 28/03/2009 |  Miami, Oklahoma, United States |
Referee stopped the bout at 1:43 of the third round. | |
| Win | 24-1 | Adam "Swamp Donkey" Richards |
TKO | 8 | 15/11/2008 | Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
Referee stopped the bout at 1:29 of the eighth round. | |
| Loss | 23-1 | Chris "Nightmare" Arreola |
DQ | 3 | 21/06/2008 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States |
WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title. Referee disqualified Witherspoon after his corner entered the ring after a knockdown at the end of the third round. | |
| Win | 23-0 | Domonic Jenkins |
UD | 10 | 16/04/2008 |  New York City, United States |
98-91, 97-93, 96-93. | |
| Win | 22-0 | Jonathan Haggler |
TKO | 4 | 15/02/2008 | Sewell, New Jersey, United States |
Referee stopped the bout at 2:44 of the fourth round. | |
| Win | 21-0 | Kendrick "Apostle" Releford |
UD | 8 | 05/01/2008 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States |
78-75, 78-74, 78-74. | |
| Win | 20-0 | Ron Guerrero |
RTD | 5 | 29/09/2007 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States |
Guerrero retired at the end of the fifth round. | |
| Win | 19-0 | Talmadge "Two Guns" Griffis |
TKO | 9 | 27/07/2007 | Saratoga Springs, New York, United States |
Referee stopped the bout at 1:08 of the ninth round. | |
| Win | 18-0 | Joe Stofle |
TKO | 3 | 19/05/2007 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States |
Referee stopped the bout at 1:10 of the third round. | |
| Win | 17-0 | Charles Davis |
TKO | 7 | 06/04/2007 |  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Referee stopped the bout at 0:19 of the seventh round. | |
| Win | 16-0 | Patrick Smith |
TKO | 2 | 10/02/2007 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Referee stopped the bout at 1:38 of the second round. | |
| Win | 15-0 | Earl "Chocolate Drop" Ladson |
KO | 3 | 14/10/2006 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Ladson knocked out at 2:13 of the third round. | |
| Win | 14-0 |  Innocent Otukwu |
KO | 2 | 15/09/2006 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Otukwu knocked out at 0:45 of the second round. | |
| Win | 13-0 | Michael A. Alexander |
UD | 10 | 01/07/2006 |  Manistee, Michigan, United States |
100-90, 96-94, 98-92. | |
| Win | 12-0 | Agustin Corpus |
UD | 6 | 11/05/2006 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
60-54, 60-54, 60-53. | |
| Win | 11-0 | David Polk |
UD | 6 | 07/04/2006 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
58-54, 59-53, 59-53. | |
| Win | 10-0 | Rodney Ray |
TKO | 2 | 03/03/2006 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Referee stopped the bout at 2:55 of the second round. | |
| Win | 9-0 | Demetrice "Only by K.O." King |
UD | 6 | 05/11/2005 |  Stateline, Nevada, United States |
59-55, 59-55, 60-54. | |
| Win | 8-0 | Lincoln Luke |
TKO | 2 | 29/09/2005 |  Glen Burnie, Maryland, United States |
Referee stopped the bout at 2:00 of the second round. | |
| Win | 7-0 | Vernon "Thunder" Woodward |
TKO | 3 | 06/08/2005 |  Tampa, Florida, United States |
Referee stopped the bout at 0:43 of the third round. | |
| Win | 6-0 | Marion "The Creep" Wilson |
UD | 4 | 16/06/2005 | Glen Burnie, Maryland, United States |
39-37, 40-36, 40-36. | |
| Win | 5-0 | Cornell Bradbury |
KO | 1 | 17/05/2005 | Essington, Pennsylvania, United States |
Bradbury knocked out at 2:14 of the first round. | |
| Win | 4-0 | Harold Rodriguez |
TKO | 4 | 15/04/2005 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Referee stopped the bout at 2:40 of the fourth round. | |
| Win | 3-0 | David Johnson |
UD | 4 | 18/02/2005 |  Santa Ynez, California, United States |
40-36, 40-36, 39-37. | |
| Win | 2-0 | Yul Witherspoon |
TKO | 2 (4), 1:26 | 27 Jan 2004 | Glen Burnie, Maryland, United States |
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| Win | 1-0 | James Daniels |
KO | 1 (4), 1:53 | 12 Dec 2004 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States |