Lawrence Clay-Bey

Lawrence Marvin Clay-Bey (born December 14, 1965) is an American former professional boxer who fought at heavyweight. As an amateur he was a two-time winner (1995 and 1996) of the United States National Championships as well as a bronze medalist at the 1995 World Championships, all in the super heavyweight division.

Lawrence Clay-Bey
Statistics
Real name	Lawrence Marvin Clay-Bey
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Reach	75 in (191 cm)
Nationality	American
Born	December 14, 1965 Bloomfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	25
Wins	21
Wins by KO	16
Losses	3
Draws	1
Medal record Men's boxing United States National Championships 1995 Hartford, CT Super heavyweight 1996 Hartford, CT Super heavyweight Representing  United States World Amateur Championships 1995 Berlin Super heavyweight

Amateur career

Lawrence Clay-Bey started to box at the age of 26. He lost his first two amateur fights but stuck with it and eventually won the National Golden Gloves in his next eight fights. At this point he weighed around 260 pounds.

Clay-Bey won a super heavyweight bronze medal at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, later KOd Joe Mesi to win the right to go to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and was also team USA's captain. However he was put out of the tournament in his first fight by a close/controversial 10-8 decision to eventual Gold medalist Wladimir Klitschko. He was the only fighter Klitschko had problems with as he managed to rattle Klitschko, prompting the referee to issue a standing 8 count. After the fight he raised some eyebrows downplaying it as "just a loss" which let journalists question his dedication. He finished the amateurs with a 60-9 record.

• United States amateur (AAU) Super Heavyweight champion (1995, 1996)

Professional career

After a year of debating if he wanted to turn pro Lawrence Clay-Bey decided he wanted to see how far he could go. He got into much better shape and shed 25-30 pounds to a better fighting weight of 235. He turned pro in 1997 and he easily blew past his early opponents despite them having more experience and glossy pro records. Clay-Bey was thought very highly of, and was being groomed to be a future title holder until he met the streaking Clifford Etienne in 2000. The two traded shots round after round with Etienne being the more active of the two, and Etienne took the decision. After the loss to Etienne, Clay-Bey began putting on weight and coming into fights out of shape. But he stayed busy and took a victory over promising prospect Charles Shufford in 2003, setting up a fight against Eliecer Castillo. Castillo KO'd Clay-Bey in the 9th round. Clay-Bey's once promising career drifted into obscurity. Although he was able to beat former cruiserweight champ Imamu Mayfield in 2004, he dropped a decision to Sinan Samil Sam and drew with Derek Bryant in 2005.

Professional boxing record

21 Wins (16 knockouts, 5 decisions), 3 Losses (1 knockout, 2 decisions), 1 Draw [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Draw	18-4	Derek "The One Man Riot" Bryant	MD	10	2005-08-05	Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States	96-94, 95-95, 95-95.
Loss	22-2	"Bull from Bosporous" Sinan Samil Sam	UD	12	2005-02-12	Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany	WBC International Heavyweight Title. 112-116, 114-115, 111-117.
Win	22-16-1	Otis Tisdale	TKO	8	2004-10-15	Eagle Pass, Texas, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:40 of the eighth round.
Win	24-4-2	Imamu Mayfield	TKO	5	2004-07-02	Pala, California, United States	IBA Continental Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:50 of the fifth round.
Win	15-9-2	Carlton Johnson	KO	3	2003-09-10	Rochester, New York, United States
Loss	23-3-2	Elieser Castillo	KO	9	2003-06-06	Uncasville, Connecticut, United States	NABF Heavyweight Title. 74-77, 74-77, 75-76.
Win	19-2	Charles Shufford	UD	10	2003-01-03	Norman, Oklahoma, United States	97-93, 97-93, 96-94.
Win	18-16-1	Sedreck "Big Buck" Fields	KO	2	2002-10-18	Buffalo, New York, United States	Fields knocked out at 0:42 of the second round.
Win	17-8	Brian "Big Man" Nix	TKO	3	2002-08-02	Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States
Win	25-3	Gary "The Bull" Winmon	TKO	6	2001-10-14	McAllen, Texas, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:10 of the sixth round.
Win	9-11-3	Agustin Corpus	UD	8	2001-08-18	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	18-2-1	Ken Murphy	TKO	5	2001-03-17	Philadelphia, Mississippi, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:58 of the fifth round.
Loss	18-0	Clifford "The Black Rhino" Etienne	UD	10	2000-11-11	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	91-99, 92-98, 93-97.
Win	22-5	Mike "Mercury" Williams	TKO	6	2000-09-17	Detroit, Michigan, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:35 of the sixth round.
Win	39-3-1	Robert "Preacherman" Daniels	UD	10	2000-01-23	Venice, Florida, United States	98-91, 98-91, 98-91.
Win	15-0	Dale "The Crow" Crowe	UD	8	1999-08-28	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	78-74, 79-73, 78-74.
Win	20-9	Abdul Muhaymin	TKO	3	1998-04-17	Uncasville, Connecticut, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:23 of the third round.
Win	17-2	Nate Tubbs	TKO	4	1998-03-27	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:34 of the fourth round.
Win	21-0	Mario Cawley	TKO	2	1998-01-16	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:32 of the second round.
Win	7-9-2	Louis "The Facelifter" Monaco	UD	8	1997-11-18	Upper Marlboro, Maryland, United States	80-71, 80-71, 80-71.
Win	24-10	Tony "The Rock" LaRosa	TKO	3	1997-10-03	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	9-0	Dan Conway	RTD	3	1997-09-23	Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States	Conway retired after the third round.
Win	6-5	Bryant "Special K" Smith	TKO	2	1997-08-23	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:11 of the second round.
Win	4-1-1	Jason "Bad Boy" Farley	KO	2	1997-07-20	Indio, California, United States
Win	0-1	Billy McDonald	KO	1	1997-07-05	Moline, Illinois, United States	McDonald knocked out at 0:35 of the first round.

Personal life

He now works as a corrections officer in Connecticut. He is married with 5 children.

References

1. Boxing record for Lawrence Clay-Bey. BoxRec.com.

External links

• Boxing record for Lawrence Clay-Bey from BoxRec