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Maurice Blocker (born May 15, 1963 in Washington DC, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
) was a professional boxer
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 in the welterweight
Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system....
 (147lb
Pound (mass)

The pound or pound-mass is a Units of measurement of massused in the Imperial unit, United States customary units and other systems of measurement....
) division. Blocker turned pro in 1982 and lost his first title shot in 1987 to Lloyd Honeyghan
Lloyd Honeyghan

Lloyd Honeyghan is a retired United Kingdom Boxing. Born in Jamaica, he was World Boxing Council/World Boxing Association & International Boxing Federation welterweight champion from 1986 to 1987....
. In 1990 he captured the WBC Welterweight Title from Marlon Starling
Marlon Starling

Marlon "Magic Man" Starling was a two-time world champion boxer. He was born in Hartford, CT on August 29, 1959.Starling turned professional in 1979....
, but lost it in his next fight to Simon Brown
Simon Brown

Simon Brown, born in 1956 in Sydney, New South Wales, is an Australian Science Fiction writer.He originally trained as a journalist and worked for a range of Australian Government Departments, including the Australian Electoral Commission and the NSW Railways Department....
. In 1991 he beat Glenwood Brown
Glenwood Brown

Glenwood Brown was a professional boxing in the welterweight division....
 to capture the vacant IBF
International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and WBO....
 Welterweight Title. He defended the title once and in 1993 moved up a weight class to fight Terry Norris
Terry Norris

Terry Wayne Norris is a retired American boxing and a three-time world champion in the junior middleweight division. Originally from Lubbock, Texas, Texas, he fought out of San Diego....
 for the WBC Light Middleweight Title.






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Maurice Blocker (born May 15, 1963 in Washington DC, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
) was a professional boxer
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 in the welterweight
Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system....
 (147lb
Pound (mass)

The pound or pound-mass is a Units of measurement of massused in the Imperial unit, United States customary units and other systems of measurement....
) division. Blocker turned pro in 1982 and lost his first title shot in 1987 to Lloyd Honeyghan
Lloyd Honeyghan

Lloyd Honeyghan is a retired United Kingdom Boxing. Born in Jamaica, he was World Boxing Council/World Boxing Association & International Boxing Federation welterweight champion from 1986 to 1987....
. In 1990 he captured the WBC Welterweight Title from Marlon Starling
Marlon Starling

Marlon "Magic Man" Starling was a two-time world champion boxer. He was born in Hartford, CT on August 29, 1959.Starling turned professional in 1979....
, but lost it in his next fight to Simon Brown
Simon Brown

Simon Brown, born in 1956 in Sydney, New South Wales, is an Australian Science Fiction writer.He originally trained as a journalist and worked for a range of Australian Government Departments, including the Australian Electoral Commission and the NSW Railways Department....
. In 1991 he beat Glenwood Brown
Glenwood Brown

Glenwood Brown was a professional boxing in the welterweight division....
 to capture the vacant IBF
International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and WBO....
 Welterweight Title. He defended the title once and in 1993 moved up a weight class to fight Terry Norris
Terry Norris

Terry Wayne Norris is a retired American boxing and a three-time world champion in the junior middleweight division. Originally from Lubbock, Texas, Texas, he fought out of San Diego....
 for the WBC Light Middleweight Title. He was TKO'd, and later that year took on Felix Trinidad
Félix Trinidad

F?lix 'Tito' Trinidad, Jr. is a Puerto Rico professional boxer, considered as one of the best boxers in that archipelago's history. When he was an amateur Trinidad won five National Amateur Championships in Puerto Rico....
 to defend his IBF Welterweight Title but was KO'd in the 2nd. He retired in 1995.

See also

  • List of current world boxing champions
    List of current world boxing champions

    This is a list of current boxing world champions who are certified by the four major boxing sanctioning bodies and The Ring magazine. Each champion's professional boxing record is shown in the following format: wins-losses-draws-no contests ....


  • List of WBC world champions
    List of WBC world champions

    List of WBC world champions is a table showing the world champions certificated by World Boxing Council ....
  • List of IBF world champions
    List of IBF world champions

    The following are lists of world champions in the International Boxing Federation. Champions listed defeated the previous champion unless noted....


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