Michael Nunn
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Michael Nunn is a former American
United States
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 boxer
Boxing
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. Nicknamed "Second to Nunn," he was a 6' 2" southpaw
Southpaw (boxing)
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 with great speed. Nunn was the IBF
International Boxing Federation
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 middleweight
Middleweight
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 champion and the WBA
World Boxing Association
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 super middleweight
Super middleweight
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 champion. In 2004, he was sentenced to 24 years in prison for drug trafficking.
Nunn, known as "2nd To Nunn," won three Iowa Golden Gloves
Golden Gloves
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 titles and posted an amateur record of 168-8.

At the 1984 Olympic
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 trials, U.S. boxing officials asked Nunn, who was boxing as a 156-pounder, to move up to the 165-pound division.
 
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