Ray Austin (born Oct 31, 1970 in Cleveland, OH) is a professional boxer.
Professional career
Nicknamed "The Rainman", Ray Austin is a
heavyweightHeavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Organization, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...
boxer. Austin has drawn with other notable heavyweights
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,
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, and
Sultan IbragimovSultan Ahmed Magomedsaliovich Ibragimov, is a professional boxer and a former WBO heavyweight champion of Avar Dagestani Muslim descent...
. Austin is also known for his TKO victory over
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, the final professional bout for Scott.
In 2007, Austin was promoted to the
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's mandatory challenger due to his draw with Sultan Ibragimov. He challenged
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on March 10, 2007, and lost at 1:23 in the second round by technical knockout.
Austin also competed in Cedric Kushner's
Thunderbox Heavyweight TournamentThe Thunderbox Heavyweight Tournament was a heavyweight boxing elimination tournament, held on 30 November 2002 by Cedric Kushner at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey...
, "Fistful of Dollars," but lost.
Austin most recently defeated Domonic Jenkins, Andrew Golota and
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.