Content deleted Content added
Hart eartH (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Moving from Category:21st-century African-American sportspeople to Category:21st-century African-American sportsmen using Cat-a-lot |
||
| (29 intermediate revisions by 16 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{short description|American boxer, boxing trainer}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox boxer
Line 4 ⟶ 5:
| caption =
| name = Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
| realname = Eddie Mustafa Muhammad<br>(born Edward
| nickname = Flame
| height = 6 ft 0 in
| reach = 73 in
| weight = [[Light heavyweight]]<br>[[Cruiserweight (boxing)|Cruiserweight]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|4|30|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]],<br>[[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
Line 20:
}}
'''Eddie Mustafa Muhammad''' (born '''Edward
== Amateur career ==
Line 27:
== Professional career ==
Known as "Flame", Muhammad turned pro in 1972 and in 1977 challenged WBA Light Heavyweight Title holder [[Víctor Galíndez]] but lost a unanimous decision. He got a second shot at the title against [[Marvin Johnson (boxer)|Marvin Johnson]] in 1980, and won via an 11th-round TKO to take the belt. He defended the belt twice in 1980 and lost a non-title bout against [[Renaldo Snipes]] in 1981. Later in 1981 he would lose his title as well in a defense against [[Michael Spinks]] via unanimous decision.
After losing the belt, Muhammad fought mainly club level fighters before landing another shot at a title in 1985, the
Muhammad made a brief comeback in 1988, but hung up the gloves for good later that year after losing via TKO to journeyman Arthel Lawhorne.
Line 35:
===Film appearances===
*''[[Raging Bull]]'' (1980) - Billy Fox - Fox Fight
*''[[Body and Soul (1981 film)|Body and Soul]]'' (1981) - himself
*''Hope for the Broken Contender'' (2008) - Himself
Line 40 ⟶ 41:
{{s-start}}
|-
|align="center" colspan=8|'''50 Wins''' (39 knockouts, 11 decisions), '''8 Losses''' (1 knockout,
|-
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Result'''
Line 173 ⟶ 174:
|TKO
|8
|[[Muhammad Ali vs. Trevor Berbick|11/12/1981]]
|align=left|{{flagicon|Bahamas}} [[Nassau, Bahamas]]
|align=left|{{small|Referee stopped the bout at 2:35 of the eighth round.}}
Line 278 ⟶ 279:
|{{no2}}Loss
|{{small|29–4–1}}
|align=left|{{flagicon|United States}} [[James Scott (boxer)|James "Great" Scott]]
|UD
|12
Line 344 ⟶ 345:
|TKO
|10
|[[Muhammad Ali vs. Leon Spinks|15/02/1978]]
|align=left|{{flagicon|Nevada}} [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], U.S.
|align=left|{{small|Referee stopped the bout at 1:59 of the tenth round.}}
Line 476 ⟶ 477:
|{{yes2}}Win
|{{small|10–1–1}}
|align=left|{{flagicon|United States}}
|KO
|8
Line 597 ⟶ 598:
==External links==
* {{boxrec|id=016633}}
Line 603:
[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:
[[Category:African-American boxers]]
[[Category:Light-heavyweight boxers]]
Line 610:
[[Category:African-American Muslims]]
[[Category:American male boxers]]
[[Category:
[[Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen]]
[[Category:Muslims from New York (state)]]
| |||