Maurice Blocker

Maurice Blocker (born May 15, 1963 in Washington, D.C., United States) was a professional boxer in the welterweight (147lb) division. Blocker turned pro in 1982 and lost his first title shot in 1987 to Lloyd Honeyghan. In 1990 he captured the Lineal and WBC Welterweight Titles from Marlon Starling, but lost them in his next fight to Simon Brown. In 1991 he beat Glenwood Brown to capture the vacant IBF Welterweight Title. He defended the title once and in 1993 moved up a weight class to fight Terry Norris for the WBC Light Middleweight Title. He was TKO'd, and later that year took on Félix Trinidad to defend his IBF Welterweight Title but was KO'd in the 2nd. He retired in 1995.

His record was 36-4 with 20 knockouts.

Preceded by Marlon Starling	WBC Welterweight Champion 19 August 1990– 18 March 1991	Succeeded by Simon Brown
	Lineal Welterweight Champion 19 August 1990– 18 March 1991
Preceded by Simon Brown vacant title	IBF Welterweight Champion 4 October 1991– 19 June 1993	Succeeded by Félix Trinidad

See also

• List of current world boxing champions

• List of WBC world champions
• List of IBF world champions

External links

• Professional boxing record for Maurice Blocker from BoxRec

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