Michael Hunter (American boxer)

Michael Hunter Jr. (born July 10, 1988) is an American heavyweight boxer best known to win the National Super Heavyweight championships in 2007 and 2009. He is the son of Mike "the Bounty" Hunter. ^[1]

Career

Hunter, who is coached by KC [Ken Croom]], is 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 215 pounds, relying on speed and quickness to succeed.

In 2006 at the age of 18 he made it to the finals of the National Golden Gloves with only five bouts where he lost to Felix Stewart and won the bronze medal at the Under-19 World Championships in Morocco by scoring wins over Andrey Volkov of Russia and Pavel Kulda of Lithuania before losing in the semifinals to eventual winner Cristian Ciocan of Romania.

In 2007 now based in Las Vegas he beat future (2008) champ Lenroy Thompson and narrowly outpointed two-time winner Mike Wilson to win the US championships.

At the Olympic trials 2007 he easily beat Wilson-conqueror Kimdo Bethel twice and won the tournament. At the World Championships 2007 he beat Kurban Günebakan 30:7 and Jasem Delavari and lost only 15:22 to world #1 and European champion Islam Timurziev.

At the first qualifier he beat Oscar Rivas but lost to Cuban Robert Alfonso 1:9, at the second he beat Didier Bence but lost to Jose Payares and thus failed to qualify for the 2008 Olympics.

In 2009 he edged out Thompson 8:7 and once again became national champ.

In 2011 he dropped down to 201 lbs and won the Golden Gloves title there. ^[2]

In June 2011, Hunter helped Wladimir Klitschko in his preparation for his fight against David Haye, acting as his sparring partner in the last few weeks building up to the fight.

Preceded by Jonte Willis

United States Amateur Super Heavyweight Champion 2007 and 2009

Succeeded by Lenroy Thompson

References

1. ^ http://usaboxing.org/athletes/michael-hunter
2. ^ [1]

External links

• Article
• Profile
• 2009 Nationals
• Michael Hunter Amateur Boxing Record

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Name	Hunter, Michael
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Date of birth	July 10, 1988
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