Duane BOBICK
"The White Hope"
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Lugar de Nacimiento: Bowlus (Minnesota), Estados Unidos.
Fecha de Nacimiento: 24 agosto 1950.

Récord Amateur: 103 fights; 93+ (60 KO), 10-
Heavyweight Panamerican Games Champion (Cali 1971)
Récord Profesional: 52 fights; 48+ (42 KO), 4-
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One of 11 sons of a 6-foot, 210-pound plasterer of Polish-German extraction, Duane Bobick was an excellent football, basketball and baseball player, earning all-conference high school honors, and then took up the sport of boxing when he joined the US Navy after graduation. While in the Navy, he won almost every boxing award imaginable: the All-Navy title, the Interservice crown, state and National AAU titles, regional and National Golden Gloves, World Military heavyweight titles, North American Championships, and the Pan-American boxing crown.

After losing to Ron Lyle in 1970, Bobick built up a string of 60 straight victories. His victims included a young Teofilo Stevenson, who unanimously lost to Duane at the Pan-Am Games, and Larry Holmes, who was disqualified for holding after being battered for 3 rounds at the 1972 Olympic Boxoffs.

Duane entered the Games as a clear favorite and proved his ambitions for the Olympic gold by beating Yury Nesterov of the Soviet Union in the preliminary round of the competition. Next up was a familiar foe – Teofilo Stevenson of Cuba. This time around Teofilo stopped Bobick in the third round. “Stevenson was in a lot better condition,” said Bobick after the fight. “He was a better fighter. Last time I faced him, all he had was a jab.”

In February of 1973 Duane Bobick signed a contract with Bill Daniels, who also handled the career of Ron Lyle, Duane’s old opponent, and turned professional.

Palmarés Amateur de Duane Bobick:

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

REGRESO A PÁGINA DE INICIO

Nota: Éste palmarés está incompleto y puede ser inexacto.

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(Ultima actualización: Sep-18-2007)

Special thanks to Vladimir Branicki.