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Tiger Smalls | |
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 Smalls in 2011 | |
| Born | Priest George Youngs Smalls March 2, 1969 |
| Nationality |  American |
| Other names | "Tiger, The Pride of the Wild, The One and Only, The Bad Guy" |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Super Featherweight Featherweight Junior Featherweight |
| Height | 5'9 |
| Reach | 72" |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 36 |
| Wins | 21 |
| Wins by KO | 11 |
| Losses | 16 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 0 |
For his son who is also a boxer, see Prince Tiger Smalls
Tiger Smalls (born Priest George Youngs Smalls on March 2, 1969) is a retired American professional boxer. Smalls formerly held the World Boxing Organization Inter-Continental Featherweight title and North American Boxing Organization Featherweight title, as well as the Universal Boxing Association world featherweight title.[1]
Early life
[edit]Smalls spent his early years in the training camp of Muhammad Ali in Deer Lake, Pennsylvania and was featured in Jet magazine in 1973 at age three. He gained some minor celebrity for a photograph where Ali grimaces from one of young Smalls' punches. [2]
Career
[edit]Smalls was a standout amateur with a reported record of 92-11. Gifted with fast hands and feet and better than average power, Smalls is reported to have won several amateur titles in the Junior Olympics, Silver Gloves, the New York Golden Gloves, the Diamond Gloves, and the Amateur Athletic Union.[3] He and also several military titles while serving in the U.S. Navy, including the 1988 All Arm Forces bantam weight championship.
Smalls began his pro career on March 30, 1993. He became the Universal Boxing Association World Featherweight Champion in 1997 by knocking out Tony Green in the first round, and claimed the California State Featherweight title in 2002 by defeating Roger Medal with a technical knockout in the second round. Smalls earned the World Boxing Organization Inter-Contintental Featherweight title in 2003 by defeating Christian Favela. The following year, he defeated Alvin Brown for the North American Boxing Organization Featherweight Championship.
Controversy
[edit]Controversy dogged Smalls throughout his career. Smalls upset the boxing establishment when he appeared in the February 2005 issue of High Times magazine, posing for a photo wearing his belts and holding a marijuana bud. The article quoted him as saying that he regularly smoked marijuana during training.[4] Later that year, he angered ESPN when he showed up to defend his NABO featherweight title bearing a temporary tattoo for Golden Palace, the online casino.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Tiger Smalls trains his son Prince Tiger Smalls and mentors students and fighters at the San Diego Combat Academy.[6]
Professional boxing record
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "BoxRec.com". Retrieved 2012-06-02.
- ^ "Jet magazine". Retrieved 2012-06-02.
- ^ "BoxRec.com". Retrieved 2012-06-02.
- ^ Ben Corbett. "Tiger Beat". High Times. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- ^ "ESPN Has A Fit When Tiger Smalls Unvails A "Golden Palace" Tattoo". eastsideboxing.com. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "San Diego Combat Academy". Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- ^ "Tigersmalls.com". Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- ^ "Ramirez prevails; Seda suffers second career loss". ESPN.com. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
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External links
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Category:1969 births
Category:Living people
Category:American boxers
Category:Featherweight boxers
Category:Boxers from California
Category:American boxing trainers
Category:Boxers from New York (state)