Roshii Wells
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Bronze | 1996 Atlanta | Middleweight | |
Roshii Wells (born December 30, 1976 in Austin, Texas) was an American boxer, who won the bronze medal in the Middleweight Division at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
[edit] Amateur career
Olympic Results
- Defeated Sefid Dashti Mollal (Iran) 24-7
- Defeated Ricardo Rodríguez (Brazil) 16-2
- Defeated Dilshod Yarbekov (Uzbekistan) 8-8, judges cards
- Lost to Ariel Hernández (Cuba) 8-17
[edit] Pro Career
Nicknamed "The Great One", Wells began his professional career in 1997, and got off to a 17-0-2 start in the Light Middleweight division, setting up a shot at WBA Light Middleweight Title holder Alejandro Garcia in 2003. Wells was behind in the fight and was down in the 10th, and the referre stopped the bout before the 11th round. The result was a TKO win for Garcia. In 2005, Wells got a shot at a rematch with Garcia and lost via TKO in the 9th.
He will be one of the featured boxers on the 3rd season of the boxing reality TV series, The Contender, premiering September 4th, 2007 on ESPN.
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