Rocky Lockridge

Rocky Lockridge (born January 30, 1959), is a former boxer and world champion. As a professional, he is perhaps best known for handing Roger Mayweather his first defeat, in a first-round knockout after just 98 seconds, for the WBA super featherweight championship.

Amateur career

Lockridge started boxing as an amateur out of the Tacoma Boys Club. Being one of four world champions to originate from Tacoma (including Freddie Steele, Leo Randolph and Johnny Bumphus), his highlights as an amateur include:

• 1977 National AAU Bantamweight Champion, stopping David Douglas of the U.S. Army in the second round of the final.
• 1978 National Golden Gloves Champion in Bantamweight Class
• 1978 Runner Up in National AAU Championships in Bantamweight Class, losing to Jackie Beard in Biloxi, MS
• Defeated in the quarter-finals of the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia by Fazlija Šaćirović (2-3)

Retirement and later years

For the past two decades, Lockridge has suffered drug problems; he became homeless and suffered a stroke that forced him to walk with a cane. He was recently featured in A&E's Intervention TV series, claiming that the intervention and the help of his sons saved his life.^[1] His appearance on the show—specifically, a scene in which he is seen crying heavily and loud—has become a popular Internet meme, known as the "Best Cry Ever". In recent interviews he has expressed a desire to be drug-free, stating that he had never been this clean, even in his fighting days. "I feel so good today that if I hadn't suffered the stroke I would go for a title shot," he stated. He is also interested in becoming a boxing trainer.

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for Rocky Lockridge from BoxRec