Leo Randolph
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Leo Randolph (born February 27, 1958 in Columbus, Mississippi) is a former American boxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Amateur career
Randolph had an outstanding amateur career. Randolph was a product of the Tacoma Boys Club amateur program, along with fellow Olympic Gold Medalist Sugar Ray Seales, and future world champions Rocky Lockridge and Johnny Bumphus. Randolph was trained as an amateur and professional by Joe Clough, the head trainer at the Tacoma Boys Club. In 1975 he was the National Golden Gloves Flyweight champion. He was a National AAU flyweight champion, and was the 1976 Olympic Flyweight Gold Medalist.
Olympic Results were as follows:
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Massoudi Samatou (Togo) walkover
- Defeated Constantin Gruescu (Romania) 4-1
- Defeated David Larmour (Ireland) 4-1
- Defeated Leszek Błażyński (Poland) 4-1
- Defeated Ramón Duvalón (Cuba) 3-2
Professional career
Randolph turned pro in 1978. In 1980, he challenged Ricardo Cardona for the WBA Super Bantamweight Title and won via TKO in the 15th round. In his next fight, he lost his title to Sergio Víctor Palma via TKO in the 5th. Randolph retired after the bout. He currently holds the records as both the youngest Olympic gold medalist, as well as the youngest retirement ever by a former professional world boxing champion.
Personal
Leo now resides in his hometown of Tacoma. After boxing, he started working for the Pierce Transit public bus company in 1988. He works as a Transit Operator and supervisor.
Honors
- 2005 Inductee into the Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Hall of Fame
References
- July 3, 2006 Sports Illustrated, "A Flurry of Punch Lines" (for update)
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| Preceded by Ricardo Cardona |
WBA Super Bantamweight Champion May 4, 1980– August 9, 1980 |
Succeeded by Sergio Victor Palma |
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| Preceded by Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier |
BWAA Fighter of the Year 1976 shared award with Sugar Ray Leonard, Howard Davis, Jr., Leon Spinks and Michael Spinks |
Succeeded by Ken Norton |
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