Danell Nicholson

Danell Nicholson (born November 15, 1967, in Chicago, Illinois) was an American Olympian and a boxer in the heavyweight division.

Amateur career

Nicholson was a member of the 1992 United States Olympic Team as a Heavyweight. His results were:

• Defeated Paul Lawson (Great Britain) 10-2
• Defeated Zeljko Mavrovic (Croatia) 9-6
• Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba) 13-11

Professional career

He boxed professionally from 1992 to 2003 training under Emanuel Steward. Perhaps his best win as a professional was his split decision win over future heavyweight titlist John Ruiz on August 4, 1994. With that win came the lightly regarded International Boxing Organization heavyweight title. Other notable fighters he faced but to whom he lost were Andrew Golota, Kirk Johnson, David Tua, and Wladimir Klitschko.

Professional boxing record

42 Wins (32 knockouts, 10 decisions), 5 Losses (4 knockouts, 1 decision)[1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	41-2	Wladimir Klitschko	TKO	4	20/12/2003	Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	WBA Intercontinental Heavyweight Title.
Win	18-10-1	Ken Murphy	TKO	2	14/06/2003	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:18 of the second round.
Win	17-5-2	Sione Asipeli	UD	6	23/03/2003	Temecula, California, United States
Win	23-10-1	Melvin Foster	TKO	4	18/01/2002	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:36 of the fourth round.
Loss	37-2	David Tua	KO	6	23/03/2001	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Nicholson knocked out at 0:34 of the sixth round.
Win	16-7	Reynaldo Minus	TKO	2	04/11/2000	New York City, United States
Win	6-7-2	Tim Pollard	KO	2	25/06/2000	Elgin, Illinois, United States	Pollard knocked out at 1:38 of the second round.
Win	26-6	Terrence Lewis	TKO	2	31/03/2000	New York City, United States
Win	32-17	Tony LaRosa	TKO	2	09/02/2000	Rosemont, Illinois, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:59 of the second round.
Win	22-9-1	Marcellus Brown	TKO	2	05/08/1999	Tunica, Mississippi, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 3:00 of the second round.
Win	20-13	Abdul Muhaymin	UD	8	17/06/1999	Worley, Idaho, United States	80-72, 80-72, 80-72.
Win	34-16-1	Frankie Swindell	UD	10	12/03/1999	New York City, United States	98-91, 98-91, 98-91.
Win	21-19-1	Levi Billups	TKO	4	07/01/1999	Tunica, Mississippi, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:43 of the fourth round.
Win	10-8-1	Jimmy Haynes	TKO	1	22/09/1998	New York City, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:58 of the first round.
Win	31-18-2	Mike Sedillo	PTS	10	03/09/1998	Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States
Win	20-23-1	Everett Martin	TKO	4	16/06/1998	Biloxi, Mississippi, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 3:00 of the fourth round.
Win	9-4	Everett Mayo	TKO	3	31/01/1998	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	17-5	Thomas Williams	TKO	2	30/08/1997	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win	1-5	Moses Harris	TKO	3	26/04/1997	Cicero, Illinois, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:45 of the third round.
Win	17-8-1	Marcos Gonzalez	KO	2	03/04/1997	Worley, Idaho, United States	Gonzalez knocked out at 0:52 of the second round.
Loss	19-0	Kirk Johnson	UD	10	23/08/1996	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 3:00 of the second round.
Loss	27-0	Andrew Golota	TKO	8	15/03/1996	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 3:00 of the eighth round.
Win	14-3-1	Darren Hayden	PTS	8	21/12/1995	Bossier City, Louisiana, United States
Win	20-15	Jesse Ferguson	TKO	8	19/10/1995	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	14-2	Anthony Willis	TKO	6	11/08/1995	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:26 of the sixth round.
Win	9-8	Art Card	KO	2	31/03/1995	Detroit, Michigan, United States
Win	13-10-1	William Morris	TKO	5	07/03/1995	Prior Lake, Minnesota, United States
Win	8-14	Larry Davis	TKO	1	10/02/1995	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:46 of the first round.
Win	20-7	Terry Anderson	KO	2	19/01/1995	Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States	Anderson knocked out at 1:45 of the second round.
Win	4-47-2	John Basil Jackson	TKO	5	20/12/1994	Rosemont, Illinois, United States
Win	18-1	John Ruiz	SD	12	04/08/1994	Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States	IBO World Heavyweight Title. 118-110, 115-113, 113-115.
Win	13-24-1	Mark Young	UD	10	17/02/1994	Joliet, Illinois, United States
Win	5-6-6	David Graves	PTS	6	06/12/1993	Rosemont, Illinois, United States
Win	44-15-4	Michael Greer	TKO	4	27/08/1993	Countryside, Illinois, United States
Win	12-1	Phil Scott	TKO	2	23/07/1993	Countryside, Illinois, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:28 of the second round.
Win	8-3	Nick Kendrick	KO	1	25/06/1993	Countryside, Illinois, United States
Loss	8-0	Jeremy Williams	KO	2	08/05/1993	Stateline, Nevada, United States	Nicholson knocked out at 2:56 of the second round.
Win	14-23-1	Tim Morrison	TKO	3	26/04/1993	Rosemont, Illinois, United States
Win	10-50	Rocky Bentley	KO	3	26/03/1993	Countryside, Illinois, United States
Win	0-7	Luis Torres	KO	3	13/03/1993	Aurora, Illinois, United States
Win	--	Mark Posey	KO	1	26/02/1993	Countryside, Illinois, United States
Win	12-37-6	Danny Blake	UD	6	22/01/1993	Countryside, Illinois, United States
Win	1-28-2	Jordan Keepers	KO	1	08/01/1993	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Win	3-27	James Holly	KO	1	11/12/1992	Countryside, Illinois, United States
Win	--	Don Blake	KO	1	25/11/1992	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	2-10-1	Dave Slaughter	KO	1	23/10/1992	Countryside, Illinois, United States
Win	4-2-2	Dan Nieves	UD	4	14/10/1992	Rosemont, Illinois, United States

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for Danell Nicholson from BoxRec
• HBO Boxing Archive

1992 USA Olympic Boxing Team Athletes Eric Griffin Tim Austin Sergio Reyes Julian Wheeler Oscar De La Hoya Vernon Forrest Pepe Reilly Raúl Márquez Chris Byrd Montell Griffin Danell Nicholson Larry Donald Coaches —