Cedric Boswell

Cedric Boswell (born July 21, 1969 in Detroit, Michigan) is a professional heavyweight boxer from the United States. He was touted as a future heavyweight contender early in his pro career, which began in 1994.

Known as "The Bos", Boswell began his professional career with 21 straight wins, blasting out limited opposition to set up a fight against Jameel McCline in 2003. McCline won via TKO in the 10th, and Boswell didn't fight again until 2006.

Boswell fought undefeated (27-0) Roman Greenberg in August 2008,^[1] and won via a shocking 2nd round TKO.

As of July 2009, he was 30-1 and ranked 38th in the International Boxing Organization's heavyweight computerized rankings.^[2] He also ranked 14th in the United States in the heavyweight division.^[3]

On December 3, 2011, Boswell lost to Alexander Povetkin for the WBA (regular) title. The fight took place at Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland ^[4]

Professional boxing record

35 Wins (26 knockouts, 9 decisions), 2 Losses (2 knockouts, 0 decisions)[5]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	22-0	Alexander Povetkin	KO	8	2011-12-03	Helsinki, Finland	WBA World Heavyweight Title. Boswell knocked out at 2:58 of the eighth round.
Win	20-2	Kertson "The Pride of Tobago" Manswell	UD	10	2011-06-04	Hollywood, Florida, United States	WBC Latino/NABA Heavyweight Titles. 98-90, 98-90, 98-90.
Win	55-10	Oliver "Atomic Bull" McCall	UD	10	2011-03-18	Hollywood, Florida, United States	WBC Latino/NABA Heavyweight Titles. 99-91, 99-92, 98-92.
Win	20-9-1	Dominique "Diamond" Alexander	TKO	2	2011-01-22	White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, United States	WBC Latino Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:44 of the second round.
Win	29-6	Owen "What the Heck" Beck	KO	9	2010-12-07	Hollywood, Florida, United States	WBC Latino Heavyweight Title. Beck knocked out at 2:29 of the ninth round.
Win	23-15-2	Cisse Salif	UD	8	2009-09-26	Los Angeles, California, United States	80-72, 80-72, 80-72.
Win	9-6-2	Serdal Uysal	TKO	6	2009-06-20	Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Win	15-19-2	Harold Sconiers	TKO	1	2009-04-03	Memphis, Tennessee, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:25 of the first round.
Win	27-0	Roman Greenberg	TKO	2	2008-08-29	Atlanta, Georgia, United States	IBF North American/USBA Heavyweight Titles. Referee stopped the bout at 2:05 of the second round.
Win	26-16-2	Cliff "Black Bull" Couser	TKO	2	2008-07-12	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:46 of the second round.
Win	15-19-1	Zack Page	UD	8	2008-05-23	Memphis, Tennessee, United States	80-72, 80-72, 79-71.
Win	18-7	Josh Gutcher	KO	2	2007-12-01	Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States	Gutcher knocked out at 2:18 of the second round.
Win	34-11	Steve "Storm" Pannell	KO	1	2007-05-18	Broomfield, Colorado, United States	Pannell knocked out at 2:35 of the first round.
Win	9-6	Robert Kooser	TKO	1	2007-01-12	Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:12 of the first round.
Win	7-11	Wallace McDaniel	TKO	2	2006-04-28	Atlanta, Georgia, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:41 of the second round.
Loss	29-3-3	Jameel "Big Time" McCline	TKO	10	2003-10-03	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:07 of the tenth round.
Win	25-1	Jim "Steel Chin" Strohl	TKO	5	2003-01-25	Temecula, California, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:46 of the fifth round.
Win	6-3	Willie Perryman	KO	3	2002-12-06	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Win	21-3-3	Talmadge "Two Guns" Griffis	TKO	2	2002-11-03	Friant, California, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:44 of the second round.
Win	23-11-1	Melvin "Top Gun" Foster	UD	8	2002-09-22	Friant, California, United States	79-72, 79-73, 79-73.
Win	5-7-2	Clarence Goins	KO	2	2002-08-18	Temecula, California, United States	Goins knocked out at 2:19 of the second round.
Win	13-4-2	Terry Porter	TKO	7	1999-12-18	Tunica, Mississippi, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 3:00 of the seventh round.
Win	5-6	Mike "The Jinx" Middleton	TKO	2	1999-05-15	Miami, Florida, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:38 of the second round.
Win	31-17-2	Mike "Nikki" Sedillo	UD	10	1998-05-12	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Win	16-60-2	Danny Wofford	TKO	3	1997-09-09	Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Win	14-0	Marcus McIntyre	TKO	3	1997-06-17	Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, United States
Win	2-0-1	Jermaine Woods	UD	6	1997-04-18	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	0-1	Gerald Mitchell	TKO	1	1997-02-26	Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Win	0-1	Alexander "The Great" Vasiliev	TKO	5	1996-10-08	Battersea, London, England, United Kingdom
Win	8-4	Keith Fletcher	TKO	3	1996-04-02	Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom
Win	1-3	Jeff Garrigan	KO	1	1995-08-23	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Win	3-5	Bradley Rone	PTS	4	1995-05-23	Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States
Win	--	Nelson Ramsey	KO	1	1995-04-26	Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States
Win	--	Bernard Hatcher	KO	1	1995-03-31	Detroit, Michigan, United States
Win	--	Nardi Johnson	TKO	1	1995-03-01	Rosemont, Illinois, United States
Win	2-39-2	Jordan Keepers	PTS	4	1995-01-26	Rosemont, Illinois, United States
Win	2-0	Tommy Clark	TKO	4	1994-07-20	Detroit, Michigan, United States

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