Danell Nicholson was an American Olympian and a boxer in the heavyweight

Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...

 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
  Željko Mavrovic
  Željko Mavrović is a retired male boxer from Croatia turned enterpreneur.-Background:Mavrović was born in Zagreb, in the neighbourhood Srednjaci ....
  
   (Croatia) 9-6
• Lost to Félix Savón
  Félix Savón
  Félix Savón Fabre is a Cuban heavyweight boxer, a winner of three gold medals at the Olympic Games. Savón is considered a legend in amateur boxing and has won six world titles....
  
   (Cuba) 13-11

Professional career

He boxed professionally from 1992 to 2003 training under Emanuel Steward

Emanuel Steward

Emanuel Steward is an American boxing trainer, commentator and inductee of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame.-Life and career:...

. Perhaps his best win as a professional was his split decision win over future heavyweight titlist John Ruiz

John Ruiz

John "The Quietman" Ruiz , is a former American professional boxer. Ruiz is the first Latino heavyweight champion and former two-time WBA heavyweight champion. After a professional career spanning over 18 years, Ruiz officially announced his retirement from the sport at a press conference on April...

 on August 4, 1994. With that win came the lightly regarded International Boxing Organization

International Boxing Organization

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 heavyweight title. Other notable fighters he faced but to whom he lost were Andrew Golota, Kirk Johnson, David Tua

David Tua

David "Tuamanator" Tua is a New Zealand professional heavyweight boxer, fighting out of South Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.He is a former WBO Asia Pacific and WBO Oriental Heavyweight champion....

, and Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko is a Ukrainian heavyweight boxer. Klitschko is the WBA , IBF, WBO Super, IBO & Ring Magazine Champion. His older brother Vitali Klitschko is the current WBC champion...

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Minor Titles

External links

• HBO Boxing Archive