Derek Winston is a featherweight

Featherweight

Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...

 professional boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 from Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...

, Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

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Personal life

Winston is the cousin of Minnesota bantamweight

Bantamweight

Bantamweight is usually a class in boxing for boxers who weigh above 115 pounds and up to 118 pounds . However, in Mixed Martial Arts it is 134-136 pounds . Wrestling also has similar weight classes including bantamweight...

 boxing champion Antwan Robertson

Antwan Robertson

Antwan Robertson, alias Lil Superman, is a super flyweight professional boxer from Anoka, Minnesota.-Amateur career:Robertson only had twelve bouts as an amateur, compiling a record of 9-3 and winning the 2007 Upper Midwest Golden Gloves championship at 112#...

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Amateur career

Winston boxed as an amateur out of Minneapolis' elite Circle of Discipline gym, where he trained under Sankara Frazier and alongside fellow amateur elites Javontae Starks

Javontae Starks

Javontae Starks is a professional junior middleweight boxer from Minneapolis, Minnesota.-Personal life:Starks has received much attention for his comeback from a serious injury. In August 2007 Starks was shot in the leg in his hometown of Minneapolis, and the bullet nicked a major artery...

 and Jamal James

Jamal James

Jamal James is a professional welterweight boxer from Minneapolis, Minnesota.-Amateur Boxing Career:As an amateur James represented Circle of Discipline boxing club in Minneapolis...

. He was the Upper Midwest Golden Gloves

Golden Gloves

The Golden Gloves is the name given to annual competitions for amateur boxing in the United States. The Golden Gloves is often the term used to refer to the National Golden Gloves competition, but it also can represent several other amateur tournaments, including regional golden gloves...

 champion in 2006 and 2007. Winston was once called an "ultimate badass" by boxing journalist Ryan Hamilton

Professional career

Under the management of John Hoffman

John Hoffman (boxer)

John Hoffman is a welterweight professional boxer, as well as a coach, trainer, and promoter, from Anoka, Minnesota.-Personal life:Hoffman is a native of Anoka, Minnesota and a graduate of Coon Rapids High School....

, Winston made his professional debut with a unanimous decision

Unanimous decision

A unanimous decision is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking in which all three judges agree on which fighter won the match....

 win against David Laque on October 23, 2009. He won his second bout, another unanimous decision, against Taide Torres on December 18 of the same year. Winston's current professional record is 2-0 with no knockouts

Knockout

A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...

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