Jerome Coffee (born March 16, 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

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) is a former American

United States

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 boxer

Boxing

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.

Amateur career

Coffee had an outstanding amateur career and won several national championships, including:

• 1977 National AAU Flyweight champion, decisioning Ronnie Clifford of Hickory Hills, Ilinois, in the final.
• 1978 National PAL Flyweight champion
• 1979 National PAL Flyweight champion
• 1979 Pan American Games bronze medalist
• Defeated Gilberto Román
  Gilberto Roman
  Gilberto Román was a Mexican boxer in the Super Flyweight division and a member of the 1980 Mexican Olympic team. Román was a two-time WBC Super Flyweight Champion and is considered by many fans to be one of the great champions in this division...
  
   (Mexico) points
• Defeated Jorge Hernández (Cuba) points
• Lost to Pedro Nolasco
  Pedro Nolasco
  Pedro Nolasco was a Dominican boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's bantamweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States....
  
   (Dominican Republic) points
• 1979 National Golden Gloves Flyweight champion
• 1980 National Golden Gloves Flyweight champion

Professional career

Coffee turned professional in 1980 and had limited success. He won his first 26 bouts, leading up to a clash with Jeff Fenech

Jeff Fenech

Jeff Fenech is a retired Australian boxer and a three-time world champion who is now a boxing trainer.-Boxing career:...

 for the IBF bantamweight title in 1985. Coffee lost the bout via decision. After the loss, Coffee's career went downhill. He retired in 1994 having won 35, lost 13, and drawn 1 with 19 KO.

Training

After retirement from professional boxing, Coffee took on a role in training fighters. Of those under his tutelage, Canadian standout Tebor Brosch

Tebor Brosch

“Mighty” Tebor Brosch Jr. is a Canadian professional boxer. He is the reigning Canadian Professional Boxing Council welterweight champion, holding a record of 6-3-4, with 2 wins by KO/TKO.-Career History:...

is the only one to win a professional title.

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