Manning Galloway
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Manning Galloway is an American
boxer
.
Galloway's greatest fights were against Gert Bo Jacobsen
which were all fought in Randers Hallen, Randers
, Denmark
. The first fight Manning beat Jacobsen, Jacobsen lost due to a corner retirement. The second fight was a no contest
. Jacobsen finally got the best of Galloway in the 3rd fight by decision. From 1990 to 1993 Manning Galloway defended the WBO welterweight
title eight times ultimately losing it to Gert Bo Jacobsen.
Galloway has also won the USBA
welterweight title, WBO interim welterweight title, and the Ohio State Light Middleweight Title.
United States
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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...
.
Galloway's greatest fights were against Gert Bo Jacobsen
Gert Bo Jacobsen
Gert Bo Jacobsen is a former WBO welterweight title holder. He is from Oestrup, Denmark. His first 26 fights he was undefeated from 1983 to 1988. His first lost came in October 1988 to Greg Haugen....
which were all fought in Randers Hallen, Randers
Randers
Randers is a city in Randers municipality on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 60,656 . Randers city is the main town of the municipality and the site of its municipal council.-Overview:Randers municipality has 94,750 inhabitants...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. The first fight Manning beat Jacobsen, Jacobsen lost due to a corner retirement. The second fight was a no contest
No contest (boxing)
No contest is a technical term used in some combat sports to describe a fight that ends for reasons outside the fighters' hands.-Boxing:...
. Jacobsen finally got the best of Galloway in the 3rd fight by decision. From 1990 to 1993 Manning Galloway defended the WBO welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
title eight times ultimately losing it to Gert Bo Jacobsen.
Galloway has also won the USBA
USBA
USBA may refer to:* United States Basketball Academy* United States Boxing Association, the predecessor of the International Boxing Federation* United States Boomerang Association* United States Bicycle Motocross Association...
welterweight title, WBO interim welterweight title, and the Ohio State Light Middleweight Title.
External links
- http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/news/archives/00000244.htm
- http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxing-article/2763/manning-galloway-boxing-odyssey/
- http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=006085&cat=boxer