Marty Lindquist
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Marty Lindquist is a cruiserweight professional boxer
from Minnesota
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) and 7 losses with 1 no contest
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with one punch at the beginning of the first round. However the fight was later ruled a no contest when Lindquist failed a drug test. The two had a rematch at the legendary Blue Horizon
fight club in February 2007, which Alexander won by unanimous decision.
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 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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Professional career
Marty Lindquist had his professional debut in August 1994, knocking out Art Richardson in the first round. As of November 2008, Lindquist had compiled a professional record of 13 wins (9 by knockoutKnockout
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...
) and 7 losses with 1 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:...
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Controversy
Lindquist appeared to have given himself a great career boost on October 14 of 2006, when he knocked out undefeated prospect Max AlexanderMax Alexander (boxer)
Max Alexander is an American boxer.-Professional career:Alexander began his professional career in 2004. Whilst he was undefeated, he would have lost a bout to Marty Lindquist in 2006 via a 1st round KO, however the bout was later declared a no contest because Lindquist failed a drug test...
with one punch at the beginning of the first round. However the fight was later ruled a no contest when Lindquist failed a drug test. The two had a rematch at the legendary Blue Horizon
Blue Horizon
Blue Horizon was a British blues record label founded by Mike Vernon in the mid 1960s.Its roots lay in Vernon's mail order label Purdah Records, which released just four 7" singles; including "Flapjacks" by Stone's Masonry ; and another by John Mayall and Eric Clapton "Bernard Jenkins", and...
fight club in February 2007, which Alexander won by unanimous decision.