Wesley Mouzon was a professional boxer

Boxing

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Born in Kingstree, South Carolina

Kingstree, South Carolina

Kingstree is a town in and the county seat of Williamsburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,328 at the 2010 census.-History:...

, Mouzon moved as a child to Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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, long considered one of the best boxing school cities in the United States

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. In Philadelphia, he learned how to box.

Mouzon is better known in the boxing world for his results against two former world champions: Ike Williams

Ike Williams (boxer)

Ike Williams was a former lightweight world boxing champion. Williams was known for his great right hand, and was named to the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time as well as Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year for 1948.-Professional Career:During his career, Williams faced and...

 and Bob Montgomery

Bob Montgomery (boxer)

Bob Montgomery was an American lightweight boxer. He was born in Sumter, South Carolina.Montgomery went undefeated in his first 23 fights, going 22-0-1 and winning the Pennsylvania State Lightweight Title....

. He drew (tied) with Williams, and beat Montgomery by knockout

Knockout

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. His career had a sudden finish, however, when rematched with Montgomery: He lost by knockout in their second bout, and suffered a detached retina

Retina

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. At the time, detached retinas

Retinal detachment

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 meant automatic retirement for fighters, and Mouzon had to retire at the young age of 19. He had a record of 23 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, with 9 wins by knockout.

Mouzon went on to train some recognizable boxing figures, such as the former two time world champion Dwight Muhammad Qawi

Dwight Muhammad Qawi

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 and Roy Jones Jr.

Roy Jones Jr.

Roy Jones, Jr. is an American boxer. As a professional he has captured numerous world titles in the middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight divisions...

 title challenger Tony Thornton

Tony Thornton

Tony Thornton was an American professional boxer who died of a motorcycle accident on 10 September 2009.Tony went to West Chester University...

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On July 1, 2003, he died from kidney cancer

Kidney cancer

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