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Rock Blackwell
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Rock Blackwell is an American boxer. He is the current World Boxing Union novice world Cruiserweight champion. Career A one-time amateur winner of the South Atlantic Championship, Blackwell’s amateur record was 156-28. He turned professional in 2009, though experienced life-threatening injuries in 2009 after a botched weight-cut that saw him drop 30 lbs of water weight. He since assembled a 15-0 professional record fighting for the International Boxing League. and he has fought in both the US and Europe. In 2014 he was ranked in the top ten of both the WBU and IBU as well Blackwell’s trainers have included Floyd Mayweather Sr., Roger Mayweather, and Freddie Roach. As of 2015, Blackwell trained under Roberto Jalnaiz. In 2015 Blackwell signed a fight deal with Comcast SportsNet. Other work Blackwell has performed philanthropic work in inner-city Baltimore. He has also funded the building of orphanages in Cameroon, specifically the village of Muea, with the My Sister Cares Foundation. He has also attended charitable events associated with the NBA All-Star Game weekend. In 2014 Blackwell was featured in a comic book entitled Hearing the Bell. See Also
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