Cam F. Awesome

Cam F. Awesome (born 1988, in Uniondale, New York), formerly known as Lenroy Thompson, is an American amateur boxer best known to win the US title in 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2014 and the Golden Gloves 2009, 2011 and 2013 at super heavyweight.[1] He frequently fights in pink to show his commitment to and involvement with the Breast Cancer Awareness Program. Awesome is the U.S. National Team Captain and is also the Athlete Director on USA Boxing Board of Directors.[2]

Amateur boxing career

Awesome is a Southpaw that fights with a counterpuncher style. He first started boxing in 2005 to lose weight. A few months later he moved to Port St. Lucie, Florida, where he continued to box for Fort Pierce P.A.L. and won 18 consecutive matches in the super heavyweight class.[2]

In 2012 he was suspended for a year by the United States Anti-Doping Agency for multiple failures to provide his location in order to be available for drug testing.[3] On his return from the suspension, he legally changed his name to "Cam F. Awesome"[4] and resumed his pursuit of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where he became a leading frontrunner to represent the United States as a super-heavyweight.[5] He lost to Lenier Pero at the 2015 Pan American Games but was noted for his energetic performance during the bout and in post-fight interviews, where he gained attention for calling himself "the Taylor Swift of boxing".[6]

At the U.S. Olympic team trials in December 2015, he won the 201-pound weight class, and accordingly he will represent the United States at the Olympics.[7]

He lives and trains in Lenexa, Kansas.[8]

List of titles

List of titles won:[2]

References

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