Ezra Sellers

Ezra Sellers
Statistics
Real name	Ezra Nathan Sellers
Rated at	Cruiserweight
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Reach	77 in (196 cm)
Nationality	American
Born	(1968-09-02)September 2, 1968
Died	December 12, 2013(2013-12-12) (aged 45) Pensacola, Florida, United States
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	37
Wins	29
Wins by KO	26
Losses	8

Ezra Nathan Sellers (September 2, 1968 – December 12, 2013) was an American cruiserweight boxer. He lived in Pensacola, Florida, where he died on December 12, 2013, due to heart problems.^[1]

Sellers won the IBO cruiserweight championship against Carl Thompson; however, his title was vacated after losing to WBO champion Johnny Nelson on April 6, 2002 in Copenhagen, Denmark, who declined the IBO belt.

Professional boxing record

29 Wins (26 knockouts, 3 decisions), 8 Losses (8 knockouts, 0 decisions)
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	21-4	Emmanuel Nwodo	KO	2	19 Jan 2008	New York City, United States	Sellers knocked out at 2:59 of the second round.
Win	28-19	Kenny "The Raven" Craven	TKO	3	7 Dec 2007	Biloxi, Mississippi, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:46 of the third round.
Win	12-10-1	Troy "Basher" Beets	TKO	6	14 Jul 2007	Biloxi, Mississippi, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:30 of the sixth round.
Loss	22-1-1	O'Neil "Supernova" Bell	KO	2	4 Sep 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	IBF World Cruiserweight Title Eliminator. Sellers knocked out at 2:04 of the second round.
Loss	20-2-1	Kelvin "Concrete" Davis	TKO	8	1 May 2004	Miami, Florida, United States	IBF World Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:33 of the eighth round.
Win	11-5-4	Joseph "African Assassin" Awinongya	UD	8	28 Jun 2003	Coconut Creek, Florida, United States
Win	16-3	Jason Robinson	TKO	2	1 Mar 2003	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:53 of the second round.
Win	9-10	Kevin "The Rage" Tallon	TKO	1	7 Sep 2002	Portland, Oregon, United States
Loss	41-12-1	Johnny "The Entertainer" Nelson	KO	8	6 Apr 2002	Copenhagen, Denmark	WBO World Cruiserweight Title. Sellers knocked out at 2:39 of the eighth round.
Win	28-5	Carl "The Cat" Thompson	KO	4	26 Nov 2001	Manchester, United Kingdom	IBO World Cruiserweight Title. Thompson knocked out at 1:36 of the fourth round.
Win	14-11	Onebo Maxime	KO	2	20 Jun 2001	Kenner, Louisiana, United States
Loss	14-3	Ramon Garbey	TKO	1	17 May 2001	Biloxi, Mississippi, United States	WBO NABO Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:45 of the first round.
Win	12-0	Sidney Mack	TKO	1	29 Jul 2000	Tunica, Mississippi, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:38 of the first round.
Win	16-1-1	Willard "Red Thunder Rock" Lewis	TKO	3	1 Apr 2000	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	WBO NABO Cruiserweight Title.
Win	7-1	Drexie James	TKO	8	25 Feb 2000	Tunica, Mississippi, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:50 of the eighth round.
Win	38-9-4	Nestor Hipolito Giovannini	TKO	1	29 Jan 2000	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	11-6	Matt Green	UD	8	10 Dec 1999	Biloxi, Mississippi, United States	79-74, 79-73, 79-73.
Win	21-8-1	Miguel Angel Medina Burgos	TKO	6	19 Nov 1999	Tunica, Mississippi, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 3:00 of the sixth round.
Win	17-75-2	Danny Wofford	TKO	4	15 Jan 1999	Lake Worth, Florida, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 3:05 of the fourth round.
Loss	42-8	Alex "The Destroyer" Stewart	TKO	3	8 Oct 1998	Kansas City, Missouri, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:43 of the third round.
Win	11-25-3	Marion "The Creep" Wilson	UD	10	12 Jun 1998	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States	98-93, 97-93, 99-91.
Win	22-5-2	John "Yahya" McClain	TKO	1	7 Aug 1997	Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States	WBU World Super Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:26 of the first round.
Win	7-7-1	Ken McCurdy	KO	1	22 Nov 1996	Tampa, Florida, United States
Win	9-6	Artis "The Mad Boxer" Pendergrass	TKO	10	11 Sep 1996	Pensacola, Florida, United States	NABU Cruiserweight Title.
Win	8-13	Earl Talley	TKO	1	15 Jun 1996	Jacksonville, Florida, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:10 of the first round.
Win	8-0-1	Mike Pearman	TKO	3	18 Apr 1996	Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Win	2-4	George Barlow	TKO	1	28 Mar 1996	Pensacola, Florida, United States
Win	6-14-1	James "Gumbo" Fernandez	KO	1	8 Dec 1995	Pensacola, Florida, United States
Win	7-1-1	Richie Brown	TKO	4	24 Jun 1995	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	1-0	Tom Williams	TKO	1	18 Mar 1995	Pensacola, Florida, United States
Win	11-7	Gary Butler	TKO	1	20 Sep 1994	Pensacola, Florida, United States
Win	3-2	Rick Willis	TKO	1	22 Mar 1994	Pensacola, Florida, United States
Loss	3-8	Ed Thompson	TKO	4	7 Jun 1993	Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Win	3-1-1	Dayton Wheeler	KO	3	12 Feb 1993	Bushkill, Pennsylvania, United States
Win	--	Richard McComber	TKO	1	15 Sep 1992	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Win	13-42-2	Frankie Hines	KO	3	21 Mar 1992	Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Loss	5-0	Bruce "The Atlantic City Express" Seldon	TKO	2	22 Aug 1989	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

References

↑ http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/remembering-thrilling-warrior-ezra-sellers-the-former-ibo-cruiserweight-champ-passes-away-at-age-45-233187

External links

Professional boxing record for Ezra Sellers from BoxRec

Preceded by Carl Thompson	IBO Cruiserweight Champion November 26, 2001 - April 26, 2002	Succeeded by Sebastian Rothmann Filled vacancy

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, April 08, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.