Professional career Lou Savarese

savarese, roberts elementarian, began professional boxing career on april 30, 1989, knocking out james smith (not former world heavyweight champion) in 4 rounds @ galveston, texas. savarese s first win first round knockout came on second fight, against terrence roberts, on may 25, @ atlantic city.

savarese won first 8 fights knockout. on april 19, 1990, savarese forced fight entire boxing fight first time, when defeated mike robinson in poughkeepsie, new york six-round decision. proceeded win next 7 fights knockout, and, in 1991, kayo boxing cards published trading card featuring savarese.

on september 20 of year, , robinson had rematch, savarese knocking robinson out in fourth round. next fight, against mike faulkner on november 26, @ white plains, new york, resulted in five-round disqualification win savarese.

on november 21, 1992 savarese fought larry givens, famous incredible lack of success professional boxer. givens retired record of 3-46. savarese managed ko givens in 2nd round.

savarese ran record 36-0, 30 knockouts, relatively unknown fighter: apart 1991 kayo boxing trading card, no other type of media attempted make savarese s name household one, partly because of type of opposition had met. of savarese s thirty 6 opponents, none known boxing fans. savarese management team came ingenious, , not seen, way draw public s attention towards savarese: lou savarese fan club created, and, middle 1990s, fan club being advertised on major boxing magazines, such ring , ko. advertisement offered free membership anyone, , promised free personalized, autographed photos each new member.

the idea worked, , savarese next faced first relatively known opponent, buster mathis jr.. fight nabf s vacant regional heavyweight title, , savarese won title on november 1, 1996, knocking mathis out in round seven, @ indio, california.

next major fight against former 2 time world heavyweight champion george foreman. fight held on april 26, 1997, in atlantic city. savarese s hbo boxing television show s debut, , unrecognized wbu world heavyweight title . while savarese lost first time, nevertheless impressed boxing critics , fans, many of whom felt deserved split decision given foreman. savarese lost scorecards of 110-118, 112-115 , favorable 114-113.

based on performance against foreman, outcome of next fight, against david izon on november 1, considered mild upset. savarese , izon fought @ new york s famed apollo theater, , savarese suffered first knockout defeat, when izon beat him in 5 rounds.

but savarese rebound scoring 2 important wins: on april 23, 1998, defeated jeff lally knockout in round 2 @ sheraton hotel in houston, , then, on june 25, scored arguably biggest career win, beating james douglas, former world heavyweight champion , first man beat mike tyson, knockout in first round pick unrecognized iba s world heavyweight title.

after that, fought twice in 1999, winning split decision on prospect lance mount whitaker , losing ten-round decision against future lennox lewis world championship challenger michael grant, on june 19 @ new york s madison square garden.

more 1 year later, on june 24, 2000, savarese had first fight abroad, when faced tyson in glasgow, scotland. fight stopped thirty 8 seconds first round. while attempting stop tyson, referee john coyle accidentally pulled floor him. tyson declared winner technical knockout.

savarese remained active, and, after 2 wins, beat david bostice on november 2, 2001 twelve-round decision.

another major win savarese came on september 22, 2002, when beat former two-time world heavyweight champion tim witherspoon knockout in round 5 @ friant, california.

on march 15, 2003, lost title former john ruiz world title challenger kirk johnson, knocked savarese out in 4 rounds @ dallas.

attempting win regional heavyweight title, savarese fought leo nolan, iba s vacant americas heavyweight title, lost nolan twelve-round unanimous decision on may 7, 2004. lou savarese returned ring on march 18, 2006 stopping marcus rhode in 2 rounds @ convention center in fort smith, arkansas. record stands @ 44-6-36 ko s.

savarese trained jesse reid, survived shooting in 1984 when of boxers, former wbc world jr. welterweight champion bruce curry shot him 2 days after losing billy costello.

lou savarese continued comeback stopping travis fulton in 3 rounds on january 18, 2007, in houston tx. savarese showed still has decent ability , has brought record 45-6-37 kos.

on june 30, 2007, savarese fought former heavyweight champion evander holyfield. fought great heart lost decision sharp looking holyfield. savarese announced after fight had given wasn t enough, , last bout.[1]