Danell Nicholson (born November 15, 1967) is a former American Olympian and a boxer in the heavyweight division. He held the IBO World Heavyweight *le in 1994, and in 2003 challenged Wladimir Klitschko for the WBA Intercontinental Heavyweight *le.

Contents

• 1 Professional career
  • 1.1 Amateur
  • 1.2 Professional
    • 1.2.1 Professional boxing record
• 2 References
• 3 External links

Professional career

Amateur

Nicholson was a member of the 1992 United States Olympic Team as a Heavyweight. His results were:

• Defeated Paul Lawson (Great Britain) 10-2
• Defeated Zeljko Mavrovic (Croatia) 9-6
• Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba) 13-11

Professional

He boxed professionally from 1992 to 2003 training under Emanuel Steward. Perhaps his best win as a professional was his split decision win over future heavyweight *list John Ruiz on August 4, 1994. With that win came the lightly regarded International Boxing Organization heavyweight *le. Other notable fighters he faced but to whom he lost were Andrew Golota, Kirk Johnson, David Tua, and Wladimir Klitschko.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

• Boxing record for Danell Nicholson from BoxRec (registration required)
• HBO Boxing Archive