Jordan Shimmell

Jordan Shimmell (born October 10, 1988, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States) is an American amateur heavyweight boxer best known to win the National Golden Gloves and the US Champion at 201 lbs in 2009.

Amateur career

At age 8, He started boxing and won the Michigan Silver Gloves State Championship in 1998, 2000 and 2003. He also won the Michigan Junior Olympics State Championship in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005. Shimmell won the Great Lakes (Region 5) Junior Olympic Championship in 2003, 2004 and 2005. He advanced to the National Junior Olympics Championships both years he was eligible. He won the bronze medal in the 189 pound division at the 2004 National Junior Olympics Championships. In the 2005 National Junior Olympics Championships, Shimmell won the gold medal in the heavyweight (201 pound) division.[1] He defeated the defending National Junior Olympic champion Bear Richardson, the brother of Olympian Rock Allen, by a score of 6–1.[2] Also as a Junior Olympic division boxer (ages 8–16), He won the National Junior Golden Gloves Championship in 2001, 2003 and 2004.

Seniors

Upon turning 17, Shimmell began competing in the open-class of USA Boxing (the experienced boxers ages 17–34). In his first open-class tournament, he won the 2006 Michigan State Tournament. A few months later in 2006, he competed in his first Golden Gloves tournament and won the Western Michigan Golden Gloves, the Michigan Golden Gloves.

He was the runner-up in the 2006 National Golden Gloves in the heavyweight (201 pound) division. He lost a close 3–2 split decision to the defending champion Eric Fields who was the Golden Boy award winner for the most outstanding boxer of the tournament in both the 2005 and 2006 National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions.[3]

In the first Midwestern Trials held in Cincinnati, Ohio, in April 2007, Shimmell won the heavyweight (201 pound) championship.[4] He again won the Michigan Golden Gloves tournament in 2007, but an injury hindered him in the 2007 National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions. In June 2007 at the U.S. Championships, Shimmell lost a 12–11 decision to Quantis Graves, missing the chance to compete in the United States Olympic Trials for the 2008 Olympics. Graves went on to become the runner-up at the United States Olympic Trials.

Jordan Shimmell won the 1st World Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions in November 2007. Shimmell defeated Jamie Power of Ireland in the semi-finals on a 5–0 unanimous decision. Shimmell then went on to knock out Mike McDonagh of Great Britain in the second round in the Championship bout. Shimmell won by RSCH-2 and received the Championship belt for the 201-pound division. The World Golden Gloves tournament was held at the Grand Casino in Hinckley, Minnesota.[5][6]

In 2009 he won both the Golden Gloves and the US championships at the age of 20.[7] In 2010, Jordan was the National Golden Gloves runner-up losing a very close split decision in the finals. In June 2011, Jordan returned to the top, winning his 2nd USA Boxing National Championships gold medal in three years (2009 & 2011).[8]

Jordan clearly won each bout along the way and once again become the #1 amateur heavyweight in the United States by scores of 14–8 (finals), 19–7 (semi-finals), 18–12 (quarter-finals) and 12–5 (preliminaries).[9]

Professional boxing record
20 Wins (16 knockouts, 4 decision), 2 Losses (1 decisions, 1 knockout)[10]
Result Record Opponent Opponent's
Record		 Type Round Date Location Notes
Loss 20-2 Murat Gassiev 22-0 KO 1 17/05/2016 Black Bear Casino, Carlton, Minnesota
Win 20-1 Willis Lockett 14-15-5 DQ 27/02/2016 Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.
Loss 19-1 Isiah Thomas 14-0 UD 12 25/07/2015 Palms Casino and Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada Vacant USBA cruiserweight title.
...
Win 7-0 Lance Gauch 3-5-1 UD 6 21/12/2012 Grand Plaza Hotel, Toledo, Ohio
Win 6-0 Clinton Boldridge 10-18-1 KO 2 10/11/2012 Dance Land Ballroom, Davenport, Iowa
Win 5-0 Travis Fulton 18-30 TKO 2 27/10/2012 Black Bear Casino, Carlton, Minnesota Referee stopped the bout at 2:47 of the second round.
Win 4-0 Joe Stofle 12-19-2 TKO 2 27/09/2012 Motor City Casino, Detroit, Michigan Referee stopped the bout at 0:48 of the second round.
Win 3-0 Robert Feirick -- TKO 1 17/08/2012 Fifth Third Ballpark, Comstock Park, Michigan Referee stopped the bout at 0:51 of the first round.
Win 2-0 Mario Huffman 0-1 TKO 2 21/07/2012 Lifestyle Pavilion, Columbus, Ohio Referee stopped the bout at 2:35 of the second round.
Win 1-0 Kolmarge Harris 2-15 TKO 2 30/06/2012 Holland Civic Center, Holland, Michigan Referee stopped the bout at 2:58 of the second round

References
  1. "USA Boxing - Features, Events, Results - Team USA". Usaboxing.org. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  2. "BOXING: Thirty New National Champions are Crowned at the 2005 Junior Olympic National Championships" Archived 2006-05-22 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. Olympic Team press release
  3. "Fields repeats as heavyweight Golden Gloves champ", Chuck Brown, Associated Press (as reported by USA Today), April 30, 2006
  4. "Eleven New National Champions are Crowned at the 2007 Midwestern Trials" Archived 2007-07-15 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. Olympic Team press release
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-04-25. Retrieved 2007-11-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "US National Championships - Denver - June 8-13 2009". Amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  8. "USA Boxing - Features, Events, Results - Team USA". Boxrec.com. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  9. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-06-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "BoxRec: Jordan Shimmell". Boxrec.com. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
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