Rayonta Whitfield

Rayonta Whitfield (born July 16, 1981)[1] is an American professional boxer from Augusta, Georgia.

Amateur career

Whitfield was the 2002 Golden Gloves national champion.[2]

Early career

He is a two-time North American Boxing Organization flyweight champion.[3]

World title fight

He fought Omar Andres Narvaez for the World Boxing Organization flyweight title, losing in the 10th round by technical knockout.[4]

Return

Due to his boxing gym nearly closing, Whitfield took a four-year hiatus from boxing, but has now returned.[5] During his hiatus from boxing, Whitfield was able to resurrect the gym and is bringing it back to prominence. He has had several regional and national Silver Gloves and Golden Gloves champions including Justin DeLoach, Jade Ealy and Doctress Robinson. Ealy is currently the record holder for fastest debut KO in Georgia.[6] Whitfield is currently signed to Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing.[7] All the above fighters are active the community and participate in training the up and coming youth fighters as well as adults. Classes and personal training are also available upon request [8]

References
  1. "Rayonta Whitfield". BoxRec.com. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. "Official Golden Gloves of America Website". Goldengloves.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  3. Sports Editor (2010-02-28). "Whitfield regains flyweight title". Chronicle.augusta.com. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  4. "Weekend In Review: More Vic Darchinyan – Jorge Arce, Plus Omar Narvaez – Rayonta Whitfield Video And More – Queensberry Rules". Thecomeback.com. 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  5. "Rayonta Whitfield stepping back into the ring". Wrdw.com. 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  6. "BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  7. "Fighters - Real Deal Boxing". Real Deal Boxing. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  8. "Home". Augusta Boxing Club. Retrieved 2018-09-21.


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