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  1. Box-pro 61 bouts. Boyd was knocked down once in the second round and three times in the third round. Berbick knocked down twice in round 2. After trying to rise from the second knockdown he fell another two times.

  2. Heavyweight. Trevor Berbick (1 August 1954 – 28 October 2006) was a Jamaican professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 2000. He won the WBC heavyweight title in 1986 by defeating Pinklon Thomas, then lost it in his first defense in the same year to Mike Tyson. Berbick was the last boxer to fight Muhammad Ali, defeating him in 1981 by ...

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    Result
    Record
    Opponent
    61
    Win
    49–11–1
    60
    Loss
    48–11–1
    Tony LaRosa
    59
    Win
    48–10–1
    58
    Win
    47–10–1
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    • Personal Life
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    Started boxing at the age of 19.
    Claimed a brief amateur record of 8 - 3.
    Won a Bronze Medal for Jamaica at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City. He lost on points in the heavyweight semifinals to Michael Dokesof the United States.
    Represented Jamaica as a heavyweight at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Berbick lost in the first round to eventual Silver Medalist Mircea Simonof Romania.
    Was married twice. Berbick had three children from his first marriage and three children from his second marriage.
    Claimed to see God when he was 16-years-old. Berbick later became an ordained minister.
    Convicted in 1991 of misdemeanour assault for attacking his former business manager, who testified in court that the fighter held a gun to her head and accused her of stealing money from him.
    Convicted in 1992 of raping a woman who worked as a babysitter for his family. Berbick was also convicted of second-degree grand theft in 1992 for forging his ex-wife's signature to get a mortgage...
    Berbick was found dead on the morning of October 28, 2006. His nephew, Harold Berbick, and Kenton Gordan bludgeoned him to death and left his body in a church courtyard. Prosecutors said the murder...
    Harold Berbick and Kenton Gordon were convicted of the killing on December 20, 2007. Berbick was sentenced to life in prison, and Gordan was sentenced to fourteen years.
    "Holmes's Real Fight In the Parking Lot" by Phil Berger, New York Times, April 8, 1991
    "Trevor Berbick" The Telegraph, October 30, 2006
    "Trevor Berbick's nephew found guilty of his murder" by Everard Owen, Jamaica Observer, December 21, 2007
  3. Nationality. Jamaica. Trevor Berbick (1 August 1954 – 28 October 2006) was a Jamaican professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 2000. He won the WBC heavyweight title in 1986 by defeating Pinklon Thomas, then lost it in his first defense in the same year to Mike Tyson. Berbick was the last boxer to fight Muhammad Ali, defeating him in 1981 ...

    Date
    Opponent
    Last Opponents' Results
    Place
    2000-05-26
    W L L L L L
    Vancouver
    1999-08-12
    W W W L L L
    Slave Lake
    1999-06-29
    D W L L L L
    Molson Centre, Montreal
    1999-02-05
    W W W W W W
    Pierre-Charbonneau Centre, Montreal
    • Jamaica
    • October 28, 2006
    • August 1, 1954
  4. It was a pre-ordained beating, a historic moment waiting to happen, and the beginning of a new era. Mike Tyson stopped Trevor Berbick to become heavyweight champion on a day like today, 36 years ago. 20-year-old undefeated sensation Mike Tyson was fresh off his failed attempt to make it to the ...

  5. What is Trevor Berbick's boxing record? In a professional boxing career spanning 23 years and seven months, Trevor Berbick fought 61 times with 49 wins, 11 losses, and 1 draw. Berbick retired from professional boxing with a record of 49-11-1, which included one heavyweight world-title win. He had a 54.1% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 33 of his ...

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  7. Source. Trevor Berbick (August 1, 1954 – October 28, 2006) was a Jamaican Canadian professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 2000. He won the WBC heavyweight title in 1986 by defeating Pinklon Thomas, then lost it in his first defense in the same year to Mike Tyson. Berbick was also the last boxer to fight Muhammad Ali, defeating him in 1981.

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