Troy Ross

Template:Infobox boxer Troy Amos-Ross (born July 17, 1975) is a Guyanese-Canadian retired professional boxer. As an amateur, he competed in the light heavyweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Personal life

He is the son of retired boxer Charles Amos who represented Guyana at the 1968 Summer Olympics and first cousin of Egerton Marcus who won the silver medal for Canada in the Middleweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Boxing career

Template:BLP unsourced section In the 1996 Olympics, after having defeated Roland Raforme (Seychelles) and Paul M'Bongo (Cameroon), Ross lost 14–8 in quarterfinals to Kazakhstan's eventual gold medalist Vassili Jirov. Ross entered the 2000 Olympics as a gold medal hopeful, however he was eliminated after a disappointing loss in his first fight with a knockout at the 2nd round by a  Nigerian boxer Jegbefumere Albert

Ross turned pro after the 2000 Summer Olympics, however he announced his retirement in 2005 after compiling a record of 13–1, due to the inability to get quality fights. In 2007 he began a comeback and on March 19, 2007, he captured the Commonwealth Cruiserweight title by knocking out John Keeton in the second round.

The Contender

In 2008 Ross joined the cast of the boxing reality TV show The Contender filming in Singapore. He became a member of the gold team and on 14 January 2009 won his first round contest against Australian Lawrence Tauasa. He fought American Felix Cora Jr. in the quarterfinals winning when the fight was stopped after 2:48 of the first round. In the semifinals Troy faced Nigerian Akinyemi Laleye, the fight was scored 50–45 by all three judges in Troy's favor. Troy fought another Nigerian, Ehinomen Ehikhamenor, in the finals on February 25, 2009, at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut. Ross defeated Ehikhamenor by fourth-round TKO to become the Contender champion.

Acting career

Template:BLP unsourced section Ross has also achieved success out of the ring starting his own fashion line, Ross Wear, and playing roles in movies. He appeared in the 2005 movie Cinderella Man opposite Russell Crowe playing the role of heavyweight boxer John Henry Lewis. Ross also appeared in the 2007 movie Resurrecting the Champ with Josh Hartnett and Samuel L. Jackson, playing the younger version of the champ. He also appears in the movie Phantom Punch, in the role of Heavyweight boxer Floyd Patterson.

Championships and accomplishments

• Commonwealth Boxing Council
  • Commonwealth Cruiserweight Championship (One time)
• Canadian Boxing Federation
  • CBF Cruiserweight Championship (One time)
• The Contender
  • The Contender Season 4 Champion

Professional record

Template:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
28	Template:No2Loss	25–3	Template:Flagicon Yoan Pablo Hernández	UD	12	Sep 15, 2012	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
27	Template:Yes2Win	25–2	Template:Flagicon Lukasz Rusiewicz	UD	8	Feb 4, 2012	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
26	Template:Yes2Win	24–2	Template:Flagicon Carl Handy	UD	10	Oct 30, 2010	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
25	Template:No2Loss	23–2	Template:Flagicon Steve Cunningham	TKO	5 (12), 0:01	June 5, 2010	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
24	Template:Yes2Win	23–1	Template:Flagicon Daniel Bispo	KO	1 (8), 1:12	Dec 5, 2009	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
23	Template:Yes2Win	22–1	Template:Flagicon Michael Simms	UD	10	June 19, 2009	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
22	Template:Yes2Win	21–1	Template:Flagicon Ehinomen Ehikhamenor	TKO	4 (10), 2:00	Feb 25, 2009	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
21	Template:Yes2Win	20–1	Template:Flagicon Akinyemi Laleye	UD	5	Feb 18, 2009	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
20	Template:Yes2Win	19–1	Template:Flagicon Felix Cora Jr.	TKO	1 (5), 2:38	Jan 28, 2009	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
19	Template:Yes2Win	18–1	Template:Flagicon Lawrence Tauasa	TKO	2 (5)	Jan 14, 2009	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
18	Template:Yes2Win	17–1	Template:Flagicon Kendrick Releford	UD	8	May 3, 2008	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
17	Template:Yes2Win	16–1	Template:Flagicon Tony Booth	TKO	2 (8), 1:52	May 18, 2007	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
16	Template:Yes2Win	15–1	Template:Flagicon John Keeton	KO	2 (12), 2:08	Mar 19, 2007	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
15	Template:Yes2Win	14–1	Template:Flagicon Hastings Rasani	TKO	3 (8), 3:05	Jan 20, 2007	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	13–1	Template:Flagicon Claudio Rîșco	TKO	8 (10), 1:25	May 28, 2005	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
13	Template:No2Loss	12–1	Template:Flagicon Willie Herring	SD	8	Mar 5, 2005	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	12–0	Template:Flagicon Etianne Whitaker	KO	2 (8), 1:09	Feb 4, 2005	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	11–0	Template:Flagicon John Battle	TKO	5 (6), 1:26	Jan 8, 2005	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	10–0	Template:Flagicon Caseny Truesdale	TKO	1 (8), 2:24	Dec 11, 2004	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
9	Template:Yes2Win	9–0	Template:Flagicon Robert Marsh	TKO	4 (6), 0:44	Nov 20, 2004	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	8–0	Template:Flagicon Sam Reese	KO	3 (6), 0:38	Jan 31, 2003	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	7–0	Template:Flagicon Norman Jones	UD	6	Aug 6, 2002	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
6	Template:Yes2Win	6–0	Template:Flagicon Dennis Matthews	KO	2 (6), 1:13	May 24, 2002	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
5	Template:Yes2Win	5–0	Template:Flagicon Dan Sheehan	UD	4	Dec 14, 2001	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
4	Template:Yes2Win	4-0	Template:Flagicon Will Little	UD	4	Oct 26, 2001	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	3–0	Template:Flagicon Kip Triplet	TKO	2 (4), 2:40	June 22, 2001	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	2–0	Template:Flagicon Tim Scoggins	TKO	1 (4), 2:12	June 1, 2001	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
1	Template:Yes2Win	1–0	Template:Flagicon Roger Bowden	UD	4	April 20, 2001	Template:Flagicon Template:Small

External links

• Canadian Olympic Committee
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