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The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Lineal Champion
Marvin Camel
BORN
December 24 1951; Ronan, Montana (Fought out of Missoula, Montana)
HEIGHT..
6-2
WEIGHT
173-198 lbs
MANAGER
Elmer Boyce
TRAINER
Eddie Futch
Camel was a left-handed warrior who carried a good punch; During his career, he won the WBC and IBF versions of the Cruiserweight Championship of the World
Among those Marvin defeated were Matthew Saud Muhammad (Matt Franklin), Mate Parlov, Gary Summerhays, Roddy MacDonald, Ibar Arrington, Bill Sharkey, Bashiru Ali, Willie Shannon, David Cabrera, Macka Foley, Dale Grant, Ron Wilson, Rafael Gutierrez, Leonardo Rodgers and Rocky Sekorski1973 Sep 20 Joe Williams Butte, Mt KO 2 1974 Feb 20 James T. Jackson Boise, Id KO 4 1975 Jan 22 George Clark Las Vegas, Nv KO 4 Feb 19 Chico Valdez Las Vegas, Nv KO 2 Apr 2 Jack Johnson Las Vegas, Nv W 8 Apr 30 Amado Vasquez Las Vegas, Nv KO 3 May 28 Fernando Lee Jones Las Vegas, Nv KO 6 Aug 20 Ron Wilson Las Vegas, Nv W 10 Sep 24 Terry Lee Las Vegas, Nv TK 8 Nov 19 Danny Brewer Las Vegas, Nv W 10 1976 Jan 14 Pedro Vega Las Vegas, Nv KO 1 Feb 18 Don Meloncon Las Vegas, Nv TK 3 Apr 7 Rafael Gutierrez Las Vegas, Nv W 10 May 8 Angel Oquendo Missoula, Mt W 10 Jul 17 Matthew Saad Muhammad Stockton, Ca L 10 Aug 28 Johnny Townsend Missoula, Mt W 10 Sep 25 Johnny Townsend Spokane, Wa W 10 Oct 23 Matthew Saad Muhammad Missoula, Mt W 10 Nov 20 Larry Castaneda Seattle, Wa W 10 1977 Jan 26 Lionel Ford Las Vegas, Nv W 10 Feb 15 Dale Grant Seattle, Wa D 10 May 6 Gary Summerhays Missoula, Mt W 12 Jun 28 Danny Brewer Seattle, Wa LT 6 Aug 29 Ron Wilson Pablo, Mt W 10 Dec 7 Karl Zurheide Las Vegas, Nv TK 7 1978 Feb 8 David Smith Las Vegas, Nv W 10 Mar 9 Bobby Lloyd Wichita, Ks W 10 Apr 7 Pete McIntyre Butte, Mt W 10 May 27 Chuck Warfield Missoula, Mt KO 5 Aug 22 Ibar Arrington Coeur d'Alene, Id W 10 Sep 12 Dale Grant Butte, Mt W 12 Nov 11 Tom Bethea Missoula, Mt KO 2 1979 Jan 3 Bob Heflin Las Vegas, Nv KO 2 Feb 28 Jim Ingram Las Vegas, Nv W 10 Apr 24 David Smith Missoula, Mt KO 9 Jun 6 Bill Sharkey Missoula, Mt W 12 -NABF Light Heavyweight Championship Aug 1 Macka Foley Las Vegas, Nv TK 2 Aug 30 David Cabrera McAllen, Tx KO 3 Dec 8 Mate Parlov Split, Yugoslavia D 15 -WBC Cruiserweight Championship of the World 1980 Mar 31 Mate Parlov Las Vegas, Nv W 15 -WBC Cruiserweight Championship of the World Nov 25 Carlos "Sugar" DeLeon New Orleans, La L 15 -WBC Cruiserweight Championship of the World 1981 Apr 24 Ron Draper Billings, Mt TK 6 May 5 Rahim Muhammad Las Vegas, Nv W 12 Aug 11 Willie Shannon Las Vegas, Nv TK 3 Oct 2 Bashiru Ali San Francisco, Ca W 12 -USBA Cruiserweight Championship 1982 Feb 24 Carlos "Sugar" DeLeon Atlantic City, NJ LT 8 -WBC Cruiserweight Championship of the World Jun 30 Leonardo Rodgers Omaha, Ne TK 5 -USBA Cruiserweight Championship 1983 Feb 11 John Odhiambho Copenhagen, Denmark LT 2 May 21 Rick "Rocky" Sekorski Billings, Mt KO 9 Dec 13 Roddy MacDonald Halifax, NS, Canada TK 5 -IBF Cruiserweight Championship of the World 1984 Oct 6 Lee Roy Murphy Billings, Mt LT 14 -IBF Cruiserweight Championship of the World 1986 May 22 Jimmy Bills Boise, Id D 10 Aug 8 Jose Maria Flores Burlon Pergamino, Buenos Aires L 10 1987 May 1 Virgil Hill Grand Forks, ND LK 1 Oct 10 Taoufik Belbouli Paris, France LT 4 1988 Apr 26 Ralf Rocchigiani Cologne, Germany L 10 May 31 James Salerno Milan, Italy LT 6 1989 Aug 10 Trent Surratt Billings, Mt TD 1 Sep 25 J.J. Cottrell Billings, Mt W 10 Nov 6 Jerome Hill Las Vegas, Nv W 8 Dec 2 Joe Hipp Lacey, Wa LT 6 1990 Jun 11 "Young" Joe Louis Minneapolis, Mn L 10
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization