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Byron Mitchell
(Byron Tarone Mitchell)
(the "Slama from 'Bama")

BORN   October 31 1973; Orlando, Florida
HEIGHT 5-11 1/2
WEIGHT 165-187 3/4 lbs
MANAGER Carl King
TRAINER Al Bonani

Mitchell is a very capable fighter with a punch who has compiled a career record of 28-6-1 with 21 knockouts; During his career, he has captured the WBA Super Middleweight Championship of the World and the NABA USA Light Heavyweight Championship
Byron has defeated such men as Frankie Liles, Carlos Sanabria, Julio Cesar Green, Anton Robinson, Manny Siaca, Adam Garland and Zach Walters

 
***  AMATEUR BOUTS  ***

1996
          -Mitchell won the National Golden Gloves Middleweight Championship


***  PROFESSIONAL BOUTS  ***

1996
Jun 25 Tyrone Bledsoe             Indianapolis, In                   KO  2
Aug 23 Robert Cameron             Waukegan, Il                       TK  1
Sep 24 Leon Shavers               Indianapolis, In                   KO  1
Oct 11 Patrick Hutchinson         Waukegan, Il                       TK  1
Oct 18 Tony Golden                Dolton, Il                          W  6
Nov 15 Vince Foster               Waukegan, Il                       TK  1
Nov 30 Leon Shavers               Sterling Heights, Mi               KO  1
          -Some sources report 11/27/96 

1997
Feb 22 Joe Potts                  Fort Lauderdale, Fl                TK  1
Apr  1 Zaurbek Khetagourov        Marseille, France                   W  6
Apr 19 Guy Stanford               Shreveport, La                     TK  1
May 31 Arthur Willis              Tallahassee, Fl                    KO  7
Jul  8 Orlando Wiet               Marseille, France                   W  8
Sep 11 Charles Towns              Tallahassee, Fl                    KO  2
Oct 14 Octavian Stoica            Marseille, France                   W  8
Dec 13 Guy Stanford               Pompano Beach, Fl                  TK  1

1998
Jan 31 Arthur Willis              Tallahassee, Fl                    KO  1
May 30 Adam Garland               Las Vegas, Nv                      TK  1
Aug 28 Michael Gordon             Las Vegas, Nv                      TK  1

1999
Mar  6 Carlos Sanabria            Minneapolis, Mn                    KO  3
Jun 12 Frank Liles                Wilmington, Ma                     TK 11
           -WBA Super Middleweight Championship of the World
Dec 11 Bruno Girard               Tunica, Ms                          D 12
           -WBA Super Middleweight Championship of the World

2000
Apr  8 Bruno Girard               Bercy, France                       L 12
           -WBA Super Middleweight Championship of the World
Sep 16 Vinson Durham              Ozark, Al                           W 10

2001
Feb  3 Anton Robinson             Las Vegas, Nv                       W 10
Mar  3 Manny Siaca                Las Vegas, Nv                      TK 12
           -WBA Super Middleweight Championship of the World
Sep 29 Manny Siaca                New York, NY                        W 12
           -WBA Super Middleweight Championship of the World

2002
Jul 27 Julio Cesar Green          Las Vegas, Nv                      TK  4
           -WBA Super Middleweight Championship of the World

2003
Mar 15 Sven Ottke                 Prenzlauer Berg, Germany            L 12
           -WBA Super Middleweight Championship of the World;
           IBF Super Middleweight Championship of the World
Jun 28 Joe Calzaghe               Cardiff, Wales                     LT  2
           -WBO Super Middleweight Championship of the World

2007
Nov 21 Richard Hall               Miami, Fl                          LT  4

2008
Nov 15 Etianne Whitaker           Niagara Falls, NY                  TK  1

2009
Feb 20 Zach Walters               Buffalo, NY                        TK  6
          -NABA USA Light Heavyweight Championship
May  9 Beibut Shumenov            Chimkent, Kazakhstan               LT  4
          -IBA Light Heavyweight Championship of the World;
          WBO Asia Pacific Light Heavyweight Championship;
          WBC Asian Boxing Council Light Heavyweight Championship;
          PABA Light Heavyweight Championship
Oct 21 David Telesco              Rye Brook, NY                      TK  2

2010
May  7 Otis Griffin               Huntington, NY                     LT  8
          -USBA Light Heavyweight Championship
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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