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"Terrible" Terry Norris
(Terry Wayne Norris)

BORN   June 17 1967; Lubbock, Texas
HEIGHT 5-9
WEIGHT 146-159 lbs
MANAGER Joe Sayatovich
TRAINERS Abel Sanchez, Rudy Elias
Norris was a very talented fighter who compiled a career record of 47-9-0 with 31 knockouts; During his career, he won the WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World, the IBF Light Middleweight Championship of the World and the NABF Light Middleweight Championship; He is a brother of Orlin Norris Jr., also a boxer

Terry defeated such men as "Sugar" Ray Leonard, Donald Curry, Simon Brown, Maurice Blocker, Vincent Pettway, Steve Little, John Mugabi, Luis Santana, Buster Drayton, Meldrick Taylor, Rene Jacquot, David Gonzalez, Paul Vaden, Carl Daniels, Jorge Fernando Castro, Quincy Taylor, Troy Waters, Joe Gatti, Tony Montgomery, Jorge Vaca, Brett Lally, Alex Rios and Nick Rupa

Norris was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005
***  AMATEUR BOUTS  (291-4) ***

***  PROFESSIONAL BOUTS  ***

1986
Aug  2 Jose Luis Cordova           San Jose, Ca                    KO  1
Aug 13 Carlos Gutierrez            Inglewood, Ca                    W  4
Sep 25 George Murphy               Inglewood, Ca                    W  4
Oct  7 Daryl Colquitt              Reseda, Ca                      KO  4
Nov 21 Carlos Gutierrez            Reseda, Ca                       W  4
Dec  3 Lang McGowan                Inglewood, Ca                    W  4

1987
Feb  5 Gilbert Baptist             Riverside, Ca                    W  4
Feb 26 Dick Green                  San Diego, Ca                   KO  1
Mar 16 Tino Leon                   Inglewood, Ca                   KO  1
Mar 26 Mauro Veronica              Los Angeles, Ca                 KO  2
Apr  3 Sergio Nieto Rayos          Las Vegas, Nv                   TK  1
May 27 Nathan Dryer                Las Vegas, Nv                   KO  3
Aug 13 Derrick Kelly               Inglewood, Ca                    L 10
Sep  4 Edward Neblett              Las Vegas, Nv                   KO  6
Nov 25 Joe Walker                  Las Vegas, Nv                   LF  1

1988
Jan 21 Roman Nunez                 San Diego, Ca                   KO  1
Feb  3 Richard Aguirre             Riverside, Ca                   TK  3
Mar 28 Clayton Hires               Inglewood, Ca                   KO  2
Aug 12 Quincy Taylor               Las Vegas, Nv                    W 10
Oct 18 Gilbert Baptist             San Diego, Ca                    W 10
Dec  9 Steve Little                Las Vegas, Nv                   TK  6
          -NABF Light Middleweight Championship

1989
Mar 28 Buster Drayton              Las Vegas, Nv                    W 12
          -NABF Light Middleweight Championship
May 23 Ralph Ward                  Atlantic City, NJ                W 10
Jul 30 Julian Jackson              Atlantic City, NJ               LT  2
          -WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Sep 21 Nathan Dryer                San Diego, Ca                   KO  4
Oct  9 Jorge Vaca                  Tijuana, Mexico                  W 10
Nov 21 Tony Montgomery             Santa Monica, Ca                 W 12
          -NABF Light Middleweight Championship

1990
Mar 31 John Mugabi                 Tampa, Fl                       KO  1
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Jul 13 Rene Jacquot                Annecy, France                   W 12
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World

1991
Feb  9 "Sugar" Ray Leonard          New York, NY                    W 12
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Jun  1 Donald Curry                 Palm Springs, Ca               KO  8
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Aug 17 Brett Lally                  San Diego, Ca                  TK  1
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Dec 13 Jorge Fernando Castro        Bercy, France                   W 12
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World

1992
Feb 22 Carl Daniels                 San Diego, Ca                  TK  9
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
May  9 Meldrick Taylor              Las Vegas, Nv                  TK  4
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Dec 13 Pat Lawlor                   Las Vegas, Nv                  TK  3

1993
Feb 20 Maurice Blocker              Mexico City, Mexico            TK  2
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Jun 19 Troy Waters                  San Diego, Ca                  TK  3
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Sep 10 Joe Gatti                    San Antonio, Tx                TK  1
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Dec 18 Simon Brown                  Puebla, Mexico                 LK  4
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World

1994
Mar 18 Armando Campas               Las Vegas, Nv                  KO  4
May  7 Simon Brown                  Las Vegas, Nv                   W 12
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Nov 12 Luis Santana                 Mexico City, Mexico            LF  5
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World

1995
Apr  8 Luis Santana                 Las Vegas, Nv                  LF  3
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Aug 19 Luis Santana                 Las Vegas, Nv                  TK  2
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Sep 16 David Gonzalez               Las Vegas, Nv                  TK  9
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Dec 16 Paul Vaden                   Philadelphia, Pa                W 12
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Light Middleweight Championship of the World

1996
Jan 27 Jorge Luis Vado              Phoenix, Az                    TK  2
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Feb 24 Vincent Pettway              Richmond, Va                   TK  8
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Sep  7 Alex Rios                    Las Vegas, Nv                  TK  5
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Light Middleweight Championship of the World

1997
Jan 11 Nick Rupa                    Nashville, Tn                  TK 10
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Aug  8 Joaquin Velasquez            Kansas City, Mo                KO  2
Sep 10 Andres Arellano Sandoval     Las Vegas, Nv                  KO  2
Dec  6 Keith Mullings               Atlantic City, NJ              LT  9
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World

1998
Sep 25 Dana Rosenblatt              Mashantucket, Ct                L 12
          -IBA Middleweight Championship of the World;
Nov 30 Laurent Boudouani            Paris, France                  LT  9
          -WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 
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