Crawford Grimsley

Crawford Grimsley (born October 1, 1967) is a retired professional heavyweight boxer and kickboxer, who fought several significant fighters of his era. He challenged once for the lineal, WBU and vacant IBA heavyweight titles in 1996, and once for the IBO heavyweight title in 1997.

Professional career

He made his professional debut in 1994, stopping Steve Paolilli in the first round. By 1996, he was ranked #9 in the WBA rankings, and #12 in the WBO rankings. His most notable match was against Jimmy Thunder. In 1.5 seconds, Thunder delivered a right hook to the head and Grimsley hit the mat and the match ended. This match serves as the fastest boxing match in history. Before the fight, Grimsley had a 20–1 record with 18 wins by KO and his sole loss being a twelve-round decision to George Foreman four months prior. After his record breaking fight against Jimmy Thunder his career took a bit of a downturn going 2–2–1 in his next 5 fights before retiring in 2002.

Personal life After his boxing career he founded ProWebCast, one of the first webcasting companies, in the 1990s before entering the cannabis industry and becoming CEO of Cannabis Consulting Group Inc.

Professional boxing record

Loss

TKO 3 07/09/2002

Draw 22–3–1

TD 3 05/10/2001

Win 22–3

TKO 2 10/07/1998

Win 21–3

TKO 2 06/12/1997

Loss 20–3

TKO 6 03/10/1997

Loss 20–2

KO 1 18/03/1997

Loss 20–1

UD 12 03/11/1996

Win 20–0

TKO 1 23/03/1996

Win 19–0

KO 1 20/01/1996

Win 18–0

TKO 6 02/12/1995

Win 17–0

TKO 2 15/11/1995

Win 16–0

TKO 1 04/10/1995

Win 15–0

KO 1 18/09/1995

Win 14–0

TKO 1 29/07/1995

Win 13–0

KO 1 08/07/1995

Win 12–0

KO 1 15/04/1995

Win 11–0

PTS 8 11/02/1995

Win 10–0

KO 3 25/11/1994

Win 9–0

PTS 6 22/10/1994

Win 8–0

KO 3 23/09/1994

Win 7–0

KO 1 10/09/1994

Win 6–0

KO 1 27/08/1994

Win 5–0

KO 1 13/08/1994

Win 4–0

KO 1 11/06/1994

Win 3–0

KO 1 14/05/1994

Win 2–0

TKO 1 02/04/1994

Win 1–0

TKO 1 05/02/1994