Milton McCrory

Milton McCrory (born February 7, 1962) is an American former professional boxer who was a world champion in the welterweight division.

Amateur career Milton had a reported amateur record of 105–15. He lost in the 1979 National AAU finals to Lemuel Steeples and in the Olympic Trials to Johnny Bumphus.

Personal life McCrory is the brother of former champion Steve McCrory and grew up in Detroit, Michigan. McCrory had dreams of becoming a baseball player but soon developed a passion for boxing. In 1979, he won the welterweight title at the World Junior Championships in Yokohama, Japan.

Professional career

McCrory trained under the legendary Emanuel Steward in the famous Detroit Kronk Gym program. Known as "Ice Man", McCrory turned pro in 1980 and won his first 20 bouts, establishing himself as the unified #1 contender for the welterweight title at the time of Sugar Ray Leonard retirement. He won the vacant WBC belt—and became the first Kronk Detroit-born champion—in a rematch with Colin Jones, drawing with him in the initial matchup. He defended the title four times before losing the belt via KO in a unification match with Donald Curry in 1985. He later moved up to Light Middleweight and challenged Mike McCallum for his WBA Light Middleweight title in 1987, but lost via 10th-round TKO. He retired in 1991 after losing 2 of his last 4 fights. In his last bout, he scored a first-round knockout of Robert Curry.

Professional boxing record 40 Win Robert Curry KO 1 (10) 06/04/1991 39 Win 34–4–1 Mike Sacchetti UD 10 (10) 21/09/1990 38 Loss 33–4–1 Joaquin Velasquez TKO 7 (10) 25/11/1988 37 Loss 33–3–1 Lupe Aquino MD 10 (10) 10/04/1988 36 Win 33–2–1 Jerome Kelly TKO 2 (10) 19/11/1987 35 Win 32–2–1 Herman Cavasuela UD 12 (12) 28/10/1987 34 Loss 31–2–1 Mike McCallum TKO 10 (15) 19/04/1987 33 Win 31–1–1 Rafael Corona TKO 1 (12) 07/03/1987 32 Win 30–1–1 Jorge Amparo UD 10 (10) 26/11/1986 31 Win 29–1–1 Doug DeWitt UD 10 (10) 13/07/1986 30 Win 28–1–1 Keith Adams UD 10 (10) 18/04/1986 29 Loss 27–1–1 Donald Curry KO 2 (15) 06/12/1985 28 Win 27–0–1 Carlos Trujillo TKO 3 (12) 14/07/1985 27 Win 26–0–1 Luis Santana TKO 3 (10) 26/05/1985 26 Win 25–0–1 Pedro Vilella UD 12 (12) 09/03/1985 25 Win 24–0–1 Lloyd Taylor KO 4 (10) 04/12/1984 24 Win 23–0–1 Gilles Elbilia TKO 6 (12) 15/04/1984 23 Win 22–0–1 Milton Guest TKO 6 (12) 14/01/1984 22 Win 21–0–1 Colin Jones SD 12 (12) 13/08/1983 21 Draw 20–0–1 Colin Jones SD 12 (12) 19/03/1983 20 Win 20–0 Victor Abraham PTS 10 (10) 10/10/1982 19 Win 19–0 Roger Stafford UD 10 (10) 10/07/1982 18 Win 18–0 Pete Ranzany UD 10 (10) 22/04/1982 17 Win 17–0 Randy Shields RTD 7 (10) 23/01/1982 16 Win 16–0 Arcadio Garcia TKO 3 (10) 19/11/1981 15 Win 15–0 Rafael Rodriguez TKO 7 (10) 13/08/1981 14 Win 14–0 Steve Hearon TKO 8 (10) Jun 25, 1981 13 Win 13–0 Joey Robles TKO 5 (10) 27/05/1981 12 Win 12–0 Alejo Rodriquez TKO 4 (10) 25/04/1981 11 Win 11–0 Eddie Marcelle TKO 2 (10) 09/04/1981 10 Win 10–0 Santiago Valdez TKO 2 (?) 19/02/1981 9 Win 9–0 Inocencio De la Rosa KO 1 (10) 29/01/1981 8 Win 8–0 Alfonso Hayman TKO 3 (10) 12/12/1980 7 Win 7–0 Doc Bryant TKO 1 (6) 02/12/1980 6 Win 6–0 James Dixon KO 5 (10) 22/11/1980 5 Win 5–0 Raul Aguirre KO 1 (10) 08/11/1980 4 Win 4–0 William Hodge KO 1 (8) 23/10/1980 3 Win 3–0 Chuck Spicer KO 1 (?) 16/10/1980 2 Win 2–0 Rodney Kennebrew KO 1 (?) 20/09/1980 1 Win 1–0 Calvin Straughter KO 1 (6) 10/09/1980