Robert Shannon

Robert Edward Shannon (born November 11, 1962) is an American former professional boxer.

Background Shannon, who had a white mother and black father, started fighting in the streets as a young boy in Seattle's predominantly black Central District where he found kids who would start fights with him because he was white. He later moved to Lynnwood, Washington, where he continued to get into fights, this time with white kids who fought him because he was black. He also qualified for the Olympics in 1984 at 119 pounds, but was eliminated in the third bout against Sung-Kil Moon of South Korea. He was the only member of the 1984 USA Olympics boxing team who did not win a medal. Shannon's amateur record was 124–27.

Amateur highlights 1980 National AAU Champion – 106 pounds later worked as a barber and a boxing trainer at his own gym.