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Sechew Powell

b. 1979

American boxer

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Born 1979. Sechew Powell is an American boxer.

Sechew Powell (born June 6, 1979) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2014 and challenged for the IBF junior middleweight title in 2011.

Early life Powell was born and raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn of Jamaican immigrant parents.

Powell’s father and former manager is Novric Powell. whom Powell has helped train for fights, and of fellow middleweight boxer Jamelle Hamilton, who has fought alongside Powell in multiple tournaments.

Powell was the 2000 National Golden Gloves Light Middleweight Champion and 2001 United States Amateur Light middleweight champion. He won the world under 19 championship in Baku, Azerbaijan in 1998 and studied forensic engineering and auto repair. Powell also trained out of Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn.

On June 11, 2008 Powell fought Deandre Latimore at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City. Powell entered the fight ranked #1 by the IBF in the junior middleweight division. Both men hurt each other repeatedly throughout the fight, but it was Latimore who came up big in the seventh round when he hurt Powell with a right hook. An uppercut rocked Powell along the ropes and his head was repeatedly snapped back as he absorbed punch after punch. With less than a minute left in the round, the referee stepped in and called it off, much to the dismay of Powell. At the time of the stoppage, all three judges had the fight even, 57-57.

Powell tested positive for marijuana in his post-fight drug test and was suspended for 60 days by the New York State Athletic Commission.

Powell avenged his loss to Latimore by fighting him again two years later and winning with a twelve-round majority decision in an IBF title eliminator in Durant, Oklahoma.

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Who is Sechew Powell?

American boxer

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Sechew Powell was born on 6 June 1979 in Brooklyn.

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· Wikipedia: Sechew Powell

· Wikidata: Q7442902

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