Shaun George

Shaun George (born March 20, 1979) is an American professional boxer. He is best known for sensationally upsetting former heavyweight champ Chris Byrd which all but ended Byrd's career. George is the nephew of former world title challenger and trainer Lennox Blackmoore. He studied paralegal studies at Northern Michigan University.

Amateur As an amateur, George accumulated a record of 51-7. In 1993 and 1995 George won Junior Olympic titles. George won 1996 and 1997 New York Golden Gloves titles in the 178-pound division but lost his first fight at the National Golden Gloves. During his amateur career George defeated current-IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham (x2) and 2004 US Olympian Devin Vargas.

Pro George turned professional in 2000 and boxed at both light-heavy and Cruiserweight. He sat out 2001 with shoulder problems to his right arm that needed to be operated on twice. He remained unbeaten for five years (11 wins, 2 draws), racking up wins over Cruiser Chad Van Sickle (record 20-1) and Jermell Barnes before losing his first fight to undefeated amateur star Matt Godfrey in May 2006 by TKO1. In February 2007 George fought comebacking former European champion Alexander Gurov in Gurov's Ukrainian hometown, with Gurov winning a controversial twelve-round decision.

George then moved down to light-heavyweight and beat former light-heavyweight title challenger Richard Hall by unanimous decision.

When former two-time heavyweight champion Chris Byrd dropped down two weightclasses to compete at light-heavyweight he chose George as his first fight. George scored a knockdown in the first round and then followed up with two more in the ninth round to score a TKO in the 9th. This all but retired Byrd and is certainly the signature win for George in the pro ranks. He added a KO1 over shopworn 40-year-old veteran Jaffa Ballogou (46-7) to keep his title hopes at 175 lbs alive but a KO6 to fringe contender Chris Henry (23-2) in 2009 was a big setback for the now 30-year-old George.

He is trained by Tommy Brooks, promoted by Lou DiBella and advised by Donna Brooks. His public relations are handled by Boxing Buzz Media.

Professional boxing record

Loss

TKO 6 10/07/2009

Win

TKO 1 25/02/2009

Win

TKO 9 16/05/2008

Win

UD 10 06/12/2007

Win

RTD 4 09/08/2007

Win

UD 8 18/05/2007

Loss

UD 12 23/02/2007

Win

KO 1 14/12/2006

Win

UD 8 15/09/2006

Loss

TKO 1 10/05/2006

Win

UD 10 11/11/2005

Draw

SD 10 21/06/2005

Win

UD 10 28/01/2005

Win

UD 6 26/03/2004

Win

UD 6 29/01/2004

Win

TKO 2 21/02/2003

Win

UD 6 24/11/2002

Win

TKO 1 11/10/2002

Win

UD 4 19/04/2002

Win

TKO 2 18/11/2000

Win

TKO 2 02/09/2000

Draw

PTS 4 27/07/2000

Win

TKO 1 08/07/2000