42 Facts About Amir Mansour

Amir Mansour was born on Lavern Moorer; July 25,1972 and is an American professional boxer who fights at heavyweight.

Amir Mansour entered a halfway house in March 2010 and resumed his boxing career in August 2010.

Two months later, Amir Mansour knocked out Malik Muhammad in two rounds.

Amir Mansour went undefeated in his next seven fights, with a record of 9 wins with 6 coming inside the distance.

At the age of 38, in his first fight since 2001, Amir Mansour returned to the boxing ring to defeat 36-year-old Samuel Brown by knockout.

Amir Mansour stayed undefeated in his next four fights, winning them all by knockout.

In May 2011, Amir Mansour claimed the vacant World Boxing Foundation Intercontinental heavyweight title, knocking out Kenyan boxer Raymond Ochieng 1 minute and 45 seconds into the first round.

On December 23,2011, Amir Mansour was sentenced to 14 months in prison for violating his probation.

Amir Mansour started his road to redemption dedicating his life to family and helping children outside of the ring.

Amir Mansour's last fight took place on April 12,2013 in Dover, Delaware, USA.

Amir Mansour defended his WBF Intercontinental and won the vacant USBA and interim NABA Heavyweight titles.

In what was a tactical affair, Amir Mansour won the fight by a 12-round unanimous decision.

The aggressor throughout the bout was Amir Mansour who managed to mix up his head and body attack against his taller opponent.

Harris began to tire as the fight went on with Amir Mansour continuing to apply pressure.

Rather than scoring the early knockout, a feat that he had grown used to, Amir Mansour treated Price like a stubborn stump that required several hundred whacks before eventually going down.

Amir Mansour's first fight of 2014 was a huge step-up in class, defending his USBA title against veteran Steve Cunningham.

Amir Mansour cut Cunningham above the left eye with a short right hook in the 2nd round.

Amir Mansour would swing wildly for the rest of the fight and Cunningham eventually made Amir Mansour touch down with his gloves after a series of clean blows in the 10th and final round.

Amir Mansour landed 110 of 535 thrown, which included 99 power punches landed.

Amir Mansour fought 35-year-old Fred Kassi at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and was shown live on NBCSN.

In round 7, Amir Mansour saw an opening and hit a counter right hook that put Kassi face first to the canvas, knocked out, ending the fight by knockout.

Amir Mansour took six months out after knocking out Kassi and next fought in May 2015 in the main event of an ESPN Friday Night Fights card at the 2300 Arena, which was a sell out.

In September 2015, it was announced that Amir Mansour would fight 33 year old unbeaten heavyweight contender Gerald Washington at the Little Creek Casino Resort in Shelton, Washington.

Washington landed 108 of 382 punches for a connect percentage of 26 while Amir Mansour connected on 99 of 452 punches for a connect percentage of 22.

Amir Mansour lost to Breazeale after he decided not to return from his stool after the 5th round.

Amir Mansour had bit his tongue nearly in half in the second round and had trouble breathing through his nose and mouth as he entered the bout with a cold.

Breazeale earned $100,000 and Amir Mansour had a $55,000 purse for the fight.

Amir Mansour was rocked early in the fight, but managed to outwork Kauffman in a fight where many heavy shots were landed.

In July 2017, Amir Mansour spoke out about not being able to get a good name opponent and a world title fight,.

Amir Mansour mentioned about how Wilder was willing to fight Kauffman, had he defeated him,.

Amir Mansour's last fight was against Gerald Washington, a fighter that 98 percent of the viewers thought I beat.

Amir Mansour spoke about Alexander Povetkin's team offering him a fight for July 1,2017, but insisted he get a ranking.

Amir Mansour tried to get fights with British contender Dillian Whyte and former world title challenger Fres Oquendo,.

Amir Mansour restated that he would fight any heavyweight in the top 10 and criticized them for fighting 'no-name fighters'.

Amir Mansour was cut above his right eye and Kuzmin suffered a cut to his forehead.

Amir Mansour was replaced by Mansour, who was regarded as Hrgovic's toughest opponent to date.

Amir Mansour was hurt with Hrgovic's right hand in the opening two rounds.

Amir Mansour took a knee in round 3 following a straight right left hook combination.

Amir Mansour then attempted to fight back but only took further punishment.

Amir Mansour was knocked down again by a flurry of punches from Hrgovic and counted out by referee Daniel Van De Wiele with 51 seconds of the round remaining.

The undercard was announced, with Amir Mansour returning to the ring to take on Nigerian rising prospect Efe Ajagba in an 8-round bout on FOX.

In round 2, Amir Mansour was wobbled and hurt again, taking punishment.