Caleb Truax was born on September 14,1983 and is an American professional boxer.
16 Facts About Caleb Truax
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Caleb Truax held the IBF super middleweight title from 2017 to 2018, and challenged for the title in 2021.
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Caleb Truax challenged once for the WBA middleweight title in 2015.
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Caleb Truax has a twin sister, Erin Truax, and a younger brother, Seth Martinez.
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Caleb Truax then played football at Virginia State University for one year before a knee injury ended his gridiron career.
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Caleb Truax returned home in 2003 to attend the University of Minnesota, and it was there at the age of 19 that Truax entered a local Toughman contest.
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Caleb Truax graduated from the University of Minnesota majoring in Sociology, minoring in both African American studies and Political Science.
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Caleb Truax debuted as a professional fighter in April 2007 with a 2nd-round knockout of Ray Walker.
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Caleb Truax has defeated Ossie Duran, Matt Vanda, Andy Kolle, Phil Williams, Jonathan Reid, Antwun Echols, Durrell Richardson, and James Crayton.
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Caleb Truax drew Ossie Duran in a 10-round non-title bout at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
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Caleb Truax faced Daniel Jacobs for the WBA Middleweight title on April 24,2015, and was stopped with 48 seconds left in the 12th and final round.
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On 9 December 2017, Caleb Truax fought British fighter James 'Chunky' DeGale at the Copper Box Arena in London, England, for Degale's IBF World Super Middleweight Title.
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Caleb Truax got off the mark the quickest and hit DeGale with several heavy shots throughout the fight.
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Caleb Truax's victory was possibly one of the biggest boxing upsets of 2017, with both Bookmakers and Boxing Media heavily favoring DeGale pre-fight.
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In what was a close and very competitive fight, Caleb Truax was overmatched by DeGale.
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Caleb Truax was more effective than his opponent during the fight, while Basajjamivule got a point deducted in two occasions, once for hitting Caleb Truax at the back of his head, and once for holding.