Clinton Woods was born on 1 May 1972 and is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 2009, and held the IBF light-heavyweight title from 2005 to 2008.
16 Facts About Clinton Woods
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Clinton Woods won the fight and claimed the belt with a 12-round points decision.
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Clinton Woods bounced back from the Starie defeat by moving up a weight division to light heavyweight and winning his next two fights before landing a shot at fellow Yorkshireman and current holder of the British, Commonwealth and European light-heavyweight titles Crawford Ashley.
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Clinton Woods knocked out Ashley in the eighth round to capture the three belts.
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Clinton Woods ended up defending his Commonwealth and European titles twice each and adding the WBC International light-heavyweight title to his resume.
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The latter victory being for a WBC strap, when Clinton Woods set himself up for an eliminator for the full WBC light heavyweight title.
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Clinton Woods travelled to the United States for his big chance in September 2002.
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Clinton Woods stepped into the ring at the Rose Garden in Oregon to oppose Roy Jones, with the WBC, WBA, and IBF titles on the line.
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Clinton Woods lost after being stopped in the sixth round and later said that he wasn't really ready for a fight of that magnitude.
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Clinton Woods rebuilt from the defeat by Jones with three straight wins and then found himself in the ring with Glen Johnson.
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Eight months after his defeat to Johnson, Clinton Woods took on the Australian Jason DeLisle at the Octagon Centre in Sheffield.
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Clinton Woods won the fight despite being put down in the first round and set himself up for world title fight number 4.
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The title was vacant again and this time Clinton Woods found himself in the ring with undefeated American Rico Hoye.
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In September 2005 at the Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, Clinton Woods defeated mandatory challenger and former WBO and Lineal champion Julio Cesar Gonzalez via a clear unanimous decision.
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The change seemed to have paid off when on 14 February 2009 Clinton Woods travelled to the Channel Island of Jersey to defeat Kosovar-Albanian fighter Elvir Muriqi in an eliminator match for his old IBF title.
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However, Clinton Woods announced his retirement from boxing on 8 September 2009.