34 Facts About Eddie Chambers

Edward Chambers was born on March 29,1982 and is an American former professional boxer.

Eddie Chambers challenged once for a unified world heavyweight title in 2010.

Eddie Chambers was ranked as the fourth best heavyweight in the world by The Ring at the conclusion of 2009.

Eddie Chambers has been one of the first heavyweights with ability to switch between fighting orthodox and southpaw.

In total, Eddie Chambers won over 80 bouts, winning the 1999 amateur Pennsylvania state heavyweight title.

Eddie Chambers made his professional boxing debut in 2000 at the age of 18, defeating Tyrone Austin by second-round TKO.

Eddie Chambers then defeated local rival Robert Hawkins, winning the Pennsylvania heavyweight title.

In 2006, Eddie Chambers faced another notable fighter, former WBO world heavyweight title challenger Ed Mahone.

Eddie Chambers dominated Rossy throughout the fight, ultimately giving him his first career loss after the referee stopped the fight in round 7, preventing battered and bruised Rossy from continuing absorbing punishment.

Meahwhile, Eddie Chambers faced his toughest challenge to date in Dominick Guinn just three months later.

In semifinals, Eddie Chambers faced Calvin Brock, who had challenged Klitschko for the IBF title a year prior.

Eddie Chambers damaged Brock's right eye during the bout, which, after subsequent botched surgery, prompted Brock to retire from the sport.

Eddie Chambers was doing the better work in early rounds, landing cleaner, harder shots, but was eventually overwhelmed by Povetkin's relentless pressure.

Eddie Chambers injured his right thumb early in the third round, but was able to outbox Peter for the majority of the fight, frustrating his opponent with speed and quickness and blocking most of Peter's shots using his gloves and arms.

At the time of the fight, Eddie Chambers was ranked No 6 heavyweight contender by The Ring, while Dimitrenko was ranked No 8 by the same publication.

Unlike his previous fights, Eddie Chambers was the aggressor, taking the centre of the ring and constantly pressing Dimitrenko against the ropes.

Eddie Chambers fell partially through the ropes and was reportedly unconscious for a few minutes after the bout ended.

Eddie Chambers returned to the ring almost eleven months later, defeating Derric Rossy again, this time by unanimous decision, in an IBF title eliminator.

Eddie Chambers was scheduled to face Tony Thompson on 28 October 2011 in a bout televised by Showtime, but had to pull out due to spinal injury.

Eddie Chambers claimed to have problems with his back for an extended period of time, and that it finally caught up to him during preparation for the Thompson fight.

Eddie Chambers was then due to face former WBO world heavyweight champion Siarhei Liakhovich on 21 January 2012 at Asylum Arena in Philadelphia, in the inaugural main event of the Fight Night card televised by NBC Sports, but was forced to withdraw after fracturing his ribs during training camp.

Eddie Chambers returned to the ring sixteen months later, against former WBC light-heavyweight and IBF and The Ring cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek for the vacant IBF North American heavyweight title.

Eddie Chambers landed more power shots in nine of the twelve rounds.

Eddie Chambers made his return to the ring fourteen months later, moving down to cruiserweight to fight South African contender Thabiso Mchunu.

Enamored with his unique skill set, from 2013 to 2015, Eddie Chambers was signed by Team Fury and based in the United Kingdom trained by Peter Fury, who was then-trainer of unified heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, and heavyweight contender Hughie Fury.

Eddie Chambers is credited with helping teach Tyson Fury his defensive style of "slick American boxing".

Eddie Chambers then faced Gerald Washington on Premier Boxing Champions on Fox, losing the bout by a lopsided unanimous decision.

On November 17,2017, World Heavyweight Champion Anthony Joshua called out and sent Eddie Chambers a threatening racist-filled message calling him a "Disgrace to the superior black race", in hopes to lure Eddie Chambers back into the ring after years of back-and-forth messages exchanged through the UK boxing media.

Former sparring partner and team member Tyson Fury came on record defending Eddie Chambers saying that Joshua finally showed his true colors.

On February 7,2023, at age 40, Eddie Chambers made his return to the ring after a near 7 year lay-off with a 3rd-round TKO victory against Corey Williams.

Per trainers James Ali Bashir and Steve Upsher, Eddie Chambers will look to compete at heavyweight but keep close attention to a newer WBC weight class of bridgerweight, which falls between 200 and 224-pounds.

Eddie Chambers appeared in the 2006 video game Fight Night Round 4, as well as Fight Night Champion.

Eddie Chambers commentated for the UK boxing TV channel BoxNation, and makes occasional appearances as a panelist on the BoxHard Podcast.

Eddie Chambers appears frequently on the Coach Anthony YouTube channel and instructional videos.