Jimmy Lange was born on August 25,1975 and is an American professional boxer.
17 Facts About Jimmy Lange
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Jimmy Lange began boxing at the age of five in Arlington, Virginia when his father who became his manager first brought him to Olympia Boxing Gym in Falls Church.
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Jimmy Lange was a contestant on the first season of the NBC reality TV show, The Contender, produced and hosted by Sylvester Stallone and Sugar Ray Leonard.
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Jimmy Lange was voted back to fight in the top "fan favorite" fight at the show's finale where he beat contestant Tarick Salmaci in a majority decision.
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Jimmy Lange is currently trained by highly regarded Don Turner who has worked previously with former world champions Evander Holyfield and Larry Holmes, among others.
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Jimmy Lange became the WBE Junior Middleweight title holder after defeating local opponent Perry Ballard in a 4th round TKO in his hometown of Fairfax, VA on September 17,2005.
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Jimmy Lange fought a rematch with Joey Gilbert on February 18,2006 at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA for the vacant NABO middleweight title.
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Jimmy Lange lost the fight by TKO in the third round.
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Jimmy Lange returned to the Patriot Center on October 7,2006, to fightTommy Wilt.
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Jimmy Lange made his fourth consecutive appearance at the Patriot Center on December 9,2006, fighting Fontaine Cabell for the WBC Continental Americas Jr.
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On May 12,2007, Jimmy Lange won the hard fought battle with Fontaine Cabell and won the match with an eighth-round TKO and earned the WBC Continental Americas Super Welterweight title.
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On November 1,2008 at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia, in his first fight since the surgery, Jimmy Lange appeared back in top form by winning a unanimous decision over Grover Wiley.
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Jimmy Lange looked sharp in dismantling his former Contender teammate Jonathan Reid with a ninth round TKO to retain his WBC belt on September 26,2009 at the Patriot Center.
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Jimmy Lange kept the unbeaten streak going scoring a dramatic 10th round knockout of Joe Wyatt to capture the North American Boxing Association's US 154-pound title on November 6,2010 at the Patriot Center.
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Lange returned to the Patriot Center on March 12,2011 and defeated Jimmy "The Fighting School Teacher" Holmes for his fourth straight win.
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Jimmy Lange earned his 36th win with a unanimous decision over Mike McFail on June 25,2011 in Virginia Beach.
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Jimmy Lange successfully defended his WBU title and added the North American Boxing Union with a 12-round unanimous shutout decision against Ruben Galvan on February 11,2012 - his seventh consecutive win and 14th headlining event at the Patriot Center.