Randall Bailey was born on September 13,1974 and is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2016.
15 Facts About Randall Bailey
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Randall Bailey is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBO light welterweight title from 1999 to 2000, and the IBF welterweight title in 2012.
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Randall Bailey turned pro in 1996 and won his first 21 fights by knockout, including the WBO Light Welterweight Title with a 1st-round KO over Carlos Gonzalez in 1999.
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Randall Bailey defended the title twice before losing it in 2000 to Ener Julio in a close split decision.
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Randall Bailey fought Diosbelys Hurtado for the vacant WBA Light Welterweight title but lost courtesy of a KO in the 7th round.
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In 2006, Randall Bailey defeated Lenin Arroyo, Santos Pakau, Juan Polo Perez and Russell Stoner Jones to get the right to fight Shawn Gallegos for the IBA Intercontinental Light Welterweight title.
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Randall Bailey defeated Gallegos via a TKO inside eight rounds to become the new International Boxing Association Intercontinental champion.
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Randall Bailey then fought Herman Ngoudjo and lost by a split decision over 12 rounds in an IBF eliminator bout.
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In 2008, Randall Bailey fought a rematch with DeMarcus Corley and won via decision.
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In 2009, Randall Bailey kayoed Frankie Figueroa in the fourth round of an IBF eliminator to win another shot at the IBF world title against Juan Urango.
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On March 19,2010 Randall Bailey fought an IBF title eliminator against Sugar Jackson.
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Randall Bailey knocked out Jackson in 90 seconds of the 1st round.
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Randall Bailey became the IBF welterweight champion after knocking out top contender Mike Jones June 9,2012, becoming a world champion in two weight divisions 10 years after winning his last title.
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Randall Bailey lost his IBF welterweight title against Devon Alexander as a main event on Showtime Championship Boxing.
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Randall Bailey then won three straight fights, culminating in a knockout win over Shusaku Fujinaka for the WBO Asia Pacific Welterweight title, before a loss to Jeff Horn on April 27,2016.