Trevor Berbick was a Jamaican professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 2000.
27 Facts About Trevor Berbick
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Trevor Berbick won the WBC heavyweight title in 1986 by defeating Pinklon Thomas, then lost it in his first defense in the same year to Mike Tyson.
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Trevor Berbick is the only boxer to have fought Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, and Mike Tyson.
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At 21, Trevor Berbick represented his native Jamaica in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as a heavyweight boxer, despite having had only 11 prior amateur bouts.
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The previous year, in his only bout at the Pan American Games in Mexico City, Trevor Berbick lost a decision to future heavyweight champion Michael Dokes in the semi-finals, winning a bronze medal.
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Leroy Caldwell, a boxer who fought almost all notable top-ranked heavyweights of the 1970s and early 1980s, including several world champions, recalled that Trevor Berbick was his most talented opponent.
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Trevor Berbick opted to settle in Montreal and fight professionally out of Halifax.
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Trevor Berbick won his first 11 fights before suffering his first pro loss to another rising contender, Bernardo Mercado, on 3 April 1979.
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However, with 10 seconds remaining in the first round of their only professional meeting, Trevor Berbick walked into a punch and was knocked out.
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Trevor Berbick won the WBC world heavyweight title by upsetting Pinklon Thomas with a unanimous decision on 22 March 1986.
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Trevor Berbick was quickly overwhelmed by his opponent and late in the round, he went down again.
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Trevor Berbick tried twice more to make it to his feet but fell both times, and referee Mills Lane stopped counting and waved the fight off to end Trevor Berbick's reign as champion.
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Trevor Berbick refused to mount any offense, instead repeatedly complaining to the referee as Takada kicked him repeatedly in the legs.
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Takada claimed victory by default when Trevor Berbick exited the ring.
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Trevor Berbick resumed his boxing career in 1994, frequently fighting on the USA Tuesday Night Fights.
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Trevor Berbick eventually fought his last bout in 2000 against Canadian journeyman Shane Sutcliffe, winning a 12-round unanimous decision.
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Trevor Berbick was a preacher at the Moments of Miracles Pentecostal church in Las Vegas.
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Trevor Berbick was arrested on a number of occasions throughout his life and was sentenced in Florida to 5 years in prison for raping his children's babysitter in 1992.
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Trevor Berbick had a well-publicized feud with Larry Holmes, whom he fought in the ring in 1981.
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Trevor Berbick retired in Florida to be with his wife and four children and started to train boxers at Kenny Barrett's Gym in Tamarac, Florida.
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Trevor Berbick was again deported from the US on 2 December 2002.
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On 28 October 2006, Trevor Berbick was murdered at a church in Norwich, Jamaica, by an assailant wielding a 2-inch-diameter steel pipe.
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Trevor Berbick sustained repeated blows to the head and died at the scene.
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On 20 December 2007, Harold Trevor Berbick was convicted for the murder of his uncle.
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Trevor Berbick's alleged accomplice, Kenton Gordon, was convicted of manslaughter and both men were sentenced on 11 January 2008.
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Harold Trevor Berbick was sentenced to life in prison; Kenton Gordon was sentenced to fourteen years in prison.
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Trevor Berbick was buried at the Berbick family plot in Norwich, Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica.