Troy Weston Waters was an Australian light middleweight boxer and member of the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame.
10 Facts About Troy Waters
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Troy Waters was the son of Cec Waters and the younger brother of boxers Dean and Guy.
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Troy Waters and his brothers were initially trained by their father who was a brutal taskmaster.
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Troy Waters said their life was like a "military camp where it was boxing for breakfast, lunch and dinner".
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Troy Waters turned pro in 1984 and won his first five professional fights before losing to future WBA super middleweight champion In-Chul Baek for the OPBF light middleweight title.
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Troy Waters knocked down Norris in the second round, but lost by TKO in the third round.
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Just two fights later Troy Waters lost his third and final title fight to Simon Brown in Las Vegas by majority decision.
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Troy Waters was the 2009 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Moderns category.
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Troy Waters was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, a rare form of blood cancer, in July 2014.
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Troy Waters died on 18 May 2018, leaving his wife Michelle and two children.