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Trevor Berbick
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1954-08-01 ) 1 August 1954, Port Antonio , Portland Parish, Colony of Jamaica, (now Jamaica)
- Died
- 28 October 2006 (2006-10-28) (aged 52), Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica
- Height
- 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
- Weight
- Heavyweight
- Reach
- 78 in (198 cm)
- Stance
- Orthodox
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Jamaica
- Place of birth
- Port Antonio
- Place of death
- Port Antonio
- Occupation
- boxer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1976 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- boxing
- Country for sport
- Jamaica
- Image
- Mike Tyson hitting Trevor Berbick (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 188
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- date of birth
- 1954-08-01
- date of death
- 2006-10-28
- manner of death
- homicide
- cause of death
- blunt trauma
- head coach
- Eddie Futch
- sports discipline competed in
- heavyweight
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Encyclopedic overview
Trevor Berbick (1 August 1954 – 28 October 2006) was a Jamaican professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 2000. He 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. Berbick was the last boxer to fight Muhammad Ali, defeating him in 1981 by unanimous decision.
As an amateur, Berbick won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1975 Pan American Games. In both his early and late professional career he held the Canadian heavyweight title twice, from 1979 to 1986 and 1999 to 2001. Berbick is the only boxer to have fought Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, and Mike Tyson.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Trevor Berbick” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.