Carl Davis (boxer)

Carl Davis
Carl Davis
	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality	American
Other names	Iron Fist
	Statistics
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
	Boxing record
Total fights	23
Wins	17
Wins by KO	13
Losses	7

Carl Davis (born November 16, 1973) is an American former

professional boxer who competed between 2003 and 2017. He scored Notable Victories over Former Cruiserweight World Champion Arthur Williams and Former Heavyweight Title Challenger Bert Cooper

.

Amateur boxing career

Davis attended

London, England, in 2002 and decisioned British amateur heavyweight champion Brian Robinson, in a United States versus Great Britain

competition.

Professional boxing career

Davis turned pro in the heavyweight division on April 25, 2003, with a 38-second knockout of Michael Shanks in

UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Davis won the vacant USBO Cruiserweight title with a ten-round unanimous decision over former world cruiserweight champion 'King' Arthur Williams (boxer). Bout scoring was 97–93, 96–93, 96-93 for Davis.^[1]^[2]^[3] Davis returned to fighting at heavyweight above 200 pounds and made a successful comeback on September 9, 2012, at the Hammond Civic Center in Indiana with a second record stoppage of former number one heavyweight contender Bert Cooper after knocking Cooper down for a count of nine. He subsequently lost to Andy Ruiz Jr., who went on to win the world heavyweight championship and was recognized as the best heavyweight in the world after defeating Anthony Joshua

.

Successful comeback attempt

On December 2, 2017, at Carnivore Grounds, in Nairobi, Kenya, Davis made a successful comeback at age 44, opening an eight bout card by scoring a third round stoppage of Mbaruku Kheri of Tanzania, in the opening preliminary bout to the World Boxing Council female super bantamweight world championship main event.^[4]

Professional football career

Davis played professional football as an outside linebacker and defensive end for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League in 1996 and 1997. Carl retired from pro football after the 1997 season CFL football to resume his professional boxing career.

Martial arts and work life

Davis is an expert practitioner of

Shaolin Kung Fu, a background which assists him in the security field. Davis co-owns and operates Respect One's Family Security, a private security firm which provides personal security for athletes and entertainers at public events, and security teams at concerts and sporting events handling crowd control. Davis also works with developmentally challenged students with developmental disability ages 13–19 in public school and private school settings as a crisis intervention worker and mental health professional

.