Julian Letterlough

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Julian Letterlough (December 25, 1969 – July 8, 2005) was an American boxer from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Known as "Mr. KO", Letterlough was boxer who was often featured on ESPN.

Pro career

Letterlough became a professional boxer in 1998 at the late age of 28 after a seven-year stint in prison for assault. He fought as a light heavyweight and was unbeaten in his first 16 fights.

He fought against Julio César González in 2001, a fight in which González was down three times, and Letterlough down twice. Gonzalez won by decision. Later that year, he got a shot at International Boxing Federation cruiserweight titleholder Vassiliy Jirov, but lost in the 8th round by TKO. He lost a decision later that year to David Telesco and in 2003 was knocked out by Richard Hall. In 2004 he fought a draw against Daniel Judah, a fight in which Judah went down in round five and was docked a point for holding in round seven.

Professional boxing record

21 Wins (20 knockouts, 1 decision), 5 Losses (2 knockouts, 3 decisions), 3 Draws [1]
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Win 13-17-2 United States Eric "Hollywood" Starr TKO 2 01/10/2004 Pennsylvania Reading, Pennsylvania, United States Referee stopped the bout at 2:42 of the second round.
Draw 19-0-2 United States Daniel Judah PTS 12 17/04/2004 Florida Tampa, Florida, United States USBA Light Heavyweight Title. 114-112, 113-113, 113-113.
Win 77-17-1 United States Tony Menefee TKO 5 23/01/2004 New Jersey Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States Referee stopped the bout at 2:45 of the fifth round.
Loss 10-7 Colombia Faustino Gonzalez MD 6 29/08/2003 Pennsylvania Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Loss 25-4 Jamaica Richard "Destroyer" Hall TKO 2 18/07/2003 Massachusetts Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States
Win 32-30-2 United States Stacy "Goodnight" Goodson TKO 1 27/03/2003 Florida Ft Lauderdale, Florida, United States Referee stopped the bout at 1:23 of the first round.
Draw 2-8-2 Guyana John Douglas PTS 6 15/11/2002 Massachusetts Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States 58-56, 58-57, 57-57.
Win 20-8 Jamaica Lloyd Bryan TKO 4 22/06/2002 Pennsylvania Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Loss 25-3 United States David Telesco UD 10 18/01/2002 North Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Loss 29-0 Kazakhstan Vassiliy "Tiger" Jirov TKO 8 08/09/2001 Nevada Reno, Nevada, United States IBF World Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:24 of the eighth round.
Win 24-4 United States Ka-Dy King KO 2 22/06/2001 Pennsylvania Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States King knocked out at 1:34 of the second round.
Win 11-18-1 United States Dennis "The Menace" McKinney UD 6 08/04/2001 Pennsylvania Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Loss 25-0 Mexico Julio Cesar Gonzalez UD 12 02/02/2001 Ohio Columbus, Ohio, United States WBO NABO/WBC FECARBOX/IBO Continental Light Heavyweight Titles. 109-114, 110-113, 109-114.
Win 11-2-3 United States "Mad" Max Heyman TKO 5 17/11/2000 Nevada Stateline, Nevada, United States WBO NABO Light Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:25 of the fifth round.
Draw 15-0-2 United States Sam Ahmad PTS 10 22/09/2000 Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 97-93, 93-97, 95-95.
Win 18-4 United States Demetrius Jenkins TKO 7 14/07/2000 New Hampshire Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, United States Referee stopped the bout at 1:58 of the seventh round.
Win 8-0 United States Manny Rose TKO 1 09/06/2000 Pennsylvania Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States Pennsylvania Light Heavyweight Title.
Win 13-6-2 United States Troy Weaver TKO 1 09/04/2000 Nevada Stateline, Nevada, United States WBO NABO Light Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 0:42 of the first round.
Win 17-19-2 United States Vinson Durham KO 2 11/02/2000 Pennsylvania Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Win 11-7 United States Darryl "Triple Threat" Hollowell KO 6 18/11/1999 Maryland Glen Burnie, Maryland, United States Hollowell knocked out at 2:55 of the sixth round.
Win 15-27-2 United States Eric "Landlord" Davis KO 3 29/10/1999 Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Win 14-11-1 United States Napoleon Pitt TKO 3 25/09/1999 Pennsylvania Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Win 2-6-2 United States Charles Rasheed Lee TKO 5 18/06/1999 Pennsylvania Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Win 3-8 United States Felton Hamilton KO 5 09/04/1999 Maryland Waldorf, Maryland, United States Hamilton knocked out at 0:22 of the fifth round.
Win 6-0 United States "Dangerous" Dana Rucker KO 3 25/03/1999 Maryland Glen Burnie, Maryland, United States Rucker knocked out at 0:16 of the third round.
Win 6-4 United States Ricardo Dabney KO 1 29/01/1999 New Jersey Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win 1-0 United States Ted Megginson KO 1 16/12/1998 Maryland Glenarden, Maryland, United States Megginson knocked out at 0:36 of the first round.
Win 2-3-2 United States Cleveland Issacs TKO 3 03/12/1998 Pennsylvania Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
Win 1-5-1 United States Byron Jones TKO 2 23/10/1998 Pennsylvania Reading, Pennsylvania, United States

Murder

Letterlough was shot in the back and killed while leaving a bar with his wife in Reading, Pennsylvania, on July 8, 2005. [2] becos patay


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