Caleb Truax

Caleb Truax, alias Golden (born September 14, 1983), is a middleweight professional boxer from Minnesota. He is currently rated the #17 middleweight boxer in the world according to BoxRec.^[1]

Personal life

Truax is a native of Osseo, Minnesota. He has a twin sister, Erin Truax, and a younger brother.

Truax is a 2002 high school graduate from Osseo Senior High School. While attending high school, he was an all-conference member of the Osseo Orioles football and baseball teams.^[2]

Truax then played football at Virginia State University for one year before a knee injury ended his gridiron career. He returned home in 2003 to attend the University of Minnesota, and it was there at the age of 19 that Truax entered a local Toughman Contest. He lost his first fight, but soon became consumed by boxing—altering his diet and training as he pursued an amateur career.^[3]

Truax graduated from the University of Minnesota majoring in Sociology,^[4] minoring in both African American studies and Political Science.

Amateur career

Truax compiled a record of 21 wins and 8 losses. In 2006 he was the USA Boxing State Champion, the Region 1 Champion, and the Upper Midwest Golden Gloves Champion.^[5]

Professional career

Caleb Truax debuted as a professional fighter in April 2007 with a 2nd-round knockout of Ray Walker. As of March 2015, Truax has a professional record of 25 wins, one loss, and two draws. Truax has defeated Ossie Duran, Matt Vanda, Andy Kolle, Phil Williams,^[6] Jonathan Reid, Antwun Echols, Durrell Richardson, and James Crayton. His only professional loss came to former undisputed middleweight world champion Jermain Taylor (Truax knocked Taylor down in the 9th round.)

Truax drew Ossie Duran in a 10-round non-title bout at the Target Center in Minneapolis. The bout was part of an eight-fight card promoted by Mike Tyson's new company, Iron Mike Productions. Mike Tyson was in attendance at the event, and said of Truax, "I hear he is exciting and he is something that we need for boxing, he is a breath of fresh air because boxing is in the doldrums right now. I'm looking forward to seeing him and if he is as much as everyone has told me."^[7]

WBA title bout

Truax faced Daniel Jacobs for the WBA (Regular) Middleweight title on April 24, 2015, and was stopped with 48 seconds left in the 12th and final round. The fight was broadcast on Spike TV as part of the Premier Boxing Champions series.^[8]

Professional record

25 Wins (10 decisions, 15 knockouts), 2 Losses (1 decision, 1 knockout), 2 Draws (2 decisions)
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	25-2-2	Daniel Jacobs	TKO	12 (12), 2:12	2015-04-24	UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois	For WBA (Regular) Middleweight title
Win	25-1-2	Scott Sigmon	TKO	8 (10)	2014-11-01	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Win	24-1-2	Derek Ennis	UD	10 (10)	2014-07-25	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Draw	23-1-2	Ossie Duran	UD	10 (10)	2014-01-03	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Scores were 95-95, 95-95, and 95-95.
Win	23-1-1	Cerresso Fort	TKO	4 (12), 1:49	2013-09-21	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Won vacant USA Minnesota State and vacant USBA Middleweight titles.
Win	22-1-1	Don George	TKO	6 (8), 2:24	2013-06-21	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Win	21-1-1	Matt Vanda	UD	10 (10)	2013-01-19	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Win	20-1-1	Michael Walker	TKO	4 (8), 2:59	2012-11-17	Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Win	19-1-1	Mickey Scarborough	KO	1 (10), 1:57	2012-09-22	Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Loss	18-1-1	Jermain Taylor	UD	10 (10)	2012-04-20	Biloxi, Mississippi, USA	Taylor down in round 9.
Win	18-0-1	Andy Kolle	SD	10 (10)	2011-05-27	Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Won vacant USA Minnesota State Middleweight title.
Win	17-0-1	Phil Williams	MD	10 (10)	2011-02-26	Hinckley, Minnesota, USA
Win	16-0-1	Jonathan Reid	TKO	9 (10), 2:29	2010-10-09	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Reid down once in round 9.
Win	15-0-1	Antwun Echols	UD	10 (10)	2010-06-11	Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Draw	14-0-1	Phil Williams	SD	10 (10)	2010-04-23	Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	For vacant USA Minnesota State Super Middleweight title. Scores were 97-94, 94-96, and 95-95.
Win	14-0	Kerry Hope	UD	10 (10)	2009-11-20	Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA	Won vacant WBF International Super Middleweight title.
Win	13-0	Patrick Perez	TKO	7 (8), 1:19	2009-07-25	Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Win	12-0	Durrell Richardson	UD	8 (8)	2009-06-05	Hinckley, Minnesota, USA
Win	11-0	Steve Walker	TKO	2 (6), 2:20	2009-02-13	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Win	10-0	Johnny Hayes	TKO	5 (6)	2009-01-24	Hinckley, Minnesota, USA
Win	9-0	Larry Brothers	TKO	1 (6), 2:27	2008-11-28	Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Win	8-0	Robert Kliewer	KO	3 (6), 0:23	2008-08-29	Hinckley, Minnesota, USA
Win	7-0	Thomas Rittenbaugh	UD	6 (6)	2008-06-26	Lemoore, California, USA
Win	6-0	James Crayton	TKO	4 (6)	2008-05-17	Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Win	5-0	Jeffrey Osborne Jr	UD	6 (6)	2008-03-29	Maplewood, Minnesota, USA	Osborne down in rounds 2 and 3.
Win	4-0	Jeffrey Osborne Jr	UD	4 (4)	2007-11-17	Maplewood, Minnesota, USA
Win	3-0	Terry Tock	KO	2 (4), 1:56	2007-07-13	Hinckley, Minnesota, USA
Win	2-0	Nick Whiting	TKO	2 (4), 1:52	2007-06-15	Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Win	1-0	Ray Walker	TKO	2 (4)	2007-04-06	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Professional debut.

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for Caleb Truax from BoxRec
• Caleb Truax profile from Premier Boxing Champions