Eddie Chambers
Eddie Chambers | |
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![]() Chambers in 2010 | |
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Real name | Edward Chambers |
Nickname(s) | Fast |
Rated at | Heavyweight |
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
Reach | 75 in (191 cm) |
Nationality | American |
Born |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | March 29, 1982
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 47 |
Wins | 42 |
Wins by KO | 23 |
Losses | 5 |
Edward "Eddie" Chambers (born March 29, 1982) is an American professional boxer who has challenged once for the unified world heavyweight title, in 2010.
Amateur career
Chambers had an amateur record of 60 wins and 20 losses.
Professional career
Eddie started boxing professionally in 2000 at the age of 18. For the first five years, he fought unknown opponents before raising his level of competition significantly in 2005 against clubfighters Ross Puritty and Robert Hawkins.
In 2006 he took a further step upward by defeating former title challenger Ed Mahone and renowned clubfighter Domonic Jenkins (in spite of his record of only 9-5 Jenkins had beaten several prospects).
In May 2007, Chambers stopped 15–0 Derric Rossy and defeated Dominic Guinn on Shobox. Later in 2007 he took part in IBF's 4-man elimination tournament to face the current champion Wladimir Klitschko. Chambers beat Calvin Brock via split decision in semifinals, but lost unanimously to Alexander Povetkin in the final bout.
After his fight with Povetkin he won three more bouts against opponents like Raphael Butler before facing Samuel Peter on March 27, 2009 and defeated him by majority decision. He scored another decision win afterwards against Alexander Dimitrenko on July 4, 2009 in a WBO title eliminator bout, which made him the mandatory challenger for the WBO heavyweight title held by Wladimir Klitschko.
Chambers vs. Klitschko
On March 20, 2010 he faced Wladimir Klitschko for his first ever title shot in Düsseldorf, Germany.[1] Klitschko defeated Chambers by knockout five seconds before the end of the final round. The Ukrainian was criticized between rounds by his trainer Emanuel Steward for not fighting aggressively enough despite having won all prior rounds and Chambers only fighting back weakly. Klitschko began punching more often during the final round than he had done before which eventually led to his left hook hitting Chambers and knocking him out.
Post Klitschko fights
After beating Derric Rossy in an IBF title eliminator, Chambers faced former Light heavyweight and Cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek for the vacant IBF North American Heavyweight title. Adamek won the fight by unanimous decision in a relatively close fight, where judge Alan Rubenstein controversially scored it 119-109 in favour of Adamek. Chambers then moved down to Cruiserweight for a fight with South African contender Thabiso Mchunu. Following the rapid weight loss, Chambers gave a relatively poor showing and was outboxed by his South African foe over ten rounds.
From 2013 to 2015, Chambers was based solely in the United Kingdom. He was being trained by Peter Fury, who is also the trainer of the unified Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and Heavyweight contender Hughie Fury, who're his nephew and son. Since then Chambers has signed with Al Haymon and made his US return in late 2015.
Other media
Eddie Chambers appeared on the video game, Fight Night Round 4 as a heavyweight. He also appeared on Fight Night Champion. He regularly appears as a commentator on the UK boxing TV channel Box Nation.
Professional boxing record
Professional record summary | ||
47 fights | 42 wins | 5 losses |
By knockout | 23 | 1 |
By decision | 19 | 4 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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47 | Loss | 42–5 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | Apr 30, 2016 | ![]() |
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46 | Win | 42–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (8), 1:34 | Sep 18, 2015 | ![]() |
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45 | Win | 41–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (8), 2:20 | Nov 29, 2014 | ![]() |
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44 | Win | 40–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Nov 8, 2014 | ![]() |
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43 | Win | 39–4 | ![]() |
RTD | 3 (8), 3:00 | May 17, 2014 | ![]() |
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42 | Win | 38–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (6), 1:10 | Apr 12, 2014 | ![]() |
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41 | Win | 37–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (6), 2:35 | Mar 29, 2014 | ![]() |
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40 | Loss | 36–4 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Aug 3, 2013 | ![]() |
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39 | Loss | 36–3 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | Jun 16, 2012 | ![]() |
For vacant IBF North American heavyweight title |
38 | Win | 36–2 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | Feb 11, 2011 | ![]() |
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37 | Loss | 35–2 | ![]() |
KO | 12 (12), 2:55 | Mar 20, 2010 | ![]() |
For IBF, WBO, IBO, The Ring, and lineal heavyweight titles |
36 | Win | 35–1 | ![]() |
MD | 12 | Jul 4, 2009 | ![]() |
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35 | Win | 34–1 | ![]() |
MD | 10 | Mar 27, 2009 | ![]() |
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34 | Win | 33–1 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | Dec 13, 2008 | ![]() |
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33 | Win | 32–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (10), 2:59 | Oct 3, 2008 | ![]() |
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32 | Win | 31–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (12) | Jun 20, 2008 | ![]() |
Retained USBA heavyweight title |
31 | Loss | 30–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | Jan 26, 2008 | ![]() |
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30 | Win | 30–0 | ![]() |
SD | 12 | Nov 2, 2007 | ![]() |
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29 | Win | 29–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | May 4, 2007 | ![]() |
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28 | Win | 28–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (12), 2:32 | Feb 9, 2007 | ![]() |
Won vacant USBA heavyweight title |
27 | Win | 27–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (8), 2:17 | Aug 19, 2006 | ![]() |
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26 | Win | 26–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (10), 0:33 | Jun 2, 2006 | ![]() |
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25 | Win | 25–0 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | Feb 10, 2006 | ![]() |
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24 | Win | 24–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | Sep 9, 2005 | ![]() |
Won IBU and vacant Pennsylvania State heavyweight titles |
23 | Win | 23–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | May 17, 2005 | ![]() |
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22 | Win | 22–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (10) | Apr 22, 2005 | ![]() |
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21 | Win | 21–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Dec 3, 2004 | ![]() |
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20 | Win | 20–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Oct 8, 2004 | ![]() |
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19 | Win | 19–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (8), 2:46 | Jun 25, 2004 | ![]() |
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18 | Win | 18–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (6) | Apr 23, 2004 | ![]() |
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17 | Win | 17–0 | ![]() |
MD | 8 | Feb 27, 2004 | ![]() |
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16 | Win | 16–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (8) | Dec 5, 2003 | ![]() |
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15 | Win | 15–0 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (6) | Aug 15, 2003 | ![]() |
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14 | Win | 14–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (8) | Apr 25, 2003 | ![]() |
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13 | Win | 13–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (6) | Feb 21, 2003 | ![]() |
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12 | Win | 12–0 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | Dec 6, 2002 | ![]() |
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11 | Win | 11–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 | Sep 20, 2002 | ![]() |
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10 | Win | 10–0 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | May 24, 2002 | ![]() |
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9 | Win | 9–0 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | Apr 26, 2002 | ![]() |
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8 | Win | 8–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (4), 1:30 | Oct 27, 2001 | ![]() |
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7 | Win | 7–0 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | Aug 25, 2001 | ![]() |
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6 | Win | 6–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Aug 3, 2001 | ![]() |
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5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (4), 0:57 | Jun 23, 2001 | ![]() |
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4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | Apr 20, 2001 | ![]() |
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3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (6) | Apr 7, 2001 | ![]() |
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2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 | Mar 3, 2001 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 | Dec 29, 2000 | ![]() |
Professional debut |
Titles in boxing
Regional titles | ||
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Vacant Title last held by Bert Cooper |
Pennsylvania State heavyweight champion September 9, 2005 – July 2008 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Brian Minto |
Vacant Title last held by Evander Holyfield |
USBA heavyweight champion February 9, 2007 – August 2008 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Cedric Boswell |
Minor world titles | ||
Preceded by Robert Hawkins |
IBU heavyweight champion September 9, 2007 – May 2006 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Gene Pukall |
References
- ↑ "Wladimir Klitschko vs. Eddie Chambers March 20 in Germany! » FightFan.com Boxing News". Fightfan.com. 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2012-08-13.