Marvin Camel (born December 24, 1951) is a boxer and member of the Salish Kootenai Nation of the Flathead Indian Reservation in Northwestern Montana. He holds the distinction of being the first person recognized as Cruiserweight boxing champion of the world by two different professional sanctioning bodies.

Camel beat Mate Parlov for the vacant WBC world Cruiserweight title in 1980, losing the title in his first defense, to Carlos De Leon. After losing in a rematch to De Leon, he became, in 1983, the IBF's first world champion, by becoming world Cruiserweight champion for the second time when he claimed that organization's title.

Contents 1 Honors 2 Life after boxing 3 Trivia 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Honors

In 2006 at the World Boxing Council's 44th annual convention WBC President Jose Sulaiman awarded Camel honorary champion status.

[edit] Life after boxing

Marvin Camel has relocated his boxing gym to Tavares, Florida and is called The Unique boxing club.

[edit] Trivia

Camel was the first southpaw World Champion in Cruiseweight Division.

[edit] See also

• List of cruiserweight boxing champions

[edit] External links

• Professional boxing record for Marvin Camel from Boxrec

Preceded by Inaugural champion	World Cruiserweight Champion March 31, 1980 – November 25, 1980	Succeeded by Carlos DeLeon
	IBF Cruiserweight Champion February 13, 1983 – October 6, 1984	Succeeded by Lee Roy Murphy

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