Verno Phillips

Statistics
Real name	Verno Jeremias Phillips
Rated at	Light Middleweight
Height	5 ft 7.5 in (1.71 m)
Nationality	United States
Birth date	November 29, 1969 (1969-11-29) (age 40)
Birth place	Belize City, Belize
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	55
Wins	42
Wins by KO	21
Losses	11
Draws	1
No contests	1

Verno Jeremias Phillips (born November 29, 1969 in Belize City, Belize), is a professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.

Contents 1 Career 2 See also 3 Notes 4 External links

[edit] Career

Phillips turned pro in 1988 and captured the Vacant WBO Light Middleweight Title in 1993 with a win over Lupe Aquino. He defended the title four times before losing a decision to the gifted Paul "Silky" Jones of England many people say this was philips first and only true defeat.In 2004 Phillips captured the Vacant IBF Light Middleweight Title by beating Carlos Bojorquez via a TKO, but lost the belt in his next fight to Kassim Ouma. He lost his next bout to Ike Quartey, but in 2006 has rallied with wins over Juan Carlos Candelo and Teddy Reid, televised by ESPN. On March 27, 2008, Phillips beat Cory Spinks by disputed split decision to regain the IBF Light Middleweight Title. The announcer for donkingtv.com had scored the bout 119-110 for Spinks.

Philips signed to fight the young Paul Williams on November 29, 2008 on HBO for the vacant WBO Interim Light Middleweight Title, vacating his IBF title in the process.^[1] Phillips ended up losing the bout the after the ring doctor stopped the fight at the end of the eighth round, resulting in only the second loss via TKO in his career.^[2]

[edit] See also

• List of current world boxing champions

• List of IBF world champions

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Career boxing record

Vacant Title last held by John David Jackson	WBO Junior Middleweight Champion October 30, 1993 – November 22, 1996	Succeeded by Paul Jones
Vacant Title last held by Winky Wright	IBF Junior Middleweight Champion June 5, 2004 – October 2, 2004	Succeeded by Kassim Ouma
Preceded by Cory Spinks	IBF Junior Middleweight Champion March 27, 2008 – November 19, 2008	Vacant Title next held by Cory Spinks