Freddie Norwood (Lil Hagler) is a 54-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a former featherweight world champion with 2 world-title wins. In a career spanning 21 years, 6 months, and 12 days, Norwood amassed a record of 43-4-1, which includes 23 wins via KO, 2 of which were in world-title fights.
Freddie Norwood was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S. on February 14, 1970. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 years on August 20, 1989 against Mario Amparan. Norwood defeated Amparan via 2nd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Norwood became a world champion at the age of 28 after 30 professional fights. He challenged Antonio Cermeño for the vacant WBA featherweight title and defeated Cermeño via 12-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.
Norwood's last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Ray Narh at age 41, on March 4, 2011.
Some of Freddie Norwood's best fights have been against Pablo Chacón, Juan Manuel Márquez (HOFer), Vuyani Bungu, and Agapito Sánchez. For a complete list of Norwood's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Freddie Norwood".
Norwood has 4 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Freddie Norwood Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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48 | Mar 04, 2011 | 41 | Ray Narh | loss | UD 10 |
47 | Jul 30, 2009 | 39 | José Celaya | win | UD 8 |
46 | May 21, 2008 | 38 | Johnnie Edwards | loss | KO 7 |
45 | Sep 16, 2007 | 37 | Johnnie Edwards | loss | DQ 6 |
44 | Jun 28, 2007 | 37 | Armando Cordoba | win | UD 8 |
43 | May 11, 2007 | 37 | Steve Mincks | win | TKO 3 |
42 | Aug 04, 2006 | 36 | Anthony Martinez | win | UD 8 |
41 | Jun 17, 2006 | 36 | Darien Ford | win | UD 6 |
40 | Sep 09, 2000 | 30 | Derrick Gainer 28 35-5 | loss | TKO 11 |
39 | May 25, 2000 | 30 | Pablo Chacón 25 36-0 | win | UD 12 |
38 | Jan 30, 2000 | 29 | Takashi Koshimoto | win | KO 9 |
37 | Sep 11, 1999 | 29 | Juan Manuel Márquez 26 29-1 | win | UD 12 |
36 | May 29, 1999 | 29 | Antonio Cermeño | win | SD 12 |
35 | Dec 12, 1998 | 28 | Moises Rodriguez | win | PTS 8 |
34 | Sep 22, 1998 | 28 | Koji Matsumoto | win | TKO 10 |
33 | Jul 10, 1998 | 28 | Luis Mendoza | win | UD 12 |
32 | Jun 13, 1998 | 28 | Genaro Rios | win | TKO 8 |
31 | Apr 03, 1998 | 28 | Antonio Cermeño | win | UD 12 |
30 | Dec 12, 1997 | 27 | Benito Rodriguez | win | TKO 6 |
29 | Aug 08, 1997 | 27 | Agapito Sánchez 27 20-7-2 | win | UD 12 |
28 | Jul 13, 1997 | 27 | Darryl Pinckney | win | UD 10 |
27 | May 31, 1997 | 27 | Mauricio Martínez | win | TKO 2 |
26 | Feb 16, 1997 | 27 | Roberto Avila | win | UD 10 |
25 | Dec 21, 1996 | 26 | Ray Rivera | win | TKO 3 |
24 | Dec 11, 1996 | 26 | Jeff Whaley | win | TKO 1 |
23 | Nov 27, 1996 | 26 | Stanley Jones | win | MD 4 |
22 | Nov 28, 1994 | 24 | Clarence Barnes | win | TKO 8 |
21 | Jun 22, 1994 | 24 | Antonio Garris | win | TKO 1 |
20 | Apr 01, 1994 | 24 | Terrence Carson | win | KO 1 |
19 | Feb 12, 1994 | 23 | Santos Rodriguez | win | KO 1 |
18 | Mar 29, 1993 | 23 | Oscar Washington | draw | TD 1 |
17 | Aug 29, 1992 | 22 | Steve Young | win | KO 6 |
16 | Apr 18, 1992 | 22 | Vuyani Bungu 25 19-1 | win | PTS 8 |
15 | Dec 21, 1991 | 21 | Capri Lipkin | win | DQ 8 |
14 | May 03, 1991 | 21 | Lee Cargle | win | TKO 2 |
13 | Mar 27, 1991 | 21 | Gary Spencer | win | KO 1 |
12 | Feb 24, 1991 | 21 | Ed Blythe | win | KO 1 |
11 | Feb 15, 1991 | 21 | Bruce Nuby | win | KO 3 |
10 | Dec 28, 1990 | 20 | Jeff McCully | win | TKO 1 |
9 | Oct 19, 1990 | 20 | Kevin Benz | win | KO 1 |
8 | Sep 10, 1990 | 20 | Gerald Shelton | win | UD 6 |
7 | Aug 20, 1990 | 20 | Antti Juntumaa | win | TKO 6 |
6 | Jul 30, 1990 | 20 | Tom Cannette | win | TKO 2 |
5 | Jul 10, 1990 | 20 | Gerald Shelton | win | PTS 6 |
4 | Jun 18, 1990 | 20 | Randy Reedy | win | UD 6 |
3 | Jan 27, 1990 | 19 | Oscar Gonzalez | win | TKO 4 |
2 | Oct 09, 1989 | 19 | Ronald Freeman | win | PTS 4 |
1 | Aug 20, 1989 | 19 | Mario Amparan | win | TKO 2 |
Freddie Norwood won 2 world championships in two world-title fights at the featherweight weight division.
# | Date | Opponent | Weight Class | Won | Method | Round |
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1 |
May 29, 1999 | Antonio Cermeño | Featherweight | WBA | SD | 12 |
2 |
Apr 03, 1998 | Antonio Cermeño | Featherweight | WBA | UD | 12 |
Norwood successfully defended his featherweight world titles 5 times.
# | Date | Opponent | Weight Class | Defended | Method | Round |
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1 |
May 25, 2000 | Pablo Chacón | Featherweight | WBA | UD | 12 |
2 |
Jan 30, 2000 | Takashi Koshimoto | Featherweight | WBA | KO | 9 |
3 |
Sep 11, 1999 | Juan Manuel Márquez | Featherweight | WBA | UD | 12 |
4 |
Jul 10, 1998 | Luis Mendoza | Featherweight | WBA | UD | 12 |
5 |
Jun 13, 1998 | Genaro Rios | Featherweight | WBA | TKO | 8 |
Norwood has lost 1 world championship in 1 title-defense fight.
# | Date | Opponent | Weight Class | Lost | Method | Round |
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1 |
Sep 09, 2000 | Derrick Gainer | Featherweight | WBA | TKO | 11 |