Marvin Camel

Career, Record, Stats

Marvin Camel is a 72-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a former cruiserweight world champion with 2 world-title wins. In a career spanning 16 years, 11 months, and 17 days, Camel amassed a record of 45-13-4, which includes 21 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.

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LEGEND

Marvin Camel's Boxing Career

Marvin Camel was born in Ronan, Montana, USA on December 24, 1951. He made his professional debut at the age of 21 years on June 25, 1973 against Joe Williamson. Camel defeated Williamson via 1st round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Camel got his first shot at a world title at the age of 27 after 38 professional fights. On December 8, 1979 Camel challenged Mate Parlov's WBC cruiserweight title but lost via 15 round points decision.

In his next fight, he got another shot at the cruiserweight WBC title. This time he defeated Parlov via 15 round points decision, winning his first world title.

He then went on to successfully win the IBF cruiserweight world title as well.

Camel's last fight was a majority decision loss to Eddie Taylor at age 38, on June 11, 1990.

Some of Marvin Camel's best fights have been against Matthew Saad Muhammad (HOFer). For a complete list of Camel's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Marvin Camel".

Camel has 13 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Marvin Camel Losses".

Marvin Camel's Boxing Record

Total Fights

Wins

Losses

Draws

KO Wins

KO Losses

Title Fights

Title-Fight Wins

Title Defenses

Title-Fight KOs

Title-Fight Dec.

Undisputed

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
62	Jun 11, 1990	38	Eddie Taylor	loss	MD 10
61	Dec 02, 1989	37	Joe Hipp	loss	TKO 6
60	Nov 06, 1989	37	Jerome Hill	win	PTS 8
59	Sep 25, 1989	37	J.J. Cottrell	win	UD 10
58	Aug 10, 1989	37	Trent Surratt	draw	TD 1
57	May 31, 1988	36	James Salerno	loss	TKO 6
56	Apr 26, 1988	36	Ralf Rocchigiani	loss	PTS 10
55	Oct 10, 1987	35	Taoufik Belbouli	loss	TKO 4
54	May 01, 1987	35	Virgil Hill 23 15-0	loss	KO 1
53	Aug 08, 1986	34	José María Flores Burlón	loss	UD 10
52	May 22, 1986	34	Jimmy Bills	draw	PTS 10
51	Oct 06, 1984	32	Lee Roy Murphy	loss	TKO 14
50	Dec 13, 1983	31	Roddy MacDonald	win	TKO 5
49	May 21, 1983	31	Rocky Sekorski	win	KO 9
48	Feb 11, 1983	31	John Odhiambho	loss	TKO 2
47	Jun 30, 1982	30	Leonardo Rodgers	win	TKO 5
46	Feb 24, 1982	30	Carlos de León 22 31-2	loss	TKO 8
45	Oct 02, 1981	29	Bash Ali	win	PTS 12
44	Aug 11, 1981	29	Willie Shannon	win	TKO 3
43	May 05, 1981	29	Rahim Muhammad	win	UD 12
42	Apr 24, 1981	29	Ron Draper	win	TKO 6
41	Nov 25, 1980	28	Carlos de León 21 29-2	loss	MD 15
40	Mar 31, 1980	28	Mate Parlov	win	UD 15
39	Dec 08, 1979	27	Mate Parlov	draw	PTS 15
38	Aug 30, 1979	27	David Cabrera	win	KO 3
37	Aug 01, 1979	27	Macka Foley	win	TKO 2
36	Jun 05, 1979	27	Bill Sharkey	win	UD 12
35	Apr 24, 1979	27	David Smith	win	KO 9
34	Feb 28, 1979	27	Jim Ingram	win	PTS 10
33	Jan 03, 1979	27	Bob Heflin	win	KO 2
32	Nov 11, 1978	26	Tom Bethea	win	KO 2
31	Sep 13, 1978	26	Dale Grant	win	PTS 12
30	Aug 22, 1978	26	Ibar Arrington	win	UD 10
29	May 27, 1978	26	Chuck Warfield	win	KO 5
28	Apr 07, 1978	26	Pete McIntyre	win	PTS 10
27	Mar 09, 1978	26	Bobby Lloyd	win	PTS 10
26	Feb 08, 1978	26	David Smith	win	PTS 10
25	Dec 08, 1977	25	Karl Zurheide	win	RTD 7
24	Aug 29, 1977	25	Ron Wilson	win	PTS 10
23	Jun 28, 1977	25	Danny Brewer	loss	TKO 6
22	May 06, 1977	25	Gary Summerhays	win	UD 12
21	Feb 15, 1977	25	Dale Grant	draw	PTS 10
20	Jan 26, 1977	25	Lionel Ford	win	UD 10
19	Nov 20, 1976	24	Larry Castaneda	win	UD 10
18	Oct 23, 1976	24	Matthew Saad Muhammad 22 13-1-1	win	MD 10
17	Sep 25, 1976	24	Johnny Townsend	win	UD 10
16	Aug 28, 1976	24	Johnny Townsend	win	UD 10
15	Jul 17, 1976	24	Matthew Saad Muhammad 21 11-1-1	loss	SD 10
14	May 08, 1976	24	Angel Oquendo	win	UD 10
13	Apr 07, 1976	24	Rafael Gutierrez	win	UD 10
12	Feb 18, 1976	24	Don Meloncon	win	TKO 3
11	Jan 14, 1976	24	Pedro Vega	win	KO 1
10	Nov 19, 1975	23	Danny Brewer	win	UD 10
9	Sep 24, 1975	23	Terry Lee	win	TKO 8
8	Aug 20, 1975	23	Ron Wilson	win	UD 10
7	May 28, 1975	23	Fernando Lee Jones	win	RTD 6
6	Apr 30, 1975	23	Amado Vasquez	win	KO 3
5	Apr 02, 1975	23	Jack Johnson	win	UD 8
4	Feb 19, 1975	23	Chico Valdez	win	KO 2
3	Jan 22, 1975	23	George Clark	win	TKO 4
2	Feb 25, 1974	22	James T. Jackson	win	TKO 4
1	Jun 25, 1973	21	Joe Williamson	win	TKO 1

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