Marvin Camel is a 73-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.
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".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
62 | Jun 11, 1990 | 38 | ![]() | loss | MD 10 |
61 | Dec 02, 1989 | 37 | ![]() | loss | TKO 6 |
60 | Nov 06, 1989 | 37 | ![]() | win | PTS 8 |
59 | Sep 25, 1989 | 37 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
58 | Aug 10, 1989 | 37 | ![]() | draw | TD 1 |
57 | May 31, 1988 | 36 | ![]() | loss | TKO 6 |
56 | Apr 26, 1988 | 36 | ![]() | loss | PTS 10 |
55 | Oct 10, 1987 | 35 | ![]() | loss | TKO 4 |
54 | May 01, 1987 | 35 | ![]() | loss | KO 1 |
53 | Aug 08, 1986 | 34 | ![]() | loss | UD 10 |
52 | May 22, 1986 | 34 | ![]() | draw | PTS 10 |
51 | Oct 06, 1984 | 32 | ![]() | loss | TKO 14 |
50 | Dec 13, 1983 | 31 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
49 | May 21, 1983 | 31 | ![]() | win | KO 9 |
48 | Feb 11, 1983 | 31 | ![]() | loss | TKO 2 |
47 | Jun 30, 1982 | 30 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
46 | Feb 24, 1982 | 30 | ![]() | loss | TKO 8 |
45 | Oct 02, 1981 | 29 | ![]() | win | PTS 12 |
44 | Aug 11, 1981 | 29 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
43 | May 05, 1981 | 29 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
42 | Apr 24, 1981 | 29 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
41 | Nov 25, 1980 | 28 | ![]() | loss | MD 15 |
40 | Mar 31, 1980 | 28 | ![]() | win | UD 15 |
39 | Dec 08, 1979 | 27 | ![]() | draw | PTS 15 |
38 | Aug 30, 1979 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
37 | Aug 01, 1979 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
36 | Jun 05, 1979 | 27 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
35 | Apr 24, 1979 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 9 |
34 | Feb 28, 1979 | 27 | ![]() | win | PTS 10 |
33 | Jan 03, 1979 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
32 | Nov 11, 1978 | 26 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
31 | Sep 13, 1978 | 26 | ![]() | win | PTS 12 |
30 | Aug 22, 1978 | 26 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
29 | May 27, 1978 | 26 | ![]() | win | KO 5 |
28 | Apr 07, 1978 | 26 | ![]() | win | PTS 10 |
27 | Mar 09, 1978 | 26 | ![]() | win | PTS 10 |
26 | Feb 08, 1978 | 26 | ![]() | win | PTS 10 |
25 | Dec 08, 1977 | 25 | ![]() | win | RTD 7 |
24 | Aug 29, 1977 | 25 | ![]() | win | PTS 10 |
23 | Jun 28, 1977 | 25 | ![]() | loss | TKO 6 |
22 | May 06, 1977 | 25 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
21 | Feb 15, 1977 | 25 | ![]() | draw | PTS 10 |
20 | Jan 26, 1977 | 25 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
19 | Nov 20, 1976 | 24 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
18 | Oct 23, 1976 | 24 | ![]() | win | MD 10 |
17 | Sep 25, 1976 | 24 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
16 | Aug 28, 1976 | 24 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
15 | Jul 17, 1976 | 24 | ![]() | loss | SD 10 |
14 | May 08, 1976 | 24 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
13 | Apr 07, 1976 | 24 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
12 | Feb 18, 1976 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
11 | Jan 14, 1976 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
10 | Nov 19, 1975 | 23 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
9 | Sep 24, 1975 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 8 |
8 | Aug 20, 1975 | 23 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
7 | May 28, 1975 | 23 | ![]() | win | RTD 6 |
6 | Apr 30, 1975 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
5 | Apr 02, 1975 | 23 | ![]() | win | UD 8 |
4 | Feb 19, 1975 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
3 | Jan 22, 1975 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
2 | Feb 25, 1974 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
1 | Jun 25, 1973 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |