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Vernon Forrest

1971 - 2009

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Vernon Forrest (February 12, 1971 – July 25, 2009) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBC, IBF, Ring magazine and lineal welterweight between 2002 and 2003, and the WBC super welterweight title twice between 2007 and 2009. In 2002, Forrest was named Fighter of the Year by The Ring and the Boxing Writers Association of America. In 2009, Forrest was murdered after he was robbed at a gas station in the Mechanicsville neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Vernon Forrest is the 433rd most popular boxer (down from 351st in 2024), the 18,187th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,933rd in 2019) and the 99th most popular American Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Vernon Forrest ranks 433 out of 496. Before him are Shakur Stevenson, Kanat Islam, Keith Mwila, Han Soon-chul, Toncho Tonchev, and Cecilia Brækhus. After him are Nasser al-Shami, Magne Havnå, Israel Vázquez, Jérôme Thomas, Yoan Pablo Hernández, and Georgy Balakshin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Vernon Forrest ranks 1,131. Before him are Craig Thomas, Roman Mählich, Mohsin Hamid, Catherine Marsal, Ian Walker, and Dominic Cummings. After him are Martin Heinrich, Aleksandar Kitinov, Daisuke Ishihara, Seyhan Kurt, Hamish Carter, and Robert Gibbs. Among people deceased in 2009, Vernon Forrest ranks 446. Before him are Andrei Ivanov, Andriy Fedchuk, Yasmine Belmadi, Wayman Tisdale, Fernando Cornejo, and Andy Hallett. After him are Henry Surtees, DJ AM, Pedro Luiz of Orléans-Braganza, Steve McNair, Jade Goody, and Mathieu Montcourt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vernon Forrest ranks 18,195 out of 20,380. Before him are Tim Ferriss (1977), Stephen Strasburg (1988), Herculez Gomez (1982), Murder of Adam Walsh (1974), Omar Mateen (1986), and Cody Linley (1989). After him are Steve Trittschuh (1965), Alexandra Botez (1995), Misty May-Treanor (1977), Danny Pudi (1979), Utkarsh Ambudkar (1983), and Riley Voelkel (1990).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Vernon Forrest ranks 99. Before him are Michael Carbajal (1967), Zab Judah (1977), Fernando Vargas (1977), Timothy Bradley (1983), Andre Ward (1984), and Shakur Stevenson (1997). After him are Keyshawn Davis (1999), Jermain Taylor (1978), Devin Haney (1998), Andrew Maynard (1964), Kennedy McKinney (1966), and Claressa Shields (1995).

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