Ian Gardner
Ian Gardner (born May 5, 1981),[1] nicknamed The Cobra for his slithering movements in the boxing ring, is a Canadian former professional boxer who was born and raised in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. In 2001, he moved to the United States to train under Goody Petronelli in Brockton Massachusetts.[2] He primarily fought at middleweight, but also fought once at junior middleweight against Tokunbo Olajide for the vacant NABO and NABC junior middleweight titles in 2004, winning the bout by majority decision.[3] Gardner would then face future middleweight and super-middleweight champion Arthur Abraham in 2005 for the vacant WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title, losing by a 12-round decision.[2] He later fought future light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson for the vacant NABO super middleweight title in the same year, losing by TKO in round 11.[4]
Gardner is one of just six men who have gone the distance with future WBA, WBC, IBF, and IBO middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin, dropping an 8-round decision in 2008.[5] He fought once more and defeated Marcus Thomas by KO in 2009, retiring afterwards.
Professional boxing record
[edit]25 fights | 21 wins | 4 losses |
---|---|---|
By knockout | 9 | 1 |
By decision | 12 | 3 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 | Win | 21–4 | ![]() | KO | 4 (8), 1:58 | 2009-05-30 | ![]() | |
24 | Loss | 20–4 | ![]() | UD | 8 | 2008-04-05 | ![]() | |
23 | Win | 20–3 | ![]() | KO | 3 (8), 2:50 | 2007-01-25 | ![]() | |
22 | Loss | 19–3 | ![]() | TKO | 11 (12), 1:12 | 2005-11-18 | ![]() | For vacant WBO-NABO super middleweight title. |
21 | Win | 19–2 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 2005-07-05 | ![]() | |
20 | Loss | 18–2 | ![]() | UD | 12 | 2005-02-12 | ![]() | For vacant WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title. |
19 | Win | 18–1 | ![]() | MD | 12 | 2004-11-20 | ![]() | Won vacant WBO-NABO super welterweight and vacant NABC light middleweight titles. |
18 | Win | 17–1 | ![]() | SD | 10 | 2004-09-02 | ![]() | |
17 | Win | 16–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | 2004-06-25 | ![]() | Won vacant WBC Mundo Hispano middleweight title. |
16 | Win | 15–1 | ![]() | UD | 8 | 2003-12-04 | ![]() | |
15 | Win | 14–1 | ![]() | UD | 8 | 2003-08-09 | ![]() | |
14 | Win | 13–1 | ![]() | UD | 8 | 2003-06-20 | ![]() | |
13 | Win | 12–1 | ![]() | TKO | 8 (8) | 2003-06-13 | ![]() | |
12 | Win | 11–1 | ![]() | TKO | 6 (8) | 2003-04-26 | ![]() | |
11 | Win | 10–1 | ![]() | UD | 8 | 2003-03-20 | ![]() | |
10 | Win | 9–1 | ![]() | TKO | 2 (6) | 2003-03-17 | ![]() | |
9 | Win | 8–1 | ![]() | KO | 2 (8), 2:25 | 2003-01-16 | ![]() | |
8 | Win | 7–1 | ![]() | TKO | 3 (6) | 2002-11-23 | ![]() | |
7 | Win | 6–1 | ![]() | TKO | 3 (6), 1:35 | 2002-10-25 | ![]() | |
6 | Win | 5–1 | ![]() | TKO | 3 (6) | 2002-08-30 | ![]() | |
5 | Win | 4–1 | ![]() | SD | 4 | 2002-07-12 | ![]() | |
4 | Win | 3–1 | ![]() | UD | 4 | 2001-11-29 | ![]() | |
3 | Loss | 2–1 | ![]() | SD | 4 | 2001-11-02 | ![]() | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() | SD | 4 | 2001-05-26 | ![]() | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() | UD | 4 | 2001-04-27 | ![]() | Professional debut. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Ian Gardner". BoxRec.com. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- ^ a b Zachary Levin (November 18, 2005). "Can Ian Gardner Get A Little Respect?". The Sweet Science. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
- ^ Tom Donelson (November 21, 2004). "View From the Bay in Vegas". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
- ^ Sean O'Rourke (November 19, 2005). "Dawson defeats Gardner". New Haven Register. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
- ^ Karl Freitag (April 5, 2008). "Sturm mows down Pittman!". Fightnews.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Gardner Promotions. Archived from the original on January 31, 2019.
- Boxing record for Ian Gardner from BoxRec (registration required)