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Thomas Hearns	Hearns quickly made amends by dispatching undefeated rising star James'' Black Gold'' Shuler with a devastating first round knockout in 1986.
Abe Goldstein	Goldstein retired in 1927 with a professional record of 89 victories (30 knockouts), 5 draws, 13 losses, and 22 no decisions.
Tarmo Uusivirta	Uusivirta started his professional boxing career in 1982.
Ido Pariente	In 1999, Pariente went to the United States to train and fight for two years.
Lim Hyun-Gyu	Lim made his professional MMA debut in February 2006 in the Spirit MC promotion in his native South Korea.
John Wayne Parr	On 24 April 1999, he fought against Kenichi Ogata, the Japanese national shoot boxing champion, winning by KO with left hook in the second round.
Dzianis Hancharonak	Dzianis has fought 10 professional bouts, chalking up an impressive K. O. victory over Netherlands' Boy Boy Martin on March 19, 2010, in K-1 World Max 2010 East Europe Tournament.
Michael Dallas, Jr.	He made his professional debut in March 2008 in the Light Welterweight weight class against Alejandro Balladares and won all four rounds of the bout for a unanimous decision victory.
Kelvin Gastelum	He made his professional MMA debut on December 11, 2010.
Megumi Fujii	Fujii debuted in mixed martial arts on August 5, 2004 and defeated Yumi Matsumoto by submission in just 40 seconds.
Denis Kang	Denis Kang's MMA career began in 1998 at the Ultimate Warrior Challenge in Vancouver, Canada.
Terry Allen (boxer)	Allen had his first professional fight in September 1942, at the age of eighteen.
Bridgett Riley	In 1996, the year which many consider the beginning of the'' golden era'' of women's boxing, Riley made her comeback to boxing.
Justin Edwards (fighter)	Edwards started training MMA in 2006 after seeing an MMA fight on television.
T.J. Dillashaw	A professional MMA competitor since 2010, Dillashaw has made a name for himself fighting throughout the West Coast.
The Miz	Pursuing the goal of becoming a professional wrestler which he had harbored from an early age, Mizanin joined Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW), where he trained in the Ultimate University.
Bob Fitzsimmons	Boxing record books show Fitzsimmons officially began boxing professionally in 1883, in Australia.
Rodrigo Damm	Damm made his professional mixed martial arts debut in October 2004, losing via split decision to Luciano Azevedo.
Tony Jeffries	php?human _ id 484413 & cat boxer Pro Record Jeffries signed a professional contract with boxing promoter Frank Maloney in January 2009.
Brenda Burnside	She began her professional boxing career on August 8, 1997, at the relatively old age (for a boxer) of 32, losing a four round decision to Gloria Ramirez, in Houston, Texas.
Rony Mariano Bezerra	Rony trained for several years before taking his first fight in 2006, where he fought Alessandro Cabeca in his professional debut, winning via second round TKO.
Ronald Siler	Results were : Siler made his long awaited pro debut in January 2010 with a TKO win over Almensor De La Cruz.
Raymond Andrew Ochieng	Ochieng turned pro on December 12, 2002 and beat fellow debutant Luke Okeno by knockout in the second round.
Okinoumi Ayumi	Fighting as Okinoumi once again, in January 2010 he won promotion to the top makuuchi division, becoming the first wrestler from Shimane Prefecture to do so in 88 years.
Lolohea Mahe	Mahe began his career against John Rosa, who was then undefeated, at the FFM 3 event in October 2007.
Tyson Griffin	Tyson Griffin began his professional career in 2004 in the Gladiator Challenge promotion.
Manuel Charr	Due to his track record in Thai-Boxing, in 2000 Manuel was invited to a training camp for professional boxers at the famous Max Schmeling Gym in Berlin.
James DeGale	On 28 February 2009 DeGale made his professional debut against Georgia boxer Vepkhia Tchilaia, winning the fight on points 40 -- 36.
Ivan Salaverry	Salaverry began his MMA career in August 1999.
Lexi Thompson	Thompson announced that she had turned pro on June 16, 2010.
Chad Griggs	Griggs made his professional debut in December 2005, on the first Total Fighting Alliance card.
Francisco Filho (martial artist)	Francisco Filho made his professional K-1 fighting debut on July 20, 1997 at the K-1 Dream' 97 tournament against Kyokushin and Seidokaikan fighter Andy Hug.
Donald Curry	Curry turned professional on December 26, 1980, knocking out Mario Tineo in the first round.
Shondell Alfred	Alfred made her professional boxing debut on February 19, 1999, beating Stephanie George by a four round decision at Georgetown.
Jake Shields	In 2001, Shields decided he wanted to make a career of mixed martial arts and began fighting at his natural weight of 170 lbs (77 kg).
Norman Paraisy	Paraisy made his pro debut on April 11, 2006 against Paulo Santos.
Vitor Belfort	In 2010, in response to former IBA Heavyweight Champion James Toney's challenge to fight an MMA fighter in the boxing ring, Belfort expressed interest in representing the sport of MMA against Toney in a 6 round professional match.
Dana Rosenblatt	Rosenblatt became a professional boxer in 1992, at the age of 20.
Lloyd Honeyghan	An agile boxer-fighter with good handspeed and punching power, Honeyghan turned professional in 1980, debuting with a 6 round points victory over fellow novice Mike Sullivan.
Michael Johnson (fighter)	A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Johnson mostly competed in his regional circuit, before signing onto the Ultimate Fighting Championship circuit to appear on The Ultimate Fighter : Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck.
Ronnie Shields	Shields turned pro in 1980 and ultimately had little success.
Yuta Kubo	On January 22, 2005, he made a debut as a professional kickboxer on NJKF at featherweight (-57.
John Keeton	Keeton had his first professional contest on 11 August 1993, scoring a stoppage win over Tony Colclough in Mansfield.
Derek Campos	Campos started his professional career in 2009.
Maurice Smith (kickboxer)	After a stint in Japanese promotions Pancrase and RINGS, accumulating a 4-7 record, Smith joined Battlecade Extreme Fighting in 1996 to fight against the heavyweight champion Marcus'' Conan'' Silvira.
Ryan Barrett	Barrett made his pro debut on 13 June 2002.
Pajonsuk SuperPro Samui	In 2010 he entered the Enfusion Reality Show involving some of the top Muay Thai fighters from across the world at 70 kg with the first part of the show based at a training camp in Koh Samui, Thailand.
Mika Akino	She also began training in mixed martial arts (MMA), and competed at the LoveImpact show, on February 8, 2004.
Uriah Grant	A gritty fighter who made the most of his potential when he was determined to, Grant turned pro in 1984 as a light heavyweight and lost to Henry Tillman in his second pro fight.
Tim Kennedy (fighter)	He began his MMA training in 1999, training with Chuck Liddell, Jake Shields, Gan McGee, and John Hackleman at The Pit in San Luis Obispo.
Richie Sandoval	Richie Sandoval made his professional boxing debut on 5 November 1980, beating Gerardo Pedroza in Las Vegas, Nevada by a knockout in two rounds.
Brian Minto	Minto turned pro in 2002 and won his first 18 bouts, gaining the West Virginia heavyweight boxing title.
Joe Duarte	Considered exhibition contests, the fights on TUF are not reflected upon a professional fighter's official record and thus Duarte remained undefeated in professional MMA competition (at that time) and improved his record to 4-0 with another submission victory over Pierre Dumont at'' Colleseo Championship Fighting II : King of the Streets'' on October 24, 2008.
Hamid Guska	He started his amateur boxing career in 1974 in BK Partizan Sarajevo.
Ike Ibeabuchi	Under the guidance of former world welterweight champion Curtis Cokes, Ike made his professional debut with a second round knockout of Ismael Garcia on October 13, 1994.
Luis Collazo	Before turning pro on May 16, 2000, Collazo had a record of 97-7 as an amateur.
Eddie Townsend	He began boxing at age 14, and was undefeated in 12 fights as a professional, before losing his 13th bout the day before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (December 6, 1941).
Glen Tapia	He won hist pro debut against Edward Smith on December 13, 2008.
Danny Sheehan	Danny Sheehan began his amateur boxing career in 1991, fighting in the Lowell Golden Gloves tournament several times.
Thomas Hearns	Hearns began his professional boxing career in Detroit, Michigan, under the tutelage of Emanuel Steward in 1977.
Antonio Silva (fighter)	Silva began his career with the UK-based Wolfslair MMA Academy in 2005.
Jan Soukup	Beginning in 2008, he embarked on a career in kickboxing which included a stint in K-1.
Robin Reid (boxer)	Reid began his professional career in 1993 and quickly became a popular British fighter.
Mantas Kalnietis	Kalnietis made his pro debut in February 2006 with the Žalgiris of Kaunas.
Marlon Reid	After reaching the ABA final against George Groves as an amateur Reid made his debut as a professional boxer on 17 October 2008 against Gary Cooper and won on points.
Nygma (wrestler)	The wrestler who later became known as Nygma made his debut in 1992 under the ring name Galaxi after training under Rodolfo Ruiz, Raúl Reyes and Bestia Negra.
Teddy Davis	He made his professional debut in February 1946 and initially fought at least once a month, sometimes twice.
James Smith (boxer)	He lost his first fight against James'' Broad-Axe'' Broad, a world class amateur and qualifier for the 1980 Olympics who was 2 -- 0 as a pro.
Thiago Michel	Michel made his professional MMA debut on November 18, 2006 and has made a name for himself fighting mainly in his home country of Brazil.
Mei Yamaguchi	Yamaguchi faced Lorena Klijn in a rematch at Shoot Boxing 2013 : Act.
Eliseo Castillo	The only blemish on his record up until that point was a draw to Terry Pitts (who later changed his name to Sajad Abdul Aziz) on November 13, 1998 at the famed Mahi Shrine Temple Auditorium in Miami.
Yasubey Enomoto	Enomoto took part in his first mixed martial arts bout at the S-1 : European Championship Fight Night kickboxing event in February 2006, and won via unanimous decision over Vlajko Perovic.
Mel Purcell	Purcell made his first splash on the professional circuit in the summer of 1980.
Nick Gonzalez	Gonzalez started his professional career in 2001.
Ai Takahashi (kickboxer)	On at Shoot Boxing 2011 Act 3 : SB169, Takahashi had a rematch against Rena Kubota, who was coming off of a negative result in an exhibition match against Erika Kamimura, this time for the vacant Shoot Boxing Japan women's flyweight championship.
Victor Callejas	Callejas compiled a record of 36 wins and 4 defeats as an amateur boxer, and in 1979, he decided to turn professional.
Jeannine Garside	Garside began boxing as an amateur in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada after seeing Christy Martin fight Deirdre Gogarty on a Mike Tyson undercard in March 1996.
Apocalipsis	Juan Contreras made his in ring debut on February 11, 2000 after training under Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) wrestling trainers Tony Salazar and Jose Luis Feliciano.
Leavander Johnson	Johnson made his debut as a professional boxer in 1989 following a successful amateur career, during which he fought in over 130 contests.
Takanori Gomi	Gomi joined the official Shooto gym in 1997 where he began training and taking part in the amateur Shooto competitions.
Rionne McAvoy	McAvoy made the transition from martial arts to professional wrestling in April 2012.
Chazz Witherspoon	Known as'' The Gentleman'', Witherspoon turned pro in 2004 and was undefeated for the first 23 of his professional bouts, winning 15 by KO.
Raphael Butler	Butler turned pro in 2004 and has been active thus far in his pro career.
T. J. Cook	Cook started his career in 2003.
Paul Brady (handballer)	In December 2002, two months after his 22nd birthday, he defeated top Californian Vince Munoz in the final of a pro stop in Milwaukee to become the first Irishman to win such an event, which was a massive milestone in the history of the sport and a turning point in Brady's career.
Yvonne Trevino	On September 18, 1993, an invitation as a last minute replacement fighter Trevino immediately joined the professional women's boxing ranks with a surprising four-round decision win over Chris Kreuz in Davenport, Iowa.
Nnamdi Moweta	For several years, beginning in 1984, Moweta managed a stable of fighters called the'' Warrior Family from Africa.''
Spencer Fearon	A former boxer himself, fighting under the nickname' The Spirit', he became the youngest ever black promoter in Britain, when promoting his first bill on October 9, 2007.
Leandro Issa	Issa made his professional MMA debut in October 2006 submitting Eduardo Felipe in the second round.
Chike Lindsay	Lindsay turned professional in 2007, preferring to focus on the fighting hotbeds of Las Vegas and California due to the high level of competition.
Tarec Saffiedine	Saffiedine made his professional mixed martial arts debut in March 2007, beating his opponent Guillaume Janvier with a kimura submission.
Anthony Ogogo	In December 2012, Ogogo signed his first professional contract, with Los Angeles-based promoter, Golden Boy Promotions.
Andy Souwer	He defeated Steve Moxon by unanimous decision at Shoot Boxing Battle Summit Ground Zero Tokyo 2013 in Tokyo, Japan on November 15, 2013.
Oscar Bonavena	He soon racked up a quick string of early knockouts, but was overmatched early, sometimes fighting twice a month, and lost by a decision in February 1965 to then highly-rated Zora Folley.
Joe Gould (boxing)	With Gould as his manager, Braddock turned pro in 1926 and went 14-0-2 before losing his first fight.
Elaina Maxwell	With five titles and a San Shou record of 14-1 (2 KOs), she was booked to fight at the International Cage Fighting Organization - Warrior's Cup in Stockton, California on August 12, 2006.
Dominique Robinson	Robinson started training MMA in 2003 ; teaching himself by watching instructional DVDs and watching fights.
Keiji Ozaki	In March 2000, he joined Team Dragon and started practicing kickboxing.
Montell Griffin	By age 22, Griffin was living in Midway City, California and defeated Frank Vassar of Spokane, Washington in the 1992 U. S. Amateur Boxing Championships.
John Salter	He made his amateur MMA debut in 2007 and compiled an undefeated record of 7-0.