Eric Aiken (born April 8, 1980 in Marysville, Ohio) is a former professional boxer. He is the former IBF world featherweight champion.
Early life According to the February 1, 2008 broadcast of Friday Night Fights on ESPN2, Aiken was a paralegal before turning professional. As an amateur, he trained at the Alexandria Boxing Club. During his amateur career, Aiken compiled a 97-5 record with 47 knockouts. In addition, he won numerous state titles, the Mayor's Cup and the Nationals twice.
Pro career On April 1, 2006, Aiken defeated former IBF bantamweight champion Tim Austin by sixth-round TKO. Only one month later (on May 13, 2006), Aiken challenged undefeated IBF featherweight champion Valdemir Pereira for the title. In the bout, Aiken knocked down Pereira in rounds four and five. Throughout the bout, Pereira hit Aiken with shots that were below the belt, and he was penalized one point in rounds six and seven. After another below the belt shot by Pereira in round eight, the referee disqualified him, and Aiken was awarded the title.
Aiken lost the title on September 2, 2006 against Robert Guerrero.
On February 1, 2008, in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, Aiken lost to Monty Meza-Clay by seventh-round technical knockout.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes29Loss 16–11–1 Adam LopezTKO2 (4), 2015-12-1228Loss 16–10–1 Bayan JargalTKO1 (8), 2012-11-0127Loss 16–9–1 Rafael MárquezKO1 (10), 2012-05-05 26NC16–8–1 Edner CherryNC1 (10), 2011-09-23 25Loss 16–8–1Todd WilsonUD62011-09-10 24Loss 16–7–1 Monty Meza ClayTKO7 (10), 2008-02-0123Loss 16–6–1Thomas MashabaTKO9 (12), 2007-11-1222Draw16–5–1 Cruz CarbajalSD102007-03-1621Loss 16–5 Robert GuerreroRTD8 (12), Sep 2, 200620Win 16–4 Valdemir PereiraDQ8 (12), 2006-05-1319Win 15–4 Tim AustinTKO6 (10), 2006-04-0118Loss 14–4 Johnnie EdwardsUD62006-03-1817Win 14–3 Darby SmartTKO7 (10), 2006-01-2016Win 13–3 John ScalziTKO1 (6), 2005-12-0915Loss 12–3 Leo MartinezSD62005-10-01 14Win 12–2 Terrance RoyKO2 (6), 2005-01-0813Loss 11–2 Al SeegerUD82004-09-16 12Win 11–1Terrance RoyUD62004-05-2711Win 10–1 Antonio GarrisKO1 (8), 2004-02-2810Win 9–1 Agnaldo NunesUD62003-12-139Win 8–1 Travis GregoryKO1 (4)2003-08-098Win 7–1Richard DinkinsTKO1 (4)2003-05-107Win 6–1 César GarcíaKO2 (4), 2003-04-126Win5–1Ubaldo OlivenciaKO3 (4)2003-03-155Win 4–1 Edward AndersonTKO4 (4), 2002-06-154Win 3–1 Angelo TorresKO1 (4), 2002-06-013Win 2–1Angelo TorresUD42001-11-102Loss1–1 Antonio OliverosUD42001-06-16 1Win 1–0 Jhovany ColladoTKO3 (4)2001-01-12
See also List of world featherweight boxing champions
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