Stephen Phelipe "Stevie" Forbes (born February 26, 1977) is an American professional boxer. He is a former IBF super featherweight champion. Forbes' nickname of "2Pound" was in recognition of the fact that he was born weighing only 2 pounds.
Amateur career Forbes began boxing when he was 10 years old, training at the Matt Dishman Community Center on the Knott ST Boxing Team.
Professional career Forbes turned pro in 1996 at the age of nineteen, and ran off fourteen consecutive wins to begin his career before losing on March 11, 2000 against former WBC Featherweight champion Alejandro González.
After a few comeback fights, Forbes received a shot at the United States Boxing Association Super featherweight title On September 17, 2000, Forbes faced David Santos and won the title over twelve rounds by scores of 117–111, 118–110 and 120–108.
Capturing the title Fighting for an eighth time in 2000, the No. 2 ranked Forbes was awarded a shot at the IBF super featherweight title when Diego Corrales vacated the title to fight WBC super featherweight Champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. This allowed Forbes to face No. 1 ranked John Brown for the vacant IBF title. Forbes won the IBF belt on December 3, 2000, by an 8th round TKO of Brown. Forbes also defeated Brown in a September 29, 2001, rematch, his first title defense. On August 18, 2002, he lost the title when he could not make weight for a fight against David Santos, whom Forbes had previously beaten for the USBA belt. The IBF title remained vacant until Forbes fought Carlos Hernández for it on October 14, 2003, a fight that Forbes lost by unanimous decision when the bout was stopped in the 10th round, due to an accidental headbutt, giving the belt to Hernandez.
The Contender On the ESPN reality show "Contender Season 2" series debut, Forbes was chosen to be on the Gold Team. He was the favorite to win the show, by virtue of his previous success, and was the last fighter to be called out. Forbes won his first three bouts of the series, defeating Freddy Curiel, Nick Acevedo, and Cornelius Bundrage, but he lost to Grady Brewer in the final match.
After The Contender
On March 17, 2007 he lost a disputed, controversial decision to Demetrius Hopkins, Bernard Hopkins' nephew.
On October 6, 2007, Forbes won a split-decision upset over Francisco Bojado in a junior welterweight bout.
Forbes was defeated by Oscar De La Hoya on May 3 in Carson, California at the Home Depot Center by unanimous decision.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes50Win36–14Tavorus Teague49Loss35–14Antonio Orozco48Loss35–13Emmanuel Lartei Lartey47Loss35–12Johan Pérez46Loss35–11Jessie Vargas45Loss35–10Karim Mayfield44Loss35–9Jo Jo Dan43Win35–8Roberto Valenzuela42Loss34–8Harrison Cuello41Win34–7Jason Davis40Loss33–7Andre Berto39Loss33–6Oscar De La Hoya38Win33–5Francisco Bojado37Loss32–5Demetrius Hopkins36Loss32–4Grady Brewer35Win32–3Cornelius Bundrage34Win31–3Nick Acevedo33Win30–3Freddy Curiel32Win29–3Julio Sanchez Leon31Win28–3Marteze Logan30Win27–3Alfonso Garcia29Win26–3Ricardo Barajas28Win25–3Steve Quinonez27Loss24–3Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai26Win24–2Arthur Cruz25Loss23–2Carlos Hernández24Win23–1Silverio Ortiz23Win22–1Ronnie Longakit22Win21–1David Santos21Win20–1John Brown20Win19–1John Brown19Win18–1David Santos18Win17–1Moises Pedroza17Win16–1Ernesto Zepeda16Win15–1Don Juan Futrell15Loss14–1Alejandro González14Win14–0Juan Torres13Win13–0David Armstrong12Win12–0Ernesto Martinez11Win11–0Gustavo Tapia10Win10–0Juan Roberto Colin9Win9–0Martin Johnson8Win8–0Jose Teran Torres7Win7–0Teddy Worth6Win6–0Patrick Rand5Win5–0Octavio Suarez4Win4–0Gustavo Balderas3Win3–0Sergio Benitez2Win2–0Ramon Aragon1Win1–0Octavio Suarez41996-12-06
See also List of super-featherweight boxing champions
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