Mark Medal (born June 10, 1957 in Manhattan, NY), is a former professional boxer in the Light Middleweight (154lb) division. A hard-hitting boxer, he was the International Boxing Federation's inaugural world junior-middleweight champion and won 20 of his 28 contests by knockout.

Professional career Medal, a Puerto Rican-American, turned pro in 1979 and won the vacant IBF Light Middleweight Title with a fifth round TKO win over the also hard-hitting (23-0, with all 23 wins by knockout) Earl Hargrove in 1984, becoming the inaugural champion. He lost the belt in his first defense to Carlos Santos. In 1986 he took on WBC Light Middleweight title holder Thomas Hearns, but lost via TKO.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes28Draw24–3–1Donald JohnsonSD10 (10)1987-11-2727Loss24–3Thomas HearnsTKO8 (12)1986-06-2326Win24–2Dexter SmithUD10 (10)1985-07-2525Loss23–2Carlos SantosUD15 (15)1984-11-0224Win23–1Earl HargroveTKO5 (15)1984-03-1123Win22–1Bruce JohnsonTKO9 (10)1984-01-2022Win21–1Kevin HowardUD10 (10)1983-11-1021Win20–1Freddie BoyntonTKO8 (10)1983-09-0920Win19–1Steve DelgadoKO2 (10)1983-08-1919Win18–1Reggie FordKO5 (10)1983-04-2918Win17–1Freddie CreechTKO4 (10)1983-02-0517Win16–1Chris LinsonTKO6 (10)1983-01-1416Win15–1Gerald BanksTKO2 (8)1982-12-0915Win14–1Steve MichaleryaTKO8 (10)1982-11-0514Win13–1Darryl PennUD10 (10)1982-09-2413Win12–1Benji GoldstoneKO1 (10)1982-04-1612Win11–1Michael RichardsonTKO8 (8)1982-03-0511Win10–1Frank MinniganTKO3 (8)1981-12-1110Win9–1Henry Lee SaxbyKO3 (8)1981-11-059Win8–1Danny HaroldKO6 (8)1981-05-228Win7–1Fernando CollazoTKO1 (6)1981-04-167Win6–1Ali PerezTKO3 (6)1981-01-076Win5–1Ricky JohnsonKO2 (6)1980-11-125Win4–1Herbie WilensRTD4 (6)1980-09-244Loss3–1Kevin PerryTKO1 (6)1980-03-043Win3–0Johnny DavisTKO2 (4)1980-01-252Win2–0Pat EspositoKO1 (4)1979-11-231Win1–0Hugo FuatPTS4 (4)1979-10-04

Post-retirement After his retirement from boxing at the age of 30 he became a member of the Jersey City Police Department. In 2009 Medal was indicted and charged with conspiracy to possess a controlled dangerous substance, which resulted in him losing his position as a police officer.

See also

Afro–Puerto Ricans Boxing in Puerto Rico List of Puerto Rican boxing world champions List of world light-middleweight boxing champions

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